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Daniel Hanley is a senior legal analyst at the Open Markets Institute. His research and writing focus on the relationship between technology and antitrust law, legal remedies, and political economy.
Before joining Open Markets, Hanley interned at the American Antitrust Institute, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, and the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. To bring awareness to antitrust issues, Hanley gave a TEDx Talk at the University of Connecticut in 2017, where he detailed systemic industry consolidation in the United States and the economic consequences of market concentration.
Hanley’s work has appeared in ProMarket, Competition Policy International, the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal, The American Prospect, Slate, and other publications. In February 2020, Hanley was profiled by UConn Magazine.
Hanley has a B.S. in management from the University of Connecticut and a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law. You can reach him at hanley@openmarketsinstitute.org or follow him on Twitter @danielahanley.
Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley and Europe director Max von Thun co-author an article warning that the monopolization of AI by a few powerful corporations threatens innovation and democracy, urging immediate action to regulate and democratize the technology for the public good.
A recap of some of our important pieces from this year's body of work on AI.
A report from Open Markets Institute and Mozilla lays out a roadmap for governments and regulators to take immediate steps to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) remains a competitive and innovative field, rather than being dominated by a few tech giants.
The Open Markets Institute and Mozilla published a comprehensive report titled "Stop Big Tech from Becoming Big AI: A Roadmap for Using Competition Policy to Keep Artificial Intelligence Open for All.”
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.
In Competition Policy International: Antitrust Chronicle, September 2024, Open Markets senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley publishes a paper, "Illuminating the Anti-Coercion Foundations of Refusals to Deal.”
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.
Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley emphasizes in Common Dreams the need for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block Mars Inc.'s acquisition of Kellanova arguing that this merger would significantly reduce competition in the snack and cereal bar market.
Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley provides comprehensive insight on the unfair practices of employers using non-compete agreements and TRAPs, and the advancements in the removal of these practices by the FTC.
Senior reporter Karina Montoya and senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley co-authored a piece amplifying the DOJ’s landmark case against Live Nation and Ticket Master as a turning point of American antitrust regulators turning a blind eye to coercion by market-dominant firms.