Vaheesan Testifies before House Committee on Rules Subcommittee Regarding Right to Repair

Open Markets Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan testifies before House Committee on Rules Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process Regarding Right to Repair

Testimony & Comment LettersSandeep VaheesanSeptember 27, 2022Labor, 2022, Sandeep Vaheesan, Primary Feature, September 2022

Built to Break - How Bad Law Undermines the Resiliency and Stability of the U.S. Industrial System

Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn testifies before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights

Barry Lynn of Open Markets Testifies Before the House Judiciary

Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn Testifies Before House Judiciary on How Extreme and Growing Market Concentration Chokes Supply Chains and Worsens Inflation

Vaheesan Testifies Before the Colorado General Assembly

Open Markets Institute Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan testified in Applauding House Bill 22-1317,

Sandeep Vaheesan Testifies Before the House Committee on Financial Services

During “The Inflation Equation: Corporate Profiteering, Supply Chain Bottlenecks, and COVID-19,” legal director Sandeep Vaheesan outlined political economic harms of corporate consolidation.

Barry Lynn of Open Markets Testifies Before the House Committee on Small Business

Lynn details how traditional anti-monopoly law and policy helped allow independent business to exist in this country—and how to address the crisis caused by its demise.

Joint Letter - 22 Groups Urge Biden to Remove FDIC Chair McWilliams If She Refuses to Follow the Law

Groups send letter asserting that McWilliams’ attempt to block a legal request for input on the FDIC’s bank merger policy is unlawful.

Testimony & Comment LettersOpen MarketsDecember 16, 20212021, Antitrust Law, Secondary Feature, December 2021

Testimony by Financial Policy Director Alexis Goldstein at Senate Banking Committee Stablecoins Hearing

Financial Policy Director Alexis Goldstein testified at the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs’ hearing on “Stablecoins: How Do They Work, How Are They Used, and What Are Their Risks?”

Testimony by Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn at Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Promoting Competition in the Technology Sector

See Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn’s full testimony.

Labor, Anti-Monopoly, and Justice Groups Send Letter to Top Financial Regulators Amplifying Calls for Enhanced Regulation of Amazon’s AWS

Open Markets spearheads a coalition letter to FSOC urging them to bring AWS under the supervision of the Federal Reserve as a utility.

Open Markets Documents Grave Concerns with Facebook’s Digital Wallet Pilot Program

The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission, and Financial Regulators should examine and mitigate the risks the pilot presents.

Testimony by Open Markets Financial Policy Director Alexis Goldstein at Joint Economic Committee Hearing on “Demystifying Crypto: Digital Assets and the Role of Government”

Financial Director Alexis Goldstein testified at the U.S. Congress’s Joint Economic Committee Hearing on “Demystifying Crypto: Digital Assets and the Role of Government.”

Joint Letter - Regulators Should Review Harms of CME Group Inc.’s Potential Merger with Cboe and Conduct Study on Existing Concentration Problems

Better Markets and the Open Markets Institute raise serious concerns about lack of competition in derivatives markets.

Testimony by Open Markets Chief Economist Brian Callaci at Senate Judiciary Hearing on 21st Century Antitrust Reforms and the American Worker

Open Markets Chief Economist Brian Callaci testified at Part 4 of the Senate Judiciary hearings on Reviving Competition: 21st Century Antitrust Reforms and the American Worker.

Open Markets Signs Letter Asking FTC to Stop Corporate Surveillance

Open Markets joins 47 other groups in sending the FTC a letter asking them to stop corporate smart surveillance.

Testimony & Comment LettersOpen MarketsJuly 30, 20212021, July 2021, Amazon, Privacy, FTC

Letter to U.S. House of Representatives in Support of the the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act

Open Markets joins 30+ organizations in sending a letter to the House in support of H.R. 2668 to restore the FTC’s authority to provide refunds and equitable relief to victims of consumer fraud and deception.

Testimony by Sandeep Vaheesan before D.C. Council in Support of Upholding and Strengthening the District’s Non-Compete Protections

Sandeep Vaheesan testified against carving out additional workers from D.C.’s “Non-Compete Conflict of Interest Clarification Amendment Act of 2021” and to instead amend the law to extend its protection to all workers in the District.

Testimony by Open Markets Financial Policy Director Alexis Goldstein at House Subcommittee Hearing on Crypto Frenzy

Full testimony from Open Markets Institute Financial Policy Director Alexis Goldstein at the House financial services oversight subcommittee hearing, “America on “FIRE”: Will the Crypto Frenzy Lead to Financial Independence and Early Retirement or Financial Ruin?”

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