Publications
The Open Markets Institute led a letter to the Surface Transportation Board alongside ten other public interest groups and allies, urging the board to oppose the merger between major rail carriers Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern that is currently under evaluation.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley and Center for Journalism & Liberty reporter Karina Montoya write in the year-end issue of Competition Policy International about the ways antitrust enforcement can provide baseline data privacy protections for consumers, despite the lack of a comprehensive federal privacy law.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute and Public Citizen led a joint letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alongside consumer advocates and organized labor urging the agency to begin its work on a federal rule banning the use of non-compete clauses in employment contracts.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute released the following statement from Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s move to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of major game developer Activision Blizzard
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute submits a letter urging the FTC to block the pending merger between grocer giants, Albertsons and Kroger.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, a forum of 75 NGOs, have sent the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a joint submission on the privacy, market, and security hazards of surveillance advertising, urging the agency to act against commercial surveillance and to define “Real-Time Bidding” (RTB) as an unfair and deceptive practice.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute released the following statement from Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s new policy statement on defining and policing “unfair methods of competition”:
Read MoreOpen Markets puts out an article by Luke Goldstein discussing Elon Musk approaching Goliath-status control.
Read MoreOpen Markets puts out a statement on the significant step of antitrust enforcement taken by the courts against the Bertelsmann corporation and their desired merger with of Simon & Schuster.
Read MoreIn response to Elon Musk buying Twitter Open Markets Institute Director Barry Lynn issues this statement.
Read MoreSandeep Vaheesan provides a comment on OMI’s statement on the DOJ’s Latest Action against individuals practicing on rival corporate boards.
Open Markets Institute Submits Written Testimony Urging the New Jersey State Legislature to Ban Non-Compete Clauses, Pass Senate Bill No. 1410.
Read MoreFood Systems Program Manager Claire Kelloway leads another Open Markets Comment on poultry industry schemes submitted to the USDA.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Policy Director Phil Longman released the following statement on the current railroad crisis and how to fix it.
Read MoreBarry Lynn publishes an article in Democracy Journal analyzing the route Democrats and the Biden White House must take for a path of success in the realm of antitrust.
Read MoreFood Systems Program Manager Claire Kelloway spearheads Open Markets Comments on poultry transparency submitted to USDA.
Read MoreSandeep Vaheesan provides a comment on OMI’s statement on the FTC’s Move to Stop Facebook From Acquiring VR App Maker Within.
