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Open Markets strongly condemns the decision by the Supreme Court today in Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association v. Thomas. The ruling guts the 21st Amendment to the Constitution and empowers dominant retailers, such as Amazon, to take over America’s markets for beer, wine, and spirits.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute strongly welcomes the decision by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice to file suit to block Quad/Graphics Inc.’s proposed acquisition of LSC Communications Inc. as Open Markets and others demanded in a March letter.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute applauds the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Ro Khanna, and Congresswoman Jackie Speier, for passing amendments to crack down on defense contractor monopolists, as part of debate over the National Defense Authorization Act.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute is encouraged by the recent speech in Israel by Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for Antitrust.
Read More“This is another example of state enforcers standing up for the public interest when federal regulators fail to do so,” Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn said.
Read MoreOpen Markets Director of Enforcement Strategy Sally Hubbard testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute released Volume II of America’s Concentration Crisis, which presents exclusive data on market concentration in the healthcare industry sourced from IBISWorld.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute today issued a statement opposing Raytheon’s acquisition of United Technologies.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute strongly applauds the House Judiciary Committee’s announcement yesterday that it is launching a bipartisan “top-to-bottom” antitrust investigation of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech monopolies.
Read MoreAfter years of calling out Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Apple for abusing their monopoly power, Open Markets is cautiously optimistic that law enforcers finally intend to protect American democracy and American capitalism from these behemoths.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute is thrilled that Laura Hatalsky has joined our team as Chief of Staff. Laura will help lead Open Markets’ strategic direction and engagement in the growing anti-monopoly movement.
Read MoreOpen Markets commends Chairman Cicilline’s letter spotlighting the DOJ’s under-the-radar support for tilting the law even further for the benefit of the most powerful corporations.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute applauds the ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh siding with the Federal Trade Commission against Qualcomm in a major antitrust suit.
Read MoreAs lawmakers’ calls to break up big agribusiness monopolies grow, Open Markets, Food & Water Watch and the Organization for Competitive Markets called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to block the proposed acquisition of Iowa Premium by National Beef.
Read More“This is an important win in the public’s fight against monopoly in the tech sector and elsewhere,” said Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan. “The Court followed its own precedent and the plain text of the Clayton Act and rejected Apple’s specious attempt to exempt itself and other monopolists from consumer antitrust suits for damages.”
Read MoreOpen Markets applauds Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes for publishing a courageous and groundbreaking essay in the New York Times advocating that the corporations he helped create should be broken up.
Read MoreIf the FTC fails in its duty to enforce the consent decree and regulate companies like Facebook in meaningful ways, Congress should move to hold the FTC accountable for its failure to regulate and consider redirecting its funding to the State Attorneys General.
Read MoreEnforcers from around the world, from Germany to Washington, DC Attorney General Karl Racine and New York Attorney General Letitia James, are taking meaningful action against Facebook. It's time for Congress to investigate why the FTC has not.
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