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EU downsizes and delays its climate disclosure policy

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EU downsizes and delays its climate disclosure policy

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 06/23/2025

The European Union (EU) is undergoing a major reality check regarding its climate disclosure policy for corporations. Its executive arm, the European Commission, has significantly…

Energy and Environment

The CFPB director’s dominance over adjudication must end

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The CFPB director’s dominance over adjudication must end

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 06/13/2025

On behalf of CEI, I submitted a new comment to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) calling on the Bureau to rescind one…

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How IAIS advances DEI policies

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How IAIS advances DEI policies

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 05/30/2025

As explained in an earlier blog post, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has drifted away from its mission and is actively working…

Business and Government

SEC commissioners regain subpoena power, potentially curtailing record-level fines

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SEC commissioners regain subpoena power, potentially curtailing record-level fines

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 05/08/2025

After 16 years, commissioners at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally adopted a rule to regain the authority to launch investigations from the…

Deregulation

CEI primer on agency adjudication 

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CEI primer on agency adjudication 

  • By: Izam Karukappadath, Stone Washington
  • 05/02/2025

Agency adjudication is the process by which administrative agencies resolve legal disputes that implicate regulatory policies. Agencies render decisions through in-house tribunals commonly known as…

Law and Litigation

The shadow nonprofit’s push for ESG

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The shadow nonprofit’s push for ESG

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 04/04/2025

Nonprofit interest groups play a significant role in advancing policy change in government. The IRS affords tax exemption to thousands of these groups via their…

Energy and Environment

SEC restores corporate control over ESG proposals

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SEC restores corporate control over ESG proposals

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 03/21/2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has wasted no time in reforming controversial regulations under the Trump administration. Beyond targeting formal rules, GOP commissioners have…

Energy and Environment

Legislation would restore the full power of the Seventh Amendment

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Legislation would restore the full power of the Seventh Amendment

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 03/07/2025

Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) has introduced a bill offering the first legislative step toward administrative law court (ALC) reform. Known as the Seventh…

Law and Litigation

SEC abandons legal arguments in favor of climate disclosure rule

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SEC abandons legal arguments in favor of climate disclosure rule

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 02/26/2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced this month that it will no longer defend the indefensible, abandoning in court its arguments favoring mandatory…

Energy and Environment

Trio of agencies scrap their climate disclosure mandate, SEC should take note

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Trio of agencies scrap their climate disclosure mandate, SEC should take note

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 02/11/2025

Prior to Inauguration Day 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD), General Service Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) collectively withdrew a…

Business and Government

Regulators need to cool off and slow down their rulemakings

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Regulators need to cool off and slow down their rulemakings

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 01/28/2025

Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) has reintroduced an important bill that would make the administrative rulemaking process fairer for the public. Known as the “Regulatory…

Deregulation

DOGE should investigate Biden’s natural capital accounts

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DOGE should investigate Biden’s natural capital accounts

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 01/17/2025

With an incoming Congress and president at the helm, Republicans are taking aim at problematic Biden-era regulations. In concert with the Department of Government Efficiency…

Energy and Environment

US businesses brace for a triple climate disclosure burden  

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US businesses brace for a triple climate disclosure burden  

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 12/05/2024

Thousands of US companies—both public and private—are bracing for an expensive wave of climate disclosure mandates. If regulators in the US and abroad have their…

Deregulation

Circuit Courts split over the SEC’s regulatory treatment of proxy advisors

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Circuit Courts split over the SEC’s regulatory treatment of proxy advisors

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 11/26/2024

The Fifth and Sixth Circuits are currently split over the legality of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Proxy Advisory Rule. Depending on what…

Deregulation

The ‘Carbon’ Futures Trading Commission vows to decarbonize futures trading

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The ‘Carbon’ Futures Trading Commission vows to decarbonize futures trading

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 11/15/2024

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently approved one of its most controversial guidance document to date. Under this new policy, the CFTC will…

Energy and Environment

In honor of Free Speech Week, end all regulatory gag orders

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In honor of Free Speech Week, end all regulatory gag orders

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 10/23/2024

Free Speech Week is an annual, nonpartisan celebration of the indispensable right to speak one’s mind. While every level of government is expected…

Free Speech

House advances anti-ESG legislation on investments, pensions

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House advances anti-ESG legislation on investments, pensions

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 10/18/2024

The US House of Representatives recently passed a major ESG reform package that is on its way to the Senate. In a vote of…

Financial Regulation

Political review of agency adjudication and recommendations for reform

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Political review of agency adjudication and recommendations for reform

  • By: Izam Karukappadath, Stone Washington
  • 09/18/2024

Abstract Formal agency adjudication reserves the final decision-making authority to the political leadership of the agency. Many organizations and watchdogs have taken issue with how…

Law and Litigation

ESG policy trembles in our post-Chevron world

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ESG policy trembles in our post-Chevron world

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 08/27/2024

The US Supreme Court recently rendered one of the most historic decisions in administrative law in the consolidated cases of Loper Bright v. Raimondo…

Law and Litigation

The politics of proxy voting and the importance of shareholder representation

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The politics of proxy voting and the importance of shareholder representation

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 08/07/2024

As the 2024 election quickly approaches, many Americans consider how their vote will affect political races. While our focus tends to be on the voting…

Business and Government

Supreme Court’s Jarkesy decision sheds light on the SEC’s hidden advantages

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Supreme Court’s Jarkesy decision sheds light on the SEC’s hidden advantages

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 07/09/2024

The Supreme Court’s momentous decision in SEC v Jarkesy provides us with a rare glimpse into the murky realm of administrative adjudication. Despite there being more…

Law and Litigation

Spam alert! A devastating outlook on the SEC’s final climate disclosure rule

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Spam alert! A devastating outlook on the SEC’s final climate disclosure rule

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 06/26/2024

I have a paper out today, exploring the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) landmark finalized climate disclosure rule and the many challenges it…

Climate

SEC’s Orwellian surveillance system faces its greatest challenge yet

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SEC’s Orwellian surveillance system faces its greatest challenge yet

  • By: Izam Karukappadath, Stone Washington
  • 06/21/2024

The Eleventh Circuit Court will soon decide whether the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) acted arbitrarily and capriciously by proposing the first market-wide surveillance…

Business and Government

Has ESG gone guerrilla warfare?

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Has ESG gone guerrilla warfare?

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 05/20/2024

There has been much discussion recently over declining institutional support for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing theory. Many indications suggest that US shareholders…

Energy and Environment

House GOP prepares CRA resolutions against Biden climate-risk rules, including SEC climate disclosure rule

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House GOP prepares CRA resolutions against Biden climate-risk rules, including SEC climate disclosure rule

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 05/02/2024

Members of the House Financial Services Committee have passed four Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions targeting four Biden-era climate-risk rulemakings. Among these is a…

Energy and Environment

FTC tightens grip over its in-house judges

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FTC tightens grip over its in-house judges

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 04/22/2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) possesses one of the most conflicted administrative law court (ALC) systems. The agency recently began hiring new administrative…

Eye on FTC

The Fifth Circuit blocks the SEC’s climate disclosure rule in the first legal challenge to the rule

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The Fifth Circuit blocks the SEC’s climate disclosure rule in the first legal challenge to the rule

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 03/19/2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently voted to approve its highly-awaited climate disclosure rule. However, fewer than 10 days after its finalization, the…

Climate

CEI briefs the public on the need for administrative law court reform

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CEI briefs the public on the need for administrative law court reform

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 03/15/2024

The Competitive Enterprise Institute recently hosted our first Capitol Hill event of the year, urging Congress to propose administrative law court (ALC) reform. Our…

Government Transparency

The Stop Woke Investing Act and ‘ESG fatigue’

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The Stop Woke Investing Act and ‘ESG fatigue’

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 03/04/2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made it far too easy for activist shareholders to overturn the traditional proxy review process. The SEC’s…

Business and Government

The full Scope of problems with the SEC’s climate disclosure rule

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The full Scope of problems with the SEC’s climate disclosure rule

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 01/31/2024

I have a paper out today, examining the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed rule on mandatory climate disclosures. The SEC’s rule seeks…

Financial Regulation

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