Open Markets’ food systems policy director Claire Kelloway on new USDA rules for chicken tournament systems that leave out turkey farmers.
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Open Markets worked with civil society groups from Europe, the UK and the US to submit details and recommendations to the European Commission regarding Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, as the Commission investigates the partnership on fair competition grounds.
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Director of Europe and Transatlantic Partnerships Max von Thun urges Brussels to use its existing powers under competition law and the Digital Markets Act to challenge Big Tech’s growing influence over AI in this article.
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Open Markets Europe Director Max von Thun released a statement regarding Amazon’s announcement it will no longer seek to acquire home robotics firm, iRobot.
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OMI 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.
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The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in two cases currently before the Supreme Court concerning states’ ability to regulate certain companies in the public interest, or as “common carriers”: Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v Paxton.
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CJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch discusses new legislation in California that may allow for newsroom advantages over Big Tech.
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Open Markets Institute was listed among the groups that have signed onto a letter opposing Koch Industries’ purchase of OCI Global’s Iowa Fertilizer Company for $3.6 billion, which would further consolidate the industry and damage competition and prices
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Policy Director Phillip Longman highlights the need for price regulation in the airline industry alongside the milestone decision by a federal judge to block JetBlue’s acquisition of Spirit Airlines.
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In this issue, we preview what to expect from the antimonopoly movement in 2024, predicting more aggressive actions against mergers and a deflation of the AI hype.
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Policy Director Phillip Longman publishes a featured piece largely based on a pivotal report published by Longman/Open Markets and the Center for Journalism & Liberty at Open Markets on how the breakdown of journalism's business model is not the result of inherent features of the internet or of digital technology.
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Marketplace quoted Open Markets’ food systems policy director Claire Kelloway on how the proposed merger between grocery store giants Kroger and Albertsons would increase the company’s negotiating power with brands.
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Reporter Austin Ahlman explains the battle between station ownership and the few remaining opportunities to reinstate regulatory practices on broadcasting companies by the FCC.
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Welcome to our final installment of The Corner for 2023. Over the course of the year, our team continued to drive the reinvigoration of antimonopoly law around the world, as well as policies reining in Big Tech. See some of the ways we did so below.
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Food and agriculture systems program manager Claire Kelloway co-wrote a paper with senior fellow at American Economic Liberties Project, Matthew Buck, examining exclusionary payments as an unfair tactic used by dominant retailers to abuse their market power to corner food retail markets and marginalize new and community-based producers.
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