In this issue, we look at the lessons of the U.S. presidential election, and some next steps. We also explore how the EU’s AI strategy might concentrate even more power in the hands of Big Tech.
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In this issue, Open Markets policy counsel Tara Pincock — who helped write the original lawsuit against Google — discusses a potential breakup.
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Barry Lynn authors Harper's October 2024 cover story, "The Antitrust Revolution: Liberal democracy’s last stand against Big Tech."
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Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn and CJL director Courtney Radsch released statements after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Google has violated the Sherman Act by illegally maintaining its monopoly in general online search and search text advertising.
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Open Markets’ executive director Barry Lynn was quoted in Politico urging President Biden to flaunt his solid track record on fighting corporate power during his reelection campaign.
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Open Markets executive director Barry Lynn condemns the newly-released AI Roadmap, led by Senator Schumer.
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Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn testified at a U.S. Trade Representative public hearing on May 2nd, 2024 on “Supply Chain Resilience.”
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Open Markets reacts to an American Booksellers Association (ABA) motion for the Federal Trade Commission to include Amazon’s monopolistic actions to control the books market in its wider antitrust case against Amazon.
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Following Congress’s votes to ban Tiktok, executive director Barry Lynn urges lawmakers to take a holistic approach to addressing the many threats posed by surveillance- and manipulation-driven business models.
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The Open Markets submitted a comment letter calling for aggressive action, including the use of tariff and quotas, to diversify U.S. supply chains.
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Executive director Barry Lynn spoke at the 2024 Stigler Antitrust Conference at the University of Chicago, which focused on “Antitrust, Regulation and the Diffusion of Innovation.” Lynn participated in a panel titled “The End of the Beginning for the Antimonopoly Movement?,” along with Zephyr Teachout, Cristina Caffarra, Matt Stoller, and Sohrab Ahmari.
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Open 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.
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Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement weighing in on the vote in the House of Representatives and overall debate about legislating ByteDance’s divestment of TikTok.
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Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement regarding President Biden’s FY2025 budget request.
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OMI executive director Barry Lynn is quoted on Lina Khan’s origin story, noting that she joined Open Markets fresh out of college.
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Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement on the new task force on the Biden Administration’s newly announced federal task force to rein in corporations’ abuse of their pricing power.
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Open Markets Institute’s executive director Barry Lynn called for regulators to focus on harms to democracy and human liberty.
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