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The New Republic - How to Lower Energy Costs: Break Up the Electrical-Grid Cabal
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/article-break-up-the-electrical-grid-cabal
Published: November 19, 2025 20:19
Sandeep Vaheesan argues that breaking up the control seven obscure regional transmission organizations exercise over huge parts of the country’s electrical grid would help lower exploding electricity costs.
U.S. Court Fails to Apply Antitrust Law in Meta Case
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/us-court-fails-to-apply-antitrust-law-in-meta-case
Published: November 18, 2025 19:44
Open Markets Institute Policy Counsel Tara Pincock released a statement on the misguided ruling on the FTC’s case regarding Meta’s monopoly in social media.
The Corner Newsletter: Trump’s Risky Port Deal (November, 18, 2025)
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/corner-trumps-risky-port-deal
Published: November 18, 2025 16:34
In this issue, we explore how a deal by shipping giant MSC and BlackRock to buy dozens of port terminals from a Hong Kong-based operator will concentrate international trade in the hands of a single foreign corporation and threaten national security,…
European Commission to Investigate Cloud Computing Services
Published: November 18, 2025 14:54
Open Markets welcomes the European Commission’s three market investigations on cloud computing services under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Amicus Brief Urges Ohio Court of Appeals to Uphold State’s Authority to Designate Google as a Common Carrier
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/brief-states-designate-google-as-a-common-carrier
Published: November 17, 2025 20:43
The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief in State of Ohio v. Google , urging the Fifth District Court of Appeals of Ohio to recognize the state’s authority to designate Google Search as a common carrier—just as courts and legislatures have long…
Open Markets Condemns Google's Paltry AdTech Remedies in the EU Case
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/paltry-adtech-remedies-in-the-eu-case
Published: November 17, 2025 17:01
In a statement from Max von Thun, Open Markets condemns Google’s insufficient remedies, proposed in the EU, regarding its conflicts of interests in the adtech stack.
Open Markets Files Amicus Brief Defending Congress’s Constitutional Authority to Limit Presidential Removal Power and Protect the Federal Trade Commission
Published: November 14, 2025 17:37
The Open Markets Institute filed an amicus brief led by Policy Counsel Tara Pincock, Legal Director Sandeep Vaheesan, and Jamie Crooks of Fairmark Partners defending Congress’s authority under the Constitution to restrict the President’s ability to…
The Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets Lauds the European Commission’s Investigation Into Google’s Anticompetitive Search Conduct
Published: November 13, 2025 15:13
Dr. Courtney C. Radsch, Director of the Center for Journalism & Liberty at Open Markets Institute issued a statement regarding the European Commission’s investigation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) into anticompetitive conduct by Google, which…
Open Markets Calls for Senate to Halt Proceedings on Surface Transportation Board Nominees
Published: November 6, 2025 23:18
Open Markets Institute transportation analyst Arnav Rao released a statement urging the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to halt confirmation proceedings for the President’s Surface Transportation Board nominees.
The Corner Newsletter: OMI’s Op-ed with Alvaro Bedoya and Anthropic’s Author Deal (November 4th, 2025)
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/op-ed-with-alvaro-bedoya-and-anthropics
Published: November 5, 2025 02:28
In this issue, we conclude that Anthropic’s $1.5 billion class action settlement with authors whose pirated works were used to train its AI model will fail to deter the AI industry’s abusive practices.
Washington Monthly - Trump Promised a Shipbuilding Boom. He’s Sinking It Instead
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/93ba6eglgdf8dtn36wlfm89l83zjzf
Published: November 2, 2025 18:20
Transportation analyst Arnav Rao argues that Donald Trump’s promise to revive U.S. shipbuilding has unraveled amid leadership failures, bureaucratic dysfunction, and neglect of the nation’s maritime industrial base—leaving America’s shipyards weaker and…
Washington Monthly - How Democrats Can Save Social Security—and Win Elections
Published: November 1, 2025 15:54
Policy director Phil Longman gives a riveting argument about how America can save Social Security and strengthen retirement security by making the system fairer—taxing the wealthy more, expanding benefits for working- and middle-class Americans, and…
The Open Markets Institute Applauds Worker Ric Davidson and Legal Team for Stepping Up to Defend the Federal Non-Compete Ban
Published: October 31, 2025 20:15
The Open Markets Institute commended Texas-based worker Ric Davidson, his counsel at Gustafson Gluek, Burns Charest, and Towards Justice for stepping in to defend the Federal Trade Commission’s landmark ban on non-compete clauses—an essential policy to…
Washington Monthly - The Cory Doctorow Doctrine
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/big-tech-enshittification-cory-doctorow-anita-jain
Published: October 31, 2025 14:42
Editorial director Anita Jain discusses Cory Doctorow’s concept of “enshittification” reveals how Big Tech deliberately worsens its products to maximize profit and control.
Project Syndicate - The Trump Administration’s Latest Assault on Workers
Published: October 24, 2025 18:09
Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan co-authors a piece with Alvero Bedoya, former commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, and current Senior Adviser at the American Economic Liberties Project, arguing that the Trump administration’s suspension of the…
New “Southern Justice Project” to Detail How Corporate Concentration Derails Political and Economic Equality in the South – And Propose Solutions
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/announcing-the-southern-justice-project
Published: October 23, 2025 15:05
The Southern Justice Project is a major new initiative to study the economic, political, and social effects of corporate concentration and social control across the south. The project will be led by Evan Turnage, former Chief Counsel to Senate…
Tech Policy Press - Why Europe’s Resistance to Big Tech Matters for the Future of Democracy
Published: October 22, 2025 15:25
CJL director Courtney Radsch argues that amid the failure to regulate its own tech firms, the U.S. must not be allowed to undermine European efforts to regain sovereignty over their information systems and resist domination by Big Tech.
New Expert Brief Details the Enduring Power of U.S. Antitrust Laws for Confronting Today’s Monopolies
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/brief-enduring-power-of-us-antitrust-laws
Published: October 22, 2025 11:00
The Enduring Force of the Federal Antitrust Laws, authored by senior legal analyst Daniel Hanley, lays out the most effective strategies to challenge unfair practices and curb corporate domination under current federal laws.
Tech Policy Press - How Europe Can Expand Digital Trade to Challenge Big Tech’s Anti-Regulatory Push
Published: October 21, 2025 20:13
Industrial policy program manager Audrey Stienon offers the analysis on Trump’s trade coercion amplifying Big Tech’s long-standing use of trade policy to erode national sovereignty and entrenches corporate power over global digital regulation.
Google Ad Tech: Remedies Phase Shows Divestitures Viable and Urgent for the Future of News and Advertising
Published: October 21, 2025 14:18
Senior reporter Karina Montoya argues that U.S. courts must take strong structural action—not just behavioral fixes—to dismantle Google’s illegal monopoly over digital advertising. She contends that forcing divestitures of Google’s ad exchange (AdX) and…
The Corner Newsletter: OMI’s Democracy Conference in Brussels & Google’s ad tech remedies trial (October 21st, 2025)
Published: October 21, 2025 14:02
In this issue, we recap our 2-day Future of Democracy conference in Brussels and analyze the recently concluded remedies trial for Google’s monopoly over digital advertising.
Open Markets Submits Review of the Digital Markets Act - Considerations on Cloud and AI
Published: October 16, 2025 13:55
The Open Markets Institute Europe submitted observations to the European Commission as part of its consultation on the review of the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”).
The Future of Democracy: Speech, Thought, Sovereignty, and Power in the Age of Platforms and AI
Published: October 15, 2025 14:17
The Open Markets Institute and ARTICLE 19 hosted on October 15th & 16th a convening of high-level leading thinkers, lawmakers, technologists, and advocates who discussed the direct and growing threats to our democracies and basic liberties posed by…
New Policy Brief Warns: U.S. “Free Speech” Attacks Threaten Europe’s Sovereignty and Democracy
Published: October 14, 2025 13:28
CJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch and Europe director Max von Thun author a brief arguing that dominant U.S. platforms such as Google, Meta and X wield unprecedented power to manipulate political discourse, censor individuals and organizations, and shape…
Washington Monthly - Trump Promised a Shipbuilding Boom. He’s Sinking It Instead
Published: October 10, 2025 04:54
Open Markets Institute’s transportation analyst Arnav Rao published an article on Trump’s faltering shipbuilding agenda, arguing that the president has “gutted the very offices, funding streams, and foreign partnerships” needed to rebuild U.S.
The Corner Newsletter: The FCC’s Delete the Public Interest Initiative (October 8th, 2025)
Published: October 7, 2025 14:27
In this issue, we explore how a new initiative from the Federal Communications Commission will only further consolidate the broadcast media industry.