Posts tagged may 2026
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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Tagesspiegel Background - Von der Leyen's DMA policy jeopardizes Europe's sovereignty

OMI Europe director Max von Thun speaks on how Europe is undermining its own digital sovereignty by weakening enforcement of the DMA, DSA, and competition law in response to U.S. pressure, leaving citizens, startups, and democratic institutions more vulnerable to dominant tech platforms.

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The Guardian - Trump’s trade commission is using fear to silence dissent

CJL Director Courtney Radsch argues that the Trump administration and Elon Musk are using regulatory power, lawsuits, and financial pressure to punish watchdogs, advertisers, and media companies that challenge powerful interests—creating a chilling effect where dissent becomes too costly, institutions self-censor, and democratic media accountability is weakened without the need for overt censorship.

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Tech Policy Press - Dispatch from the Coalition for Independent Technology Research v. Rubio District Court Hearing

CJL Director Courtney Radsch joins the talk on how Trump administration’s visa restriction policy targeting noncitizen researchers, fact-checkers, and trust and safety workers is a dangerous attack on independent research and free expression, warning that it could chill the study of platform harms, weaken democratic accountability, and let the government decide who is allowed to scrutinize powerful tech companies.

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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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The Corner Newsletter: A Bill to Prevent Corrupt Antitrust Settlements & A New Report on Emerging AI Content Licensing Market

In this issue, we explore Sen. Klobuchar’s bill to bolster the Tunney Act following a series of weak antitrust settlements that were driven by President Trump’s cozy relationships with corporations.

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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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