Reuters cited the Open Markets-led amicus brief in support of DC’s case against Amazon’s illegal pricing practices in DC v Amazon, as the DC Attorney General works to revive the case.
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In this issue, we explore how private equity titans have set their sights on the care economy, deploying classic rollup strategies to limit competition and raise prices. We also launch two new papers on the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) making the case for the U.S. government to revive enforcement of the RPA in order to help build a fairer, more open, and more decentralized economy.
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Senior Reporter Karina Montoya analyzes how Google convinced the court to limit transparency and public access to information during the landmark trial.
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Center for Journalism and Liberty Director Courtney Radsch’s testimony before the Canadian Parliament Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) was quoted in an IT World Canada story.
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Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets Director Courtney Radsch is cited in the Times of San Diego for her testimony before the California Senate Judiciary Committee on ways to preserve journalism in the digital age.
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Open Markets has released two complementary papers on the Robinson-Patman Act that show how we can once again enforce the law to rein in the buyer power of the nation’s largest corporations in retail and manufacturing and stop them from squeezing their smaller suppliers.
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CJL Director Courtney Radsch testified at the California Senate Judiciary Committee’s “Information Hearing on Issues Facing Digital News”.
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Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn, Policy Director Phillip Longman, and Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets Director Courtney Radsch released a joint statement regarding Joan Donovan’s complaint that Meta improperly used its influence at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government to shut down her research regarding Facebook’s business practices.
CJL Director Courtney Radsch testifies before the Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) regarding the ways in which Big Tech companies have used their outsized power in order to censor news, distort public information, and subvert government oversight.
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In an MSNBC column by Helaine Olen, Open Markets Chief Economist Brian Callaci describes private equity ownership of multiple sandwich chains as “an illusion of choice.”
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Tech Policy Press noted the publication of our report on AI and monopoly power in its November 2023 Tech Policy Roundup.
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Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley publishes an illuminating article on how antimonopoly has been a fundamental aspect of much of the federal regulation since the founding of the United States.
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Food systems program manager Claire Kelloway argues that the main reason Kroger and Albertsons want to merge is to achieve Walmart’s monopsony power, and permitting mergers on these grounds will only harm suppliers, workers, and consumers.
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CJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch highlights the internal developments of OpenAI and the confrontations between the firm and Microsoft’s poaching practices.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan publishes a piece on how Maine’s voters recently rejected a referendum for publicly owned energy after a disinformation campaign led by the energy lobby.
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A letter signed by Open Markets and promoting developer accountability in AI models and AI legislation was covered by Euractiv.
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In this issue, we explore a novel approach by Danish publishers to claw back funds from tech giants who have monopolized their advertising revenues. We also introduce our report “AI in the Public Interest: Confronting the Monopoly Threat,” which shows how a handful of Big Tech companies have already monopolized the emerging AI space.
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