Publications
The Open Markets Institute and Public Citizen led a joint letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alongside consumer advocates and organized labor urging the agency to begin its work on a federal rule banning the use of non-compete clauses in employment contracts.
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On December 9th, the Open Markets Institute joined an amicus brief drafted by the Washington Employment Lawyers Association and Towards Justice concerning the enforceability of arbitration clauses under WA state law.
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The Open Markets Institute released the following statement from Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s move to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of major game developer Activision Blizzard
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The Open Markets Institute, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, a forum of 75 NGOs, have sent the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a joint submission on the privacy, market, and security hazards of surveillance advertising, urging the agency to act against commercial surveillance and to define “Real-Time Bidding” (RTB) as an unfair and deceptive practice.
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The Open Markets Institute released the following statement from Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s new policy statement on defining and policing “unfair methods of competition”:
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On Thursday, November 10, the Open Markets Institute, Towards Justice, and the National Legal Advocacy Network filed a brief in support of McDonald’s workers in Deslandes v. McDonalds.
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