Consolidation and Structural Barriers Undermine Potential of OTC Hearing Aids, New Report Details
November 24, 2025 – With healthcare costs top of mind for millions of Americans, the American Economic Liberties Project today released a new report, Within Earshot: Overcoming Barriers to Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Access, analyzing why bipartisan rules finalized during the Biden administration that permit hearing aids to be sold over the counter have not yet translated into widespread consumer adoption.
As Affordability Dominates National Debate, Economic Liberties Empowers State Lawmakers to End Dystopian Pricing Schemes
November 21, 2025 – As Americans across the country continue to grapple with skyrocketing costs for essential goods, the American Economic Liberties Project today launched The Fair Price Fight initiative, an online resource to empower state lawmakers to combat the new frontier of deceptive pricing tactics—from invasive surveillance-based pricing and algorithm-driven rent hikes to predatory junk fees—including tools, policy briefs, and the development of model legislation designed to help state and local governments hold corporations to account.
Court Lets States Join HPE-Juniper Case as Allegations of Corrupt DOJ Process and Meddling Mount
November 19, 2025 – Yesterday, Judge Casey Pitts from the Northern District of California granted a motion filed by 12 State Attorneys General and the Attorney General of Washington, D.C., to intervene in the Tunney Act oversight proceedings in the federal government’s challenge to the merger of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)-Juniper Networks (Juniper).
Judge Boasberg’s Meta Decision Highlights a Judiciary Unwilling to Enforce the Law Against Big Tech
November 18, 2025 – Following a decision from Judge James Boasberg in the Federal Trade Commission’s challenge against Meta’s social media monopoly, ruling the company does not hold an illegal social media monopoly given the rise in popularity of other platforms, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
States Must Appeal Judge Mehta’s Feckless Remedies Decision in Google Search Case, Advocates Urge
November 17, 2025 – Following Judge Amit Mehta's decision in September on remedies in U.S. v. Google search, in which he declined to terminate the tech giant's monopoly despite finding last year that Google illegally maintained a monopoly over search and search advertising, the American Economic Liberties Project and a coalition of consumer advocacy and competition policy groups sent a letter urging state attorneys general to appeal the ruling.