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Free Market Road Show: The Sharing Economy
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CEI to AG Walker: Withdraw Un-American, Unlawful Subpoena or Expect a Fight
Yesterday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute responded to U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker, who recently sent us a subpoena demanding we turn over…
Daily Caller
Five Climate Lies The Attorneys General Aren’t Investigating
The Daily Caller reports on the attorneys general attack on CEI's free speech to silence the debate on climate change. The attorneys general…
Daily Caller
Wasserman Schultz Slammed For Opposition To E-Cigarettes
The Daily Caller discusses with CEI's Michelle Minton, the Democratic National Commitee chair's criticism of the e-cigarette industry. “The industry exists because smokers…
Bloomberg
As Dodd-Frank Fight Continues, the Resistance Scores Some Victories
Bloomberg discusses the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with CEI's Sam Kazman. That fact, combined with the CFPB’s independence from the congressional appropriations process,…
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The Devil, the Details, and “Consensus” for “TSCA Modernization”
For some reason, there’s always near “consensus” when Congress passes environmental laws that later become controversial (for data, see my study from 2008 on…
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First Amendment Fight: CEI’s Climate Change Subpoena
“Attorney General Walker’s subpoena of us is an outrageous violation of our First Amendment rights, and its sole purpose is to shut down debate.” -…
The Hill
Crunch time: Will Congress rescue America from the Paris Agreement?
Time is running out for congressional leaders to rescue America from the Paris Agreement, the capstone of President Obama’s agenda to kill off affordable…
Washington Times
Think tank calls on V.I. prosecutor to pull ‘unlawful’ climate-change subpoena
The Washington Times reports on CEI's response to the subpoena sent by an attorney general as part of the intimidation campaign to silence the climate…
Politico Pro
CEI formally objects to Virgin Islands’ climate change subpoena
Politico Pro reports on CEI's formal objection to the subpoena from Attorney General Claude Walker. A lawyer representing the Competitive Enterprise Institute today…
Detroit News
NLRB rule threatens worker right to privacy
The National Labor Relations Board, charged with conducting private-sector union elections, is now implementing an “ambush election” rule overhauling the union election process. The rule…
The Des Moines Register
AGs’ climate change coalition threatens free speech
The Des Moines Register reports on the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change and an attorney general's issuing of a…
Washington Times
Prosecuting climate change ‘deniers’
Washington Times reports on the subpoena sent to CEI as part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change.
Watchdog.org
Attorney to climate-change police: Expect a First Amendment fight
Watchdog.org reports on CEI's response to the subpoena they recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. In a sternly worded letter, the attorney for…
Missoulian
The outrageous campaign against Exxon Mobil
Missoulian reports on the subpoena that CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. The attorney general of the Virgin Islands, of all places,…
News Release
CEI Scholar Warns: TSCA Reform Promises Higher Prices, Less Choice
As House and Senate members hammer out the final details of legislation to reform federal chemical regulation, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) warns that…
News Release
CEI Strikes Back At Unlawful Subpoena
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TSCA “Reform” Is Likely To Do More Harm Than Good
Full Document Available on PDF According to news reports, congressional aides from both houses of Congress are currently engaged in private meetings…
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The Treaty Not to Be Called a Treaty
The recent Paris Climate Agreement is clearly a treaty, but like the fable of the emperor’s new clothes, few people are willing to incur…
News Release
Report: Washington’s “Regulatory Dark Matter” Devours Economy, Jobs
Regulators are imposing new restrictions on American businesses and economic activity through guidance documents, memoranda and even blog posts, with little oversight from Congress or…
TheBlaze
Governing by Blog Post? Report Finds Obama Administration Creatively Imposing New Federal Rules
TheBlaze reports on Wayne Crews's report on agency's regulation through guidance documents. The Obama administration, already under fire for bypassing Congress, is also finding…
Newsmax
Exxon Mobil Besieged Over Climate Change Agenda
Newsmax reports on the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the climate change debate and the subpoena they sent CEI. The attorney general…
Forbes
Exxon And Climate Change: Are State Prosecutors Overly Expansionist?
Forbes reports on the attorneys generals intimidation collusion with enviornmental activist groups and their subpoena for CEI documents. Last week’s episode of “AGs Know Best”…
Washington Times
Policy group warns of secretive ‘regulatory dark matter’ within the federal government
The Washington Times reports on Wayne Crews's research on the practice of federal agencies regulating through guidance documents and blog posts. The government can regulate the…
The Federalist
Bill Nye Epitomizes The Left’s Authority Complex
The Federalist reports on Bill Nye's support of the attorneys general intimidation campaign which resulted in their subpoena sent to CEI. The attorney…
Daily Caller
Feds Using Blog Posts, Informal Docs To Skirt Regulatory Process
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Why Congress Must End Regulation by Guidance Document
Regulators are imposing new restrictions on American businesses and economic activity through guidance documents, memoranda and even blog posts, with little oversight from Congress or…
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Employment Lawsuits for Thee, But Not for Me
The New York Times loves legislation that restricts employment-at-will, and it loves to increase penalties for employers who don’t hire and promote in…
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RealClear Radio Hour: Obamacare & Massachusetts Tax Revolt
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Federal Agency “Guidance Document” Disclosure Gaps Show Congress Is in the Dark on Regulatory Overreach
In “A Quick and Dirty Inventory of Federal Agencies' Significant Guidance Documents,” I provided, well, a quick and dirty table depicting “significant” (usually, not always,…
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
As the number of new regulations in 2016 threatens the 1,000 mark, new rules cover everything from rural broadband to flatfish. On to the data:…
Washington Examiner
NY atty. general sought to keep lawyer’s role in climate change push secret
The Washington Examiner reports on emails sent between Attorneys General in charge of the intimidation campaign to silence CEI on climate change. The…
The Hill
Modernizing America’s airports a critical step to modernizing our aviation network
The Hill mentions CEI's support of the passenger facility charge. Support for the PFC continues to grow in Washington. The Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Fox News
Email bombshell: Attorneys General worked with Green groups to punish political opponents
Emails obtained by the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) show that the offices of New York Democratic Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and those…
Daily Caller
New York AG Tried To Cover Up Activist Involvement In Exxon Probe
The Daily Caller reports on the emails between attorneys general discovered in the wake of the AG Claude Walker's issue of a subpoena for records from…
Bloomberg BNA
Concerns Raised Over Use of RGGI Funds
Bloomberg BNA mentions CEI's case against New York for imposing energy task through Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative rules. New York is unique because it…
News Release
Emails Reveal AGs Colluding with Green Groups to Investigate Climate Skeptics
News Release
CEI Announces Tom Haynes as New Chairman of the Board of Directors
Washington Times
Democratic AGs, climate change groups colluded on prosecuting dissenters emails show
Washington Times reports on emails uncovered between attorneys genearal and climate change activists, and the subpoena CEI recieved. The effort paid off. At the…
National Review
The Left Is Coming for You Next
The National Review reports on the subpoena CEI recieved as part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the debate on climate change. …
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Oregon Court Declines To Dismiss Children’s Crusade Climate Lawsuit
Late last week, Judge Thomas Coffin, U.S. Magistrate for the District of Oregon, rejected motions by industry groups to dismiss a lawsuit by a group of…
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Business Leaders Mount the Barricades
This has been a good week for capitalist backbone. As Kim Strassel discusses in the Wall Street Journal today, we’ve seen two high profile…
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California Court’s Indefensible Defense of Dysfunctional Education Policies
A California appeals court yesterday restored a series of education policies that harm students by making ineffective teachers extremely difficult to fire. The court…
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The Truth about the Trade Deficit
This election cycle the issue of the trade deficit has been a topic of great debate, with front-running candidates suggesting that the deficit is an…
Litigation
Rougvie v. Ascena Retail Group
On July 29, 2016 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled in Ascena v. Rougvie that the $14 million fee request by…
Forbes
Why President Barack Obama’s Executive Order On Competition Is Anti-Competitive
When you see a headline like “Obama to Sign Executive Order to Ignite Corporate Competition” you have to scratch your head at the premise,…
Daily Caller
Leaked Docs Reveal A Single-Minded Campaign To ‘Delegitimize’ Exxon
The Daily Caller discusses the subpoena CEI recieved with Myron Ebell. Claude Walker, the Virgin Islands AG, also subpoenaed records going back 20…
Breitbart
Lawfare: Left-Wing U.S. Attorneys General Wage Legal Blitzkrieg on Science, Freedom and truth
Breitbart discusses the subpoena sent to CEI as part of the attorneys general intimidation campaign to silence the climate change debate. Now the Attorney…
TheBlaze
White House: Executive Order Could Cut Regulations to Boost Competition
TheBlaze discusses Wayne Crews's recent report which discusses the number of regulations created in both Obama and Bush's administrations. The Obama administration has…
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A Quick and Dirty Inventory of Federal Agencies’ Significant Guidance Documents
Much is written by many on federal agency regulations’ expansion and costs. Beyond those, guidance documents, memoranda, notices, and other regulatory dark matter…