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Open Markets Institute Files Amicus Brief Defending Antitrust Verdict Against Biosense Webster for Exclusionary Conduct in Medical Device Market

The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit supporting Innovative Health, LLC in Innovative Health v. Biosense Webster urging the court to uphold a jury verdict finding Biosense Webster guilty of violating federal antitrust law by using its dominant position in the cardiac-mapping market to block competition from lower-cost medical device reprocessors. 

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The Center for Journalism & Liberty Is Now The "Center for Media & Digital Governance at the Open Markets Institute"

The Center for Journalism and Liberty is now the Center for Media and Digital Governance (CMDG) at the Open Markets Institute. The new name reflects the Center’s expansive body of work examining how concentrated technology power, digital infrastructure, and artificial intelligence are reshaping journalism, information markets, democratic governance, and public debate. 

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Joint White Paper Plots Sustainable Path for AI, Cloudflare, and the Future of Independent Journalism

The Center for Journalism and Liberty (CJL) at the Open Markets Institute today welcomed the launch of the Washington Monthly Institute with the release of a joint white paper, “AI and the Future of Independent Journalism: The Promise and Peril of Privately Controlled Data Markets for Media Content.” 

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Open Markets Institute Launches New “Industry Spotlight” Series with Timely Examination of Private Equity

Turning Profit-Maximizing Financiers Into Stewards of the Public Interest marks the first in a planned series of reports examining a variety of industries’ market structures and how they either support or undermine public well-being.

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FCC’s Brendan Carr Is Turning FCC Into State Censorship Bureau

Statement condemning the Federal Communications Commission’s politically motivated decision to order Disney, ABC and their television subsidiaries to file early license renewal applications – a move which comes as the White House once again calls for late-night host Jimmy Kimmel to be fired. 

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OMI Leads Civil Society Groups to Urge Antitrust Investigation into Netflix’s Market Power

The Open Markets Institute and a coalition of leading civil society organizations sent a letter to federal antitrust enforcers calling for a formal investigation into whether Netflix is engaging in monopolistic practices that harm competition, creators, and consumers in the rapidly evolving video streaming market.

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Open Markets Institute Announces Its Expansion in Europe 

The Open Markets Institute shares its news of expanding its European operations with new staff and the launch of a European Advisory Council – bringing together leading experts, technologists and former policymakers to defend fair markets and democratic accountability.  

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In New Book, OMI Chief Economist Brian Callaci Examines How Powerful Franchisors Have Eaten Our Lunch 

In Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy (University of Chicago Press, April 20, 2026), Brian Callaci delivers the first comprehensive history of how franchising has shaped American capitalism. It reveals franchising as a hidden architecture of power, one that allows corporations to dominate markets while evading responsibility. 

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Open Markets Institute Welcomes "Fair Prices for Local Businesses Act" 

OMI praised U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and his colleagues for introducing the Fair Prices for Local Businesses Act, landmark legislation to curb corporate price discrimination and restore fair competition for small businesses across the country. 

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OMI Reacts to Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Deal & Trump’s Apparent Interference

Dr. Courtney Radsch, director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets released the following statement concerning the news that Netflix has dropped its bid for Warner Brothers Discovery and by default, enabled Paramount to advance its own offer.

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