The Open Markets Institute Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan released the following statement applauding the FTC’s decision to propose a ban on non-compete clauses and functionally similar contracts for all workers.
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The 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.
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The 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
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Executive director Barry Lynn publishes a debrief on the results of the Congressional elections, and what that means for antimonopoly.
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The 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”:
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Open 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.
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In response to Elon Musk buying Twitter Open Markets Institute Director Barry Lynn issues this statement.
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Open Markets Institute has submitted a comment to the Chief Legal Officer USDA AMS Fair Trade Practices Program about the corporate domination stripping away the autonomy of livestock farmers.
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Open Markets Institute Policy Director Phil Longman released the following statement on the current railroad crisis and how to fix it.
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Read Open Markets Institute’s Comments to the USDA lead by Food Systems Program Manager Claire Kelloway.
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Open Markets Institute submitted a comment to the USDA this week that reveals a bleak picture of consolidation and rapidly rising prices in the fertilizer market, contributing to shortages and higher food costs. Open Markets also submitted similar concerns with regard to rampant concentration and anticompetitive practices in seed and food retail distribution markets.
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Open Markets writes two comments to the USDA appreciating the acknowledgment of corporate consolidation and retail distribution within many sectors of the agricultural industry.
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Open Markets writes two comments to the USDA appreciating the acknowledgment of corporate consolidation and retail distribution within many sectors of the agricultural industry.
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In response to Elon Musk buying Twitter Open Markets Institute Director Barry Lynn issues a statement on behalf of Open Markets.
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To ensure that future mergers are in the public interest and do not exacerbate the already pronounced concentration in the banking sector, all federal agencies should establish clear bright-line rules to block bank mergers that harm the public.
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Open Markets highlights concerns over the potential for Big Tech to use payments for self-preferencing and steering, extractive business practices, enhanced data for manipulative algorithms and the potential for financial surveillance.
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Open Markets applauds the FTC for demonstrating a commitment to ensuring the resiliency and robustness of the semiconductor industry.
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Letter details how monopolization of key parts of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry is causing political and economic harm, and what the Biden administration can do about it.
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