Legal Brief
Michael Mann. v. National Review, CEI, et al.: Michael Mann Complaint
Legal Brief
CEI response to Michael Mann’s retraction demand
News Release
CEI Lawyer Wins Fight Against Sky-High Class Action Attorney Fees in Groundless Merger Challenge
Washington, D.C., March 28, 2013 – In a victory for shareholders over baseless class actions, a Texas appeals court has ruled that trial lawyers were…
Letters
Data Quality Reconsideration Request to EPA Regarding Biofuel Mandates
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute and ActionAid USA hereby ask that EPA reconsider its December 12, 2012 denial…
Legal Brief
Dodd-Frank State Plaintiffs Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
Eleven states and two private plaintiffs are challenging the constitutionality of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This is the states’ response…
Legal Brief
Dodd-Frank Private Plaintiffs Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
Eleven states and two private plaintiffs are challenging the constitutionality of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This is the private plaintiffs’…
Free Beacon
Constitutional Challenge to Dodd-Frank Grows Ranks
Sam Kazman, the general counsel for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said the OLA sets up a situation for many states similar to the situation Indiana…
Legal Brief
Dodd-Frank Second Amended Complaint
News Release
Eight More States Join Constitutional Challenge to Dodd-Frank Act
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 13, 2013 – In an attempt to protect their pension funds, taxpayers and financial stability, the states of Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Montana,…
Legal Brief
Michael Mann v. National Review, CEI, et al: CEI and Rand Simberg’s Reply to Mann’s Opposition to our Anti-SLAPP Motion
Michael Mann v. National Review, CEI, et al: CEI and Rand Simberg’s Reply to Mann’s Opposition to our Anti-SLAPP Motion…
News Release
CEI SLAPPS Back In Closing Brief To Michael Mann Libel Lawsuit
Today marked the latest filing in a defamation lawsuit brought by climate science alarmist Michael Mann against CEI, National Review, and scholar Rand Simberg. CEI…
Letters
Letter to Congress on Nomination of Richard Cordray to the CFPB
CEI and the 60 Plus Association sent a letter urging Congress to take time to consider the re-nomination of Richard Cordray to the CFPB, in…
LA Times
Court rules Obama’s recess picks are illegal
"We think it's likely his recess appointment is going to meet the same fate," said Sam Kazman, general counsel of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a…
Legal Brief
Michael Mann. v. National Review, CEI, et al: Plaintiff’s Opposition to CEI and National Review’s Anti-SLAPP and Dismissal Motions
Michael Mann. v. National Review, CEI, et al: Plaintiff’s Opposition to CEI and National Review’s Anti-SLAPP and Dismissal Motions See also: CEI SLAPPS Back…
News Release
CEI SLAPPS Back At Climate Scientist Michael Mann’s Libel Lawsuit
CEI and adjunct analyst Rand Simberg responded last Friday to Michael Mann’s libel lawsuit against them, National Review, and columnist Mark Steyn, with a special…
Legal Brief
Michael Mann. v. National Review, CEI, et al: CEI and Rand Simberg’s 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss For Failure to State a Claim
Legal Brief
Michael Mann v. National Review, CEI, et al.: CEI and Rand Simberg’s Special Motion to Dismiss Under the D.C. Anti-SLAPP Act
Blog
Government Files Motion To Dismiss Dodd-Frank Lawsuit
Dodd-Frank’s destructive economic impact continues to grow week by week. Last June, CEI and two other plaintiffs, the State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas,…
Washington Examiner
EPA refuses to talk about think tank suit demanding ‘secret’ emails
From Mark Tapscott's article in The Washington Examiner: Environmental Protection Agency officials are keeping mum today about a potential landmine of a lawsuit…
Legal Brief
CEI v. EPA – Complaint Re: Secret Accounts
Full Document in Available in PDF Plaintiff COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE (“CEI”) for its complaint against Defendant UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (“EPA”or…
Legal Brief
Dodd-Frank Challenge – Amended Complaint
Full Document Available in PDF…
New York Post
Obama’s stealth killer car tax
From Michelle Malkin's syndicated column: Sam Kazman at the Competitive Enterprise Institute explained a decade ago: “The evidence on this issue comes from…
News Release
Penn State Climate Scientist Michael Mann Demands Apology From CEI
The Competitive Enterprise Institute received a letter on August 21 from an attorney representing Penn State University Professor Michael E. Mann that demands that CEI…
New York Post
UN Slams U.S. Ethanol Policy
Sam Kazman talks about the consequences of ethanol mandates and subsidies on fox Business' Cavuto…
Legal Brief
State National Bank of Big Spring et al. v. Geithner et al.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute and the 60 Plus Association join the State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas, in their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of…
Washington Post
Competitive Enterprise Institute Files Lawsuit Against Obama’s Consumer Watchdog
From Allen McDuffee's post in The Washington Post's ThinkTanked: The Competitive Enterprise Institute is one of a small number of think tanks that…
Reason
Building a 21st Century FDA
From Ronald Bailey's article in Reason: Delaying access to new drugs kills people. As Competitive Enterprise Institute general counsel Sam Kazman has…
Cornell University Law School
Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency
From Justice Samuel Alito's concurring opinion in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency: Far from providing clarity and predictability, the agency’s latest informal guidance…
The Wall Street Journal
Letter to the Editor: Cheap Gasoline and Human Rights
The notion of $2.50 gasoline would not only be a “veritable policy revolution” domestically (“Newt Is Right About Gas Prices” by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.,…
Legal Brief
Brief in Coalition for Responsible Regulation et al v. Environmental Protection Agency
Full Document Available in PDF Introduction The suite of rules challenged in these coordinated cases involves what is assuredly the most burdensome,…
Pittsburgh Live
Restoring Due Process
Washington Times
Inside the Beltway: Driving Force
News Journal Online
Old Style Light Bulbs Facing Extinction
CBN
David vs. Goliath: Idaho Couple Takes On the EPA
Comment
Government Plans To Ban E-Cigarettes Opposed by Public Interest Groups
Full Document Available in PDF The Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives and the Competitive Enterprise…
Legal Brief
Amicus Brief in Cobell v. Salazar
Legal Times
Business Group Opposes $3.4B Cobell Settlement
How Appealing
Business Group Files Opposition To $3.4B Cobell Settlement
The Volokh Conspiracy
CEI “Durbin Dollars”
Bio Fuels Journal
Competitive Enterprise Institute and ActionAid USA File Complaint With EPA Over Ethanol Impact on Food Supplies
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Bright Light of the Week: CEI’s ‘Durbin Dollar’
Letters
EPA Filing by ActionAid USA, CEI Targets Ethanol Fuel Programs
In anticipation of World Food Day, October 16, 2011, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and ActionAid USA today filed a formal complaint with the Environmental…
Reason
Warrantless GPS Tracking, Union Dues, and Fleeting Expletives: The Supreme Court Suits Up for Another Term
Legal Brief
Amicus Brief in Sackett v. EPA
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed an amicus brief in September…
Texas Insider
Is Administration Going to Use GM to Distract from Solyndra Failure?
OA Online
Mileage Standards Will Decrease Safety
Gazette
Fuel Regulations Will Maim and Kill
Reason
The High Cost of Low Fuel Bills
Fox Business
Deadly Regulations
Orange County Register
Feds Push for Higher Mileage, and Risk
Orange County Register
Government in Your Car
CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman discusses the unintended consequences of government mandates for auto manufacturers. CAFE fuel effciency standards result in smaller, lighter cars, which…
Comment
Complaint for Declarative Relief versus John Marburger
Full Document Available in PDF This is an action seeking to apply the Federal Data Quality…
Comment
Response to Citizen Petition Requesting Certain Prescription Allergy Medication be OTC
Commenters believe that the FDCA, read as an integrated whole, generally leaves the determination whether prescription drug or OTC drug labeling should be proposed for…
One News Now
New Fuel Economy Standards Could Hurt More Than They Help
Legal Brief
Amicus Brief in NRDC vs Spencer Abraham
Full Document Avalible in PDF Petitioners’ challenge is primarily a procedural one, asserting that DOE cannot issue a rule for SEER 12…
Legal Brief
Joint Brief of Petitioners and Petitioner-Intervenors in Nebraska vs EPA
Comment
Comments Regarding the Constitutionality of FDA Treatment of Product Information
This request for comments represents a welcome departure from FDA’s prior treatment of First Amendment concerns in the context of product advertising, labeling, and promotions.
Legal Brief
Petition for Review of an Order of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Legal Brief
CEI’s CAFE Litigation
Full Document Avalible in PDF In the 1980s, CAFE was the subject of several lawsuits by the Center for Auto Safety and…
Legal Brief
Complaint for Declarative Relief versus William Jefferson Clinton
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Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari in Charles Gilbert Gibbs vs Bruce Babbitt
Legal Brief
Oral Argument in CEI and CA vs. Paul O Neill and Bradley Buckles
Investors.com
D.C.’s Deadly Fixation On Auto Fuel Economy Mandates
Study
Rule Forcing Tests for Safer Air Bags Expected Today
Yahoo! News
D.C.’s Deadly Fuel Mileage Push
Big Government
Unnecessary Government Intervention
Wall Street Journal
Let There Be Light Bulbs
New York Post
O’s Subsidymobiles
Yahoo! News
Death for Bigger Cars Will Mean More Deaths
Richmond Times Dispatch
Fuel-Economy Standards Need a Warning Label
Portland Daily Sun
Greenhouse Gas Compact Defended in Maine, Challenged Elsewhere
The Wall Street Journal
Why Your New Car Doesn’t Have a Spare Tire
Auto makers comply with fuel economy mandates by making cars lighter and more dangerous. Fewer tires, higher taxes. That may be what’s in store for…
National Review
Obama Mandates a Market for His Green Cars
Pittsburgh Live
Needed: A washing machine that washes
Legal Brief
CEI’s FOIA to Treasury on Auto Bailout
Full Response Available in PDF Documents released by the U.S. Treasury Department indicate that General Motors and the Obama Administration coordinated PR…
One News Now
Unconstitutional to Take Unhealthy Foods off the Market
Auburn Journal
EPA HUSH-Gate
Canada Free Press
A Supreme test: Are CO2 emissions a ‘nuisance’?
Washington Examiner
Suppressed EPA Hushgate climate report returns to snag CO2 regulation
One News Now
Gov’t regs hurt consumers, do in top-loaders
Campaign for Liberty
“Dirty” Energy Regulations
The Wall Street Journal
How Washington Ruined Your Washing Machine
It might not have been the most stylish, but for decades the top-loading laundry machine was the most affordable and dependable. Now it’s ruined—and Americans…
Reason
Energy Efficiency Can Make The Environment Worse Off
New York Times
When Energy Efficiency Sullies the Environment
Huffington Post
What Is the Real Agenda of the Budget-Cutters?
Blog
Remembering Jack Calfee
The sad news of Jack Calfee’s death came out of the blue yesterday morning. I first met Jack about two decades…
Creators
A Killer Agency
Lew Rockwell
A Killer Agency
Cigar Magazine
How Many Congressmen Does It Take to Screw the Light Bulb?
Full Document Available in PDF The man at your door appears to be…
Study
Protect Federalism
Study
Recognize the Elitist Nature of Anti-Sprawl Measures
Liberate to Stimulate Index For the greater part of the last century, many people have sought the American Dream by raising their…
Study
Reduce Burdensome Regulation of Medicines and Medical Devices
Liberate to Stimulate Index Over the past century, American consumers have benefited from thousands of new pharmaceuticals and medical devices to help…
Study
Enhance Auto Safety
Liberate to Stimulate Index Automotive safety is the primary mission of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In recent decades, however,…
Legal Brief
Antitrust Amicus Curiae Brief Supporting CEI’s Challenge to the 1998 Tobacco Settlement
Full Document Avalible in PDF On December 10, 2010, five law professors filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in…
Legal Brief
Constitutional Law Amicus Curiae Brief Supporting CEI’s Challenge to the 1998 Tobacco Settlement
Full Document Avalible in PDF On December 10, 2010, prominent constitutional law experts from opposite ends of the political spectrum submitted an…
One News Now
Backup camera rule expensive, ineffective
Washington Times
Cigarette warnings to be more graphic?
Fredrick News Post
Graphic cigarette packaging
Legal Brief
Amicus in Obamacare Litigation on Behalf of Minn., Rhode Island Governors
Full Document Avalible in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute is representing Governors Tim Pawlenty (R, Minn.) and Donald Carcieri (R, Rhode Island)…
Study
Automobile Fuel Economy Standards
Full Document Available in PDF The federal government’s fuel economy standards for new cars are…