The American Antitrust Institute is an independent non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. with a mission to increase the role of competition, assure that competition works in the interests of consumers, and challenge abuses of concentrated economic power in the American and world economy. Through its education and advocacy work, the AAI provides valuable legal and economic information, analysis, and perspective on U.S. and international antitrust law, litigation, and legislation, with a particular focus on the effects of anticompetitive practices on consumers.

Highlights

1-24-12

Listen to WGN's Mike McConnell's interview with AAI President Bert Foer from January 24, 2012. Click here to listen...

1-20-12

Washington, D.C. - The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) today called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state attorneys general and consumer protection agencies, and legislators to investigate restrictive paperless ticketing practices for...

1-20-12

The American Antitrust Institute presented the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and several State Attorneys General a 71-page white paper...

1-19-12

In an amicus letter filed with the California Supreme Court, AAI urged the Court to review and reject a decision of the California Court of Appeal that followed an unduly permissive standard under California law for evaluating so-called “...

1-19-12

AAI Senior Fellow Greg Gundlach, the Coggin Distinguished Professor of Marketing at University of North Florida, submitted testimony to the Florida State Senate's Committee on Commerce and Tourism raising concerns about the consumer protection...

1-17-12

AAI President Bert Foer and AAI Advisory Board Member Dan Crane are quoted in PolitiFact's The Obameter "Antitrust Enforecement Has Picked Up" on January 17, 2012...

1-10-12

AAI joins the nation's leading consumer rights organizations to offer strong support for H.R 3406, the Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act, in a letter to Congressman Hank Johnson.

12-29-11

AAI President Bert Foer takes Crane to task, particularly on private enforcement issues; AAI Advisory Board Member Dan Crane fires back.