Join us for a virtual webinar to discuss our new report, "Power Play." Monopolies leverage systemic racism to dominate markets. By identifying racial exploitation as...
Hundreds of independent businesses from across the country tuned into a virtual town hall — featuring Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan — to mark...
Join independent businesses from across the country for a virtual town hall event to mark our progress and build momentum to rein in monopoly power...
ILSR supports the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed “open banking” rule to establish important guardrails for digital banking. But it needs additional provisions to ensure...
Third-party sellers and small business leaders joined the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s virtual press briefing to applaud the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, hailing the...
ILSR co-hosted a virtual press event alongside consumer advocates, antimonopoly reformers, and small businesses urging Congress to pass the Credit Card Competition Act. … Read...
ILSR submitted an in-depth comment letter applauding the FTC and DOJ for the significant changes contained in the agencies’ Draft Merger Guidelines and suggesting ways...
The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division are proposing new Merger Guidelines and they want you to share your stories. You are...
Our new fact sheet explains how credit card monopolies and banks are imposing swipe fees — what is essentially a monopoly tax — to rake...
This virtual event featured Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya alongside community leaders, independent grocers, and advocates—to examine the ways dominant retailers exert their power, how...
Amazon portrays itself as a partner to businesses in an effort to derail Congress, business owners tell a very different story about their experience selling...
Ron Knox and Katy Milani write in Times Union about how the New York 21st Century Antitrust Act would help stop the abuses of corporate...
Rampant market power abuse is endangering the economic dynamism that New York small businesses generate. State lawmakers have an opportunity to level the playing field.…...
In New York, dominant corporations are amassing unprecedented economic and political power and putting small businesses at risk. Katy Milani and Sue Warfield write in...
Senior Policy Advocate Katy Milani writes for Phoenix’s Eculeus newspaper group on how local businesses create a strong community, offer quality career opportunities, and cultivate...