The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. INTERNET

A federal court ruling on copyright could undermine Google’s Book Search program.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Iain Murray on the legal challenges facing Google’s efforts.

2. BUSINESS

Regional bank BB&T announces it will no longer finance development projects on land seized by the government through eminent domain.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Special Projects Counsel Hans Bader on the problems with the Supreme Court’s recent decision on eminent domain.

3. LEGAL

Enron’s former accounting chief to testify today in the trial of Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Special Projects Counsel Hans Bader on CEI’s legal challenge to the government’s post-Enron corporate accounting regulations.

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