26 years later, the FTC reinstates the “Prior Approval Policy” taking back the power to restrict anticompetitive mergers.
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan writes in the Japanese news outlet, The Nikkei, about the limits of competition policy and law as it currently stands, and how to improve it.
Read MoreDirector of Enforcement Strategy Sally Hubbard discusses the relationship between acquisitions and market concentration.
Read MoreWelcome to The Corner. In this issue, we discuss Zillow’s aggressive strategy to expand its reach in the real estate market — and how its recent acquisition is facing heightened scrutiny from the FTC.
Read MoreIn an opinion piece about supply chains, Paul Krugman mentions Executive Director Barry Lynn’s predictions about the dangers of centralizing manufacturing on supply-chain risks.
Read MoreOpen Markets applauds the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for ordering Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Square, and PayPal to disclose information about their payment system practices.
Read MoreOpen Markets urges the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets to ensure any recommendations for stablecoin regulation utilize their existing authorities and address existing investor protection, consumer protection, and systemic risk issues.
Read MoreOpen Markets applauds the introduction of the “The American Innovation and Choice Online Act.”
Read MoreOpen Markets adviser Johnny Ryan calls out Ireland for holding back European enforcement against Big Tech.
Read MoreNikki Usher, senior fellow at the Center for Journalism & Liberty, writes about how public media is vulnerable to growing political interference over its operations, especially with higher education at the crossroads of the culture war.
Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan describes how Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has played a key role in the rise of monopoly and oligopoly across the economy.
Read MoreSenior Legal Analyst Daniel Hanley shines a light on the issues baked into Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s proposed solutions for neutralizing Facebook.
Read MoreIn this issue, we take a closer look at Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” proposal to replace “cookies,” how antitrust reforms can increase the power of workers, and Rohit Chopra’s confirmation as CFPB director.
Read MoreReporter and researcher Karina Montoya authors an article about how the battle over the future of digital advertising has intensified since Google announced plans to eliminate third-party cookies in 2023.
Read MoreSenior Fellow Nikki Usher is featured in an article about controlling misinformation on Facebook.
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