Open Markets legal director Sandeep Vaheesan explains how, paired with rules on unfair competition, breakups of dominant tech corporations can ensure business rivalry that confers benefits on consumers, workers, and suppliers.
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Reporter Luke Goldstein asks a cybersecurity specialist about Big Tech tensions in Russia.
In this issue, we discuss Big Tech’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; Sandeep Vaheesan’s testimony on how lax anti-merger policy has fueled ongoing inflation; and Barry Lynn’s testimony connecting consumer-focused competition philosophy and the demise of independent American businesses.
During “The Inflation Equation: Corporate Profiteering, Supply Chain Bottlenecks, and COVID-19,” legal director Sandeep Vaheesan outlined political economic harms of corporate consolidation.
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Open Markets urges leaders to move beyond reports and take action to protect workers.
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NY AG announces plan to create new price gouging rules to stop pandemic profiteering.
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Lynn details how traditional anti-monopoly law and policy helped allow independent business to exist in this country—and how to address the crisis caused by its demise.
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Executive director Barry Lynn was featured in a global tech regulation expert panel.
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Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley specifies paths for effective litigation and suggests actions relevant authorities might take.
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Research associate Garphil Julien illustrates how Moscow’s control of supply chains—particularly the fertilizer industry—could stymie America’s efforts to punish Putin for his war on Ukraine.
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A combined United-Change would have extraordinary power to thrive at the expense of patients, providers, and rivals. The Justice Department and Attorneys General of Minnesota and New York deserve great credit for seeking to block this harmful plan for healthcare consolidation.
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In this issue, we discuss the implications of a Belgian regulator’s ruling on ad consent pop-ups, our recent three-day conference dismantling myths about anti-monopoly reform, and the risks of rising concentration in the banking sector.
Executive director Barry Lynn was featured on “On Point” looking at antitrust law in America.
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To ensure that future mergers are in the public interest and do not exacerbate the already pronounced concentration in the banking sector, all federal agencies should establish clear bright-line rules to block bank mergers that harm the public.
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Program manager Claire Kelloway was featured on the medium’s “On Point” podcast show looking at meat monopolies in America.
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Fellow and adviser Johnny Ryan was mentioned for discussing the legitimacy of personal data security.
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