Posts in Amicus Briefs & Petitions
Amicus Brief - Uber/Lyft Ballot Initiatives Case in Massachusetts, El Koussa v. Campbell

The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in El Koussa v. Campbell, a case before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts challenging proposed ballot initiatives in Massachusetts concerning whether app-based companies like Uber and Lyft should be allowed to legally classify their drivers as independent contractors.

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Amicus Brief - NetChoice v. Paxton & Moody v. NetChoice

The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in two cases currently before the Supreme Court concerning states’ ability to regulate certain companies in the public interest, or as “common carriers”: Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v Paxton. 

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Amicus Brief - Open Markets Institute Files Amicus Brief Supporting Federal Trade Commission and Urging Supreme Court to Protect Consumers, Workers, and Independent Businesses

Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in a case before the Supreme Court, AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC urging the court to protect the FTC’s ability to recover money from violators of competition and consumer protection law.

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Amicus Brief - Open Markets Institute Files Amicus Brief Supporting Antitrust Lawsuit on Humira, World’s Top-Selling Drug

Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of UFCW Local 1500 Welfare Fund v. AbbVie, Inc. In building a thicket of 247 patents and pending patents on Humira, AbbVie’s conduct amounts to abuse of the patent system and illegal monopolization.

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