Publications
The Southern Justice Project is a major new initiative to study the economic, political, and social effects of corporate concentration and social control across the south. The project will be led by Evan Turnage, former Chief Counsel to Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer and Senior Counsel to Senator Elizabeth Warren and a native of Jackson, Mississippi.
Read MoreThe Enduring Force of the Federal Antitrust Laws, authored by senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley, lays out the most effective strategies to challenge unfair practices and curb corporate domination under current federal laws.
Read MoreCJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch and Europe director Max von Thun author a brief arguing that dominant U.S. platforms such as Google, Meta and X wield unprecedented power to manipulate political discourse, censor individuals and organizations, and shape the flow of information across Europe, the United States and beyond. At the same time, and in coordination with these corporations, the current U.S. administration has launched an “unprecedented assault” on Europe’s right to regulate these corporations in the public interest.
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 MoreSandeep Vaheesan criticized the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling to remove FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter from her post at President Trump’s request.
Read MoreBarry Lynn responded to news that Disney's ABC is indefinitely pulling down “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
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 MoreStatement from Dr. Courtney Radsch, Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets regarding the news that Paramount Skydance is preparing a cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, backed by the Ellison family
Read MoreJoin The Open Markets Institute and ARTICLE 19 on October 15th & 16th for a convening of high-level leading thinkers, lawmakers, technologists, and advocates to discuss the direct and growing threats to our democracies and basic liberties posed by today’s dominant online communications platforms, the rise of AI, and interference by foreign states.
Read MoreOpen Markets condemns the FTC’s filing a motion to withdraw from defending its landmark rule banning traditional and de facto non-competes.
Read MoreOpen Markets Europe Director Max von Thun released a statement in response to the European Commission’s decision to fine Google €3 billion for abusing its dominance in the adtech market and ordering the internet giant to end its illegal conduct.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Europe submitted more than 20 pages of recommendations to the European Commission as part of its consultation on updating the EU’s Horizontal and Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines for the first time in nearly two decades.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute submitted a letter to the House Judiciary Committee calling on Congress to reject Big Tech’s fear-mongering campaign against European digital regulation and instead recognize how Europe’s approach strengthens free speech, competition, and democracy.
Read MoreBarry Lynn released the following statement following Judge Mehta’s failure to force Google to divest from Chrome and Android following his finding the company has maintained an illegal monopoly on search.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute and the Revolving Door Project released a comprehensive joint report on the policy underpinnings of the so-called “abundance agenda,” an economic agenda popularized by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson in their recent book Abundance.
Read MoreThe Center for Journalism & Liberty at Open Markets, alongside Public Knowledge and Rebuild Local News, submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) urging them to strengthen their initial proposed remedies to break Google’s monopoly over advertising technologies (ad tech), a digital market that intermediates ad sales mainly between news publishers and advertisers on the open web.
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 Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute joined with 15 leading press freedom groups, civil liberties organizations and labor unions to urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) not to move forward with plans to loosen media ownership limits.
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