Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement concerning KKR’s bid to purchase book publisher Simon & Schuster.
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The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in the case of Illumina v. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urging the Fifth Circuit to deny a petition for review in the case.
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The Open Markets Institute released the following statement urging Facebook to require the same consent from U.S. users and users around the world, and called on U.S. lawmakers to step in should Facebook fail to do so in the U.S.
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The Open Markets Institute and the Center for Journalism & Liberty have signed onto a set of ten common principles for supporting independent, sustainable journalism through fair compensation and by rectifying the power imbalances of the digital era.
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Open Markets released a statement in reaction to the newly-published draft guidelines for mergers, release by the FTC and DOJ.
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Open Markets Institute Europe Director Max von Thun puts out a statement welcoming the EC on its investigation into Amazon/iRobot.
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Senior Reporter Karina Montoya voices how the EC’s crackdown on Google should spread to the rest of the members in the Ad Tech industry.
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The Open Markets Institute Europe released a statement on the European Commission’s announcement that it may move to require Google to divest parts of its online advertising business.
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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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Open Markets Institute Europe Director Max von Thun released the following statement with regard to Apple’s designation as a “platform of paramount significance for competition” under Section 19a of the German Competition Act (GWB), and the approval by Germany’s federal cabinet of new powers for Germany’s competition regulator the Bundeskartellamt.
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Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement on the Federal Trade Commission’s decision to oppose Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) $13 billion takeover of prominent mortgage data company Black Knight.
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Sen. Warren delineated four priorities for the administrative branch of government: break up the giants, stop harmful mergers to prevent new giants from emerging, stop the anticompetitive practices (tricks) that giant corporations use to reinforce their economic and political power, and put the executives who violate antitrust law behind bars.
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The Open Markets Institute executive director Barry Lynn released the following statement on the Department of Justice’s intent to bring suit against Google parent company, Alphabet, over its monopolization of digital advertising.
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The Open Markets Institute Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan released the following statement applauding the FTC’s decision to propose a ban on non-compete clauses and functionally similar contracts for all workers.
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Executive director Barry Lynn publishes a debrief on the results of the Congressional elections, and what that means for antimonopoly.
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Open 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.
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Sandeep Vaheesan provides a comment on OMI’s statement on the DOJ’s Latest Action against individuals practicing on rival corporate boards.
