Publications
The Open Markets Institute released a statement on the decision Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas to strike down a landmark new rule enacted by the Federal Trade Commission that would have banned non-compete clauses in employment contracts.
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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.
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Open 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.
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Open 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:
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Center 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.
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Open Markets Institute Food Program Manager Clare Kelloway released a statement on the USDA’s Packers & Stockyards Act rule on poultry tournaments.
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Open 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”).
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Open Markets executive director Barry Lynn condemns the newly-released AI Roadmap, led by Senator Schumer.
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Open 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.
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Open 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.
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Following 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.
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Open 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.
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Open 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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Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement weighing in on the vote in the House of Representatives and overall debate about legislating ByteDance’s divestment of TikTok.
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Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement regarding President Biden’s FY2025 budget request.
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Open Markets Food Program Manager Claire Kelloway released a statement on release of The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) final rule for improvements to Packers and Stockyards Act enforcement against discrimination, retaliation and deception in the meatpacking industry.
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Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement on the new task force on the Biden Administration’s newly announced federal task force to rein in corporations’ abuse of their pricing power.
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Open Markets Food Program Manager Claire Kelloway released a statement regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s move to block a merger between two of the nation’s largest grocers, Kroger and Albertsons.
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