Open Markets statement on the passing of former FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky.
Read MoreThe Open Markets team strongly supports Senator Warren’s call to separate the business of retailing from the business of making things.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Applauds Senator Cory Booker’s Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2018.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute's Executive Director, Barry Lynn, responds.
Read MoreThis morning, the Open Markets Institute joined the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the Center for Digital Democracy, Consumer Watchdog, and Fight for the Future in the release of the following letter to EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager.
Read MoreIn response to the Supreme Court's decision in Ohio v. American Express, the Open Markets Institute released the following statement.
Read MoreIn response to Judge Richard Leon's decision in the AT&T/Time Warner case today, the Open Markets Institute has released the following statement:
Read MoreToday the Supreme Court tilted the competitive playing field away from honest businesses and towards abusive ones.
Read MoreOn Facebook's earnings call last night, CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrated the corporation’s enormous profits and fast-growing advertising business.
Read MoreIt's long past time for the FTC to wake up to the dangers posed by Big Tech, not only to privacy, not only to our economy, but to our democracy.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute called on the Senate to confirm pending nominees to the FTC immediately so the agency has the capacity to address the clear danger Facebook presents.
Read MoreOMI believes the DOJ’s action should serve as a first step towards restoring the open, democratic, highly distributed media structure that existed in the United States through most of the 20th Century.
Read MoreRussian exploitation of Facebook’s monopoly structure to undermine America’s democracy means the FTC must act swiftly to curb its power.
Read MoreGoogle's proposed remedy of the European Commission's demand falls far short of what is necessary to address Google’s abuse of its dominant position in search.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute applauds the Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) for recognizing that America has a monopoly problem and driving forward the conversation about how to address it.
Read MoreOpen Markets congratulates European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager and the European competition authority for this important decision requiring that Google give equal treatment to rival services instead of privileging its own.
Read MoreAmazon announced today that it wants to buy grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.7 billion in cash. If approved by regulators, the deal would worsen the already severe damage that Amazon is doing to America’s competitive, open market system.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute submitted a comprehensive comment letter to the Justice Department (DOJ) and Department of Transportation (DOT), outlining actionable steps to address the ongoing decline in the airline industry and air travel experience.
Read MoreHealthcare, transportation, and the care economy are each captured by giant corporations or private equity, resulting in higher costs and horrible service. Three new articles from Open Markets staff in the new issue of The Washington Monthly point toward solutions.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute shares deep regrets that the European Commission chose not to intervene in Nvidia’s acquisition of Run:ai.
Read MoreOn Monday, December 9, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) modified a 12-year-old consent order that previously prohibited independent pharmacies in Puerto Rico from collectively bargaining with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and insurers.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute, alongside eight partner organizations, has made a detailed submission to the European Commission, urging it to fully investigate U.S. chipmaker Nvidia’s planned acquisition of workload management startup Run:ai.
Read MoreIn response to the Federal Trade Commission initiating a lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, LLC for engaging in unlawful price discrimination, the Open Market Institute's senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley issued a statement.
Read MoreIn response to a federal judge in Oregon granting the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction against Kroger’s takeover of Albertsons and a state judge siding with the Washington Attorney General’s suit to block the deal, the Open Market Institute's Food Systems Program Manager Claire Kelloway issued a statement.
Read MoreOpen Markets and partners effectively warn FTC about the dangers of data collection from real-time bidding firm Mobilewalla.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, urging the court to grant a rehearing In re Merck Mumps Vaccine Antitrust Litigation. A class of physicians alleged that Merck misled the Food and Drug Administration about the shelf-life of its vaccine and thereby kept out a competing vaccine.
Read MoreCenter for Journalism & Liberty (CJL) at the Open Markets Institute Director Dr. Courtney Radsch shared a statement in response to closing arguments today in the U.S. Department of Justice’s case against Google for monopolizing several technology products central to digital advertising.
Read MoreCJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch shared a statement in response to the proposed final judgement the Department of Justice has put forward to address Google’s monopoly over online search.
Read MoreThe Center for Journalism & Liberty (CJL) at the Open Markets Institute submitted a detailed letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, advocating for decisive action to dismantle Google’s monopoly over online search and search text advertising.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in Villages v. FTC, one of two cases that challenge the FTC’s landmark prohibition on non-compete clauses.
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