Publications
Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan speaks on this podcast episode to discusses the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) ban on noncompete clauses, which prevent workers from taking jobs with competitors and a recent court ruling that temporarily blocked the ban.
Read MoreFood program manager Claire Kelloway argues that the Kroger-Albertsons merger would likely lead to store closures, job losses, and reduced wages for workers, emphasizing the need for the Federal Trade Commission to consider these labor impacts in its antitrust review
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan states that RealPage's software "essentially amounts to a cartel" by enabling landlords to coordinate rent increases, thereby reducing competition and harming tenants.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute and the Center for Journalism and Liberty released a statement on the partnership announced between Google and California Governor Gavin Newsom to provide financial support to California news publishers and to launch an “AI Accelerator."
Read MoreCJL director Courtney Radsch wrote an article emphasizing Google's need to pay news organizations for the media content it uses to fuel its lucrative and monopolistic search and ad businesses.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute released a statement on the decision Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas to strike down a landmark new rule enacted by the Federal Trade Commission that would have banned non-compete clauses in employment contracts.
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Europe director Max von Thun acknowledges here that while Margrethe Vestager faced criticism for not fully curbing tech monopolies, she was for many years the only politician on the global stage trying to check the dominance of Big Tech.
Read MoreChief economist Brian Callaci notes that while some franchise owners may face challenges due to California's minimum wage increase for fast-food workers, the overall impact on the industry is expected to be minimal
Read MoreIn this issue, we look at the BIOSECURE Act, and how it fails to address chokepoints and dangerous dependencies in the supply of vital drugs. We also look at the DOJ’s transformative victory in the Google search case.
Read MoreEurope director Max von Thun highlights Epic Games’ new iOS app store as a significant challenge to Apple’s market dominance, boosted by the EU’s Digital Markets Act.
Read MoreCJL director Dr. Courtney C. Radsch was included in this report emphasizing the necessity of fair compensation for human content creators whose work is utilized to train AI models.
Read MoreSenior legal analyst Daniel Hanley emphasizes in Common Dreams the need for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block Mars Inc.'s acquisition of Kellanova arguing that this merger would significantly reduce competition in the snack and cereal bar market.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Food Program Manager Clare Kelloway led a comment submission to the USDA in support of the agency’s proposal to regulate unfair tournament payment systems under the “Poultry Grower Payment Systems and Capital Improvement Systems” rule.
Read MoreReporter Austin Ahlman delves into the fate of live television in the midst of Fubo’s against the launch of a new Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Fox sports streaming service.
Read MoreThe Open Markets Institute and its partners filed an amicus brief in the case of FuboTV versus a joint streaming venture between major TV broadcasters including Disney, Warner Brothers, Fox and Discovery, urging the courts to block the new venture that would dominate 80% of live sports content and is slated to begin this fall.
Read MoreCenter for Journalism and Liberty director Dr. Courtney Radsch was quoted on the loss of news programming amid the growing trend in streaming networks.
Read MoreSenior reporter Karina Montoya offers a breakdown of the key points from the recent ruling of Judge Mehta in the trial against Google’s illegal online search and advertising monopoly.
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn and CJL director Courtney Radsch released statements after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Google has violated the Sherman Act by illegally maintaining its monopoly in general online search and search text advertising.
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