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Reining in Monopoly Power: The Push in Congress to Strengthen the Antitrust Laws and What It Means for Small Independent Businesses

Join the Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) and small business leaders from across the country on February 22 for a webinar conversation and live Q&A featuring:

Welcome
Mike Tucker, President and CEO, Independent Office Products & Furniture Dealers Association

Keynote
Congressman David Cicilline
Chairman, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law

Moderated by Dan Cullen, Senior Strategy Officer, American Booksellers Association


Panel Discussion and Call to Action
Zephyr Teachout
Author and Professor, Fordham University School of Law

Stacy Mitchell
Co-Director, Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Moderated by Derek Peebles, Executive Director, American Independent Business Alliance


The pandemic exposed, and turbocharged, many inequalities in our economy, including years of rampant market power abuse by dominant corporations at the expense of small businesses.

Now, for the first time in decades, passing new anti-monopoly laws is shaping up to be a key priority for federal policymakers in 2021. Last October, the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, led by Congressman David Cicilline, published the findings of an extensive investigation of market concentration. The report concludes that dominant firms like Amazon are abusing their market power and calls for new legislation to update and strengthen the antitrust laws.

Small businesses have a critical role to play in shaping this agenda and ensuring that anti-monopoly policies are a central part of Congress’s economic recovery strategy.

Please join independent business owners and leaders from across the country for a live conversation with Congressman Cicilline and other experts and advocates on February 22nd.

Feb 22, 2021 01:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)