April 16, 2024
New Report: Congressional Appropriators & Big Tech
Today the Revolving Door Project and Fight For The Future released Congressional Appropriators & Big Tech, a special report detailing financial ties, revolving door moves, and other conflicts of interest between congressional appropriators (and their staff) and monopolistic companies like the Big Tech giants.
March 21, 2024
RealPage Enlists Ex-FTC Revolvers From BigLaw Firm Gibson Dunn To Fight Tenant Lawsuits
Facing an existential legal threat, the scandal-plagued software company has hired price-fixing monopolists’ favorite lawyers.
February 26, 2024
RELEASE: Wyden Unethically Champions Big Tech’s Anti-Regulatory Push Despite Wife’s Massive Investments In Apple, Microsoft, Amazon And Google
A new report this weekend revealed how the wife of Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has maintained significant financial ties to Big Tech companies even as the Senate Finance Committee Chairman is playing a leading role in Big Tech’s global push for deregulation.
February 22, 2024
OpenAI Has A New Tool For Generating Video. When Will They Generate Some Corporate Governance?
Since the tumultuous departure and immediate return of Sam Altman, the company has been headed by an anemic board of three, of which one is ready to depart. When will the company open up to basic corporate oversight?
February 09, 2024
Celebrating A Year Of All In
Let’s Examine The Tech Dufuses Who’ve Become Twitter’s Economic Pundits As A Result Of Elon’s Algorithm Fixing
February 02, 2024
Advocates Thank President Biden and USTR Katherine Tai For Withdrawing Support For Extreme Digital Trade Proposals
RDP joined a coalition of labor unions, nonprofits and activist groups to thank President Biden and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai for standing firm in support of a worker-centered trade agenda that preserves space for needed public interest policies.
November 29, 2023
Biden Administration Remains Split Over Fighting Concentrated Corporate Power
This week’s newsletter looks at executive branch attempts to counteract concentrated corporate power across our focus areas – from consumer protection in Big Tech, to housing, to climate regulation. While the FTC and DOJ antitrust division continue to be present in important fights to support consumers and tenants, proactive climate policy continues to be absent, as Biden’s rhetoric regarding challenging climate change rings hollow in areas where the president has considerable discretion.
November 22, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: Larry Summers’ Ascent to OpenAI Board is Awful News for Humanity
Revolving Door Statement on Crypto proponent Larry Summers joining the board of Sam Altman’s OpenAI
October 26, 2023
RELEASE: Watchdog Group Requests Communications Between DOJ Officials And Google Defender Paul Weiss
Following news coverage that Yelp and the News/Media Alliance filed an unsuccessful motion to take BigLaw firm Paul Weiss off Google’s defense team in the adtech antitrust case brought by the DOJ, the Revolving Door Project submitted a Freedom of Information Act Request for communications between Paul Weiss and key Department of Justice officials. The American Prospect featured the request in their coverage of Google’s attempts to remove DOJ Antitrust Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter from the case, as well as Paul Weiss’ potential conflicts.
October 19, 2023
RELEASE: Corporation Long Advised by Larry Summers Faces Federal Court Order After Refusing To Comply With SEC Subpoena
Revolving Door Project Executive Director Jeff Hauser released the following statement in response to Southern District of New York Judge Jed Rakoff’s court order demanding Genesis Global Trading comply with the SEC subpoena:
October 16, 2023
Letter To Judge Freeman Calling For Recusal
On October 16, the Revolving Door Project sent a letter to Judge Beth Labson Freeman calling for her recusal in NetChoice, LLC v. Bonta. Judge Freeman granted a preliminary injunction to prevent California from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA), which regulates platforms that target content to children.
October 13, 2023
Revolving Door Project Sends Letter To Rep. Correa On Big Tech Conflicts Of Interest
On Thursday, October 12, the HuffPost reported on the Revolving Door Project’s letter to Ranking Member of the House Antitrust Subcommittee Lou Correa.
October 13, 2023
RELEASE: JUDGE INVESTED IN BIG TECH SHOULD NOT DECIDE ON CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LAW THAT BIG TECH LOBBIED AGAINST
September 13, 2023
Elon Musk’s Private Interests Should Not Dictate Public Policy
New revelations over Musk’s interference in Ukraine warrant Congressional oversight over the billionaire.
July 17, 2023
Lina Khan Unscathed By Conflicted Ethics Officer and Pro-Monopoly Republicans
Rep Jim Jordan and company had already been eyeing Khan for an investigation because she had the audacity to enforce a consent decree that Twitter violated under Elon Musk’s leadership. Then, they eagerly seized on last month’s (conveniently timed) reporting from Bloomberg which published a previously unseen memo from an FTC ethics official and accused Chair Khan of ignoring the official’s recommendation. With that backdrop, the Republicans seemed poised to strike while the iron was hot, a culmination of their years-long project to undermine Khan’s leadership and reputation. The result was … much different. Thanks to some sleuthing on our part and the bipartisan support for taking on tech monopolies, yesterday’s hearing was less a damning inquisition and more a victory lap for Khan’s rejuvenation of the FTC.