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The Hill

Court Upholds Obama Rule Banning Vaping on Airplanes

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 07/24/2017

The Hill covers a lawsuit filed by CEI against the Department of Transportation’s airplane vaping ban. A federal appeals court Friday upheld an…

Aviation

News Release

Court Ruling on E-Cigarettes Could Set Dangerous Precedent

  • Sam Kazman
  • 07/21/2017

Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled against a lawsuit brought by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Consumer Advocates…

CEI Litigation

The Daily Caller

EXCLUSIVE: Study Finds Temperature Adjustments Account For ‘Nearly All Of The Warming’ In Climate Data

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 07/06/2017

The Daily Caller discusses a new study on climate change with Sam Kazman. A new study found adjustments made to global surface temperature…

Climate

USA Today

Cut Energy Star from the Budget

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 06/30/2017

Can the quest for energy efficiency be deadly? The horrendous London apartment building fire two weeks ago suggests that it can: One reason for the…

Climate

News Release

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear New Jersey Gambling/Federalism Case: CEI Statement

  • Michelle Minton, Sam Kazman
  • 06/27/2017

Today, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a lawsuit involving New Jersey’s challenge to a federal prohibition on the state’s ability to repeal its own sports…

Consumer Freedom

News Release

CEI General Counsel Says Time to Invalidate ‘Fundamentally Unconstitutional’ CFPB

  • Hans Bader, Sam Kazman
  • 05/22/2017

A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will be heard in federal court this Wednesday. Mortgage lender PHH Corp. brought…

Banking and Finance

Washington Times

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson snared in growing pursuit of personal Email

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 05/02/2017

The Washington Times reports on CEI’s FOIA case against White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren.  In that case,…

CEI Litigation

News Release

Another Step in the Right Direction, Court Suspends Clean Power Plan Case

  • Sam Kazman, William Yeatman
  • 04/28/2017

It's time for the Clean Power Plan to be brought within the bounds of the law.

Energy and Environment

Blog

People’s Climate March: Recycled Humor for a Sustainable Society

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 04/28/2017

We're recycling our March for Science jokes from last week for tomorrow’s People’s Climate March, with a few additions.

Climate

News Release

Court Criticizes Schneiderman’s Evasion of Open Records Law

  • Sam Kazman
  • 04/25/2017

A new court ruling criticizes New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s illegal stonewalling of public records requests. At issue in the case is the key…

CEI Litigation

The Washington Times

Spectacle with agenda: March for Science advises demonstrators to ‘dress as your favorite scientist’

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 04/21/2017

The Washington Times highlights Sam Kazman’s comments and jokes on the Science March in Washington, D.C.  Meanwhile, Sam Kazman, general counsel for the…

Blog

The Science March: No Laughing Matter? Says Who?

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 04/19/2017

Using street protests to handle scientific controversies like climate change is only a few steps above using animal sacrifice.

Climate

Breitbart

Environmental Groups Ask EPA to Rescind Obama’s ‘Endangerment Finding’

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 04/11/2017

Breitbart speaks with Sam Kazman on CEI’s petition to the EPA to review the agency’s “endangerment finding.”  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received…

Energy and Environment

Blog

For Virgin Islands Climate Subpoena, A Not-So-Happy Birthday

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 04/05/2017

One year ago, on April 7, 2016, CEI received a memorable, hand-delivered envelope from U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker.

CEI Litigation

Blog

Non-Profits and Litigation: When Ideas Get Judged

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 04/03/2017

If you support nonprofit policy groups, you understand that ideas matter. They matter in education, in public discourse, and in the halls of government. But…

CEI Litigation

Daily Signal

First Amendment Rights Still in Peril Following Climate Change Probes

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 03/30/2017

The Daily Signal discusses with Sam Kazman what has happened in one year since a coalition of Attorneys General tried to silence those who disagreed…

Energy and Environment

Watchdog.org

First Amendment rights still in peril following climate-change probes

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 03/30/2017

Watchdog.org speaks with Sam Kazman on what has happened in one year since a coalition of Attornerys General attacked the free speech of groups that…

Energy and Environment

News Release

One Year Later AGs United for Clean Power has Fallen Apart

  • Sam Kazman
  • 03/29/2017

CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman commented on the one year anniversary of “AGs United for Clean Power,” a coalition of Attorneys General lead by New…

CEI Litigation

Politico

Judge shuts down FOIA suit that set precedent on private emails

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 03/13/2017

Politico speaks with Sam Kazman on a judges decision in CEI’s case against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s director. …

CEI Litigation

News Release

CEI Supports Lawsuit Against Lawless Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Brief Filed Today

  • Sam Kazman
  • 03/10/2017

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), the 60 Plus Association, and the State National Bank of Big Spring together filed an amicus brief in support…

Housingwire

Bank fights for stake in PHH case to battle CFPB authority

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 02/27/2017

Housingwire discusses the PHH Corporation v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau case with Sam Kazman.  Despite motions from other parties being denied, Competitive Enterprise Institute…

Banking and Finance

The Wall Street Journal

Letter to the Editor: Both Parties Have Many With Trump Trauma

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 02/14/2017

Over a year ago, Paul Krugman coined the term “Trumpenfreude,” meaning the glee or satisfaction experienced by Democrats watching the Republican Party slit its own…

Business and Government

News Release

Prominent Climate Scientist Supports CEI Request for Full Court Rehearing of Michael Mann Case

  • Sam Kazman
  • 01/26/2017

This week, the D.C. Court of Appeals is receiving amicus briefs in support of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) and National Review’s petitions to rehear,…

CEI Litigation

News Release

CEI Requests Full Court Rehearing of Michael Mann Case on First Amendment Grounds

  • Sam Kazman
  • 01/19/2017

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed a petition requesting that the District of Columbia Court of Appeals rehear, before the Court’s full…

CEI Litigation

News Release

CEI Responds to Court Ruling in Mann Case

  • Sam Kazman
  • 12/22/2016

This morning the District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued a ruling in the Michael Mann defamation case that includes the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Statements from CEI’s…

Free Speech

Politico

Judge issues rare order to preserve White House official’s private email

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 12/12/2016

Politico reports on a federal judge's ruling in CEI's lawsuit against the director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy.  …

CEI Litigation

Investor's Business Daily

How Can You Tell A Good Trump Pick? By The Establishment Freakout

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 12/08/2016

Investor's Business Daily discusses regulatory delays in the FDA drug approval process with Sam Kazman.  It is true that few drugs are "safe,"…

Consumer Freedom

Watchdog.org

Desperate Democrats turn to states to salvage climate agenda, but will it work?

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 12/05/2016

Watchdog.org discusses with Sam Kazman CEI's victory in their case against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.  Late last month the Supreme Court…

CEI Litigation

National Review

New York Attorney General Ordered to Release Climate-Change Pact

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 11/30/2016

National Review reports on CEI's victory in their case against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.  Last week, New York attorney general Eric…

CEI Litigation

Newsmax

Judge Orders New York AG Schneiderman to Turn Over Secret Climate Change Docs

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 11/29/2016

Newsmax discusses with Sam Kazman the New York Supreme Court's ruling in favor of CEI in their case against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. …

CEI Litigation

Washington Times

Court orders New York AG Schneiderman to turn over climate change secrecy pact

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 11/28/2016

The Washington Times discusses with Sam Kazman the New York Supreme Court ruling in favor of CEI in their case against New York Attorney General…

CEI Litigation

Daily Caller

Court Deals Blow To New York AG’s Anti-Free Speech Campaign

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 11/28/2016

The Daily Caller discusses with Sam Kazman CEI's victory in their lawsuit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.  New York’s highest court…

CEI Litigation

Blog

The New Congress Should Repeal All Energy Efficiency Mandates

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 11/17/2016

As part of its new agenda for January, Congress should repeal every energy-efficiency mandate on the books, ranging from Corporate Average Fuel Economy…

Consumer Freedom

Blog

National Sandwich Day Sharpens Hunger for Subway Class Action Decision

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 11/03/2016

It’s a good day to get a deal on a sandwich. It’s also a good day to take note of the case we’ve got pending,…

CEI Litigation

Townhall

New York’s Schneiderman Will Not Be Outsleazed In His Campaign to Get ExxonMobil

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 11/01/2016

Townhall discusses with Sam Kazman the subpoena CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker.  The courts backed ExxonMobil in standing up to what…

Politico

Sandberg demurs on going to Washington

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 10/12/2016

Politico's Morning Money highlights Sam Kazman's reaction to the federal court's ruling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  Competitive Enterprise Institute: “Today’s ruling…

Banking and Finance

The Fiscal Times

In Win for Conservatives, Court Rules Consumer Bureau Unconstitutional

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 10/11/2016

The Fiscal Times discusses with Sam Kazman, the courts ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional.  However, from its founding, the…

Banking and Finance

Politico

Obama Administration Won’t Fight Court Ruling on Private Email

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 10/05/2016

Politico discusses CEI's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against a White House official with Sam Kazman.  Lawyers with the pro-business group who sought…

CEI Litigation

Fox News

It’s Judgment Day for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 09/27/2016

On Tuesday, September 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear arguments over EPA’s massive Clean Power Plan. The…

Energy and Environment

Daily Signal

Enterprise Resists Pressure to Steer Away From Legislative Reform Group

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 09/12/2016

The Daily Signal discusses the attack of the American Legislative Exchange Council on social media with Sam Kazman.  ALEC is the victim of…

Law and Litigation

The Daily Caller

Clinton Foundation Skirting State Laws, Dem Attorney General Says No Problem

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 09/07/2016

The Daily Caller mentions CEI's lawsuit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.  Despite publicly extolling the virtue of transparency, Schneiderman himself is…

CEI Litigation

Bloomberg

Can ExxonMobil Be Found Liable for Misleading the Public on Climate Change?

  • By: Kent Lassman, Sam Kazman
  • 09/07/2016

Bloomberg reports on the subpoena CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker for their research on climate change.  In March the Virgin Islands…

Energy and Environment

Politico

Conservative think tank sues Schneiderman over Exxon probe records

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/31/2016

Politico reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman related to the investigation of ExxonMobil and CEI.  The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed…

Energy and Environment

Washington Examiner

Conservative group takes New York AG to court over climate probe

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/31/2016

Washington Examiner reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for withholding key documents related to ongoing climate investigations.  The Competitive Enterprise Institute is…

Energy and Environment

Washington Times

New York AG sued over secrecy agreement on climate-change investigation

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/31/2016

The Washington Times reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for refusing to release documents related to the climate change investigations. …

Energy and Environment

Washington Free Beacon

NY Attorney General Accused of Skirting Public Records Law

  • By: Christopher C. Horner, Sam Kazman
  • 08/31/2016

The Washington Free Beacon reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman from refusing to release documents related to the climate change investigations. …

Energy

Daily Caller

New York AG That Attacked Exxon Sued For Concealing Investigation

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/31/2016

The Daily Caller speaks with Sam Kazman on CEI's lawsuit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.  Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) officials are…

CEI Litigation

Reason.com

Climate Change Court Drama: What Does New York’s Attorney-General Have to Hide?

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/31/2016

Reason.com reports on a subpoena CEI recieved from the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands as an attempt to silence the climate change debate. …

Energy and Environment

Las Vegas Sun

Durbin amendment of Dodd-Frank a miserably bad attempt at price control

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/26/2016

Las Vegas Sun discusses the Durbin amendment of the Dodd-Frank bill with Sam Kazman.  The disappearance of free debit cards and free checking…

Banking and Finance

Washington Examiner

Climate change-doubting group slams AGs for ‘un-American’ investigation

  • By: Kent Lassman, Sam Kazman
  • 08/23/2016

Washington Examiner reports on CEI’s video about the subpoena they recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker.  A group targeted by Democratic attorneys general…

Energy and Environment

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