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August 7, 2023 — The American Economic Liberties Project today filed an amicus brief supporting class certification in Mary Carr v. Google LLC, an antitrust lawsuit alleging that Google used a series of anticompetitive tactics to make Google Play Store a monopoly, leading to supra-competitive prices for consumers buying apps and in-app content for their Android devices.

August 4, 2023 — In an opinion unsealed today, presiding Judge Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit challenging Google’s search engine monopoly should be allowed to proceed to trial. In response, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

August 2, 2023 — The American Economic Liberties Project today filed an amicus brief asking the Fifth Circuit to uphold the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) order requiring Illumina to divest its majority ownership of cancer diagnostic test maker GRAIL. Economic Liberties’ brief argues that Illumina-GRAIL’s criticism of the product market definition — the research and development of multi-cancer early detection tests — is wholly inconsistent with the purpose of Section 7 of the Clayton Act and ignores decades of enforcement efforts and court decisions recognizing the importance of protecting innovation. 

July 27, 2023 — Industry interests hope to commandeer trade talks to lock in binding international rules that limit or outright ban government oversight or regulation of AI, according to a report released today the American Economic Liberties Project’s Rethink Trade program.

July 26, 2023 — Washington, D.C. — In advance of the Senate Finance Committee’s July 26th markup of the Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.