In a piece in Washington Monthly, Phil Longman of Open Markets Institute highlights how monopoly power in health care compromises public health and threatens democracy in reviewing Brian Alexander’s new book, “The Hospital”.
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Sandeep Vaheesan of Open Markets Institute writes in The Washington Post about the NCAA’s Supreme Court case against football and basketball players over the antitrust aspects of player compensation.
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Daniel Hanley of Open Markets Institute presents our stance on the ever-controversial Section 230 in The Reboot.
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Welcome to The Corner. In this issue, we discuss how Amazon is attempting to replace public libraries by refusing to sell them its eBooks and the nomination of Lina Khan to the Federal Trade Commission.
Executive Director Barry Lynn commends the president’s decision to nominate Khan, a former legal director at Open Markets Institute, to serve on the FTC.
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Open Markets’ report, “Addressing Monopolization in America’s Food System,” was cited in an op-ed written by Gracy Olmstead about how to fix our food systems.
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Barry Lynn, executive director, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on “Competition Policy for the Twenty-First Century: The Case for Antitrust Reform.”
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Barry Lynn urges Congress to take swift, bright-line action to protect our democracy from private corporate power.
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Welcome to The Corner. In this issue, we discuss Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn’s congressional testimony concerning competition policy in the 21st century, the filling of our most recent amici curiae brief supporting student-athletes against the NCAA, and Australia’s battle against Big Tech.
Barry Lynn, executive director of Open Markets Institute, provides testimony at the “Competition Policy for the Twenty-First Century: The Case for Antitrust Reform” hearing for the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, chaired by Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
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Read our full amici curiae brief in support of current and former college basketball and football players in their antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA.
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Groups and scholars join to file brief supporting players in their fight against the NCAA cartel.
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Open Markets Institute announces three new hires including Managing Editor, Finance Associate and a new position, Chief Economist.
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Daniel Hanley, senior legal analyst, details the definition, history, and importance of clear bright-line rules when it comes to antitrust law.
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Sally Hubbard, director of enforcement strategy, appeared on C-SPAN’s “The Communicators” to discuss competition in digital technology markets, potential regulatory actions, and consumer rights.
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Open Markets Institute’s legal director, Sandeep Vaheesan, submits written testimony lauding Connecticut’s SB 906 – An Act Concerning Non-Compete Agreements and encouraging the state to strengthen its action against non-competes by enacting a full ban.
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