FTC Begins New Era by Restoring Common Sense Rules to Block Bad Deals

26 years later, the FTC reinstates the “Prior Approval Policy” taking back the power to restrict anticompetitive mergers.

Chopra Order on Big Tech Payment Services Marks New Approach to Power, Privacy, and Data

Open Markets applauds the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for ordering Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Square, and PayPal to disclose information about their payment system practices.

Press ReleasesOpen MarketsOctober 21, 20212021, October 2021, Big Tech, Barry Lynn, Primary Feature, Wins

Large Coalition of Public Interest and Environmental Groups Come Together to Urge Leaders to Address Climate Damages of Crypto

Open Markets sent a letter to congressional leadership signed by 70+ public interest, environmental, and racial justice organizations calling on Congress to take steps to mitigate cryptocurrency’s climate destruction when developing legislative and regulatory action for the industry.

Press ReleasesOpen MarketsOctober 7, 20212021, October 2021, Primary Feature

Report Update | Eyes Everywhere: Amazon's Worker Surveillance Continued

This research paper is an update to Open Markets’ 2020 report, “Eyes Everywhere: Amazon's Surveillance Infrastructure and Revitalizing Worker Power,” and details Amazon’s further attempts to amplify and widen employee monitoring into September 2021.

Reports & White PapersDaniel HanleySeptember 23, 2021Amazon, Daniel Hanley, Privacy, Big Tech, Primary Feature, September 2021, 2021

With Bedoya on Board, the FTC Should Move Swiftly to Stop Monopolistic Power

Open Markets Institute applauds Biden’s plan to nominate Alvaro Bedoya as the third Democratic commissioner of the FTC.

Democracy Journal - Pass Corporate Chartering Power to Washington

Senior Legal Analyst Daniel Hanley demonstrates why Congress should incorporate federal corporate chartering into their antimonopoly agenda to democratize the economy and to ensure corporations operate in the public interest.

Bloomberg - Crypto Doesn’t Have to Enable Tax Cheats

Financial policy director Alexis Goldstein writes about how the decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies does not correlate with the inability to comply with tax laws.

Op-EdsOpen MarketsAugust 26, 20212021, Technology & Power, Primary Feature, August 2021

The Washington Monthly - Amtrak Joe vs. the Modern Robber Barons

Policy director Phil Longman argues that President Biden’s big bet on rail infrastructure will be wasted unless he takes on the financiers who control the industry.

Op-EdsPhil LongmanAugust 9, 20212021, August 2021, Phil Longman, Transportation, Primary Feature

With Kanter, Khan, Wu, and the Rest of Biden’s Trustbusting Team, We’re Looking at a New Era of Democracy for All Americans, From the Bottom Up

The Open Markets Institute applauds the Biden administration’s nomination of Jonathan Kanter to run the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.

Press ReleasesOpen MarketsJuly 20, 2021Antitrust Law, Big Tech, Technology & Power, Wins, Primary Feature

A Sequel Report: Amazon’s Pervasive Surveillance Extends from Workers to Competitors and Consumers Too

New report enumerates a plethora of predatory, exclusionary, and unfair practices that Amazon implements to surveil its competitors and consumers.

Biden Executive Order Marks Important Win for Movement to Protect Workers, Farming Communities, Exporters, and Our Nation’s Security from Monopoly Power

The Open Markets Institute releases a statement celebrating a White House executive order on competition policy aimed at breaking the power of monopolists and calling for a multitude of actions that Open Markets pioneered over the years.

Open Markets Institute Welcomes Alexis Goldstein as Financial Policy Director and Deepak Gupta as Board Member

Open Markets Institute announces new staff member, Alexis Goldstein as new Financial Policy Director, and new board member, Deepak Gupta.

Press ReleasesOpen MarketsJune 25, 20212021, Wins, June 2021, Primary Feature

Supreme Court Punts On Real Change for NCAA Players With Narrow Decision

Open Markets Institute notes that in its decision in NCAA v. Alston, the Supreme Court preserved the NCAA’s general collusive scheme against college basketball and football players and chose to ignore the case’s larger legal and policy implications.

Lina Khan’s Confirmation as Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission is Momentous

Open Markets Institute celebrates Lina Khan’s confirmation and looks forward to the expertise she will bring to stopping monopolies at the FTC.

Open Markets Applauds New Bipartisan Legislation to Rein in Big Tech as Important First Step

Open Markets Institute applauds the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee for introducing a group of bipartisan bills today aiming to implement recommendations set forth in the subcommittee’s October 2020 report as a big step forward in protecting American democracy and American liberty from the power and control of platform monopolists.

Open Markets Institute Calls On U.S. Judicial Panel to Deny Google’s Attempt to Impede the Texas AG Multistate Case

Open Markets Institute urges the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to immediately deny Google’s motion to transfer in State of Texas et al V Google LLC to the Northern District of California.

In Amicus Brief, Open Markets Argues Court Must Reverse Pro-Monopoly Decision in Mylan EpiPen Case

Open Markets Institute announces its filing of an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit to reverse the district court’s faulty decision in Sanofi’s lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Mylan.

The State Anti-Monopoly Machine is Waking Up; Even More Can Be Done

Daniel Hanley of Open Markets Institute, writes about the vast regulatory powers to restructure markets and curb excessive concentrations of corporate power that U.S. state governments have.

ArticlesDaniel HanleyMay 20, 20212021, May 2021, Daniel Hanley, Antitrust Law, Politics, Primary Feature

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