The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL

Finance company BB&T announces that it will refuse loans to developers attempting to build on land taken by the government through eminent domain.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Special Projects Counsel Hans Bader on why eminent domain amounts to corporate welfare.

2. INTERNET

Technology companies and universities collaborate on a private initiative to track threats from malicious software.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews on why markets are better than regulation at protecting cybersecurity.

3. BUSINESS 

The Washington Post editorializes on the financial challenges facing the largest U.S. auto companies, including under-funded pension obligations.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Editorial Director Ivan Osorio on the problems with federal insurance for corporate pensions.

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