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UK Brewery Success Shows Lost Freedom in U.S.
On Tuesday evening, President Obama will give his final State of the Union address. In evaluating the state of the U.S., it’s useful to look…
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RealClear Radio Hour: Reforming to Save & Mom vs. Department of Labor
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
After a record-setting 2015, 2016 got off to a slow start, with new rules covering everything from vending machines to Nebraskan sludge. Even so, it…
Heartland Institute
IRS Complaint Filed Against RICO 20 Think Tank
The Heartland Institute reports on CEI's involvement in a complaint with the IRS to investigate a George Mason University professor. The Competitive Enterprise…
The Federalist Society
When Enough is not Enough: Frank v. Poertner – Podcast
Listen to the podcast In this class action case, counsel for the plaintiffs received over 94% of the total cash recovery provided…
One News Now
Congress runner-up in ‘red tape’ production
One News Now discusses with Ryan Young the regulations created by the executive branch agencies, which far outweigh those from Congress. According to the Competitive Enterprise…
Forbes
Obama’s Legacy: An Abundance Of Executive Actions
President Barack Obama’s final-year aspirations as outlined in an earlier-than-usual State of the Union Address will likely showcase executive action on gun control (watch for…
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House Checks Sue and Settle with Sunshine Act
Yesterday the House passed the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act (H.R. 712) by a slightly bipartisan 244-173 vote. The bill targets “sue and…
Forbes
Let Small Businesses Fuel Job Growth Again
As 2015 has come to an end, the Federal Reserve has finally raised interest rates, but they will still remain near zero. Zero also approximates…
Breitbart
Report: Federal Agencies Passed 39 New Regulations For Every One Law
Breitbart discusses Wayne Crews' report on the amount of rules that federal agencies created for every one law that Congress passed in 2015. …
USA Today
Employment statistics don’t tell whole story
USA Today mentions Wayne Crews' report on the amount of rules that federal agencies created for every one law that Congress passed in 2015. …
Op-Eds
Prospective Injunctive Relief And Class Settlements
View Full Document as PDF In 2012 the District of Kansas approved the settlement of a class action against Costco brought on behalf…
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New Dietary Guidelines: Some Improvements but Also Fatal Flaws
As expected, the nutritional guidelines for 2015-2020 thankfully excised the long-standing warning against cholesterol-laden food in the wake of several decades of research demonstrating that the original…
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Regulatory Reform in 2016 Starts Now
The House is voting on two pieces of regulatory reform legislation today, the Sunshine Act and the SCRUB Act. Both will likely pass, then it’s…
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The EU Faces Many Challenges in 2016
The EU is in a quiet crisis. For the first time it faces the prospect of a major economy leaving the EU voluntarily. Its internal…
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2016 Regulatory Schedule for the U.S. Department of Transportation
Last year, the Federal Aviation Administration’s two drone rulemakings got a lot of attention: their strange attempt to implement Congress’s airspace integration mandate and their unlawful…
Citation
Ted Frank’s Radical Proposal: Reverse Auction for Lead Counsel in VW MDL
Reuters' Alison Frankel covers CEI's latest amicus brief in the Volkswagen clean diesel emissions litigation. Lead counsel reverse auctions fell out of favor amid…
Real Clear Policy
Reforming Regulation in 2016
The year 2015 was a record-setting one for regulation. The 2015 Federal Register, the daily digest where agencies publish proposed and final rules, reached 82,035…
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Union Subsidy Eliminates So-Called “Free Rider” Problem
On January 11, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a case that could provide right to work…
Washington Free Beacon
SolarCity Slashes Nevada Jobs, Seeks Subsidies Elsewhere
The Washington Free Beacon discusses SolarCity's decision to cut 550 jobs in Nevada with William Yeatman. SolarCity’s decision to slash Nevada jobs means…
Forbes
CES 2016, Where Technology And Government Collide
At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here in Las Vegas, I got around to taking a few snapshots. There is the Consumer Technology Association’s…
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Craft Brewers “Selling Out” Is Good For Craft Beer Fans
This week we learned that U.K. craft brewery Camden Town was the latest in a long string of purchases by the international mega-brewery AB-InBev…
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Will SCOTUS Friedrichs Case Lead to Member-Only Unions?
Government employee unions have a lot at stake in Supreme Court case, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association—especially access to millions of dollars in compulsory “agency…
The Hill
Drone user sues feds over registration rules
The Hill discusses CEI's objections to the new FAA drone registration requirements. The Washington, D.C.-based Competitive Enterprise Institute said the FAA violated federal…
Politico
Clinton aides’ cybersecurity emails go from 38,000 to one
Politico reports on surprising developments in CEI's lawsuit seeking action on its FOIA requests. Just two weeks ago, Justice Department attorney Jason Lee…
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In Friedrichs v. CTA, Supreme Court Can Strike a Blow for Free Speech
Oral arguments in one of the most important Supreme Court labor cases in years are set for January 11, with potential major implications in the…
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RealClear Radio Hour: Humanity First and Family Medicine Man
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Promoting Economic Freedom in 2016
It was Marxists who wanted permanent revolution, but it is capitalists who have delivered it. The last 50 years have seen a sustained revolution in…
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The 2016 Unconstitutionality Index: 39 Federal Rules for Every Law Congress Passes
The New Year brought news of yet more executive action by President Obama, most prominently this time on tweaking the Second Amendment and access to…
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
2015 was a record-setting year, with the Federal Register reaching 82,035 pages. This breaks the previous record by more than 600 pages, or roughly the length of Moby…
Washington Times
The Unconstitutionality Index: 3,408 New Federal Regulations, 87 Laws
The Washington Times discusses Clyde Wayne Crews’ recent report on the alarming growth of regulations. The nation continues to be a playground for government…
Washington Examiner
Unconstitutionality Index: Obama issues 39 rules for every law
The Washington Examiner discusses the current administration's increase in regulations per law passed with Clyde Wayne Crews. "Bush's last six years averaged 17, while…
The Washington Examiner
What the Near-Death of the Railroad Industry Can Teach American Business Leaders
Business executives deal with the spiraling cost of complying with government regulation every day. This burden has become so large and pervasive that many have…
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The Good the Bad and the Big: Top 3 Consumer Policy Stories of 2015
2015 was a big year for health and consumer news. Unfortunately, many of the biggest stories were viral in the true sense of the word:…
The Wall Street Journal
Happy New Regulatory Year
The Wall Street Journal cites CEI's Wayne Crews on the growing yearly tally of regulations: Unofficially, Mr. Obama’s Administration has once again…
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CEI’s Year in Review: Defending Freedom and Promoting Free Markets
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CEI Looks Ahead to 2016
Legal Brief
Amicus Brief Filed in Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation
Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed an amicus brief arguing unclaimed funds from the settlement in In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation should…
News Release
CEI Files Amicus Brief in Support of Returning Funds to Black Farmers Discriminated Against by the USDA
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed an amicus brief arguing unclaimed funds from the settlement in In…
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Bureaucracy Unbound: 2015 Is Another Record Year For The Federal Register
With one day to go in 2015, the Federal Register tops off at 81,611 pages. That’s higher than last year at 77,687 pages and higher than it’s…
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2015 – The Year of Equity Crowdfunding
As 2015 comes to a close, it’s time for year-end retrospectives, in which the past year is proclaimed the “year of” something. So in that…
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RealClear Radio Hour: Legacies of Empire & A New Magna Carta
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CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation
78 new regulations, from drones to ground beef.
Comment
State Policy Network Groups’ Comments on Clean Power Plan
The following State Policy Network think tanks, the Buckeye Institute in Ohio, the Independence Institute in Colorado, the Rio Grande Foundation in New Mexico, and the…
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Washington Says Merry Christmas With 80,000 Pages Of Regulation
There may be a federal war on coal in the ground, but Washington has plenty of coal for your Christmas stocking. The Federal Register—where federal…
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Holiday Liquor Laws: Where to Buy Your Christmas Cup of Cheer
Nobody wants to drive an hour over the border just to get booze, especially on Christmas Day. However, 27 states in the union still have…
Litigation
Challenging the Clean Power Plan: CEI, et al. v. EPA
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its so-called Clean Power Plan in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
USA Today
TSA May Require a Full-Body Scan, Rather than Pat-Down
CEI's Marc Scribner comments to USA Today on the TSA's recent decision to end its policy of allowing all travelers to opt for a…
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Scrooge Was the Ultimate Job Creator
In a 2013 essay for Forbes that is quickly becoming a Christmas classic, my colleague Fred Smith took a fresh look at the character of…
News Release
CEI Takes the EPA’s Clean Power Plan to Court to Protect State Rights
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its Clean Power Plan in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…