Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan publishes his comments with other antitrust experts regarding the FTC’s most recent policy statement on 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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In this issue, we discuss how the misinterpretation of common carriage law by conservative courts threatens social media networks’ ability to de-platform users spreading misinformation in a case now headed to the Supreme Court.
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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 Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan testifies before House Committee on Rules Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process Regarding Right to Repair
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In this issue, we explore how a monopolized railroad industry damages the economy, abuses workers, and disrupts efforts to cut carbon emissions.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci co-authored this article on the common denominator in disadvantages of workers within different industries.
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In this issue, we explore Amazon’s rapidly growing online advertising business, fueled by its cloud services monopoly and already threatening traditional players Google and Facebook.
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On Thursday, September 8, the Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief on Google’s conduct against Genius is no aberration, but rather, part of its business model and among its broader panoply of unfair competitive practices.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci co-authored an article the labor market in the midst of inflation.
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Case concerns critical issue in antitrust – how to define the product market in which businesses compete
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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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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan puts forth how Major League’s Baseball’s antitrust exemption perpetuates the collusive exploitation of minor league players.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan shines a light on a recent court of appeals decision that opens the door for unionizing, collective bargaining, and strikes by gig workers and other workers classified as independent contractors.
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Open Markets Institute Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan testified in Applauding House Bill 22-1317,
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan highlights the emerging pricing power of corporations amid the fallout of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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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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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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