The Open Markets Institute, SOMO and the Balanced Economy Project today made a formal submission to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) as part of the authority’s antitrust investigation of Amazon’s UK marketplace.
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Reporter Austin Ahlman shines a light on the FTC’s contradictory approval of L3Harris’ acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne in this article.
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In this issue, we explore how the DOJ and FTC can make corporate ESG standards more effective. And Open Markets joins authors and booksellers in calling for antitrust action against Amazon’s dangerous book monopoly.
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Open Markets Institute, the Authors Guild, and the American Booksellers Association have sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) urging these agencies to focus on how Amazon abuses its monopoly power over the market for books and ideas, as regulators appear on the verge of bringing a major suit against Amazon.
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Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty, Dr. Courtney Radsch, published an article on a new study analyzing the value of news to Big Tech outlets and their use of journalistic content.
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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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In this issue, we explore how Nvidia is finding ways to increase its grip over the global chip market despite regulatory pushback.
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The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in the case of Illumina v. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urging the Fifth Circuit to deny a petition for review in the case.
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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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The Open Markets Institute released the following statement urging Facebook to require the same consent from U.S. users and users around the world, and called on U.S. lawmakers to step in should Facebook fail to do so in the U.S.
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