'We support American Booksellers Association's efforts to hold #Amazon accountable and urge the FTC to take full account of Amazon's monopolistic control over books, authors, editors, publishers, and the public, which poses a variety of threats to our democracy.” openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/a…

Good news. This is an indication the FTC has concerns, as we do, about a Walmart-VIZIO buy out

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The National Labor Relations Act still functions, just barely, for Starbucks workers. Employees at fast-food franchises face even worse odds under federal labor law.

Read Brian Callaci on lessons from Starbucks Workers United and Fight for $15.

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On Friday, Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in MA SJC explaining how Prop 22-like ballot initiatives would strip gig workers of basic rights, codify unfair competition, and undermine labor market standards.

Many thanks to our counsel Joel Fleming! openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/u…

Open Markets just filed an amicus brief in El Koussa v. Campbell, a case in MA challenging proposed ballot initiatives on whether ride-share companies like Uber and Lyft should be allowed to legally classify their drivers as independent contractors.

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We Open Markets Institute started examining possibilities for an FTC rule on non-compete clauses in summer 2018, led a coalition that petitioned the FTC for a ban in 2019, and kept pressing for a full prohibition. This was a good week for us--and more importantly for all working people.

'The FTC’s decision to free tens of millions of workers from #noncompete clauses is an incredible moment in the fight against corporate power and the arbitrary authority of bosses.'

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Amazon has built several monopolies by disregarding entirely our nation's fair competition laws. Dana Mattioli gives us an important look at their tactics in her new book:

Great reporting from Elliot Haspel that provides much needed evidence of how the destructive private equity tactics observed elsewhere in the care economy are increasingly putting the child care industry at risk

When Hawaii banned noncompetes for tech workers in 2015, new hire wages rose 4%.

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.FTC voting to ban noncompete clauses for workers. Chair @LinaKhanFTC weighed in: 'It's going to mean that if somebody has a good idea, they're able to bring that idea to market rather than being locked up.'

“Combatting dangerous concentrations of global productive capabilities should be a core goal for U.S. trade policy...'

Find our submission to United States Trade Representative on strengthening supply chains with more competition in Morning_Trade

For The Capitol Forum, I examined the changes the FTC made between the draft noncompete ban and the final version, w/ thoughts from Sandeep Vaheesan and Elizabeth Wilkins.

Notable: one exemption covers noncompetes entered under the “bona fide sale” of a firm, potentially including workers

Up LPE Blog: Sandeep Vaheesan’s & my take on this week’s historic FTC final rule banning noncompetes & the legal challenges to strike it down. Lina Khan lpeproject.org/?mailpoet_rout…

'Seven years have passed since we first learned of how foreign powers interfered in the 2016 general election. The time has come for Congress to take serious systemic action.'

Our thoughts on the TikTok vote: openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/t…

According to statutory law, precedent, and historical practice, the FTC has the authority to ban non-compete clauses as an unfair method of competition. A court may now say otherwise but that is a fight worth having.

We joined Demand Progress & other partners in recommending regulators take a close look at a Walmart - VIZIO merger. More on why 👇

How it started / How it's going

Competition lawyers and economists at the FTC developed the non-compete rule based on a systematic review of the literature and public input (~25,000 comments). Administrative antitrust features much greater expertise and democracy than the standard judge-centric approach.

'The #noncompetes ban demonstrates how competition policy and agencies that enforce it, like the FTC, can make life materially better for America’s workers.' openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/f…