Publications
Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn and CJL director Courtney Radsch released statements after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Google has violated the Sherman Act by illegally maintaining its monopoly in general online search and search text advertising.
Read MoreOpen Markets Europe Director Max von Thun weighs in on today’s widespread IT outage and how it exposes the great risk in monopolistic corporations controlling our communications systems.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Food Program Manager Clare Kelloway released a statement concerning the U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture’s newly-proposed Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets rule under the Packers and Stockyards Act:
Read MoreIn the first in a new series of expert policy briefs, Dr. Courtney Radsch, director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets, examines the need to establish a framework for valuing the news and content, particularly the journalistic content used to train AI’s large language models.
Read MoreCenter for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute Director Dr. Courtney Radsch a statement regarding the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal's decision that Google will face trial for using its monopoly control over the online advertising market to divert revenues from publishers.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Food Program Manager Clare Kelloway released a statement on the USDA’s Packers & Stockyards Act rule on poultry tournaments.
Read MoreOpen Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan released a statement on the Department of Justice and state attorneys general suing to break up the entertainment and ticketing monopoly, Live Nation-Ticketmaster (formally “Live Nation Entertainment”).
Read MoreOpen Markets executive director Barry Lynn condemns the newly-released AI Roadmap, led by Senator Schumer.
Read MoreOpen Markets industrial policy program manager Audrey Stienon released a statement on the Biden Administration’s new tariffs to grow and protect U.S. green energy supply chains and manufacturing.
Read MoreOpen Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn testified at a U.S. Trade Representative public hearing on May 2nd, 2024 on “Supply Chain Resilience.”
Read MoreOpen Markets reacts to an American Booksellers Association (ABA) motion for the Federal Trade Commission to include Amazon’s monopolistic actions to control the books market in its wider antitrust case against Amazon.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in El Koussa v. Campbell, a case before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts challenging proposed ballot initiatives in Massachusetts concerning whether app-based companies like Uber and Lyft should be allowed to legally classify their drivers as independent contractors.
Read MoreFollowing Congress’s votes to ban Tiktok, executive director Barry Lynn urges lawmakers to take a holistic approach to addressing the many threats posed by surveillance- and manipulation-driven business models.
Read MoreOpen Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan released a statement in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule to ban non-compete clauses for all workers.
Read MoreThe Open Markets submitted a comment letter calling for aggressive action, including the use of tariff and quotas, to diversify U.S. supply chains.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute and several civil society partners active in the European Union have published “Rebalancing Europe: A New Economic Agenda for Tackling Monopoly Power,” a new manifesto for the next European Commission and Parliament that sets out how policymakers should more effectively address monopoly power and control in Europe.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute has partnered with the media company Participant and partners, to cosponsor the Washington, DC premiere of the documentary film sequel, Food, Inc. 2, on April 9th, and an impact campaign to improve our food system by taking on corporate power and the harmful practices that power enables.
Read MoreOpen Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn responded to the Department of Justice’s landmark announcement, suing Apple for a wide range of unfair competition practices and its monopoly over smartphone markets and applications.
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