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Breitbart

Federal Court Smacks Down ‘Arbitrary’ Biden Rule Regulating Dishwashers, Laundry Machines

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 01/09/2024

CEI’s work from 2018 was cited in Breitbart on energy regulations: In 2018, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) asked the DOE to consider energy regulations…

Energy

Reason

Environmentalists Are Destroying My Kitchen

  • By: Devin Watkins, Sam Kazman
  • 09/18/2023

Reason Magazine cites CEI’s Devin Watkins and Sam Kazman on environmentalist agendas: “When a new energy standard is adopted by the DOE, the result is…

Consumer Choice

The Center Square

9th Circuit ruling against Washington state couple could mean more federal wealth taxes

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 06/13/2022

The Center Square cites CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman on tax legislation: “They’ve never gotten a payment from that,” explained Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Sam Kazman, co-counsel for…

Deregulation

The Washington Post

Trump’s Push for Faster, but Wasteful Dishwashers Appears Headed for Rinse Cycle

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/04/2021

The Washington Post cites general counsel Sam Kazman on the Energy Department’s plan to reverse Trump-Era changes to appliances: It was mourned…

Energy

The Washington Times

Biden Climate Task Force Ignored Open-Records Request, Think Tank Claims In Lawsuit

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 05/06/2021

The Washington Times cites CEI’s recent lawsuit: The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to force President Biden’s newly…

Legal Studies

The Washington Times

Biden Figures Wage War On Trump’s High-Performance Dishwasher Rule

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 12/31/2020

The Washington Times cites CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman on the Energy Department’s new high-performance dishwasher rule. Pushing back against the legal…

Deregulation

EnergyWire

5 energy issues to watch if Trump wins

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 11/03/2020

EnergyWire cites CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman on U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) dishwasher policy. “We’re hopeful that some of the progress we’ve seen in…

Energy

Wall Street Journal

A Rule for Cleaner Dishes

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 10/27/2020

Wall Street Journal cites CEI’s General Counsel Sam Kazman on U.S. Department of Energy final rule on dishwashers. If a camel is a horse designed by…

Consumer Choice

MarketWatch

Trump’s Mileage-Standard Rollback Will Cost Consumers and the Climate, Say Analysts

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 04/02/2020

MarketWatch cites Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on CAFE standards: Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Marlo Lewis has commented that when Congress created the CAFE program…

Energy and Environment

The Washington Times

Trump Administration Officially Rolls Back Obama’s Fuel Efficiency Rules

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 04/02/2020

The Washington Times cites General Counsel Sam Kazman on CAFE standards:  The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free-market think tank that has pushed for…

Energy and Environment

The Heartland Institute

Court Orders U.S. Energy Department to Set Efficiency Standards

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 03/13/2020

The Heartland Institute cites General Counsel Sam Kazman on appliance efficieny standards: The government should stop dictating appliance standards and instead allow consumers…

Energy and Environment

The Heartland Institute

Climate Crackpots Lose in Court Again

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 01/27/2020

The Heartland Institute cites General Counsel Sam Kazman on Kelsey Cascadia Rose Juliana et al. v. The United States of America et al: In Juliana, the court…

CEI Litigation

Newsweek

Trump Says Water Efficiency Standards Mean Showers, Toilets and Dishwashers Don’t Work Properly

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 01/23/2020

Newsweek cites General Counsel Sam Kazman on CEI’s dishwasher petition: The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a free market group which lobbies for consumer…

Consumer Freedom

The Hill

Trump Admin Moves Ahead with Plans to Weaken Efficiency Standards for Quick Dishwashers

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 01/03/2020

The Hill cites General Counsel Sam Kazman on CEI’s dishwasher petition. “The current dishwasher rules are a royal pain for huge numbers of…

Consumer Product Safety

The Washington Times

Trump Administration Seeks to Juice Dishwashers by Scrubbing Energy Regulations

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/08/2019

The Washington Times cites General Counsel Sam Kazman on dishwasher efficiency.  Sam Kazman, general counsel of the free-market Competitive Enterprise Institute, which…

CEI Litigation

The Daily Caller

Supreme Court Asked To Hear Case Involving Leaked ‘Climategate’ Emails

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 06/05/2019

The Daily Caller cites General Counsel Sam Kazman on an ongoing defamation case. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) wants to overturn a lower court…

CEI Litigation

The Washington Times

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Challenging CFPB

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 01/15/2019

The Washington Times cited General Counsel Sam Kazman on the Supreme Court’s decision to decline State National Bank of Big Spring v. Mnuchin hearing:…

CEI Litigation

McClatchy DC

Kavanaugh in Line to Decide ‘Sleeper Case’ that Could Rein in EPA, Other Agencies

  • By: Devin Watkins, Sam Kazman
  • 07/31/2018

McClatchy DC cited CEI on the Supreme Court case Gundy v. United States.  Numerous business-backed groups — including the Cato Institute, Competitive Enterprise…

Energy and Environment

Townhall

Reduce, Freeze or Eliminate CAFE Fuel Standards

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 06/13/2018

Townhall cited Sam Kazman on the contribution to casualty rates stemming from automobile related accidents that CAFÉ rules propagate. Even with side air…

Business and Government

The Washington Examiner

Trump Keeps His Promise, Dying Patients Get a Second Chance At Life

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 06/06/2018

The Washington Examiner cited the Competitive Enterprise Institute on the direct toll to human life that regulations impose as a result of ever-increasing FDA clinical…

Consumer Freedom

KPIX

VIDEO: Sam Kazman Discusses the EPA’s Plan To Roll Back California Auto Clean Air Standards

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 04/02/2018

CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman joined San Francisco CBS affiliate KPIX to discuss the EPA’s plan to roll back California’s auto clean…

Energy and Environment

Fox News

VIDEO: Sam Kazman Discusses EPA Fuel Standards on Fox News Special Report

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 04/02/2018

CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman joined Special Report on Fox News to discuss the EPA’s plans to rollback Obama-era fuel economy standards.

Energy and Environment

Washington Examiner

Dishwasher too slow? Rick Perry’s being pressed to fix it

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 03/22/2018

The Washington Examiner features our petition on dishwasher efficiency standards that make wash cycles eggregiously long: A free-market group is calling on…

Energy and Environment

The Washington Times

Judge Rules in Favor of Trump in Battle Over CFPB Leadership

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 02/23/2018

The Washington Times quoted Sam Kazman on the blocking of Leandra English in taking control of the CFPB as acting director. A federal…

Regulatory Reform

The Daily Caller

State Dept Sued for Not Handing Over Paris Accord Docs

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 02/08/2018

The Daily Caller covers CEI’s lawsuit against the U.S. State Department regarding Paris Climate Agreement documents. The State Department is being sued for concealing…

CEI Litigation

The Daily Caller

Cities’ Global Warming Lawsuits Raise ‘Serious Questions of Bond Fraud,’ Attorneys Say

  • By: Devin Watkins, Sam Kazman
  • 02/02/2018

The Daily Caller covers CEI’s letter to the Securities Exchange Commision (SEC) notifying them of potential municipal bond fraud. A libertarian think tank has…

Business and Government

The Daily Caller

Conservatives Renew Campaign To Invalidate A Key Pillar Of Obama’s Global Warming Legacy

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 01/26/2018

The Daily Caller quotes Scott Pruitt on the large discrepency present within computer models used to justify the so-called “endangerment finding” for greenhouse gases. Conservative scientists…

Climate

The Washington Times

White House Urged to Kill Obama-era Payday Lending Rule

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 01/19/2018

The Washington Times covers CEI’s letter sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) regarding the payday-lending rule. A free-market group is urging…

Banking and Finance

American Banker

Not So Fast: CFPB Effort to Reopen Payday Rule Faces Hurdles

  • By: Daniel Press, Sam Kazman
  • 01/18/2018

American Banker covers the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s decision to delay the small-dollar loan rule. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces significant obstacles in…

Banking and Finance

The Daily Caller

Trump’s EPA Chief Says Obama ‘Short-Shrifted’ the Proper Process to Regulate CO2

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 12/08/2017

The Daily Caller covers statements made by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and a petition CEI filed with the EPA to reconsider the endangerment finding.

Climate

The Washington Times

Judge Rules in Favor of Trump in Battle over CFPB Leadership

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 11/30/2017

The Washington Times covers the ruling in the fued over leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. A federal court rejected efforts by anti-…

Banking and Finance

Breitbart

CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney Orders 30-Day Hiring, Regulatory Freeze

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 11/29/2017

Breitbart covers Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Mick Mulvaney’s hiring and regulatory freeze. Mulvaney declared that President Trump “wants me…

Banking and Finance

The Daily Caller

Conservatives Renew Campaign to Invalidate a Key Pillar of Obama’s Global Warming Legacy

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 10/18/2017

The Daily Caller covers our joint letter with the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) with 60 climate and health experts urging the EPA to reconsider…

Climate

VapingPost

In-Flight Vaping Ban Upheld

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/14/2017

VapingPost covers CEI’s objection to a DOT vaping ban on airplanes. In another blow to American vapers, the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free…

Consumer Freedom

Legal Newsline

Senate Obamacare Repeal Failures Warning Sign for Business and Banking Communities on Rescinding Anti-Arbitration Rule

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/03/2017

Legal Newsline discusses CEI’s case against the CFPB with Sam Kazman. Business and banking interests are working to ensure that an upcoming Senate…

CEI Litigation

Ars Technica

You Still Cannot Vape on US Inbound, Outbound Flights

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 07/31/2017

True Viral News covers CEI’s objection to a DOT ban on electronic cigarettes on flights. A divided federal appeals court is upholding a…

Aviation

The Fix

Vaping Ban Upheld By Federal Court

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 07/25/2017

The Fix discusses the Department of Transportation e-cigarette ban with Sam Kazman. A federal court has stamped out a challenge to the Department of…

Aviation

Bloomberg

‘No Smoking’ Also Applies to E-Cigarettes on Flights, Court Says

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 07/24/2017

Bloomberg covers a lawsuit CEI filed against the Department of Transportation airplane e-cigarette ban. Vaping is smoking, a federal appeals court ruled, upholding…

Aviation

The Hill

Court Upholds Obama Rule Banning Vaping on Airplanes

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 07/24/2017

The Hill covers a lawsuit filed by CEI against the Department of Transportation’s airplane vaping ban. A federal appeals court Friday upheld an…

Aviation

The Daily Caller

EXCLUSIVE: Study Finds Temperature Adjustments Account For ‘Nearly All Of The Warming’ In Climate Data

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 07/06/2017

The Daily Caller discusses a new study on climate change with Sam Kazman. A new study found adjustments made to global surface temperature…

Climate

Washington Times

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson snared in growing pursuit of personal Email

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 05/02/2017

The Washington Times reports on CEI’s FOIA case against White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren.  In that case,…

CEI Litigation

The Washington Times

Spectacle with agenda: March for Science advises demonstrators to ‘dress as your favorite scientist’

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 04/21/2017

The Washington Times highlights Sam Kazman’s comments and jokes on the Science March in Washington, D.C.  Meanwhile, Sam Kazman, general counsel for the…

Breitbart

Environmental Groups Ask EPA to Rescind Obama’s ‘Endangerment Finding’

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 04/11/2017

Breitbart speaks with Sam Kazman on CEI’s petition to the EPA to review the agency’s “endangerment finding.”  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received…

Energy and Environment

Daily Signal

First Amendment Rights Still in Peril Following Climate Change Probes

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 03/30/2017

The Daily Signal discusses with Sam Kazman what has happened in one year since a coalition of Attorneys General tried to silence those who disagreed…

Energy and Environment

Watchdog.org

First Amendment rights still in peril following climate-change probes

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 03/30/2017

Watchdog.org speaks with Sam Kazman on what has happened in one year since a coalition of Attornerys General attacked the free speech of groups that…

Energy and Environment

Politico

Judge shuts down FOIA suit that set precedent on private emails

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 03/13/2017

Politico speaks with Sam Kazman on a judges decision in CEI’s case against the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s director. …

CEI Litigation

Housingwire

Bank fights for stake in PHH case to battle CFPB authority

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 02/27/2017

Housingwire discusses the PHH Corporation v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau case with Sam Kazman.  Despite motions from other parties being denied, Competitive Enterprise Institute…

Banking and Finance

Politico

Judge issues rare order to preserve White House official’s private email

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 12/12/2016

Politico reports on a federal judge's ruling in CEI's lawsuit against the director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy.  …

CEI Litigation

Investor's Business Daily

How Can You Tell A Good Trump Pick? By The Establishment Freakout

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 12/08/2016

Investor's Business Daily discusses regulatory delays in the FDA drug approval process with Sam Kazman.  It is true that few drugs are "safe,"…

Consumer Freedom

Watchdog.org

Desperate Democrats turn to states to salvage climate agenda, but will it work?

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 12/05/2016

Watchdog.org discusses with Sam Kazman CEI's victory in their case against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.  Late last month the Supreme Court…

CEI Litigation

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