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David Friedman Swings and Misses at AV START Act
Axios recently launched a newsletter dedicated to automated vehicles. In the most recent issue, David Friedman attacks bipartisan legislation in Congress aimed at speeding…
RealClear Policy
Can DOJ Define the Crimes It Prosecutes? The Court Must Decide.
Investor's Business Daily
Happy 40th Birthday, Airline Deregulation — Despite Complaints, You’re A Huge Success
Investor’s Business Daily cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marc Scribner airline deregulation. Americans often express mixed feelings about today’s airlines, with their missed schedules,…
American Action Forum
The Community Reinvestment Act: A Primer
American Action Forum cited CEI’s Michelle Minton’s “The Community Reinvestment Act’s Harmful Legacy” report. In assessing the CRA, it is useful to look…
American Council On Science And Health
IARC Retraction Watch Begins: They Faked Images In Controversial Claims
American Council On Science And Health cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Angela Logomasini on IARC weedkiller claims. Schneider is not…
News Release
CEI Expert Says EU Proposal to Ban Single-Use Consumer Plastic Items “Won’t Help the Environment”
On Wednesday, the European Union put forward a proposal to ban ten single-use plastic items, including straws and cotton swabs, by 2021. The proposal is…
Daily Caller
Bloomberg-Funded Fellow Signed NY AG’s Climate Lawsuit Against Exxon
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s report by Christopher C. Horner, Law Enforcement for Rent. Matthew Eisenson, a special assistant in the New York…
Inside Sources
Cities Should Stop Slowing Down America’s 5G Revolution
The Federal Communications Commission recently approved a proposal to speed up deployment for the next generation of wireless service, known as 5G. The plan puts states and…
Law360
Disputers Of Google Privacy Deal Cite 9th Circ. Award Ruling
Law360 cited CEI Senior Attorneys Ted Frank and Melissa Holyoak on Frank v. Gaos. “Challengers to Google’s $8.5 million privacy settlement, the fairness…
Breitbart
New York Sues Exxon Mobil Over Climate Change — Four Months After California Suit Tossed
Breitbart cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. In a curious twist, one of the attorneys who signed the…
Watts Up With That?
Collusions Ahoy! Law Enforcement For Rent…Because Climate
Watts Up With That? cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. A new CLW video, citing to a…
The Daily Caller
Bloomberg-Funded Fellow Signed NY AG’s Climate Lawsuit Against Exxon
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s open record AG request. Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum also raised alarms in June after her office hired environmental lawyer…
The Daily Caller
Report: Attorneys General Hold ‘Secret’ Meeting With Donors To Discuss Future Climate Lawsuits
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. Attorneys associated with various attorneys general offices across the…
CNS News
Vehicle Tailpipe Emissions Are SAFE
The Trump administration has proposed to freeze Obama-era fuel economy standards at 2020 levels to save lives and money. Opponents want to bring the proposed…
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Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Airline Deregulation
Forty years ago today on October 24, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed the Airline Deregulation Act into law. This bipartisan legislation led to the elimination…
Legal Sports Report
What We Learned About Sports Betting In Congress: Questions And Answers
Legal Sports Report cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Michelle Minton on sports gambling. Minton’s testimony advocates for state regulation of sports betting, noting that…
Washington Examiner
Safety Advocates Try To Hit The Brakes On Driverless Cars
Washington Examiner cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marc Scribner on Congressional action for driverless vehicles. “I understand there are important things that need to…
News Release
CEI Files Brief with Supreme Court Arguing Ninth Circuit’s EasySaver Decision Underscores Need for Proposed Cy Pres Standard
Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed a supplemental brief with the Supreme Court, arguing the Ninth Circuit’s decision in the EasySaver case earlier this…
Forbes
Trump Exceeds One-In, Two-Out Goals on Cutting Regulations, But it May be Getting Tougher
The Trump administration has released the Fall 2018 edition of the twice-yearly Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.
USA Today
Tesla Shareholders, Not the Government, Should Hold the CEO Leash
Depending on whom you talk to, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is either the next Henry Ford or the next P.T. Barnum. Musk’s explosive tweets reverberate…
Watts Up With That?
Weekly Climate And Energy News Roundup #332
Watts Up With That? cited Benny Peiser’s global warming talk at CEI. A Crack Developing? Last week, Benny Peiser of the Global Warming Policy…
Overlawyered
State AGs For Hire On Environmental Activism
Overlawyered cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Government for Rent” report. My new Cato post looks at a low-profile program in which a…
Townhall
Trump Regulatory Reform Saved Taxpayers $23 Billion
Townhall cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Clyde Wayne Crews’s “Ten Thousand Commandments 2018” annual report. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) puts out a report…
Inside Sources
Does Air Pollution Kill? New Report Challenges Longstanding Conviction
Inside Sources cited CEI’s Adjunct Scholar Steve Milloy’s “Will the Trump Fuel Economy Reform Proposal Create Deadly Air Pollution?” study. A decade ago,…
Cato Institute
Bloomberg/NYU Center Embeds Lawyers In AG Offices To Pursue Green Causes
Cato Institute cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. The spotlight on backstage doings at state AG offices arises…
Blog
This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
The fall 2018 edition of the semi-annual Unified Agenda was released on Wednesday. It lists upcoming regulations from every rulemaking agency. This marks the…
Blog
Fewer Regulations, More Energy, Lower Emissions
The Trump administration had cheery news to report this week about deregulation, U.S. energy production, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Blog
Mapping Public Policy Wins at the State Level
The fine folks at the State Policy Network deserve well-earned congratulations on the completion of yet another successful annual meeting, this year co-sponsored by…
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Help the Poor by Making Their Lives Less Expensive
The Cato Institute’s Ryan Bourne has a great new study (and accompanying video) out about social welfare, government spending, and regulatory reform.
The Washington Times
Judge Tentative Ruling on Roundup is Good News for Farmers, Consumers
It’s good news for consumers that a superior court judge may put the brakes on a case alleging that the popular killer Roundup causes cancer.
Washington Examiner
Trump’s EPA Rattles Self-Driving Car Industry By Picking ‘Winners And Losers,’ Critics Claim
Washington Examiner cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marc Scribner on technology neutrality pledge of USDOT Other manufacturers such Tesla and Mercedes-Benz raised concerns over…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
How Much Will Sports Leagues Make From Legal Betting?
West Virginia Public Broadcasting cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Michelle Minton on sports gambling. With more viewers, the leagues will be able to charge…
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Is Particulate Matter Air Pollution as Dangerous as Cancer?
Yesterday the Competitive Enterprise Institute published Steve Milloy’s new policy brief on the impact of revised federal rules for auto mileage and emissions, “Will the Trump…
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Environmental Protection Agency Considering Backdoor Subsidies for ‘Talking Car’ Tech
During the final days of the Obama administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed its “talking car” mandate. This would have required new…
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A Toast to the Sears Catalog
In retail, as in every industry, eras come and go. Few recent events mark the passing of an era like the announced bankruptcy of…
News Release
New Video Explains How CEI Is Fighting for Consumers Against Attorney Greed at Supreme Court
Washington, D.C.—In a new video released today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), Senior Attorney Melissa Holyoak explains how greedy trial attorneys are corrupting our legal system…
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Labor Department Listens to Public Input on Overtime Rule
Yesterday, I attended the Department of Labor’s final overtime listening session. It was an opportunity for the DOL to hear from the public on how…
Blog
Discard Static Market Analysis, Let Sprint and T-Mobile Merge
The Competitive Enterprise Institute has been making a convincing case for a swift and condition-free approval from regulators of the proposed Sprint and T-Mobile…
The Daily Caller
12-To-1: That’s How Many Regulations Trump Reportedly Repealed For Every New One Issued
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s Vice President for Policy and Senior Fellow Wayne Crew’s “An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State” report. …
The Daily Caller
Study Supports Trump’s Claims That Vehicle Regulation Rollback Will Save Lives
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s Adjunct Scholar Steve Milloy’s “Will the Trump Fuel Economy Reform Proposal Create Deadly Air Pollution?” study. Critics of…
Lexington Herald Leader
No Sign That Chief Justice Would Deliver On Liberals’ Worst Fears
Lexington Herald Leader cited CEI’s 2015 challenge against ACA legaility. The Supreme Court got another shot at the ACA in 2015, when plaintiffs…
Blog
Frank v. Gaos: Fighting to Protect Consumers from Greedy Attorneys
Our class action legal team here at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Center for Class Action Fairness, has a new video explainer on their…
Politico
Morning Shift
Politico cited CEI’s rejection of NLRB nominee Mark Pearce. MORE PEARCE PUSHBACK: More conservative-leaning groups, including the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Heritage Action (sister…
ABC News
Inside America: How Steelworkers View The Midterm Elections
ABC News cited CEI’s Fellow Ryan Young on the steel industry job market. Despite the deal with Canada and Mexico, the trade war…
Energy Central
Business Groups Ask SCOTUS to Shut Down Massachusetts #ExxonKnew Shakedown
Energy Central cited CEI’s Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. If Healey’s far-fetched investigation is upheld as legitimate, the decision will present companies…
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U.S. Government Weighs in on ‘Cy Pres’ Abuse in Frank v. Gaos
On October 31, 2018, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Frank v. Gaos. The petitioners are class members challenging a class action…
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What Regulations Has the Trump Administration Eliminated So Far?
The fall 2018 Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions just appeared today. Notably, this is the first time the fall…
Citation
AUDIO: Ted Frank Discusses Class Action Lawsuits on Lawsuit Watch
Director of Litigation and Senior Attorney Ted Frank discussed class action lawsuits on Lawsuit Watch, hosted by Curt Schroder.
Hoover Institute
Our Latest Global Warming Scare
Hoover Institute cited Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on “Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, and Human Well Being” article. The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on…
Forbes
Judge Chastises Labaton Over $75M Attorneys Fee, Demands Contracts
Forbes cited CEI’s Senior Attorney Ted Franks on Labaton Sucharow litigation case. The federal judge who unleashed a wide-ranging investigation into the fee…
Washington Examiner
Conservatives Ask Senate To Block Chuck Schumer-Favored Labor Board Nominee
Washington Examiner cited CEI’s rejection of NLRB nominee Mark Pearce. A coalition of conservative groups urged Senate lawmakers to oppose the renomination of Mark…
The Washington Times
Conservative Groups Call On Senate To Reject Trump Nominee To NLRB
The Washington Times cited CEI’s rejection of NLRB nominee Mark Pearcet. Conservative groups are urging a Senate committee to reject President Trump’s nomination of Democrat …
WDEL
Think Tank Files Court Brief Calling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Unconstitutional
WDEL cited CEI on State National Bank of Big Spring v. Mnuchin case. The Buckeye Institute is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to…
News Release
Report – Tailpipe Emissions Are SAFE: Trump Fuel Economy Reform Will Not Cause Air Pollution Deaths
A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report debunks false claims that the Trump administration plan to scale back government fuel efficiency mandates poses an offsetting risk…
Products
Letter to TEPAC Members Regarding NAFTA
As I briefly indicated, I would appreciate it if the TEPAC letter reflects the fact that it is a majority view of the members. My…
Study
Will the Trump Fuel Economy Reform Proposal Create Deadly Air Pollution?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have proposed to partially roll back the corporate average fuel economy…
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UN Special Report: Turning the World’s Energy Economy upside down Is a Good Idea
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on October 6th released a “Special Report (SR15) on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees C.” The…
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David Henderson (1927-2018), RIP
We are sad to note the death of our good friend and strong ally, David Henderson, on September 30th in London. After a career as…
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How to Articulate a Free-Market Vision for the Future
The Competitive Enterprise Institute views most market failure rationales for government intervention as wrong, overstated, or unproven (or all of the above). The Competitive Enterprise Institute…
Letters
CEI Leads Coalition Letter to Senate Opposing Mark Pearce Nomination to the NLRB
The undersigned organizations strongly oppose the nomination of Mark Pearce to serve on the five-member National Labor Relations Board. Pearce’s legacy as Chairman of the…
The Daily Caller
Exclusive: Court Memos Shed Light On Michael Bloomberg’s Role In NYC’s Climate Crusade
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. “Are we sure it is correct to refer to him…
Canada Live News
Ottawa Risks An Endless Loop Of Canadian Farmer Payouts From Trade Deals
Canada Live News cited CEI on new NAFTA agreement. “Trade deals are better than no trade deals, generally speaking. But bad trade deals…
The New York Times
NYT: His Case Made it to the Supreme Court. He Didn’t Have to Look Far for a Lawyer.
The New York Times profiles Senior Attorney Ted Frank on his upcoming Supreme Court case Frank v. Gaos.
Investor's Business Daily
Billionaire Bloomberg’s Radical Green ‘Fellows’ Use States To Sue Corporations
Investor’s Business Daily cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Chris Horner’s “Law Enforcement For Rent” report. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) first revealed this scheme…
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California’s Attempt at Net Neutrality Clearly Unconstitutional
On September 30, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB-822, a set of regulations on Internet service providers that’s slated to go into…
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This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
In a Columbus Day-shortened work week, agencies issued more than 50 new regulations from deregulated TVs in TV commercials to POSTNET.
Blog
Dutch Appeals Court, Citing Paris Climate Treaty, Upholds Climate Lawsuit
A Dutch appeals court last week upheld a lower court’s June 2015 decision requiring the government to cut Holland’s carbon dioxide…
National Review
USMCA Sets a Worrying Precedent
Economists—and the world—breathed a sigh of relief when the United States, Canada, and Mexico stepped back from the brink of a trade war. That’s good…
The Daily Caller
Senate Confirms Trump’s Head Environmental Attorney After Sitting On The Nomination For 16 Months
The Daily Caller cited CEI’s Center for Energy and Environment Director Myron Ebell on Jeff Clark’s nomination. “The Senate’s confirmation of Jeff Clark…
The Heartland Institute
Research & Commentary: Two New Regulatory Reform Ideas For West Virginia
The Heartland Instituted cited CEI’s “Ten Thousand Commandments” annual survey and Fellow Ryan Young’s “REINing in Regulatory Overreach” article. “Ten Thousand Commandments” is the Competitive Enterprise…
The Heartland Institute
Trump Announces Trade Deal With Mexico
The Heartland Institute cited CEI’s Fellow Ryan Young on new NAFTA agreement. Ryan Young, an adjunct fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, says…
Citation
CEI Praises Senate for Confirming Jeff Clark to lead DOJ’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division
Today, the Senate voted to confirm Jeff Clark to be Assistant Attorney General heading up the Department of Justice’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division.
Morning Consult
Trump’s Trade War Isn’t Working Because Tariffs Hurt Americans
The Trump administration recently announced a trade agreement that will replace the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The new…
VOA
US Steel Workers Questioning Value Of Trump’s Tariffs
VOA cited CEI’s Vice President for Strategy and Senior Fellow Iain Murry on U.S. tariffs. Ian Murry is a labor expert with the…
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Be a Giver with DonorsTrust and State Policy Network in Salt Lake City
This week the State Policy Network is holding its legendary annual meeting, this time in beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah. With hundreds of delegates from…
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Tariffs Won’t Achieve America’s Goals
Over at Morning Consult, Iain Murray and I have an op-ed explaining why tariffs are ill-suited to achieving the Trump administration’s economic and foreign…
Daily Caller
Politics Undermines Ethics Rules at the National Labor Relations Board
Republican appointees to the nation’s most powerful labor policy-making board have become the target of an ongoing campaign to sideline their voices and votes.
News Release
Trump Trade Tariffs Mean Layoffs and Lower Auto Sales for Ford
Ford Motor Company just announced layoffs in the midst of a reported $1 billion in tariff-related losses. Auto sales are down due to trade tariffs…
Blog
Promise and Pitfalls of Treasury Fintech Report
July 31st, 2018, was one of the most exciting days for financial technology regulation in recent memory. Around 10 a.m. that morning was when the…
Blog
William Nordhaus, Paul Romer Win 2018 Economics Nobel Prize
Both of this year’s economics Nobel laureates have been on the short list for some time. Both are deserving, as David Henderson writes in…
Real Clear Investigations
How Bloomberg Embeds Green Warriors in Blue-State Governments
Real Clear Investigations cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Christopher Horner’s “Law Enforcement for Rent” report. Although many government agencies have employees funded by outside…
The Washington Times
Trump To Raise Limit On Ethanol In Gasoline
The Washington Times cited CEI’s Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on E15 fuel limit raise. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, which frequently supports Mr. Trump’s initiatives,…
Environmental Law Institute
Pruitt’s Gone, But Wheeler Carries on Agenda
Scott Pruitt’s 16-month tenure as EPA administrator turned out to be a mixed bag. When President-elect Trump nominated Pruitt, he thought he was getting exactly…
Citation
CEI: Reported Trump Administration Plan to Boost E-15 Would Be a Step Backwards
According to reports, the Trump Administration is set to announce a new policy intended to boost use of E-15, an ethanol-blended gasoline.
News Release
CEI Appeals Unlawful Conditions FCC Imposed on Cable Provider Merger
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and four individuals – John France, Daniel Frank, Jean-Claude Gruffat, and Charles Haywood – filed an appeal today with the…
Blog
Bricks and Wood Heaters Also Need Relief from Obama-era Overreach
Several of the Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency’s most expensive and far-reaching Clean Air Act regulations are back in the news now that the Trump administration is…
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Automated Vehicles 3.0 Guidance Continues Green-Lighting Innovation
Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released the third iteration of its guidance for automated vehicles, Preparing for the Future of Transportation:…
Blog
Deregulation Coming from Labor Department
Deregulation is a topline goal of the current administration. Leading the pack in terms of costs savings from reducing red tape is the Department…
The Hill
The Risks And Rewards Of This Conservative Supreme Court
The Hill cited CEI on Herman Gundy v. United States case. Many of these future challenges would be motivated, at least in part,…
CUtoday
Competitive Enterprise Institute Gets Update On CUs From CUNA
CUtoday cited CEI’s CUNA event. WASHINGTON—The Competitive Enterprise Institute here was given an update on the state of credit unions and potential opportunities…
Voice of America
Are US Labor Unions Souring On Trump’s Tariffs?
Voice of America cited CEI’s Vice President for Strategy and Senior Fellow Ian Murry on U.S. tariffs. But U.S. steel companies may be…
U.S. News
Carbon Tax Gets Renewed Attention But Still Faces Resistance
U.S. News cited CEI’s Center for Energy and Environment Director Myron Ebell on carbon taxes. Prominent opponents of the carbon tax also believe that…
News Release
IPCC Report Reaches Dire Conclusions Based on Models that Overstate Rate of Warming
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report Monday related to the issue of climate change.
The New York Times
Major Climate Report Describes A Strong Risk Of Crisis As Early As 2040
The New York Times cited CEI’s Director, Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell on carbon taxes. Americans for Prosperity, the political advocacy…
LifeZette
Trump Urged To Expose Bureaucrats’ ‘Regulatory Dark Matter’
LifeZette cited CEI’s Vice President for Policy and Senior Fellow Clyde Wayne Crews on regulatory dark matter. President Donald Trump has slashed a…
Blogarama
6 Quick Takes On The New NAFTA (USMCA)
Blogarama cited CEI’s Fellow Ryan Young on new NAFTA deal. Ryan Young of the Competitive Enterprise Institute piles on: Given the Trump…
Blog
This Week in Ridiculous Regulations
In the news last week, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) got a new name (USMCA) that nobody will use, and President Trump…
Inside Sources
Displaced Workers Could Benefit From Apprenticeships, but for One Labor Regulation in the Way
By most measures, the economy is booming. Unemployment is at a 49-year low of 3.7 percent. The economy grew at an…
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Twelve States Ask Court to Dismiss Climate Lawsuit against Big Oil
A dozen states led by Indiana this week filed an amicus brief asking the federal district court in Seattle, Washington to dismiss a climate…
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Booker and Holt Caricature Science Transparency Rule at Senate Hearing
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing this week on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule to strengthen the transparency…