Forbes
Why Future Federal Communications Commission Oversight Hearings Should Explore Sunsetting the Agency
There’s another Federal Communications Commission (FCC) oversight hearing underway in the Senate Commerce Committee, with most of the time being spent on doings with…
Forbes
Banner Ads Are A Joke In The Real World, But Not In Class-Action Land
Forbes discusses lawyers' use of questionable Internet marketing techniques to get notice of class-action settlements out to clients with Ted Frank. “Everybody knows these notice schemes…
Blog
Everything You Should Know about ‘Auer Deference,’ the Most Pressing Issue in Administrative Law
Among the most controversial topics in administrative law is the propriety of Article III courts giving binding deference to agency interpretations of their own regulations.
Blog
How Financial CHOICE Act Rescues Unbanked Americans
If the New York State Department of Labor is really concerned about unbanked employees being hit with fees, it should lend its support to the…
Blog
Arizona Supreme Court Rules Taxpayers Should Be Forced to Subsidize Government Unions
Yesterday, the Arizona Supreme Court determined that there is no better way to spend tax dollars than to give them to government unions so that…
Blog
How a New President Can Roll Back Bureaucracy, Part 2: Boost Resources and Free Market Staff
If we must take the central, top-down administrative state as a given—and it seems that for the time being the Constitution is not coming to…
Blog
When It Comes to Trade Our Leaders, Not Other Countries, Are Ripping Americans off
In recent weeks, trade has repeatedly come up in discussions and speeches by presidential candidates. Donald Trump says he would renegotiate NAFTA, while Hillary Clinton’s…
Letters
CEI Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Pause the IANA Transition
Blog
Senators Examine Internet Naming Authority
This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts will hold a hearing entitled “Protecting Internet Freedom: Implications…
Washington Examiner
Dems’ climate probe reaches ‘scandalous’ proportions, group says
Washington Examiner highlights CEI's fight against the climate change subpoena we recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. The attorneys general also have targeted conservative…
News Release
CEI Supports Regulatory Integrity Act
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is slated to vote on H.R. 5226, the Regulatory Integrity Act, introduced by Congressman Tim Walberg (R-Mich.). The…
Blog
Obama Administration Attacks ‘Reasonableness’ and ‘Common Sense’ in Sex Harassment Investigations
The Supreme Court has repeatedly said that not all sexual flirtation or interaction constitutes sexual harassment, and that whether conduct is bad enough to amount…
Blog
How a New President Can Roll Back Bureaucracy, Part 1: Freeze Regulations Temporarily
In today’s economy, talk about regulatory liberalization has become a bit more bipartisan.
Blog
Clean Power Plan Litigation: A Giant Ball of Uncertainties
Prognosticating judicial outcomes is a foolish endeavor in general, but trying to predict the fate of the Clean Power Plan in Article III courts is…
Blog
Financial CHOICE Act, Replacement for Dodd-Frank, Passes Out of Committee
The House Financial Services Committee today approved the Financial CHOICE Act (FCA) 30-26 largely along party lines.
Blog
Destroying the Marketplace in Education
The federal government happily subsidizes awful state colleges that graduate few if any of their students.
Inside Unmanned Systems
State Regulations Hampering Automated Truck Platooning, Report Says
Inside Unmanned Systems highlights Marc Scribner's study on state regulations on automated vehicle platooning. In a new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Inside Unmanned Systems
What’s Important about Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Announcements?
Inside Unmanned Systems discusses Uber's announcement of testing self-driving taxis with Marc Scribner. At least one industry observer believes one Uber announcement could…
News Release
CEI Criticizes Arizona Supreme Court Ruling Against Taxpayers, For Labor Unions
Taxpayers must still pay for labor union activities as a result of a ruling today by the Arizona Supreme Court. CEI labor policy expert Trey Kovacs…
Blog
This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
Despite a Labor Day-shortened work week, agencies still found time to issue regulations from soap to whales.
Blog
RealClear Radio Hour: Criminal Justice Problems and Solutions
This week, I speak with two advocates for criminal justice reform: 33-year police veteran Jim Bueermann and formerly incarcerated entrepreneur Sharon Richardson.
The Hill
Obama eyes big finish on climate
The Hill discusses Obama's climate change policy agenda with William Yeatman. But conservatives see the push as another example of Obama moving toward…
Daily Signal
Enterprise Resists Pressure to Steer Away From Legislative Reform Group
The Daily Signal discusses the attack of the American Legislative Exchange Council on social media with Sam Kazman. ALEC is the victim of…
Reason
OCR to Frostburg State University: Common Sense, ‘Reasonable Person’ Standard Violate Title IX
Blog
Climate Change Already Measurably Harming Society, Study Claims
A UC Berkeley study published online this week in the journal Science purports to quantify the current harmful impacts of anthropogenic climate change. According to…
Blog
Senate EPW Takes Gina McCarthy to Task for Broken Promises
During the summer of 2013, the Senate considered Gina McCarthy’s nomination to become head of the EPA. In the course of this deliberation, Republicans on…
Blog
Three Fast Food Favorites from Franchises
It’s no secret that flexibility and freedom to experiment foster creativity.
Reuters
Subway ‘Footlong’ settlement gets appeals court grilling
Reuters reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fariness's hearing in their objection to the Subway "footlong" settlement. A federal appeals court on Thursday…
Newsmax
CFPB Favors Trial Lawyers at Consumers’ Expense
Legal Tribune Online
Anwalt geht gegen Vergleich im Subway-Prozess vor
CEI's Center for Class Action Director Ted Frank was cited by a German legal magazine regarding Frank's objection to a class action settlement involving Subway’s…
Fortune
Here’s Why Trump’s Florida Attorney General Scandal Is a Really Big Deal
Fortune reports on CEI's arguments against the practice of Attorneys General paying contingency fees to trial lawyers for lawsuits against industry. Free-market enthusiasts,…
Consumerist
Judges In Subway “Foot-Long Fraud” Appeal Ask Why Case Wasn’t Thrown Out Long Ago
Consumerist discusses the Center for Class Action Fairness’ appeal in the Subway Footlong settlement: In February, noted class action critic — and Subway…
Blog
EEOC to Gadsden Flag Lovers: Shut Up or Face Costly Lawsuits
Libertarian think tanks have been known to distribute lapel pins that display the Gadsden flag, reading “Don’t Tread on Me.”…
Blog
Michigan State Legislator Introduces Worker’s Choice Bill
Yesterday, a state representative from Michigan introduced novel legislation that would provide public-sector workers’ choice.
Blog
Work Is Changing, Employment Regulation Needs to Change Too
For many people, the 9 to 5, office- or factory-based, corporate job that Dolly Parton lamented in the 1980s is a thing of the past.
Blog
Precedent on Environmental Pacts: Treaty or “Executive Agreement”?
President Obama claims the global climate pact negotiated in Paris last December—the so-called Paris Agreement—is an executive agreement, not a treaty, hence is not subject…
Wall Street Journal
Subway ‘Footlong’ Case Goes Before Federal Appeals Court
The Wall Street Journal reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's hearing in their objection to a Subway class-action settlement. The recent controversy…
The Federalist
Britain’s Economy And Politicians Bounce Back In Wake Of Brexit
The Federalist interviews Iain Murray on Britain's path forward after Brexit. Iain Murray, vice president of strategy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discussed…
News Release
Customer Appeals Fat Reward for Lawyers in Subway Footlong Settlement
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness today argued in court against a class action settlement involving Subway’s “footlong” sandwiches. The settlement awards…
Blog
Senate Democrats Block Anti-Zika Bill Yet Again
Democrats in the Senate have blocked a bill that would have provided federal funds to combat the spread of the Zika virus, reports The Hill.
Blog
Texas Constitution Bans Taxpayer Subsidies to Private Parties
It may seem obvious, but tax dollars are supposed to be used for purely public purposes, not the private benefit of an individual, corporation, or…
Investor's Business Daily
Regulators Want You Punching The Clock On A Smartphone App
It's not your grandfather's workplace anymore. As anybody who has worked for 20 or more years will tell you, the world of work has…
Scientific American
U.S. and China Formally Commit to Paris Climate Accord
Scientific American discusses with Myron Ebell the impact of the election on the Paris Climate Treaty that Obama recently signed. But it is…
Politico
AFL-CIO poll: Trump not wooing union members
Politico's Morning Shift highlights Iain Murray's report on regulations threatening flexible work arrangements and innovation. The conservative-leaning Competitive Enterprise Institute is out with…
Forbes
Bosses, Timecards, and Other Relics Of The 20th Century
Believe it or not, working at corporations for the majority of one’s career is a relatively recent phenomenon. For centuries, people worked as generalists, often…
Daily Caller
Study: Recent Labor Regulations Slowly Coming Into Focus, And It Doesn’t Look Good For Small Business
The Daily Caller highlights Iain Murray's report on the chaning nature of work and labor regulations that threaten worker flexibility. Government regulators are “imposing…
The Daily Caller
Clinton Foundation Skirting State Laws, Dem Attorney General Says No Problem
The Daily Caller mentions CEI's lawsuit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Despite publicly extolling the virtue of transparency, Schneiderman himself is…
Bloomberg
Can ExxonMobil Be Found Liable for Misleading the Public on Climate Change?
Bloomberg reports on the subpoena CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker for their research on climate change. In March the Virgin Islands…
News Release
Report: Regulators Threaten Worker Opportunities, Aspirations
Regulators are taking action against the work preferences and aspirations of people in 21st Century America, according to a new Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) report…
Study
Punching the Clock on a Smartphone App?
View Full Document as PDF Should your boss tell you how to vote? To even ask the question is absurd today, but…