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March 25, 2024 — In response to news that the Colorado House passed HB24-1151, a ban on junk fees, in a 45-18 vote, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

March 21, 2024 — In response to news that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division and 16 State Attorneys General have filed an antitrust suit against Apple for monopolizing the smartphone market—raising prices for consumers and using anticompetitive tactics to box out competition—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

March 21, 2024 — In response to the release of the results from a 6(b) study from the Federal Trade Commission on the supply chain practices of large grocery retailers and food producers, examining whether those firms are charging different prices to small firms compared to big ones, or giving preferential access to supplies in shortage to big customers versus small ones, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

March 21, 2024 — Ahead of a mark up session in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee today that includes the “The One Agency Act,” a bill that would essentially fold the FTC’s competition authorities into the DOJ Antitrust Division, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

March 21, 2024 — The American Economic Liberties Project today released a new brief “Capital One-Discover: A Competition Policy and Regulatory Deep Dive,” which provides new analysis of the market dynamics at play in the transaction and examines how the proposed acquisition may fare under review from antitrust enforcement and bank regulatory agencies.