Open Markets’ Europe director Max von Thun last week participated in an event hosted by Oxford University on the intersection of retail trends and competition policy, where he spoke on a panel on the relationship between the high street and Big Tech, and how we can level the playing field.
Read MoreCJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch participated in a media innovation conference in Rio de Janeiro hosted by the Associação de Jornalismo Digital - Ajor
Read MoreOpen Markets and the producers behind Food, Inc. 2 hosted a roundtable discussion on how monopolies took over our food system and what policy makers can do to break them up. Upon requests, participants will received a link to view Food Inc. 2, which puts the issue of corporate consolidation in the spotlight.
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan joins the Broken Law Podcast to discuss major updates in antitrust, including the FTC’s rule banning non-competes and the Amazon, Kroger-Albertsons, and Apple cases.
Read MoreIn the first in a new series of expert policy briefs, Dr. Courtney Radsch, director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets, examines the need to establish a framework for valuing the news and content, particularly the journalistic content used to train AI’s large language models.
Read MoreIn this issue, we explore the impact a recent court ruling dismissing allegations of algorithmic price-fixing might have on similar cases such as the one against real estate software company RealPage.
Read MoreCenter for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute Director Dr. Courtney Radsch a statement regarding the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal's decision that Google will face trial for using its monopoly control over the online advertising market to divert revenues from publishers.
Read MoreDirector of Europe and Transatlantic Partnerships Max von Thun demands a new economic vision for the European Union by pursuing competition to create a robust political economy that can take back power from corporate behemoths.
Read MoreOpen Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn testified on June 5, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. EST before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights at a hearing entitled “Strengthening U.S. Economic Leadership: The Role of Competition in Enhancing Economic Resiliency."
Read MoreOpen Markets Institute Food Program Manager Clare Kelloway released a statement on the USDA’s Packers & Stockyards Act rule on poultry tournaments.
Read MoreIn this issue, we explore the need for regulation mandating the disclosure of increasingly prevalent AI-generated content by major tech platforms.
Read MoreCJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch’s was a guest on this video podcast episode to give her take on misinformation, disinformation, news media, and big tech companies.
Read MoreCJL Director Dr. Courtney Radsch constructs a brief providing the framework for protecting the content of journalists and publishers from exploitation by AI companies for the use of news for their large language models.
Read MoreOpen 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”).
Read MoreOn May 22nd-24th, 2024 the International Press Institute hosted their three day “World Congress” Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in which CJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch spoke on a panel about the geopolitics of AI and journalism.
Read MoreWisconsin senator Tammy Baldwin quoted Open Markets Institute’s legal director Sandeep Vaheesan in a press release her STOP Bad Mergers Act, which she recently introduced to crack down on mergers that result in higher prices and fewer American jobs.
Read MoreLegal 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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