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Missed this when it first came out but @StevePearlstein's got a great column on the Uber-Postmates merger, which notes this lawsuit against Uber and other food-delivery apps
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/09/uber-postmates-merger-will-only-deliver-bad-tiding-restaurants/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/09/uber-postmates-merger-will-only-deliver-bad-tiding-restaurants/
The lawsuit alleges, among other things, that Uber and other food-delivery apps have excluded other competitors through exclusive agreements
https://www.docketalarm.com/cases/New_York_Southern_District_Court/1--20-cv-05134/Eliades_et_al_v._Grubhub_Inc._et_al/1/
https://www.docketalarm.com/cases/New_York_Southern_District_Court/1--20-cv-05134/Eliades_et_al_v._Grubhub_Inc._et_al/1/
Exclusive arrangements are pervasive and let powerful corps unfairly abuse their power. Dominant cos tell distributors or suppliers: if you want our product (and we're one of the few you can get it from) you have to promise not to give our competitors any of your business
Just yesterday, my org @econliberties joined over 30 other orgs in a petition by @openmarkets calling on the FTC to ban dominant corporations from using exclusive contracts
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/petition-federal-communications-commission-ban-exclusionary-contracting
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/petition-federal-communications-commission-ban-exclusionary-contracting
The petition proposes a straightforward rule and documents exclusive arrangements in industries as different as software, prescription drugs, credit cards, beer, internet service, MMA, Keurig cups!, e-prescriptions, and hospitals, and more! check em out: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e449c8c3ef68d752f3e70dc/t/5f1729603e615a270b537c3d/1595353441408/Petition+for+Rulemaking+to+Prohibit+Exclusionary+Contracts.pdf
