Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan emphasizes that Europe doesn’t need to copy America’s model to be competitive; it should double down on strong competition policy to avoid the economic imbalances and harms baked into the US approach.
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In this co-written essay, legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci deliver the argument that today’s “state capacity” discourse wrongly blames democratic procedures for government failure, when the real solution is not deregulated, top-down speed but renewed democratic governance that balances effective state action with public participation and legitimacy.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan explores the debate between antitrust reformers and Marxist critics, arguing that antitrust law can serve as a tool for democratizing economic life when paired with broader political movements.
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The Open Markets Institute commended Texas-based worker Ric Davidson, his counsel at Gustafson Gluek, Burns Charest, and Towards Justice for stepping in to defend the Federal Trade Commission’s landmark ban on non-compete clauses—an essential policy to protect workers’ freedom to change jobs and start new businesses.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan has published a book review of Brett Christophers’ book The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet.
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CJL director Courtney Radsch discussed on an IBA podcast how billionaires like Elon Musk are shaping public narratives on social media, warning of the threats to democracy and the need to protect independent journalism.
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The Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute released a statement from its director, Dr. Courtney Radsch on the California Assembly’s passage of AB 412, the AI Copyright Transparency Act.
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Chief Economist Brian Callaci testified at the Portland (OR) City Council in support of a proposed ban on algorithmic price-fixing in the city’s housing market.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and chief economist Brian Callaci argue that addressing the housing crisis requires more than just deregulation—instead, it demands a stronger state role in reshaping market structures to treat housing as a fundamental right.
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Senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley voices how Delaware lawmakers are serving corporate interests with S.B. 21 and calls on Congress to strip the state of its control over U.S. corporate law.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan testifies in support of SB 11, a bill designed for protecting workers from exploitative contractual non-compete clauses.
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In this issue, we look at the lessons of the U.S. presidential election, and some next steps. We also explore how the EU’s AI strategy might concentrate even more power in the hands of Big Tech.
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Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan released a statement on the Department of Justice and state attorneys general suing to break up the entertainment and ticketing monopoly, Live Nation-Ticketmaster (formally “Live Nation Entertainment”).
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan goes into detail on the recent brief filed by Open Markets, and the attempt by Uber, Lyft, Instacart, etc. to legalize their unlawful business model in Massachusetts--to the detriment of drivers, high-road rivals, and the state's labor market standards.
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Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan released a statement in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule to ban non-compete clauses for all workers.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan echos the Biden Administration’s valuable promises to break with the neoliberal antitrust and competition policy program that has one-sidedly created benefits only for large corporations.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan and senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley layout the major legal and policy procedures lined up in 2024 for the banning of noncompete clauses.
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