Publications
The Open Markets Institute led a letter to the Surface Transportation Board alongside ten other public interest groups and allies, urging the board to oppose the merger between major rail carriers Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern that is currently under evaluation.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute submits a letter urging the FTC to block the pending merger between grocer giants, Albertsons and Kroger.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, a forum of 75 NGOs, have sent the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a joint submission on the privacy, market, and security hazards of surveillance advertising, urging the agency to act against commercial surveillance and to define “Real-Time Bidding” (RTB) as an unfair and deceptive practice.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Submits Written Testimony Urging the New Jersey State Legislature to Ban Non-Compete Clauses, Pass Senate Bill No. 1410.
Read MoreOpen Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan testifies before House Committee on Rules Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process Regarding Right to Repair
Read MoreOpen Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn testifies before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights
Read MoreOpen Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn Testifies Before House Judiciary on How Extreme and Growing Market Concentration Chokes Supply Chains and Worsens Inflation
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan testified in Applauding House Bill 22-1317,
Read MoreDuring “The Inflation Equation: Corporate Profiteering, Supply Chain Bottlenecks, and COVID-19,” legal director Sandeep Vaheesan outlined political economic harms of corporate consolidation.
Read MoreLynn details how traditional anti-monopoly law and policy helped allow independent business to exist in this country—and how to address the crisis caused by its demise.
Read MoreGroups send letter asserting that McWilliams’ attempt to block a legal request for input on the FDIC’s bank merger policy is unlawful.
Read MoreFinancial Policy Director Alexis Goldstein testified at the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs’ hearing on “Stablecoins: How Do They Work, How Are They Used, and What Are Their Risks?”
Read MoreSee Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn’s full testimony.
Read MoreOpen Markets spearheads a coalition letter to FSOC urging them to bring AWS under the supervision of the Federal Reserve as a utility.
Read MoreThe Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission, and Financial Regulators should examine and mitigate the risks the pilot presents.
Read MoreFinancial Director Alexis Goldstein testified at the U.S. Congress’s Joint Economic Committee Hearing on “Demystifying Crypto: Digital Assets and the Role of Government.”
Read MoreBetter Markets and the Open Markets Institute raise serious concerns about lack of competition in derivatives markets.
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