The 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).
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Open 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.”
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Open 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.
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The 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.
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The Open Markets Institute writes a letter on how Canada could strengthen its antimonopoly laws, including on merger review, exclusive dealing and other forms of unfair competition and vertical restraints.
The Open Markets Institute led a letter to the Surface Transportation Board alongside ten other public interest groups and allies, urging the board to oppose the merger between major rail carriers Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern that is currently under evaluation.
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The Open Markets Institute submits a letter urging the FTC to block the pending merger between grocer giants, Albertsons and Kroger.
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The Open Markets Institute, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, a forum of 75 NGOs, have sent the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a joint submission on the privacy, market, and security hazards of surveillance advertising, urging the agency to act against commercial surveillance and to define “Real-Time Bidding” (RTB) as an unfair and deceptive practice.
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Open Markets Institute Submits Written Testimony Urging the New Jersey State Legislature to Ban Non-Compete Clauses, Pass Senate Bill No. 1410.
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Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan testifies before House Committee on Rules Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process Regarding Right to Repair
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Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn testifies before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights
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Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn Testifies Before House Judiciary on How Extreme and Growing Market Concentration Chokes Supply Chains and Worsens Inflation
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Open Markets Institute Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan testified in Applauding House Bill 22-1317,
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During “The Inflation Equation: Corporate Profiteering, Supply Chain Bottlenecks, and COVID-19,” legal director Sandeep Vaheesan outlined political economic harms of corporate consolidation.
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Lynn details how traditional anti-monopoly law and policy helped allow independent business to exist in this country—and how to address the crisis caused by its demise.
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Groups send letter asserting that McWilliams’ attempt to block a legal request for input on the FDIC’s bank merger policy is unlawful.
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Financial Policy Director Alexis Goldstein testified at the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs’ hearing on “Stablecoins: How Do They Work, How Are They Used, and What Are Their Risks?”
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