Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan argues that breaking up the control seven obscure regional transmission organizations exercise over huge parts of the country’s electrical grid would help lower exploding electricity costs.
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The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in State of Ohio v. Google, urging the Fifth District Court of Appeals of Ohio to recognize the state’s authority to designate Google Search as a common carrier—just as courts and legislatures have long done for railroads, telegraphs, telephones, and other corporations that hold themselves out to serve the public.
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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 co-authors a piece with Alvero Bedoya, former commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, and current Senior Adviser at the American Economic Liberties Project, arguing that the Trump administration’s suspension of the FTC’s non-compete ban represents a major setback for American workers, reversing one of the most significant pro-labor reforms in decades and reinforcing corporate control over the labor market.
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Sandeep Vaheesan criticized the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling to remove FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter from her post at President Trump’s request.
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Open Markets condemns the FTC’s filing a motion to withdraw from defending its landmark rule banning traditional and de facto non-competes.
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Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan asserts that while antitrust wins against Big Tech are a step forward, the real battle lies in dismantling their invasive surveillance advertising model, which exploits our privacy and fuels societal harms.
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The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court, urging the Court to address Merck’s alleged misrepresentations to the Food and Drug Administration to extend its monopoly in the mumps vaccine market.
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The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals warning that Intuitive Surgical is exploiting its monopoly over surgical robots to dominate markets for essential accessories—posing serious risks to hospitals, doctors, and patients.
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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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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan’s article in The George Washington Law Review argues that reviving the principle of nondomination in antitrust law is essential to curbing corporate coercion and empowering workers.
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The Open Markets Institute led a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson urging him to vigorously defend the agency’s 2024 rule banning non-compete clauses. The letter, signed by 16 other organizations including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Strategic Organizing Center, presents the statutory authority, historical precedent, and extensive economic evidence underpinning the rule.
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Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan condemns the partisan FTC’s withdrawing a historic Robinson-Patman lawsuit against beverage giant PepsiCo.
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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan publishes a major review critiquing Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson for promoting deregulation as a primary solution to societal challenges like housing shortages and the transition to renewable energy.
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Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan released a statement on the April 14 decision by a federal jury to convict a Las Vegas executive for participating in a three-year conspiracy to fix the wages for home healthcare nurses.
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Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan delivers a clear-eyed response to the abundance agenda, pointing readers to a better approach that he has explored extensively.
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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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Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan’s book Democracy in Power is highlighted in the article as a compelling call to reimagine government not as a barrier, but as a builder—drawing on the history of public power to advocate for a renewed, democratic role for the state in driving the clean energy transition.
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