Publications
Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in support of PNE Energy Supply in its lawsuit against Eversource Energy and Avangrid, Inc. on October 25, 2019. The two energy corporations are accused of abusing their monopoly power to gouge prices for consumers in New England.
Read MoreOn October 3, Open Markets Institute joined a group of public interest groups and one union to file a petition before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to put the T-Mobile/Sprint merger on hold.
Read MoreOpen Markets filed an amicus brief in support of thousands of immigrant shepherds who allege they are the victims of a cartel among ranchers in the Western United States. The shepherds – here on a guest worker program from Peru – in 2015 sued the ranchers and their associations for colluding to suppress their wages.
Read MorePublic Justice, the American Association for Justice, and Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief on August 9 to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in support of a consumer antitrust class action lawsuit against Qualcomm.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute filed an amicus brief to the Seventh Circuit Court in support of the plaintiffs in Marion Diagnostic Center v. Becton, Dickinson & Co. The plaintiffs, who are health care providers, allege that Becton, Dickinson & Co. illegally dominated the markets for conventional syringes, safety syringes, and safety IV catheters.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute, the AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and over 60 other signatories — including labor organizations, public interest groups, and legal scholars — have filed a demand to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban worker non-compete clauses.
Read MoreOpen Markets filed an amicus brief to the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in support of New England residents in Breiding v. Eversource Energy.
Read MoreOpen Markets filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in support of the petitioner in Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Byrd asserting that the Supreme Court should restore the states’ full regulatory authority, under the Constitution, over alcohol production and distribution.
Read MoreToday, the Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in support of the respondents in Apple, Inc. v. Pepper. In this case, the Court will decide whether iPhone users can sue Apple for damages resulting from the company’s monopolization of the distribution of iPhone apps.
Read MoreRead the amicus curiae brief of the Open Markets Institute in UFCW v. Novartis here. The class action monopolization suit alleges that, in order to keep its monopoly over the cancer treatment drug Gleevec, Novartis illegally obtained a patent by submitting false information about the drug's active ingredient to the Patent Office.
Read MoreRead the amicus curiae brief filed by the Open Markets Institute amicus curiae in support of the U.S. government's appeal of the lower district court's decision allowing the merger.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief opposing Facebook’s motion to seal records in its case against the former startup Six4Three.
Read MoreBy introducing a special rule for “two-sided” markets, the Second Circuit needlessly departed from a longstanding approach to antitrust law. Its new rule greatly raises the burden that a plaintiff in the “twosided” market context must carry at the very earliest stage of litigation.
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