Facebook is Not Above the Law
Washington, D.C. — Economic Liberties released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan group of 48 state and territorial attorneys general led by New York Attorney General Letitia James filed suit against Facebook, challenging Facebook’s unlawful and anticompetitive behavior, including its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.
ThinkAdvisor: Group Calls for Limiting Power of BlackRock, Vanguard & State Street
November 30, 2020 — ThinkAdvisor covered Economic Liberties Senior Fellow Graham Steele’s report on BlackRock, Vanguard and State Streets’ outsized footprint, its impact on economic concentration, and issues they pose for corporate governance and financial stability.
ProMarket: What Should the Biden Administration’s Antitrust Agenda Look Like? A Roundtable
December 2, 2020 —Economic Liberties’ Steering Committee member Zephyr Teachout spoke to ProMarket about how the Biden administration can address the inequality and suffering caused by monopolies like Google.
Salesforce-Slack Mega-Merger is a Result of Microsoft’s Monopoly Abuse
December 1, 2020 — The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to reports that Salesforce plans to acquire Slack for $27.7 billion.
MarketWatch: Salesforce’s deal for Slack creates a bigger threat to Microsoft
December 1, 2020 — MarketWatch talked with Economic Liberties’ Research Director Matt Stoller about Microsoft’s role in bringing about the recently-announced Salesforce-Slack merger.