Publications
OMI Legal filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit urging the court to allow an antitrust lawsuit, CareFirst v. Amgen, that challenges Amgen’s use of acquired patent rights to extend its monopoly over the blockbuster drug Enbrel.
Read MoreOMI’s legal team filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit urging the court to reverse a lower court decision that shielded a no-hire agreement between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons from antitrust liability.
Read MoreOpen Markets filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to prohibit Google from continuing to pay billions of dollars each year to preserve its monopoly over internet search.
Read MoreOpen Markets filed an amicus brief urging the Fourth Circuit to revive antitrust claims against Johnson & Johnson, arguing the company used its acquisition of biosimilar-related patents to protect its Stelara monopoly and delay lower-cost competition.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit supporting Innovative Health, LLC in Innovative Health v. Biosense Webster urging the court to uphold a jury verdict finding Biosense Webster guilty of violating federal antitrust law by using its dominant position in the cardiac-mapping market to block competition from lower-cost medical device reprocessors.
Read MoreIn this issue, we explore how last week’s jury verdict against Ticketmaster marks a win for both democracy and for consumers.
Read MoreTara PIncock weighs in on the landmark jury verdict that found Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster violated federal and state antitrust laws by operating an illegal monopoly.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs in Reading Hospital v. Hill-Rom Holdings, a case concerning the monopolistic manufacturer of hospital beds using exclusive dealing with health systems to perpetuate its dominance.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Policy Counsel Tara Pincock released a statement on the misguided ruling on the FTC’s case regarding Meta’s monopoly in social media.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in State of Ohio v. Google, urging the Fifth District Court of Appeals of Ohio to recognize the state’s authority to designate Google Search as a common carrier—just as courts and legislatures have long done for railroads, telegraphs, telephones, and other corporations that hold themselves out to serve the public.
Read MoreTara Pincock released a statement on Amazon‘s $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission following allegations the ecommerce giant tricked customers into enrolling in Prime memberships.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute submitted an amicus brief in United States v. Google, urging the court to order Google to divest part of its advertising technology businesses to restore competition and to protect publishers, advertisers, and the public.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court, urging the Court to address Merck’s alleged misrepresentations to the Food and Drug Administration to extend its monopoly in the mumps vaccine market.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals warning that Intuitive Surgical is exploiting its monopoly over surgical robots to dominate markets for essential accessories—posing serious risks to hospitals, doctors, and patients.
Read MoreIn this issue, we celebrate OMI’s own Claire Kelloway for receiving a James Beard Award for her reporting and examine how a case against two pharmacy benefit managers in Michigan could have implications for the industry nationwide.
Read MorePolicy counsel Tara Pincock discusses how Michigan is suing pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics for an alleged price-fixing scheme that drove up drug costs, closed pharmacies, and gave ESI near-total market control in the state.
Read MoreIn their paper, “Rules of the Game: Sports as a Lens for Understanding Fair Competition,” Open Markets policy counsel Tara Pincock and senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley use sports as a framework to refine antitrust law’s notions of fairness.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in Cornish-Adebiyi v. Caesars, a case before the Third Circuit court in which casino hotels in Atlantic City used revenue management software from Cendyn Group to fix prices at high rates.
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