Over 200 Farm, Food and Rural Groups Endorse Agribusiness Merger Moratorium...
Washington, D.C. — Today, a broad-based coalition of 213 farm, food, rural, faith and consumer advocacy organizations delivered a letter to Congress endorsing food and agribusiness merger moratorium...
View ArticleCoalition for Sensible Safeguards Calls on OMB to Extend Rulemaking Comment...
In a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney, the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards (CSS) – an alliance of more than 160 labor, scientific, research, good government,...
View ArticleOMB Should Extend All Regulatory Comment Periods Open During the Shutdown
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) should extend all open rulemaking comment periods for a minimum of 35 days to alleviate widespread confusion over the public’s ability...
View ArticleConsumer and Privacy Groups Submitted a Comment to the Senate Committee on...
Consumer and privacy groups asked the to determine whether closed-door meetings of the “Tech Task Force” violate requirements for public notice and access to hearings. Tech Task Force Comment The...
View ArticleWhy The Case Of “The Irregulators V. The FCC” Is So Important To Consumers
In a major analysis published almost three years ago, CFA showed that consumers are being overcharged over $70 billion a year for their broadband, wireless and television services. Today the...
View ArticleCFA and Other Groups Urge the FTC to Block Google/Fitbit Merger
In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, consumer and privacy groups urged the agency to block Google’s proposed acquisition of Fitbit, citing concerns about Google’s monopoly power over...
View ArticleNow That the Coronavirus Act Has Passed It’s Time to Address Critical...
Washington, D.C. – Congresses’ sweeping legislation to address the economic and public health fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic leaves critical consumer health and financial issues largely...
View ArticleCFA Urges Federal Reserve to Press Pause on Morgan Stanley-E*Trade Merger Review
CFA called on the Federal Reserve to pause the review of the proposed Morgan Stanley-E*Trade merger during the COVID-19 pandemic. When the review begins in the new “normal” of the post-pandemic world,...
View ArticleCFA Urges Federal Reserve to Press Pause on Morgan Stanley-E*Trade Merger Review
Washington, D.C. – In recent comments the Consumer Federation of America called on the Federal Reserve to pause the review of the proposed Morgan Stanley-E*Trade merger during the pandemic. When the...
View ArticleConsumer and Citizen Groups Express Serious Concerns About Google Fitbit...
In a public statement, 20 leading consumer and citizen groups, including CFA, expressed significant concerns that Google’s proposed acquisition of wearables manufacturer Fitbit would have dangerous...
View ArticleCFA and Public Knowledge Submit Comments on Competition and Markets...
CFA and Public Knowledge submitted comments in response to the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA)’s call for information for a new pro-competition approach for digital markets. The groups...
View ArticlePragmatic, Progressive Capitalism
Reforming the nation’s century old antitrust regulation is critical to ensuring a fair marketplace, and limiting the harm monopolistic practices can have on American consumers. However, the dire need...
View ArticleReforming Antitrust and Regulation for Big Data Platforms Will Require...
Washington, D.C. — Reforming the nation’s century old antitrust regulation is critical to ensuring a fair marketplace, and limiting the harm monopolistic practices can have on American consumers....
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By: Amina Abdu, Antitrust Advocacy Associate, Consumer Federation of America Last week, the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust...
View ArticlePragmatic, Progressive Capitalism At Its Best: Network Neutrality
This paper analyzes one of the, if not the single most, important developments of the digital age – the creation and deployment of the Internet. It shows that U.S. dominance in the Internet was an...
View ArticleMarket Domination of Business Data Services Must Be Checked
Washington, D.C. — An analysis of Business Data Services by the Consumer Federation of America released today shows that aggressive public policy to constrain the abuse of market power by dominant,...
View ArticleCFA Urges FCC to Leave Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to Congress
CFA submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) proposal that the FCC establish new rules regarding...
View ArticleFCC Must Step In To Protect and Promote Competition in the Communications...
Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, CFA’s Director of Research Mark Cooper and Antitrust Advocacy Associate Amina Abdu submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposing the National...
View ArticleBusiness Data Services
This paper analyzes competition and public policy in the Business Data Services (BDS) market, showing that the powerful oligopolies at the center of the communications industry must be regulated to...
View ArticleFederal Oversight Must Be Restored to the Communications Sector
Washington, D.C. — Today the Consumer Federation of America released an analysis of competition and public policy in the Business Data Services (BDS) market, showing that the powerful oligopolies at...
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