Axios reporter Steve LeVine cited Open Markets' major agriculture policy brief in his report about farm bankruptcies in Iowa and how big business is bleeding the midwest.
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NBC News’ Benjy Sarlin reports on how the 2020 presidential contenders are taking up the antimonopoly call saying market concentration is harming the American economy.
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As the debate about corporate power in rural communities heats up, Open Markets Institute released its first major policy paper documenting concentration in America’s agricultural sector, providing an in-depth breakdown across sectors from meat processing to groceries.
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The Columbia Journalism Review's Emily Bell reports on the impact of Big Tech on the media industry and why Facebook, Apple, and Google do things that journalists should be investigating, not profiting from. She references the conflict with Google by the Open Markets Initiative at the New America Foundation in her reporting.
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This report, “Food and Power: Addressing Monopolization in America’s Food System,” documents the degree of concentration found in different agriculture-related sectors of the economy and lays out solutions for policymakers.
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Bloomberg's Josh Eidelson reports on Open Markets and its coalition members' petition to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban non-compete clauses from employee contracts and speaks to Open Markets legal direct Sandeep Vaheesan and other signatories. Non-competes impact 30 million workers in America today.
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Welcome to The Corner. In this issue, we cover our recent petition to the Federal Trade Commission, calling on it to ban non-compete clauses for all workers. We also discuss how a new report from the United Kingdom on digital competition falls short of actually addressing platform monopolists’ power.
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The Open Markets Institute, the AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and over 60 other signatories — including labor organizations, public interest groups, and legal scholars — have filed a demand to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban worker non-compete clauses.
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The Open Markets Institute, the AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and over 60 other signatories — including labor organizations, public interest groups, and legal scholars — have filed a demand to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today to ban worker non-compete clauses.
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Many rural residents – including many farmers – do not want large concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in their communities, as evinced by a growing number of efforts to halt new CAFOs or sue them for environmental damage. But a newly popular corporate structure for hog production makes it increasingly difficult for residents to even determine who owns a CAFO let alone seek justice through civil suits.
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Rolling Stone’s Andy Kroll has featured the Open Markets Institute in a new story about monopoly power’s rising presence on the political agenda, crediting Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn as the intellectual driving force.
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Rolling Stone's Andy Kroll interviews Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn and the team about the Open Markets story, breaks the news on Open Markets Institute Action hosting an anti-trust forum in Iowa with 2020 Presidential Candidates, and reports on how Open Markets has put anti-monopoly at the center of the national conversation.
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Last Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the district court’s ruling that allowed AT&T to acquire Time Warner. The three-judge panel found no clear errors with the trial court’s opinion allowing a vertical merger between two corporations at different stages of the video programming supply chain.
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Open Markets applauds Senators Warren and Sanders for taking bold stances against monopolies this week as bipartisan momentum towards stronger antitrust enforcement in Congress continues to build.
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Welcome to The Corner. In this issue, we show where the Justice Department went wrong in its challenge to AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner. We also highlight several works recently put out by Open Markets opposing monopoly power.
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Mother Jones' Nihal Krishan reports on the U.S. government's failure to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger and how it could lead to even bigger monopolies. Open Markets fellow Matt Stoller tells him that the wording of the court opinion rejecting the DOJ’s case against AT&T and Time Warner left open wiggle room for future cases.
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