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