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Net Neutrality Regulation Still a Bad Idea

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Net Neutrality Regulation Still a Bad Idea

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 02/07/2019

The debate at today’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing was largely between making blocking, throttling, and fast lanes illegal and going further to…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Agenda for the 116th Congress: Tech and Telecom

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Agenda for the 116th Congress: Tech and Telecom

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 01/28/2019

As technology and telecommunications evolve, new challenges inevitably arise for policy makers. New mandates or prohibitions should be avoided in all but the most exceptional…

Intellectual Property

New Cable Franchise Rules to Benefit Consumers

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New Cable Franchise Rules to Benefit Consumers

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 01/24/2019

In September of last year, the Federal Communications Commission issued a further notice of proposed rulemaking clarifying how the amount that cities are allowed to…

Tech and Telecom

End of the Road for Net Neutrality Comeback Attempt

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End of the Road for Net Neutrality Comeback Attempt

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 01/04/2019

The end of the 115th Congress meant the end of using the Congressional Review Act to void the Federal Communication Commission’s repeal of Obama-era net…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Year in Review 2018: Internet Sales Tax

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Year in Review 2018: Internet Sales Tax

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 12/26/2018

On June 21, 2018, in South Dakota v. Wayfair, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed fifty years of precedent by allowing states to collect sales taxes…

Tech and Telecom

Best Books of 2018: Life after Google

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Best Books of 2018: Life after Google

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 12/24/2018

Are Tucker Carlson’s predictions of Google taking over the future keeping you up at night? Sooth yourself with the creative destruction described in “Life after…

Antitrust

Last-Minute Delay in CVS-Aetna Deal Could Threaten Consumer Benefits

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Last-Minute Delay in CVS-Aetna Deal Could Threaten Consumer Benefits

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 12/06/2018

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon surprised many on Monday when he announced he may halt the integration of CVS pharmacy’s assets with the nation’s…

Antitrust

Discard Static Market Analysis, Let Sprint and T-Mobile Merge

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Discard Static Market Analysis, Let Sprint and T-Mobile Merge

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 10/18/2018

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…

Antitrust

U.S. Justice Department Challenges California Net Neutrality Rules

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U.S. Justice Department Challenges California Net Neutrality Rules

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 10/01/2018

The Justice Department is suing California over the state’s just-signed net neutrality law. Rightly so, as it’s hard to imagine a market that better…

Supreme Court Devastates Small Online Businesses and Consumers in South Dakota v. Wayfair

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Supreme Court Devastates Small Online Businesses and Consumers in South Dakota v. Wayfair

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 06/21/2018

Today’s Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair is extremely disappointing and will likely cost online sellers and consumers dearly. Stopping state regulatory…

CEI Litigation

Last Chance for the 115th: Keeping the Internet Sales Tax at Bay

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Last Chance for the 115th: Keeping the Internet Sales Tax at Bay

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 06/20/2018

Bad Internet sales tax legislation (mercifully) continues to stall in Congress. Pro-tax expansionists like Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) made a big political push to tie…

Law and Litigation

Wayfair Supreme Court Case Could Upend How We Buy and Sell Things Online

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Wayfair Supreme Court Case Could Upend How We Buy and Sell Things Online

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/30/2018

In April, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case, South Dakota v. Wayfair, Corp, that could have a huge impact on people who sell…

Law and Litigation

Online Sales Tax Bill a Small-Business Killing Tax Hike

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Online Sales Tax Bill a Small-Business Killing Tax Hike

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/16/2018

The Wall Street Journal editorial board was entirely correct yesterday when they said, “Republicans have spent the last year cutting taxes and regulations, which…

Antitrust

5G Will Work—If Government Gets out of the Way

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5G Will Work—If Government Gets out of the Way

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/15/2018

To usher in a new era of 5G virtual reality, 4K video, and self-driving cars, a major network upgrade is needed. The greater data demands…

Tech and Telecom

Don’t Bring Net Neutrality Regulations Back from the Dead

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Don’t Bring Net Neutrality Regulations Back from the Dead

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/08/2018

Republicans on Capitol Hill are looking to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with their recently introduced net neutrality legislation, Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-LA) Open Internet…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Don’t Let an Online Sales Tax Hike Creep into Omnibus Spending Bill

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Don’t Let an Online Sales Tax Hike Creep into Omnibus Spending Bill

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 03/02/2018

With the siren song of the omnibus spending bill calling, legislators would be wise to resist pressures to include increases in online sales…

Law and Litigation

CEI’s Ryan Radia Weighs in on Latest in Net Neutrality Debate

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CEI’s Ryan Radia Weighs in on Latest in Net Neutrality Debate

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 02/23/2018

​CEI has done its share on the topic for more than 10 years. Tune in to FreedomWorks live streams on February 26 to hear CEI’s…

Tech and Telecom

State Net Neutrality Regulations Constitutionally Unsound

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State Net Neutrality Regulations Constitutionally Unsound

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 02/08/2018

Since the Federal Communications Commission voted to roll back federal net neutrality regulations, many states have opposed the measure with executive orders, lawsuits, and legislation.

Tech and Telecom

Bringing Net Neutrality Back from the Dead Would Be a Big Mistake for Congress

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Bringing Net Neutrality Back from the Dead Would Be a Big Mistake for Congress

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 01/25/2018

Passing a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Restoring Internet Freedom Order would be as bad an idea as net neutrality regulations themselves were.

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Burger King Video Inadvertently Highlights Absurdity of Net Neutrality Claims

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Burger King Video Inadvertently Highlights Absurdity of Net Neutrality Claims

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 01/24/2018

A new corporate video from Burger King ostensibly supports net neutrality regulations, but actually demonstrates exactly why such rules are unnecessary.

Consumer Freedom

Tech Crystal Ball 2018

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Tech Crystal Ball 2018

  • By: Jessica Melugin, Ryan Radia
  • 12/27/2017

Expert predictions on top tech issues for the new year.

Law and Litigation

Four Reasons So-Called Net Neutrality Regulations Should Be Scrapped

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Four Reasons So-Called Net Neutrality Regulations Should Be Scrapped

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 12/13/2017

The Federal Communications Commission's Internet Freedom Order means a return to the light-touch regulatory regime the Internet thrived under for twenty years.  …

Tech and Telecom

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Beware the Online Sales Tax Grinch

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 12/12/2017

Expanded sales tax authority is a small business killer. …

Law and Litigation

FCC Chairman Pai Correct to Dismiss Net Neutrality Vote Delay

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FCC Chairman Pai Correct to Dismiss Net Neutrality Vote Delay

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 12/05/2017

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has brought significantly more transparency to this process than was present when the Obama-era net neutrality regulations were passed two years…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai joins CEI and other Experts to Discuss the Future of the Internet

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai joins CEI and other Experts to Discuss the Future of the Internet

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 11/29/2017

Yesterday the R Street Institute and the Lincoln Network hosted The Future of Internet Freedom, featuring Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai,…

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

State Governments Want to Tax Your Cyber Monday Deals

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State Governments Want to Tax Your Cyber Monday Deals

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 11/27/2017

Sales tax can only be applied to purchases when the seller has a physical presence in the buyer’s state. …

Law and Litigation

This Thanksgiving, I’m Thankful for Hysterical Net Neutrality Advocates

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This Thanksgiving, I’m Thankful for Hysterical Net Neutrality Advocates

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 11/22/2017

Do you want private entities in a marketplace in charge or do you want government regulators calling the shots?…

Antitrust

Federal Communications Commission Moves Forward with Net Neutrality Reform

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Federal Communications Commission Moves Forward with Net Neutrality Reform

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 11/21/2017

Details of the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to roll back Obama-era net neutrality regulations are circulating this week.

Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Predictable Attempts to Extend Government Control over Internet Content

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Predictable Attempts to Extend Government Control over Internet Content

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 11/13/2017

Technology companies should take this opportunity to fight against harmful government restriction on business practices, innovation, and investment. The future of the Internet depends on it.

Antitrust

Experimental Tech Helps Get Puerto Rico’s Telecom Services Back on Line

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Experimental Tech Helps Get Puerto Rico’s Telecom Services Back on Line

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 11/08/2017

The freedom to try something without getting explicit and advanced permission from regulators is what allows innovations to be tried, tested, and either integrated or…

Regulatory Reform

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