Publications
As controversy builds this week over President Trump’s proposed U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, Open Markets fellow Beth Baltzan joins the debate with a groundbreaking essay in the Washington Monthly calling for a bold rethink of America’s trade policies to curb corporate power and protect workers and the environment.
Read MoreOpen Markets published a major policy brief, ‘Food and Power: Addressing Monopolization in America’s Food System’, framing the national conversation surrounding the problems facing rural America and the discussion by Democratic leaders at the Heartland Forum regarding proposed solutions including reining in major corporate monopolies.
Read MoreAs the debate about corporate power in rural communities heats up, Open Markets Institute released its first major policy paper documenting concentration in America’s agricultural sector, providing an in-depth breakdown across sectors from meat processing to groceries.
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) today to ban worker non-compete clauses.
Read MoreRolling Stone’s Andy Kroll has featured the Open Markets Institute in a new story about monopoly power’s rising presence on the political agenda, crediting Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn as the intellectual driving force.
Read MoreOpen Markets applauds Senators Warren and Sanders for taking bold stances against monopolies this week as bipartisan momentum towards stronger antitrust enforcement in Congress continues to build.
Read MoreToday, Open Markets has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) calling for the DOJ to block printer Quad/Graphics’ (Quad) plan to buy its biggest competitor, LSC Communications (LSC), for $1.4 billion. The letter, signed by Open Markets, the Authors Guild, PEN America, is addressed to Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute has filed an amicus brief in the First Circuit Court in the case Breiding v. Eversource Energy. In the brief, Open Markets supports a class-action lawsuit by New England residents against two vertically-integrated energy utility corporations, Eversource Energy and Avangrid.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute is pleased to announce that Sally Hubbard, a highly regarded antitrust expert and former enforcer, is joining Open Markets as Director of Enforcement Strategy.
Read More“We are disappointed by the D.C. Circuit's decision to affirm the District Court's ruling permitting AT&T to acquire Time Warner,” said Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan. Open Markets' amicus brief was cited three times in the D.C. Circuit’s decision to allow AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner.
Read MoreOpen Markets senior fellow Lina Khan and Columbia law professor David Pozen have published a new paper criticizing the idea that digital platforms should be treated as “information fiduciaries.”
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute applauds the citizens, grass roots organizers, and local lawmakers who rejected the bad deal struck with Amazon last November by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute calls for the Federal Trade Commission and European enforcers to block Spotify's acquisition deals.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute today welcomed a new Fellow to our team, Beth Baltzan. In her position as a Fellow, Beth will focus on the impact of monopoly power on trade and its consequences for national security.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute strongly condemns the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) decision to approve the merger of office supply giant Staples and the wholesale office supply distributor Essendant.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute calls on Congress and the Federal Trade Commission to immediately investigate how to protect America’s independent news media from the power and predatory business models of Google and Facebook.
Read MoreOpen Markets believes that reestablishing the right of workers, consumers, and business to litigate cases on a collective basis is essential for taming the excesses of concentrated corporate power.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler with recommendations on how to approach the problem of monopoly this Congressional session.
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