Testimony by Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn at Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Promoting Competition in the Technology Sector

See Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn’s full testimony.

Labor, Anti-Monopoly, and Justice Groups Send Letter to Top Financial Regulators Amplifying Calls for Enhanced Regulation of Amazon’s AWS

Open Markets spearheads a coalition letter to FSOC urging them to bring AWS under the supervision of the Federal Reserve as a utility.

Open Markets Documents Grave Concerns with Facebook’s Digital Wallet Pilot Program

The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission, and Financial Regulators should examine and mitigate the risks the pilot presents.

Testimony by Open Markets Financial Policy Director Alexis Goldstein at Joint Economic Committee Hearing on “Demystifying Crypto: Digital Assets and the Role of Government”

Financial Director Alexis Goldstein testified at the U.S. Congress’s Joint Economic Committee Hearing on “Demystifying Crypto: Digital Assets and the Role of Government.”

Joint Letter - Regulators Should Review Harms of CME Group Inc.’s Potential Merger with Cboe and Conduct Study on Existing Concentration Problems

Better Markets and the Open Markets Institute raise serious concerns about lack of competition in derivatives markets.

Testimony by Open Markets Chief Economist Brian Callaci at Senate Judiciary Hearing on 21st Century Antitrust Reforms and the American Worker

Open Markets Chief Economist Brian Callaci testified at Part 4 of the Senate Judiciary hearings on Reviving Competition: 21st Century Antitrust Reforms and the American Worker.

Open Markets Signs Letter Asking FTC to Stop Corporate Surveillance

Open Markets joins 47 other groups in sending the FTC a letter asking them to stop corporate smart surveillance.

Testimony & Comment LettersOpen MarketsJuly 30, 20212021, July 2021, Amazon, Privacy, FTC

Letter to U.S. House of Representatives in Support of the the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act

Open Markets joins 30+ organizations in sending a letter to the House in support of H.R. 2668 to restore the FTC’s authority to provide refunds and equitable relief to victims of consumer fraud and deception.

Testimony by Sandeep Vaheesan before D.C. Council in Support of Upholding and Strengthening the District’s Non-Compete Protections

Sandeep Vaheesan testified against carving out additional workers from D.C.’s “Non-Compete Conflict of Interest Clarification Amendment Act of 2021” and to instead amend the law to extend its protection to all workers in the District.

Testimony by Open Markets Financial Policy Director Alexis Goldstein at House Subcommittee Hearing on Crypto Frenzy

Full testimony from Open Markets Institute Financial Policy Director Alexis Goldstein at the House financial services oversight subcommittee hearing, “America on “FIRE”: Will the Crypto Frenzy Lead to Financial Independence and Early Retirement or Financial Ruin?”

Letter to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on New Antitrust Bills

Open Markets Institute sent a letter to lawmakers applauding the introduction of a suite of bipartisan bills aiming to combat the harms that Big Tech monopolies cause to all Americans, innovation, and the marketplace of ideas.

Testimony by Policy Director Phillip Longman About How the VA Helps Fight Hospital Monopolies

Open Markets’ policy director Phillip Longman testified before the House Veterans Affairs Committee detailing the vital role the 1,700 hospitals, clinics, and other health care facilities run by the Department of Veterans Affairs play in preserving competition in increasingly monopolized medical markets.

Testimony & Comment LettersPhil LongmanMay 27, 20212021, May 2021, Phil Longman

Testimony by Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn at the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Hearing: Competition Policy for the Twenty-First Century

Barry Lynn urges Congress to take swift, bright-line action to protect our democracy from private corporate power.

Connecticut Joins Movement to Protect Workers Against Non-Competes

Open Markets Institute’s legal director, Sandeep Vaheesan, submits written testimony lauding Connecticut’s SB 906 – An Act Concerning Non-Compete Agreements and encouraging the state to strengthen its action against non-competes by enacting a full ban.

More Than 100 Organizations and Scholars Urge Biden to Appoint FTC Commissioners Committed to Outlawing Noncompete Clauses and Exclusionary Contracting

The Open Markets Institute sent two letters signed by more than 100 organizations and scholars to President-elect Joe Biden urging him to appoint FTC commissioners committed to outlawing noncompete clauses and exclusionary contracting.

Letter to House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on Self-Dealing by Platform Monopolies

On April 17th, Open Markets submitted a letter to the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on promoting fair competition in the market place. The letter details illegal monopolization by digital platforms and recommends reforms aimed at opening the gates of fair competition to new innovators, restoring dynamism to the economy, decrease market concentration, and ensuring basic rule of law for all sellers and buyers.

Letter by Open Markets Institute, Center for Digital Democracy, Public Citizen, EPIC, and Others Demanding the Federal Trade Commission Block Google's Fitbit Acquisition

On November 13, 2019, the Open Markets Institute, the Center for Digital Democracy, Public Citizen, EPIC, along with Commercial-Free Childhood, Consumer Federation of America, Oakland Privacy, Media Alliance, and Consumer Action submitted a letter to the Federal Trade Commission demanding to block Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit.

Testimony & Comment LettersOpen MarketsNovember 13, 2019Google, Privacy, November 2019, 2019

Testimony of Barry Lynn Before the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee: The Nature of the Threats Posed by Platform Monopolists to Democracy, Liberty, and Individual Enterprise

On October 17, 2019, Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn testified before the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee on 'The Nature of the Threats Posed by Platform Monopolists to Democracy, Liberty, and Individual Enterprise.’

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