The Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement regarding the Biden Administration, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) taking decisive action to curb junk fees across the economy.
Open Markets Institute Food Program Manager Claire Kelloway released a statement regarding the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the meat industry data company Agri Stats.
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Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement in reaction to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announcing its long-awaited suit against Amazon’s monopoly power and abuse.
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Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement concerning KKR’s bid to purchase book publisher Simon & Schuster.
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Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty, Dr. Courtney Radsch, released the following statement condemning Meta for threatening to remove access to news on Facebook and Instagram in response to a new Canadian law that would require the company to fairly compensate news publishers for the content they use and share.
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Open Markets released a statement in reaction to the newly-published draft guidelines for mergers, release by the FTC and DOJ.
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Open Markets Institute Europe Director Max von Thun puts out a statement welcoming the EC on its investigation into Amazon/iRobot.
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Open Markets Institute Policy Director Phillip Longman released the following statement in reaction to what the White House described as a “major address” today by President Biden
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The Open Markets Institute Europe released a statement on the European Commission’s announcement that it may move to require Google to divest parts of its online advertising business.
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Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn released the following statement in regard to Facebook’s threat to cut off access to news in California Facebook feeds if lawmakers in the state pass the California Journalism Preservation Act.
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Open Markets Institute Policy Counsel Tara Pincock released the following statement in reaction to the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court’s decision to uphold Apple’s numerous violations of our antitrust laws.
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Europe Director Max von Thun put out an Open Markets statement on the CMA’s valiant actions against Big Tech’s attempted dominance by denying Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
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The Open Markets Institute released the following statement from Europe Director Max von Thun following the UK Government’s publication of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill, a major new piece of legislation targeting Big Tech’s market power.
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Open Markets Institute Europe Director Max von Thun released the following statement with regard to Apple’s designation as a “platform of paramount significance for competition” under Section 19a of the German Competition Act (GWB), and the approval by Germany’s federal cabinet of new powers for Germany’s competition regulator the Bundeskartellamt.
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Open Markets Institute Policy Director Phillip Longman released a statement on the decision by the Surface Transportation Board to approve the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads.
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Open Markets Institute Europe Director Max von Thun teams up with the Balanced Economy Project, and the European Digital SME Alliance sending an open letter to the EC on EU responses to U.S. investments in a clean energy transition.
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Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement on the Federal Trade Commission’s decision to oppose Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) $13 billion takeover of prominent mortgage data company Black Knight.
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Open Markets Institute Europe Director Max von Thun leads an official submission to the EC alongside other partnered interest groups emphasizing the threats of Amazon’s intentions to takeover iRobot.
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