Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan testifies in support of SB 11, a bill designed for protecting workers from exploitative contractual non-compete clauses.
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The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in Ryan v. FTC, marking the second appellate case in which Open Markets has defended the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) landmark prohibition on non-compete clauses.
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The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in Villages v. FTC, one of two cases that challenge the FTC’s landmark prohibition on non-compete clauses.
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Open Markets submits comment on USDA's proposal to define unfair practices under the Packers & Stockyards Act.
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Open Markets speaks out advocating for a lawsuit filed today by the Department of Justice and eight states to hold RealPage accountable for its part in the scheme of landlords are colluding to raise prices by using the software.
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The 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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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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Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan released a statement in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule to ban non-compete clauses for all workers.
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Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan put out a statement on the final 2023 merger guidelines from the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission.
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Two new publications feature Open Markets writers and thinkers defining the ways in which President Biden’s economic policies represent a tremendous “sea change” for America's political economy, which shows early signs of generating shared prosperity and stronger, healthier democracies.
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The Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn released a statement on the Biden Administration’s newly-announced executive order on artificial intelligence (AI).
A new report by chef Kiki Louya, published by the Open Markets Institute, examines the peanut industry, where farmer-owned cooperatives like Premium Peanut have seen great success taking on the giant shelling monopolies, and explores how other farmers might use cooperatives to circumvent monopolists.
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Open Markets Institute Food Program Manager Claire Kelloway released a statement regarding the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the meat industry data company Agri Stats.
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The Open Markets Institute and partners including SEIU, Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI-USA), Public Citizen, and more, submit a comment urging the Justice Department (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to strengthen and clarify the new, draft merger guidelines.
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The Open Markets Institute today led a coalition of fifty civil society groups that urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban non-compete clauses as well as functionally equivalent restraints.
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The Open Markets Institute and that Union of Open Markets Staff have ratified their inaugural collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the first union contract for employees at Open Markets.
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Claire Kelloway, food program director , and Jason Davidson, senior food and agriculture campaigner at Friends of the Earth, collaborate in this policy brief revealing the reality farmers face in the midst of carbon markets and the presence of Big Ag.
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The Open Markets Institute Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan released the following statement applauding the FTC’s decision to propose a ban on non-compete clauses and functionally similar contracts for all workers.
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The Open Markets Institute submits a letter urging the FTC to block the pending merger between grocer giants, Albertsons and Kroger.
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Open Markets Institute Submits Written Testimony Urging the New Jersey State Legislature to Ban Non-Compete Clauses, Pass Senate Bill No. 1410.
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Open Markets applauds DOJ for standing with workers, not powerful employers.
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New paper reveals major escalations of Amazon’s invasive worker surveillance.
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Open Markets Institute released a new report revealing how many farmer co-ops have subverted anti-monopoly measures and grown into monopolies that prey upon their members. The report, called “Redeeming the Democratic Promise of Agricultural Cooperatives,” proposes a set of reforms and increased antitrust enforcement that could rebalance agricultural markets to serve the public interest again.
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New report details the dangers of Amazon’s pervasive worker surveillance and proposes solutions that stop surveillance and increase worker power.
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Proposal calls for repeal of executive order invoking Defense Production Act to keep slaughterhouses operating.
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Today, the Open Markets Institute, Change To Win, the National Employment Law Project, and Professors Marshall Steinbaum, Sanjukta Paul, and Veena Dubal filed an amici curiae brief supporting current and former college basketball and football players in their antitrust suit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
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Open Markets Institute and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), filed a comment with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in response to their workshop on competition in labor markets explaining how federal antitrust enforcers should use their power to support American workers.
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“Non-competes strengthen the power of corporate employers at the expense of millions of workers across America,” said Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan. “This is a huge step in advancing worker freedom, and we applaud Senators Young and Murphy for taking it.”
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"Senator Booker’s plan is long overdue," said Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan. "The NCAA is, in effect, a cartel of employers robbing college athletes of fair, competitive wages, not dissimilar to how corporations in tech and other sectors have conspired to suppress their employees' salaries."
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“Senator Warren recognizes that antitrust law should be an integral part of a pro-worker agenda," Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan said in a statement. “We applaud her efforts to return power to workers.”
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