Bipartisan Lawmakers Demand Answers from Amazon’s Bezos, Threaten Subpoena
May 1, 2020 - The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan letter to Amazon, which detailed Amazon's failure to adequately comply with document requests and called on Jeff Bezos to testify before the Committee to explain a pattern of misleading the Subcommittee, including when Nate Sutton, an Amazon associate general counsel and former DOJ antitrust trial attorney, apparently perjured himself last July.
Warren, Ocasio-Cortez Float Long-Shot Bid to Pause M&A in Crisis
April 28, 2020 - Executive Director Sarah Miller talked to Bloomberg Law about Senator Warren and Representative Ocasio-Cortez' bill to implement temporary merger ban and the need to curb runaway corporate consolidation.
Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Want Mergers Halted Due to COVID-19
April 28, 2020 - Policy Analyst Matt Buck discussed Senator Warren and Representative Ocasio-Cortez' new bill to rein in predatory behavior from private equity firms and large corporations with Pitchbook.
Congress Must Pass Warren & AOC Merger Moratorium
April 28, 2020 - With dominant corporations and predatory financiers empowered by the CARES Act, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement encouraging Congress to pass the merger moratorium announced by Senator Warren (D-MA) and Representative Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14).
Concentrations of Power
April 28, 2020 - Economic Liberties’ Executive Director Sarah Miller discussed the history of the antitrust movement and the importance of addressing concentrated corporate power.