Policy director Phillip Longman explains howThe Washington Monthly's role in mentoring future leaders, like Lina Khan, by providing a platform for impactful journalism that helped lay the groundwork for reshaping U.S. antitrust policy.
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In response to the Federal Trade Commission initiating a lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, LLC for engaging in unlawful price discrimination, the Open Market Institute's senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley issued a statement.
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The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, urging the court to grant a rehearing In re Merck Mumps Vaccine Antitrust Litigation. A class of physicians alleged that Merck misled the Food and Drug Administration about the shelf-life of its vaccine and thereby kept out a competing vaccine.
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Policy counsel Tara Pincock calls for stricter enforcement to ensure that executives face consequences, deterring price-fixing in the future.
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Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley discusses his recent paper “Illuminating the Anti-Coercion Foundations of Refusals to Deal” and its implications.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan writes on the potential rescue to come to small businesses if Kamala Harris wins the upcoming election, shifting the cooperation of the FTC towards independent corporations.
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Europe director Max von Thun explains that under President Biden, the EU feels more empowered to regulate big tech aggressively, as the U.S. is pursuing similar antitrust measures, marking a shift from the cautious approach during prior administrations.
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In Project Syndicate’s Big Question, Tara Pincock weighs in on the current state of antitrust law, enforcement, and the courts.
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Open Markets submitted a comment to the FTC calling for termination of a 2012 Coopharma consent order and urging the agency to endorse an exemption for employees, contractors and small firms that challenge concentrations of power.
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In Competition Policy International: Antitrust Chronicle, September 2024, Open Markets senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley publishes a paper, "Illuminating the Anti-Coercion Foundations of Refusals to Deal.”
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Open Markets files amicus brief in algorithmic price-fixing case involving Las Vegas hotels, Gibson v. Cendyn Group.
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Barry Lynn authors Harper's October 2024 cover story, "The Antitrust Revolution: Liberal democracy’s last stand against Big Tech."
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci have co-written an article on the impact that unaffordable housing is having on regional and national economics, specifically high living cost areas, and what to do to fix the problem.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan joins the Broken Law Podcast to discuss major updates in antitrust, including the FTC’s rule banning non-competes and the Amazon, Kroger-Albertsons, and Apple cases.
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Director of Europe and Transatlantic Partnerships Max von Thun demands a new economic vision for the European Union by pursuing competition to create a robust political economy that can take back power from corporate behemoths.
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Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan released a statement on the Department of Justice and state attorneys general suing to break up the entertainment and ticketing monopoly, Live Nation-Ticketmaster (formally “Live Nation Entertainment”).
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Wisconsin senator Tammy Baldwin quoted Open Markets Institute’s legal director Sandeep Vaheesan in a press release her STOP Bad Mergers Act, which she recently introduced to crack down on mergers that result in higher prices and fewer American jobs.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan goes into detail on the recent brief filed by Open Markets, and the attempt by Uber, Lyft, Instacart, etc. to legalize their unlawful business model in Massachusetts--to the detriment of drivers, high-road rivals, and the state's labor market standards.
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