Publications
The Open Markets Institute and the Center for Journalism & Liberty have signed onto a set of ten common principles for supporting independent, sustainable journalism through fair compensation and by rectifying the power imbalances of the digital era.
Read MoreOpen Markets released a statement in reaction to the newly-published draft guidelines for mergers, release by the FTC and DOJ.
Read MoreOpen Markets will host a virtual event on Monday, July 17th to check in once again on the executive agencies’ progress on behalf of farmers, workers, & the American people. Our goal: to understand what the Biden administration must accomplish in its remaining time in office.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Europe Director Max von Thun puts out a statement welcoming the EC on its investigation into Amazon/iRobot.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Policy Director Phillip Longman released the following statement in reaction to what the White House described as a “major address” today by President Biden
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute and Center for Journalism & Liberty are pleased to announce Courtney C. Radsch, PhD, has joined our team as the new director of the Center for Journalism & Liberty.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute Europe released a statement on the European Commission’s announcement that it may move to require Google to divest parts of its online advertising business.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn released the following statement in regard to Facebook’s threat to cut off access to news in California Facebook feeds if lawmakers in the state pass the California Journalism Preservation Act.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute has led a joint submission to the European Commission on the critical role of third parties in implementation and enforcement of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Read MoreOpen Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn testified on May 3, 2023 at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights on “Competition in the Digital Advertising Ecosystem.”
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Policy Counsel Tara Pincock released the following statement in reaction to the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court’s decision to uphold Apple’s numerous violations of our antitrust laws.
Read MoreEurope Director Max von Thun put out an Open Markets statement on the CMA’s valiant actions against Big Tech’s attempted dominance by denying Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute released the following statement from Europe Director Max von Thun following the UK Government’s publication of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill, a major new piece of legislation targeting Big Tech’s market power.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Europe Director Max von Thun, alongside a group of leading European civil society organizations, has submitted a detailed response to the European Commission’s call for evidence on future guidelines on enforcement of Article 102 TFEU, one of the European Union’s key antitrust laws.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute today led a coalition of fifty civil society groups that urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban non-compete clauses as well as functionally equivalent restraints.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Europe Director Max von Thun released the following statement with regard to Apple’s designation as a “platform of paramount significance for competition” under Section 19a of the German Competition Act (GWB), and the approval by Germany’s federal cabinet of new powers for Germany’s competition regulator the Bundeskartellamt.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute and that Union of Open Markets Staff have ratified their inaugural collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the first union contract for employees at Open Markets.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Policy Director Phillip Longman released a statement on the decision by the Surface Transportation Board to approve the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads.
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