Publications
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.
Read MoreIn this issue, we explore the ramifications of Big Tech’s deep penetration into the auto industry, where its products have now become embedded in nearly all cars manufactured by major manufacturers.
Read MoreExecutive director Barry Lynn publishes a debrief on the results of the Congressional elections, and what that means for antimonopoly.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute released the following statement from Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s new policy statement on defining and policing “unfair methods of competition”:
Read MoreOn Thursday, November 10, the Open Markets Institute, Towards Justice, and the National Legal Advocacy Network filed a brief in support of McDonald’s workers in Deslandes v. McDonalds.
Read MoreIn this issue, we use the Kroger-Albertsons merger to investigate the changing nature of online advertising, as powerful retailers move into the business of selling ads that target their own customers. And we call on the government to block or regulate Elon Musk’s seizure of Twitter.
Read MoreOpen Markets puts out an article by Luke Goldstein discussing Elon Musk approaching Goliath-status control.
Read MoreReporter Luke Goldstein writes on the necessary constrains by the government over Elon Musk’s growing control.
Read MoreOpen Markets puts out a statement on the significant step of antitrust enforcement taken by the courts against the Bertelsmann corporation and their desired merger with of Simon & Schuster.
Read MoreIn response to Elon Musk buying Twitter Open Markets Institute Director Barry Lynn issues this statement.
Read MoreSandeep Vaheesan provides a comment on OMI’s statement on the DOJ’s Latest Action against individuals practicing on rival corporate boards.
In this issue, we take a look at how President Biden’s executive order on personal data transfers from Europe is unlikely to placate privacy advocates on either side of the Atlantic and may raise Constitutional questions.
Read MoreExecutive director Barry Lynn and senior fellow Johnny Ryan joined the first in-depth public discussion in Brussels of the European Commission’s failure to use its full antimonopoly authority to address pressing threats posed by concentration.
Read MoreIn this issue, we discuss how the misinterpretation of common carriage law by conservative courts threatens social media networks’ ability to de-platform users spreading misinformation in a case now headed to the Supreme Court.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Submits Written Testimony Urging the New Jersey State Legislature to Ban Non-Compete Clauses, Pass Senate Bill No. 1410.
Read MoreOpen Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan testifies before House Committee on Rules Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process Regarding Right to Repair
Read MoreFood Systems Program Manager Claire Kelloway leads another Open Markets Comment on poultry industry schemes submitted to the USDA.
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