Publications
Senior legal director Daniel Hanley was quoted for commenting on the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Apple in reference to the coming hearing in a U.S. District Court in New Jersey, which falls within the purview of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Read MoreSenior legal director Daniel Hanley was quoted for commenting on the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Apple in highlighting fairness for consumers.
Read MoreOpen Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn responded to the Department of Justice’s landmark announcement, suing Apple for a wide range of unfair competition practices and its monopoly over smartphone markets and applications.
Read MoreCenter for Journalism and Liberty director Dr. Courtney Radsch was quoted in an article on preventing the spread of fake news.
Read MoreOMI Europe director Max von Thun was quoted saying that Big Tech companies like Amazon, Meta, and Google use cosmetic changes to circumvent Europe’s Digital Markets Act.
Read MoreOMI Europe director Max von Thun was quoted for speaking on a $2 billion fine the European Commission slapped on Apple for unfair practices within its app store.
Read MoreOMI Europe director Max von Thun quoted, commenting on how new European regulations aimed at forcing Apple to release its stranglehold over its App Store have only led Apple to issue new fees that reinforce its control.
Read MoreOpen 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.
Read MoreOpen 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.
Read MoreDirector of Enforcement Strategy Sally Hubbard’s past writing about the hurdles involved in using the legal system to hold tech giants accountable is referenced in an article about “sherlocking.”
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute applauds Rep. David Cicilline and the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust’s report and recommendations based on its 17-month investigation of America’s largest tech companies: Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Apple.
Read MoreCongress implored to act swiftly to rein in Big Tech’s anti-competitive behavior and acquisitions at the October, 2020, House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee hearing.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute releases a statement emphasizing the need to preserve good antitrust doctrine and to protect the public from tying by monopolists.
Read MoreBloomberg quotes Barry Lynn, executive director of Open Markets, on rising concentration in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreProspect: Last month, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) took a well-deserved victory lap after Amazon announced it would be opening new corporate offices in New York City, months after it pulled out of opening a second headquarters in the area.
Read MoreVoice of America’s Michelle Quinn reports that the “era of Silicon Valley’s operating largely free from government may be coming to an end.”
Read MorePOLITICO's Nancy Scola covers October's Democratic Debate and reports that former Vice President Joe Biden "was the quietest person on stage on the question of how to handle Silicon Valley." She speaks with Open Markets Director of Enforcement Strategy Sally Hubbard who said of the antitrust portion of the debate “People are understanding that it’s not just some technocratic, boring area. It’s fundamentally about equality and freedom, the American way, the American dream. It’s at the heart of capitalism and what we think of core American values.”
Read MoreGQ Magazine's Elle Hardy writes that over the past decade, some of Silicon Valley's brightest ideas have evolved into the biggest, most powerful companies on the planet. Sarah Miller, deputy director of the Open Markets Institute, a think tank devoted to curbing big tech’s economic dominance, told her that firms are uniquely equipped to get away with breaching our trust. “Consumers don’t have any power in the way that they would in a functioning market, where if they’re unhappy with the way customers or workers are being treated, they can take their business elsewhere.”
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