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Economic Liberties Applauds California’s New Statewide Ban on Algorithmic Price Fixing - Economic Liberties Applauds California’s New Statewide Ban on Algorithmic Price Fixing Following news that California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 325 (Aguiar-Curry), the Preventing Algorithmic Price Fixing Act — a bill that strengthens the state’s antitrust laws to fight collusi...

Full statement: www.economicliberties.us/press-releas...

🚨ALGORITHMIC PRICE-FIXING BANNED IN CA!

This bill is a nation-leading effort to bring CA antitrust law into the digital era — and plainly states that rigging markets via code is no different than rigging markets in a smoky back room.

More in our statement on the signing of AB 325👇

AB 325 modernizes California’s antitrust laws to address algorithmic price fixing, closing loopholes that corporations have exploited to drive up the cost of living for Californians.

www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/06/g...

@catherinebracy.com @economicsecurityproject.org @econliberties.bsky.social

CA just banned price fixing via algorithm across the economy!

As corporations weaponize this technology to rip off consumers and hurt competition it's great to see @governor.ca.gov sign AB 325 to stop this practice!

Here's our own Lee Hepner testifying in support of the bill earlier this year👇

🚨HUGE win to strengthen antitrust law in CA last night🚨

The Governor just signed Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry's AB 325, an economy-wide ban on price-fixing algorithms, into law!

A great example of a state policymakers stepping up to protect their communities from predatory practices. 👏

Bailouts aren't sufficient. To help our farmers, we must enforce antitrust laws.

"We have got to start enforcing antitrust laws... Because without competition, we don't have a free market," says farmer Adam Chappell.

"[Radical transformation] happens at moments like this, when we say, 'monopoly is wrong and we need our lawmakers at a state level, at a municipal level, at a federal level to actually take action."

ICYMI: Matt Stoller last week on @velshimsnbc.bsky.social 📺👇

Wisconsin Dental Merger Is a Kick in the Teeth for Patients and Dentists Alike Dentistry is simply further back on the same vertical integration curve as medicine.

Read it here:
economicpopulist.substack.com/p/wisconsin-...

NEW: A concerning insurer-practice group merger is "a harbinger of things to come for the broader oral care industry unless policymakers crack down."

Theodore Stern in the latest from The Economic Populist.👇

"We’re at an inflection point," @wjm-air.bsky.social tells Senators at a hearing on competition in aviation.

"Congress needs to investigate the failures of deregulation – and, just as it did 50 years ago, hear from the public, not just airline executives and their lobbyists.

Examining Competition in America's Skies | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Don't miss @wjm-air.bsky.social and @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social as they testify at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on competition in the airline industry.

Tune in at 2:30PM EST⬇️
www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

"You have three corporate executives who the federal government has alleged to have taken $1.5 billion from the pockets of consumers, getting away with what amounts to a legal parking ticket."

@bedoyausa.bsky.social on the FTC's settlement that essentially let Amazon executives off the hook.

“It's not just that American's don't feel like they have control over their lives, they absolutely feel like these Big Tech companies are pulling the strings in terms of what legislation is passed."

ICYMI: @balint.house.gov at our Summit earlier this month on Big Tech's influence.

Trump's pharma tariffs arrive by way of Truth, offering 'relief' to many large drugmakers: analyst The biopharma industry has spent much of this year grappling with fast-moving changes related to the Trump administration's trade policies. On Thursday, without warning, came another jolt. | The 100% ...

Sorry, can't do my usual "translation" of what Trump's latest tariffs mean. There is no Executive Order, Section 232 determination or other official policy doc. Just Truth Social posts. BUT, to make us less reliant on imported medicine, the generics...🧵

As passenger protections get tossed out, @wjm-air.bsky.social, at our Summit last week, broke down how the Trump admin is checking off big airline lobbyists' wish list.

"They basically asked that the DOT virtually get rid of every single passenger protection we have... for airlines.”

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The U.S. promised fliers better passenger rights. What happened? The Transporation Department has rescinded a proposal to expand compensation for flight cancellations and significant delays.

www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...

“The fact that it’s treated as such a pie in the sky idea … speaks to how dysfunctional we are in this country in how we view consumer protections."

ICYMI: @wjm-air.bsky.social calls out the Trump admin tossing out consumer protection rules in favor of big airline lobbyists.

Great to join the @econliberties.bsky.social at the 2025 Anti-Monopoly Summit this morning!

Corporate power and consolidation is out of control. Massive corporations and billionaires are only getting richer while working families continue to get screwed over.

It’s time to put working people first.

YouTube video by Economic Liberties Day 2: The 2025 Anti-Monopoly Summit

Day 2 of #AMS2025 has started — and we’re kicking off with some keynote remarks from Rep. Jayapal!

Not attending in person? Watch the livestream here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY2G...

Fantastic back and forth between Roger Alford and Doha Mekki on all the ways Judge Mehta failed to understand the situation on the ground in search and generative AI.

At the @econliberties.bsky.social Anti-Monopoly Summit, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social called out Big Tech's predatory product designs for damaging our social fabric. "These technology companies are building capacities, perfecting capacities that are designed to keep people addicted to the internet.”

DAY 1: The 2025 Anti-Monopoly Summit YouTube video by Economic Liberties

🚨TODAY: The Anti-Monopoly Summit is beginning at 1pm ET!

If you're not attending in person, you can still tune in LIVE to day 1 of #AMS2025 here👇
www.youtube.com/live/AXzBofa...

"We are talking about three companies that control 80% of all manufacturing. They know they can hike prices, and nobody can afford to walk away."

@warren.senate.gov calls out the consolidation in the fire truck industry that is leading to severe delays and high costs on lifesaving equipment.

Our 2025 Anti-Monopoly Summit is less than one week away!

Tickets are now sold out, but you can still grab a spot on the waitlist for #AMS2025👇

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Buttigieg Blasts Trump Nixing Airlines Compensating Americans for Flight Disruptions Trump withdrew a Biden rule that forced airlines to pay compensation plus free meals and lodging if some flights were delayed or canceled.

Full story: www.thedailybeast.com/buttigieg-bl...

The Trump DOT is making it easier for airline giants to rip you off — tossing out a Biden-era rule that required airlines compensate for severe delays and cancellations.

"The DOT’s agenda reads like it was copy-pasted directly from Airlines for America," says @wjm-air.bsky.social

Trump Just Killed 1 Of The Biggest Progressive Reforms In Years The Federal Trade Commission's lone Democrat said the GOP majority was “choosing the side of controlling bosses over American workers.”

Read the full piece here ⬇️
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

On Friday, the Trump FTC quietly abandoned nearly 30 million workers by voluntarily dropping its legal defense of the noncompete ban.

That decision "is a stunning betrayal of workers, entrepreneurs, and the agency’s own mission,” @nhegde.bsky.social tells @huffpost.com👇