The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. TECHNOLOGY

A new proposal in Congress would require companies to disclose data security breaches to federal authorities before telling their customers.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews and Regulatory Policy Analyst Brooke Oberwetter on the free market solutions to identity theft and data security breaches.

2. LEGAL

Stanford University Professor Jeremy Bulow argues that the legal agreement between states and major tobacco companies constitutes an unlawful tax on consumers.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Special Projects Counsel Hans Bader on the state tobacco racket.

3. BUSINESS

Oil company BP urges consumers to measure their impact on global warming by calculating their “carbon footprint.”

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Analyst Steven Milloy on the costs and benefits of mitigating household energy use.

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