Regulatory Review - Antitrust as Anti-Oligarch Policy
Published: August 5, 2026 14:06
Open Markets legal director Sandeep Vaheesan argues that states should rebuild antitrust law with clear rules to curb corporate power.
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Open Markets Urges Appeals Court to Restore Competition in Search as Google Extends Its Gatekeeper Power into AI
Published: August 4, 2026 15:50
Open Markets filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to prohibit Google from continuing to pay billions of dollars each year to preserve its monopoly over internet search.
The Corner Newsletter: Spotify Shifts Payments from Smaller Artists to Big Labels ( July 28th, 2026)
Published: July 28, 2026 15:12
In this issue, we take a look at how a new royalty scheme by dominant music streaming service Spotify shortchanges smaller artists in favor of the large music labels.
Industry Spotlight: US Economic and National Security is Vulnerable to 'Container Cartel'
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/industry-spotlight-container-cartel
Published: July 27, 2026 16:15
A new Industry Spotlight on container shipping shows how decades of deregulation and consolidation have left the United States dependent on a ‘container cartel’ of six foreign-owned shipping firms which control more than 90 percent of US trade on major…
Open Markets Institute Joins Amicus Brief Defending California AI Transparency Law in Landmark Appeal
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/brief-defending-california-ai-transparency-law
Published: July 24, 2026 15:17
As debates about AI governance and transparency sweep across governments, the Open Markets Institute has joined an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to uphold California's law requiring AI companies to disclose…
Europe's €890 million Google Fine is 'Bare Minimum' – EU Must Now Force Compliance
https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/9fklc9n4brn9tcf3pxcz6m9ys5fb5g
Published: July 23, 2026 15:15
Massive corporations like Google should not be able to buy their way out of complying with EU law.
The EU’s Clearance of Paramount-Warner Bros Merger Is a Failure to Protect Europe's Creative Industries and Media Pluralism
Published: July 22, 2026 15:10
The Commission's approval comes despite months of warnings fromcivil society, journalists, and thefilm and TV industries that the deal would concentrate an unprecedented share of production, distribution and broadcasting power in the hands of one…
Project Syndicate - AI Will Supercharge Surveillance Capitalism
Published: July 20, 2026 18:05
CMDG director Courtney Radsch argues how policymakers must urgently regulate the AI industry before it replicates and supercharges "surveillance capitalism" business models that commercially exploit personal data and reward psychological manipulation
Open Markets Institute Applauds EU Decision Forcing Google to Open Android and Search Data
Published: July 16, 2026 16:47
Without these orders, the 60% of Europeans who use an Android device would be locked into Gemini as their only system level AI assistant, and Google would continue to leverage its overwhelming monopoly over search data to gain an unfair advantage over…
The Corner Newsletter: California Takes Antitrust Leadership Role ( July 14th, 2026)
Published: July 15, 2026 14:31
In this issue, we explore how California’s COMPETE Act sets the stage for California to become a global superpower in antitrust, as the Trump administration all but suspends federal enforcement.