Forbes
The Midterm Election Results Should Inspire A New Trump Executive Order On Federal Regulations
As part of its economic reform agenda, the Trump administration emphasized cutting red tape. It reaffirmed Office of Management and Budget (OMB) cost-benefit review of significant agency rules…
Blog
Infrastructure in Divided Congress Must Include Regulatory, Permitting Reforms
Even before the results were in, the election-night talking heads were speculating on what, if anything, congressional Democrats and Republicans can agree on and get…
Blog
What Do the Midterms Mean for Financial Services?
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Will New Congress Seek Reforms to Highway Taxation?
Could the 116th Congress be the perfect storm for mileage-based user fees? With a divided Congress and with the current surface transportation law expiring at…
Autobody News
Trump’s EPA Rattles Self-Driving Car Industry By Picking ‘Winners And Losers,’ Critics Claim
Autobody News cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marc Scribner on EPA self-driving car Other manufacturers such as Tesla and Mercedes-Benz raised concerns over the…
Blog
What Do the Midterms Mean for Labor and Employment?
The primary labor and employment statutes—National Labor Relations Act and Fair Labor Standards Act—have not been substantially amended for decades. A divided government is not…
Patch Media
Michigan Senate & Governor’s Races
Patch Media cited CEI’s score of Senator Stabenow. Stabenow will receive $159,400 per year from her 22 years in Congress ($174,000 annual salary)…
The Washington Times
Building New Free Trade Alliances
Since the start of the Trump administration, trade has been front and center. The United States has begun raising tariffs and other trade barriers against…
Inside Sources
Displaced Workers Could Benefit From Apprenticeships, but for One Labor Regulation in the Way
By most measures, the economy is booming. Unemployment is at a 49-year low of 3.7 percent. The economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.5 percent last quarter.
The Wall Street Journal
State AGs for Rent
The Wall Street Journal cited the work of Senior Fellow Christopher C. Horner.
Blog
What Do the Midterms Mean for Trade?
Trade was a highly contentious issue during President Trump’s first two years. He has doubled tariffs, other countries have enacted equivalent retaliatory tariffs, and tensions…
Blog
What Do the Midterms Mean for Regulatory Reform?
A divided Congress probably means the status quo will reign on regulation. This is a mixed bag from a free-market perspective. President Trump made…
Cayman Financial Review
The Administrative State
King George III, decried Thomas Jefferson in America’s Declaration of Independence, “has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to…
Blog
AFL-CIO’s Own Workers Threaten a Strike
AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka frequently lambasts companies for not “sharing the wealth” with employees. Joining a union is a surefire way to see an increase…
The Patriot Post
Airline Deregulation At 40: Flying The Friendly Skies
The Patriot Post cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marc Scribner on airline deregulation. Despite those fears about safety and loss of service to some…
Blog
This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
Regulators were relatively quiet during the week before the midterm election, though CEI wasn’t, with our colleague Ted Frank arguing a case before the Supreme…
Blog
Environmental Groups Petition EPA to Prevent Damage from Renewable Fuel Standard
EarthJustice, the National Wildlife Federation, and other environmental pressure groups have petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to better police the land use requirements in…
Blog
China Caught Cheating on Montreal Protocol Ahead of Major Meeting
A recent study has found that emissions of carbon tetrachloride from East Asia are on the rise, even though production of this chemical has…
Blog
Hole in the ACE: Legal Flaws in EPA’s Proposed ‘Clean Power Plan’ Replacement
The comment period closed this week (October 31st) for the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed replacement for the so-called…
Blog
RegData Tracks Extent of Federal and State Regulation
This week our old friend Chad Reese of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University hosts a new podcast about Mercatus’ RegData…
News Release
October Brought 250,000 New Jobs, Despite Bad Trade Restrictions
The American economy added 250,000 jobs in October, the U.S. Labor Department announced today. The unemployment rate was meanwhile unchanged from last month, at 3.7…
Blog
Wealth in Disguise: Why Halloween Costumes Are Better Than Ever
Before we bid farewell to Halloween week 2018 for good, let’s take a chance to glean an economic lesson from the piles of candy, cardboard…
ABC News
The Trump Economy: Why New-Car Prices Are Approaching Record Highs
ABC News cited CEI’s Fellow Ryan Young on average price increase of vehicles. $250: The average price increase of a new car due to…
Reuters
Justices Revisit Spokeo Standing At Oral Arguments Over Cy Pres Settlements
Reuters cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank on Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. (Reuters) – A funny thing happened on the way…
Bloomberg News
High Court Could Shoot Down Google Settlement On Standing
Bloomberg News cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank on Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. Ted Frank, who brought the case before the…
Blog
ACE-ing the Repeal of the Clean Power Plan
The Trump administration is in the midst of moving forward with its proposed Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, a replacement for the Obama-era…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Section 202 of S.3278 of the Protecting Taxpayers Act
The 17 undersigned organizations together ask Congress to oppose Section 202 of S. 3278, the Protecting Taxpayers Act, and similar efforts to grant the IRS…
Comment
CEI Comments in Response to OST Regarding Impact of Automated Vehicle Technologies on Workforce
On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in response to the Office of the Secretary of Transportation’s (“OST”) Request…
Blog
Can Self-Driving Taxis Reduce Urban Poverty?
In last year’s omnibus spending package, Congress allocated up to $1.5 million to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to conduct a study on the…
Forbes
Money For Nothing: SCOTUS Could Stop Class Action Funds From Being Steered To Non-Parties
Forbes cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank and Senior Attorney Melissa Holyoak on Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. Competitive Enterprise Institute attorney …
The Washington Free Beacon
SCOTUS Hears Case Against Google Giving Away Settlement Money To Friends
The Washington Free Beacon cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank and Senior Attorney Melissa Holyoak on Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. “This…
CNET
Supreme Court Appears Divided On Google Settlement That Gave To Charities
CNET cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank on Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. Critics like Frank take issue with settlements that only…
Comment
CEI Comments on EPA ACE Rule
Among the CPP’s multiple legal flaws, one stands out as most bizarre. The CPP purports to establish carbon dioxide (CO2) emission performance guidelines for existing…
The Register
Supreme Court Raises Eyebrows At Google’s Cozy $8.5m Legal Deal
The Register cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank on Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. The announcement caused howls of…
Market Watch
Supreme Court Scrutinizing Class Action Settlements That Leave Consumers Empty-Handed
Market Watch cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank on Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. “This is potentially billions of dollars going from…
The Washington Post
Supreme Court Considers Class-Action Suit In Which Millions Receive $0
The Washington Post cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank on Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. “Why would it have been an abuse…
Courthouse News Service
High Court Signals Rejection Of Settlement Snaggle
Courthouse News Service cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank on Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. Arguing before the Supreme Court on Wednesday,…
USA Today
Supreme Court Divided Over Google Class-Action Deal That Rewarded Lawyers, Nonprofits … But Not Customers
USA Today cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Franks on Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. Ted Frank, who directs the Center for Class Action Fairness…
Reuters
UPDATE 1-U.S. Supreme Court Divided Over How Google Settled Privacy Case
Reuters cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank on Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. While wrestling over the privacy aspects of Google searches,…
Bloomberg News
NLRB Dodging Questions On ‘Joint Employer’ Rule, Democrats Say
Bloomberg News cited CEI’s Policy Analyst Trey Kovacs on the National Labor Relations Board’s ‘Joint Employer’ Rule. The NLRB responded to those separate…
Washington Examiner
Supreme Court’s review of class-action settlements could have huge implications for consumers
But then, imagine that when the attorneys settle the case, they take all the money for themselves, plus a few other class members, and…
WSJ
Class-Action ‘Charity’ Racket
WSJ cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank and Senior Attorney Melissa Holyoak on Frank v. Gaos. Google proposed to settle the case by…
USA Today
Google It: Supreme Court Tackles Class Action Settlement That Left Nothing For Millions Of Online Customers
USA Today cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Frank’s Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos. Google users got nothing. Enter Ted Frank, who…
Bloomberg News
Charities Could Be Out $5.3M If SCOTUS Rejects Google Deal
Bloomberg News cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Melissa Hoyoak and Senior Attorney Ted Frank on Frank v. Gaos. Holyoak and fellow petitioner Ted Frank…
Northern California Record
California, Other States Grapple Over Climate Change Litigation
Northern California Record cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner on climate change litigation. Into this charged debate comes Chris Horner, a senior fellow…
Blog
Feds, Telecom Industry, Mayors Pledge Cooperation on Building Smart Cities
Charter Communications here in D.C. held a fascinating policy event this morning, “Partnering with Communities Today to Build the Smart Cities of Tomorrow.” The…
News Release
Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Unfair Class Action Settlement that Gives Millions to Attorneys, Zero Dollars to Class Members
Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case brought by the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) challenging…
Blog
Q&A on Frank v. Gaos, Class Action Lawsuit Headed to Supreme Court
Q: What is the main question at issue in Frank v. Gaos? A: The Supreme Court will consider whether a class action settlement is fair under…
Blog
How to Rewrite the Payday Loan Rule
Last Friday, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection announced that it will be reconsidering its’ controversial Payday, Vehicle Title, and High-Cost Installment Loan rule.
Real Clear Policy
Can DOJ Define the Crimes It Prosecutes? The Court Must Decide.
Herman Avery Gundy was convicted of sexual assault in Maryland and served time in the state’s prison system. After his prison term ended, Gundy failed…