Lina Khan’s Confirmation as Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission is Momentous

Open Markets Institute celebrates Lina Khan’s confirmation and looks forward to the expertise she will bring to stopping monopolies at the FTC.

Open Markets Applauds New Bipartisan Legislation to Rein in Big Tech as Important First Step

Open Markets Institute applauds the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee for introducing a group of bipartisan bills today aiming to implement recommendations set forth in the subcommittee’s October 2020 report as a big step forward in protecting American democracy and American liberty from the power and control of platform monopolists.

Open Markets Institute Calls On U.S. Judicial Panel to Deny Google’s Attempt to Impede the Texas AG Multistate Case

Open Markets Institute urges the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to immediately deny Google’s motion to transfer in State of Texas et al V Google LLC to the Northern District of California.

In Amicus Brief, Open Markets Argues Court Must Reverse Pro-Monopoly Decision in Mylan EpiPen Case

Open Markets Institute announces its filing of an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit to reverse the district court’s faulty decision in Sanofi’s lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Mylan.

Phillip Longman of Open Markets Testifies in Congress on How Veterans' Hospital System Helps to Fight Monopoly and to Protect All Americans

Phillip Longman, policy director at Open Markets Institute, presented testimony at the House Veterans' Affairs Committee Hearing on the Role of Infrastructure in Veterans’ Access to Care and Benefits.

Press ReleasesOpen MarketsJune 2, 20212021, May 2021, Phil Longman

Biden Administration Must Block Amazon’s Monopolistic Ploy to Take Over MGM

Open Markets urges Biden Administration to block Amazon’s monopolistic ploy to take over MGM.

Washington Monthly - Is Facebook Buying Off The New York Times?

In a close study of The New York Times, journalist Dan Froomkin makes the case that Facebook’s funding of major news providers creates dangerous conflicts of interest—in The Washington Monthly on behalf of The Open Markets Institute’s Center for Journalism & Liberty.

In Amicus Brief, Open Markets Calls on Federal Court to Stop Google from Extending Its Dominance Into Yet Another Market Online

Open Markets Institute announces its filing of an amicus brief in support of stock photography company Dreamstime in its lawsuit against Google for abusing its monopoly in online search.

Open Markets Applauds President Biden’s Choice to Nominate Lina Khan for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission

Executive Director Barry Lynn commends the president’s decision to nominate Khan, a former legal director at Open Markets Institute, to serve on the FTC.

Press ReleasesOpen MarketsMarch 22, 20212021, March 2021, Primary Feature

Barry Lynn of Open Markets Testifies at Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Antitrust Hearing

Barry Lynn, executive director of Open Markets Institute, provides testimony at the “Competition Policy for the Twenty-First Century: The Case for Antitrust Reform” hearing for the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, chaired by Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

The Real March Madness: NCAA Seeks to Immunize Its Exploitation of College Basketball and Football Players

Groups and scholars join to file brief supporting players in their fight against the NCAA cartel.

With 3 New Hires, Open Markets Institute Ushers in the Next Era of Protecting Working People, Communities, and Democracy from Corporate Consolidation

Open Markets Institute announces three new hires including Managing Editor, Finance Associate and a new position, Chief Economist.

Press ReleasesOpen MarketsMarch 9, 20212021, March 2021, Wins, Secondary Feature

The Open Markets Institute, the Authors Guild, and Six Writers Groups Urge Biden Administration to Block Bertelsmann Takeover of Simon & Schuster

The Open Markets Institute, the Authors Guild, and six other writers associations representing thousands of book authors call on the Justice Department to move immediately to block the private conglomerate, Bertelsmann, from buying the book publisher, Simon & Schuster.

Press ReleasesOpen MarketsJanuary 29, 2021Primary Feature, January 2021, 2021, Books, Amazon, Free Press, Mergers & Acquisitions

Groups Call on White House to Enact Merger Moratorium in Food and Agriculture Industries

The Open Markets Institute and a diverse set of environmental, family farm, farm policy and rural community organizations sent a letter to the White House requesting an executive order to enact a moratorium on mergers and acquisitions in the food and agricultural industries.

In Bullying Australians, Google and Facebook Prove they Pose A Fundamental Threat to the World's Democracies

Open Markets Institute asserts that Google’s threat to stop providing search services to the people of Australia, and Facebook’s threat to block Australians from sharing links to news proves the platforms pose a fundamental threat to the world’s democracies.

Press ReleasesOpen MarketsJanuary 22, 20212021, January 2021, Big Tech, Google, Facebook, Secondary Feature, Democracy & Ideology

To Protect Democratic Rule of Law, Privacy, and Public Health, the Biden Administration Should Immediately Move to Block Google Takeover of Fitbit

Open Markets Institute calls on the Biden Administration to immediately make clear that it intends to block Google's acquisition of FitBit in order to protect Americans and to demonstrate that it will not abide further disrespect by Google of democratic rule of law.

To Protect Democracy, Lawmakers Must Fix Big Tech’s Socially Destructive Business Model

Open Markets Institute condemns racism and neo-fascism absolutely and demands that lawmakers and law enforcers move immediately to fix the socially destructive business models of Facebook, Google, Amazon, and other essential platforms.

U.S. DOJ Should Join Australia in Rejecting Google’s Merger Conditions and Should Block Google’s Takeover of Fitbit

Open Markets Institute applauds the Australian competition regulator for refusing Google's attempt to circumvent further investigation about its proposed acquisition of Fitbit, urges the EU to reverse its decision to approve the merger, and calls on the U.S. DOJ, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and other nations to reject the deal.

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