Publications
Senior reporter Karina Montoya was a featured podcast guest brought to discuss the start of a significant antitrust trial against Google, focusing on its alleged monopoly in online advertising, with concerns about its negative impact on competition and journalism, highlighting the broader implications for tech regulation.
Read MoreLegal 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 MoreEurope 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 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 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 MoreOpen Markets Institute’s legal director Sandeep Vaheesan was quoted in The American Prospect in an article on private equity investors entering the college sports market.
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan gave an interview to PlayerFM’s podcast Money on the Left to discuss his upcoming book Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United States.
Read MoreOMI legal director Sandeep Vaheesan was quoted in an article in the New York Times on algorithmic price-fixing by companies like RealPage, which helps landlords collude to set rent.
Read MoreThe New York Times quoted a statement by Open Markets Institute’s Europe director Max von Thun on the global CrowdStrike outage, potentially the biggest in history.
Read MoreOpen Markets’ Europe director Max von Thun’s recent article in ProMarket was cited in The Brookings Institute, which dismissed the notion of creating European champions.
Read MoreOpen Markets’ executive director Barry Lynn was quoted in Politico urging President Biden to flaunt his solid track record on fighting corporate power during his reelection campaign.
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