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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Join us on Wednesday, December 4 at 6:00 PM at the National Press Club as we launch legal director Sandeep Vaheesan’s new book.
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In this issue, we look at the lessons of the U.S. presidential election, and some next steps. We also explore how the EU’s AI strategy might concentrate even more power in the hands of Big Tech.
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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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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan appeared on a lunch talk hosted by LPE Project to discuss his forthcoming book, Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United States.
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In this issue, Open Markets policy counsel Tara Pincock — who helped write the original lawsuit against Google — discusses a potential breakup.
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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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Open Markets files amicus brief in algorithmic price-fixing case involving Las Vegas hotels, Gibson v. Cendyn Group.
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In this issue, we explore how Intel’s recent woes suggest that Biden administration’s CHIPS and Science Act was insufficient and recommend how the next administration must go further in investing in semiconductor manufacturing to protect the country’s national interest.
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In this issue, we report from the Virginia courthouse where the DOJ is laying out its case against Google for monopolization of ad tech. And we look at Europe’s fascinating debate on how to rebuild its economy.
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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 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.
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Legal 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.
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The 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.
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Open 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.
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Legal 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.
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OMI 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.
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Sandeep Vaheesan, legal director, and Brian Callaci, chief economist co-authored a piece about judicial changes to antitrust law that has taken a more permissive approach to coercion and exploitation affecting worker wages.
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