Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley’s opinion piece was cited for his criticism of the Verizon TracFone merger.
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Open Markets spearheads a coalition letter to FSOC urging them to bring AWS under the supervision of the Federal Reserve as a utility.
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The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission, and Financial Regulators should examine and mitigate the risks the pilot presents.
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In light of Biden’s nomination of Jerome Powell for Chair of the Federal Reserve, Open Markets urges the President to nominate Dr. Lisa Cook and Sarah Bloom Raskin to remaining open Fed Board seats.
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Executive director Barry Lynn’s analysis that concentration would create weak supply chains was cited in an opinion piece about the current supply chain issues.
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In this issue, we take a closer look at Facebook’s smart-glasses partnership with the eyewear monopolist Luxottica, Alexis Goldstein’s testimony on regulatory gaps in cryptocurrency, and Jonathan Kanter’s confirmation to lead the DOJ’s Antitrust Division.
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Open Markets urges the Senate to support Omarova’s nomination to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in light of hearing.
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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.”
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Sandeep Vaheesan, legal director, argues that the Federal Trade Commission should use its expansive “unfair methods of competition” authority to codify and strengthen existing norms of fair competition under the Sherman Act.
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Jonathan Kanter’s confirmation signals that it’s time for Big Tech executives to figure out how to make a living by serving people, not picking pockets.
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Nikki Usher, Senior Fellow, Center for Journalism & Liberty, was quoted discussing her book, News for the Rich, White, and Blue.
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Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley details how congressionally delegated powers can prohibit specific corporate conduct to require more publicly acceptable business practices.
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Open Markets’ concentration data on hearing aids was cited in a piece about Tim Wu’s speech on the Biden administration’s move to prioritize promoting competition and fighting monopoly power.
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Financial policy director Alexis Goldstein warns that further consolidation of financial exchanges could shrink market competition and harm consumers.
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Better Markets and the Open Markets Institute raise serious concerns about lack of competition in derivatives markets.
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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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In this issue, we take a closer look at the DOJ’s move to block Penguin Random House’s proposed takeover of Simon & Schuster, and how surveillance advertising has harmed user privacy.
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Open Markets applauds Senator Klobuchar for developing bipartisan legislation that aims to prevent platform monopolists from cementing and augmenting their already dangerous levels of power.
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