In this issue, we discuss the key role of antitrust reform in moving forward meaningful privacy protections in the post-Roe world, and supply chain vulnerabilities affecting the U.S. and Europe.
In this issue, we discuss a major supply chain chokepoint that may pose an obstacle to increasing supply in the oil industry, Regeneron Pharmaceutical’s lawsuit against Novartis Pharma alleging monopolization and restraint of trade, and supply chain problems in the fertilizer industry.
Case concerns critical issue in antitrust – how to define the product market in which businesses compete
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Policy Director Phillip Longman makes clear how unchecked corporate power is fueling inflation.
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Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan was quoted voicing his position which is calling for the FTC to investigate potential fraud by electrical utility companies.
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Chief economist Brian Callaci animates the current state of congress in their progressions with antitrust laws. New bills being passed are a focal point of this discussion.
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Reporter Luke Goldstein writes about the rise of a sports betting duopoly and the concern for the integrity of athletic franchises.
Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci discuss how lawmakers can address concentration and monopolization by enforcing the Robinson-Patman Act.
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Legal Directory Sandeep Vanheesan was quoted critiquing Justice Stephen Breyer’s role in allowing corporate concentration.
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Financial policy director Alexis Goldstein advocates for Sarah Bloom Raskin’s nomination as chair of supervision at the Federal Reserve.
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Center for Journalism & Liberty director Jody Brannon was quoted in a press release applauding new legislation aimed at supporting and protecting local journalism.
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Sandeep Vaheesan, legal director, argues that the Federal Trade Commission should use its expansive “unfair methods of competition” authority to codify and strengthen existing norms of fair competition under the Sherman Act.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan writes a paper describing how the FTC can use its expansive “unfair methods of competition” powers to strengthen fair competition under the Sherman Act.
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Open Markets asserts that a recent SEC action against the unregistered sale of over $30 million of securities through a DeFi platform clarifies that excluding DeFi from tax reporting is a dangerous idea.
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Brian Callaci, an economist at Open Markets Institute, recently published “What Do Franchisees Do? Vertical Restraints as Workplace Fissuring and Labor Discipline Devices”.
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Open Markets Institute notes that in its decision in NCAA v. Alston, the Supreme Court preserved the NCAA’s general collusive scheme against college basketball and football players and chose to ignore the case’s larger legal and policy implications.
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Daniel Hanley, senior legal analyst, details the definition, history, and importance of clear bright-line rules when it comes to antitrust law.
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Sandeep Vaheesan of Open Markets Institute, speaks at a Penn Law Students for Democratic Society lecture series on disrupting contract law.
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