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Tech Policy Press - Analyzing Week One of Google Search's Antitrust Remedies Trial
Tech Policy Press - Analyzing Week One of Google Search's Antitrust Remedies Trial

Senior reporter Karina Montoya analyzes the DOJ’s push for structural remedies in the Google search antitrust trial, including potential divestiture of Chrome.

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Op-EdsKarina MontoyaApril 29, 2025April 2025, 2025, Karina Montoya, Center for Journalism & Liberty, Google, Antitrust Law
100 Days of Trump 2.0: Expert Q&A
100 Days of Trump 2.0: Expert Q&A

CJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch joined an expert Q&A hosted by The Foreign Policy Centre and Leiden University, marking 100 days into President Trump’s administration.

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Events, Videos & AudioOpen MarketsApril 28, 20252025, April 2025, Center for Journalism & Liberty, Courtney Radsch, Politics, Antitrust Law
Europe Uses Competition Law to Protect Workers as U.S. Under Trump Retreats
Europe Uses Competition Law to Protect Workers as U.S. Under Trump Retreats

Research fellow Claire Lavin discusses how Europe is increasingly using antitrust enforcement to protect workers' rights, even as the U.S. shows signs of retreating from similar efforts."

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ArticlesOpen MarketsApril 25, 20252025, April 2025, claire lavin, Europe, Sports
The Corner Newsletter: DOJ’s Huge Win vs Google’s Adtech Monopoly & Europe Uses Antitrust to Protect Workers ( April 25th, 2025)
The Corner Newsletter: DOJ’s Huge Win vs Google’s Adtech Monopoly & Europe Uses Antitrust to Protect Workers ( April 25th, 2025)

In this issue, we explore how European countries have begun using competition law to protect workers, inspired in part by the U.S. FTC.

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NewslettersOpen MarketsApril 25, 20252025, April 2025, claire lavin, Google, Technology & Power, Big Tech, Europe, Sports, Secondary Feature
Tech Policy Press - What’s Behind Europe’s Push to “Simplify” Tech Regulation?
Tech Policy Press - What’s Behind Europe’s Push to “Simplify” Tech Regulation?

Europe director Max von Thun was quoted on how Europe’s fragmented landscape makes it harder for homegrown tech companies to challenge existing Big Tech players.

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ClippingsOpen MarketsApril 24, 2025Max von Thun, 2025, April 2025, Europe, Technology & Power, Big Tech
Bloomberg Law - Meta, Google Hammered in Court in Sign of Rare Left-Right Unity
Bloomberg Law - Meta, Google Hammered in Court in Sign of Rare Left-Right Unity

Executive director Barry Lynn was quoted highlighting the rare bipartisan agreement in Congress on the need to rein in Big Tech, noting that lawmakers like Senators Mike Lee and Amy Klobuchar often share similar critiques—particularly of companies like Meta—despite differing political perspectives.

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ClippingsOpen MarketsApril 24, 2025Barry Lynn, 2025, April 2025, Google, Facebook
The Guardian - Google broke the law. It’s time to break up the company
The Guardian - Google broke the law. It’s time to break up the company

CJL director Courtney Radsch contends that Google’s recent legal violations demonstrate its monopolistic abuse of power, and calls for the company to be broken up to restore fair competition and accountability.

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Op-EdsCourtney RadschApril 24, 20252025, April 2025, Google, Technology & Power, Democracy & Ideology, Big Tech, Courtney Radsch, Center for Journalism & Liberty, Antitrust Law, Secondary Feature
A Roadmap to Sectoral Bargaining Through Parker Immunity
A Roadmap to Sectoral Bargaining Through Parker Immunity

A new paper from Open Markets Senior Legal Analyst Daniel Hanley and Chief Economist Brian Callaci explores how states can authorize sectoral bargaining and improve democratic conditions for labor by enacting laws that leverage Parker Immunity.

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Reports & White PapersOpen MarketsApril 23, 2025Daniel Hanley, brian callaci, Labor, 2025, April 2025
Washington Monthly - Court Ruling Against Google Ad-Tech Monopoly Is a Victory for Journalism
Washington Monthly - Court Ruling Against Google Ad-Tech Monopoly Is a Victory for Journalism

Reporter Austin Ahlman discusses the court ruling against Google’s ad-tech monopoly being a major win for journalism and the open internet.

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Op-EdsOpen MarketsApril 18, 20252025, April 2025, Austin Ahlman, Center for Journalism & Liberty, Google, Technology & Power, Big Tech, Secondary Feature
Federal Court Confirms Google’s Monopoly Over Digital Advertising Market
Federal Court Confirms Google’s Monopoly Over Digital Advertising Market

Open Markets and the Center for Journalism and Liberty respond to a U.S. court ruling that Google maintains a monopoly over digital advertising markets.

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Statements, Press ReleasesOpen MarketsApril 17, 2025Secondary Feature, 2025, Barry Lynn, Courtney Radsch, Center for Journalism & Liberty, Wins, Democracy & Ideology, Antitrust Law, Technology & Power
Project Syndicate - Resisting American Techno-Fascism
Project Syndicate - Resisting American Techno-Fascism

CJL director Courtney Radsch argues that democracies can curb the rise of tech-powered authoritarianism by holding billionaires like Trump and Musk accountable through regulation and antitrust laws.

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Op-EdsCourtney RadschApril 17, 2025Courtney Radsch, Center for Journalism & Liberty, 2025, April 2025, Big Tech, Politics, Technology & Power, Secondary Feature
Fortune - OpenAI updated its safety framework—but no longer sees mass manipulation and disinformation as a critical risk
Fortune - OpenAI updated its safety framework—but no longer sees mass manipulation and disinformation as a critical risk

CJL Director Courtney Radsch was quoted, criticizing OpenAI for its decision to stop assessing AI models for the potential to persuade or manipulate users before releasing them.

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ClippingsOpen MarketsApril 16, 20252025, April 2025, Artificial intelligence, Privacy, Courtney Radsch
Washington Monthly - Elon Musk Wants to Privatize Amtrak, But the Real Problem Is Freight Monopolies
Washington Monthly - Elon Musk Wants to Privatize Amtrak, But the Real Problem Is Freight Monopolies

Transportation analyst Arnav Rao argues that while Elon Musk's push to privatize Amtrak grabs headlines, the real threat to U.S. passenger rail is the unchecked power of freight rail monopolies.

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Op-EdsOpen MarketsApril 16, 2025Arnav Rao, 2025, April 2025, Transportation, Technology & Power, Big Tech, Secondary Feature
DOJ Antitrust And Workers Win Big in Las Vegas Wage-Fixing Case
DOJ Antitrust And Workers Win Big in Las Vegas Wage-Fixing Case

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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Statements, Press ReleasesSandeep VaheesanApril 15, 20252025, April 2025, Sandeep Vaheesan, Antitrust Law, Labor, wins, Secondary Feature
Project Syndicate - Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Demands More Than Competitiveness
Project Syndicate - Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Demands More Than Competitiveness

Europe and Transatlantic Partnerships Director Max von Thun penned an op-ed with former MEP Marietje Schaake on what has become a critical moment for European policy towards Big Tech - and how Europe can seize it.

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Op-EdsMax von ThunApril 14, 20252025, April 2025, Big Tech, Democracy & Ideology, Technology & Power, Secondary Feature, Max von Thun
Monopolists and Republicans Derail Amtrak Even as Rider Demand Rises
Monopolists and Republicans Derail Amtrak Even as Rider Demand Rises

Transportation analyst Arnav Rao touches on Amtrak’s failures are less about government inefficiency and more the result of corporate monopolies, financialization, and political sabotage.

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ArticlesOpen MarketsApril 11, 2025Arnav Rao, 2025, April 2025, Transportation
The Corner Newsletter: The Role of Monopoly in Amtrak’s Woes  ( April 11th, 2025)
The Corner Newsletter: The Role of Monopoly in Amtrak’s Woes ( April 11th, 2025)

In this issue, we look at the new antimonopoly caucus in the House, and examine how monopoly and Wall Street power keeps Amtrak off track, denying better train service to Americans across the country.

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NewslettersOpen MarketsApril 11, 20252025, April 2025, Arnav Rao, Transportation, Food & Agriculture, Claire Kelloway, Brian Callaci, Labor, Secondary Feature
ProMarket - 2025 Antitrust and Competition Conference
ProMarket - 2025 Antitrust and Competition Conference

Executive director Barry Lynn spoke at The 2025 Antitrust and Competition Conference, hosted by the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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Clippings, Videos & AudioOpen MarketsApril 10, 2025April 2025, 2025, Law and Political Economy Program, Barry Lynn, Competition Law & Philosophy
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