Bloomberg BNA
Posner Leaves ‘Enormous Imprint’ on Class Actions
Bloomberg BNA discusses Judge Richard Posner with Ted Frank. Judge Richard Posner’s many class action rulings over the years have been “enormously influential,”…
Federal Times
Report Calls for Drastic Workforce Cuts at Regulatory Agencies
Federal Times covers CEI’s publication Shrinking Government Bureaucracy. The non-profit Competitive Enterprise Institute is all about shrinking government. In a newly released report…
Newsmax
98.5 Percent of Federal Crimes Never Approved by Congress
Newsmax cites 10,000 Commandments by Wayne Crews. There are congressionally approved laws against approximately 4,450 federal crimes. Overall, bureaucrats have approved regulations…
Washington Examiner
Bill Shuster Pushes Back Against Conservative Group’s Opposition to Air Traffic Control Privatization Bill
The Washington Examiner covers the American Conservative Union Foundation’s claim that the 21st Century AIRR Act would not privatize air traffic control. Read Marc Scribner’s…
Washington Times
DeVos to Overhaul ‘Shameful’ Obama-Era Campus Sexual-Assault Regulations
The Washington Times discusses Betsy Devos’ proposed overhaul of the Obama administration’s Title IX guidelines with Hans Bader. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos…
Politico
Member Up
Politico’s Morning Transportation covers a coalition, including CEI, advocating for legislation relating to self-driving cars. Lyft, Third Way, the American Council of the…
Forbes
Appeals Court Tosses One of the Most Absurd Class Action Cases of All Time
Forbes Online covers the Subway ‘footlong’ settlement. The plaintiffs’ bar has perfected a system for extracting money from firms. It works like this:…
National Review Online
Trial Lawyers Try to Take a Bite Out of Subway; Now Regret It
National Review Online covers the Subway ‘footlong’ case. A law firm thought it had an easy case when a photo showed a Subway…
The Hill
Gaming Group to Supreme Court: End Ban on Sports Betting
The Hill discusses Christie v. NCAA with Michelle Minton. The American Gaming Association on Tuesday filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support…
Greenwire
Harvey Amplifies Partisan Debate Over Flood, Zoning Rules
Greenwire discusses Houston zoning laws with Marc Scribner. Did regulations help Houston weather the impact of Hurricane Harvey, or did they hinder the city’s…
The Guardian
Self-Driving Cars Must Have Technology to Prevent Use in Terror, Lawmakers Say
The Guardian discusses the House’s passage of the SELF DRIVE Act with Marc Scribner. Self-driving vehicles will need to be equipped with cybersecurity…
Ars Technica
House Passes Law to Accelerate Adoption of Self-Driving Technology
Ars Technica discusses the House’s passage of the SELF DRIVE Act with Marc Scribner. The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation…
The New York Times
Self-Driving Cars’ Prospects Rise With Vote by House
The New York Times discusses the House’s passage of the SELF DRIVE Act with Marc Scribner. Lawmakers in the House took a major…
Forbes
IRS Responds To Privacy, Other Challenges In Bitcoin Records Fight
Forbes covers the amicus brief filed in Coinbase v. United States. The federal government fired back last week as answered opposition to its…
Cato
Congress Risks the Constitution in New Jersey Sports Betting Case
Cato covers the amicus brief filed in Christie v. NCAA. The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which Congress passed in 1992,…
Legal Reader
Appeals Court Tosses Out Subway Footlong Sandwich Case
Legal Reader covers the Subway ‘footlong’ settlement. It’s happened to many people across the country. After a trip to subway and ordering a…
MSN Money
10 Ridiculous Lawsuits and the Insane Payouts They Sought
MSN Money covers the Subway ‘footlong’ settlement. In 2013, a group of Subway customers filed a class action lawsuit against the chain, claiming…
The Daily Caller
There’s A ‘Strong Moral Case For Energy Abundance.’ Here’s Why [VIDEO]
The Daily Caller interviews Myron Ebell on the future of energy policy and the moral case for energy abundance. Energy…
Fox News
Subway’s $5 ‘Footlong’ Lawsuit Gets Nixed by Judge
Fox News covers the Subway ‘footlong’ settlement. A $520,000 class action lawsuit over Subway’s “$5 footlong” is not measuring up, according to a…
Reason
Report: Florida Unions Milk Taxpayers for Millions Through ‘Release Time’
Reason covers a new report co-authored by Trey Kovacs on public uninon release time in Florida. Taxpayers in Miami have spent more than…
Washington Examiner
Blame Harvey’s Torrential Rain, Not Development, for Massive Flooding, Planning Experts Say
Washington Examiner discusses development in Houston in regards to Hurrican Harvey with Marc Scribner. Houston’s relaxed approach to development should not be blamed for…
JD Supra
Subway Settlement Giving Attorneys a Lot of Dough Doesn’t Measure Up
JD Supra covers the Subway ‘footlong’ settlement. A settlement giving the class attorneys $525,000 without giving customers any meaningful benefits was thrown out…
Washington Times
Real Progress in Regulatory Reform
Washington Times cites 10,000 Commandments. It’s true. A full seven months after President Trump’s inauguration and the convening of a new Congress, there…
Las Vegas Review-Journal
EDITORIAL: Judges Toss Out Settlement in Subway Foot-long Shakedown
Las Vegas Review-Journal covers the Subway ‘footlong’ settlement. Judges are the key to combating lawsuit abuse. Too often, however, they indulge the worst…
Washington Post
A Class Action That Is ‘No Better Than a Racket’
Washington Post covers the Subway ‘footlong’ settlement. Friday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reversed a district court’s approval of…
Nation's Restaurant News
Appeals Court Rejects Subway Foot-Long Settlement
Nation’s Restaurant News discusses the Subway ‘footlong’ settlement with Ted Frank. A U.S. appeals court threw out a settlement between Subway and its…
C-SPAN
VIDEO: Iain Murray Discusses “Shrinking Government Bureaucracy” on Washington Journal
Iain Murray, Vice President for Strategy of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discusses CEI’s “Shrinking Government Bureaucracy: Reorganizing the Executive Branch to Boost Economic Growth and…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Wagner, McCaskill Efforts to Go After Backpage Site Attracting Powerful Foes
St. Louis Post-Dispatch covers CEI’s statements in a letter to Congress regarding an internet freedom bill. Efforts by several members of the Missouri…
VapingPost
New FDA Anti-Vaping Campaign Plans To Target Teens
VapingPost covers CEI’s joint objection with CASAA to the Obama administration’s ban on vaping on aircrafts. Hopes that the new FDA tobacco control…
RedState
They’re Still Going After Federalism and Online Gaming
RedState covers a coalition letter/amendment in regards to an amendment by Charles Dent that would harm online gambling. I’ve posted number of articles…
Investor's Business Daily
With Angry Politics Dominating, Trump’s Smart Infrastructure Reforms Go Almost Unnoticed
Investor’s Business Daily cites 10,000 Commandments while Talking about President Trump’s infrastructure plan. Reform: Lost amid all the political name-calling last week, President…
USA Today
Court’s New Math in Subway Foot-Long Sub Lawsuit: Zero + Zero = Zero
USA Today discusses the Subway ‘footlong’ settlement with Adam Schulman. A class-action lawsuit that almost extracted $520,000 out of Subway over the length…
The Guardian
Conservative Groups Shrug Off Link Between Tropical Storm Harvey and Climate Change
The Guardian discusses Hurricane Harvey with Myron Ebell. Conservative groups with close links to the Trump administration have sought to ridicule the link…
Reason
Instead of Filling Vacancies, Congress Should Abolish the NLRB
Reason discusses the National Labor Relations Board vacancies with Trey Kovacs. The U.S. Senate voted earlier this month to confirm Marvin Kaplan’s appointment…
Wall Street Journal
Nixing the $520,000 ‘Footlong’
The Wall Street Journal discusses the Subway ‘footlong’ settlement with Ted Frank. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has given the plaintiffs bar…
Wall Street Journal
VIDEO: Opinion Journal: Subway’s Sandwich Settlement
Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Journal covers Ted Frank and CEI’s win in the Subway settlement.
Bloomberg BNA
Corporate America May Be Best Hope to Re-Engage Trump on Climate
Bloomberg BNA discusses the possibility of a renegotiation of the Paris Climate Agreement with Myron Ebell. You’d think U.S. companies would be ready to…
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Subway Sub-Length Litigation Slammed
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin discusses the Subway ‘footlong’ settlement with Ted Frank. It’s not only some Subway sandwiches that don’t measure up, according…
MediaPost
Appeals Court Approves Google’s $8.5 Million Data Leak Settlement
MediaPost discusses In re Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation with Ted Frank. A federal appellate panel has upheld Google’s $8.5 million…
The Washington Times
Appeals Court Rejects ‘Worthless’ Subway Foot-long Settlement Between Sandwich Chain and Customers
The Washington Times covers the Subway footlong settlement. A federal appeals court has rejected a class-action settlement between the Subway sandwich chain and…
Wall Street Journal
Appeals Court Throws Out Settlement in Subway ‘Footlong’ Case
Wall Street Journal discusses the Subway ‘footlong’ settlement with Ted Frank. In a case alleging Subway restaurant consumers got too little dough, judges…
The Daily Report
7th Circuit Says ‘Utterly Worthless’ Subway Footlong Settlement Has No Meat
The Daily Report discusses the Subway class-action settlement with Ted Frank. The litigation saga over Subway’s sometimes-undersized sandwiches neared its end Friday…
Reuters
‘Worthless’ Subway ‘Footlong’ Sandwich Settlement is Thrown Out: U.S. Court
Reuters discusses the Subway class-action settlement with Ted Frank. A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday threw out a class-action settlement intended to…
The Register
Google’s $8.5m Class-Action Privacy Payout Goes to: Lawyers’ Alma Maters, Web Giant’s Pals
The Register covers Ted Frank’s arguments in a Google consumer privacy case. The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has narrowly approved an…
Compliance Week
Killing the SEC and Other Plans to Redraft Regulatory Agencies
Compliance Week covers CEI’s reccomendations for reorganization to the SEC and other agencies from Shrinking Government Bureaucracy. Occasionally daydream about razing Washington’s regulatory agencies…
CoinDesk
The IRS Has Been Using Bitcoin Tracking Software Since 2015
CoinDesk covers CEI’s amicus brief filing in United States v. Coinbase. The Internal Revenue Service is using bitcoin transaction tracing tools developed by…
Deseret News
Task Force Considering New Revenue Models for Transportation Infrastructure
Deseret News covers Marc Scribner’s testimony before the Utah Transportation Governance and Funding Task Force. Utah lawmakers are trying to account for potential…
The Daily Sentinel
Returning Science to the EPA
The Daily Sentinel covers Angela Logomasini’s recent study on chlorpyrifos. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt recently delivered a strong message that EPA’s regulation…
Reason
Goodbye and Good Riddance to Operation Choke Point
Reason covers Iain Murray’s work on Operation Choke Point. A financial dragnet that ensnared porn stars, gun dealers, payday lenders, and other politically…
The Hill
How Trump is Doing at Cutting Regs
The Hill discusses President Trump’s progress on cutting regulations with Wayne Crews. President Trump is making headway on at least one campaign promise:…
The Hill
How Jeff Sessions is Stopping the EPA’s Slush Fund
The Hill discusses ending the EPA’s slush fund with William Yeatman. Principles are to be found in many places, a blessing in the…
Bloomberg BNA
Charity Loses $700K Award After Complaining About Gift Cards
Bloomberg BNA discusses Hochstetler v. Pacific Gateway Consession, LLC with Ted Frank. Pacific Gateway Concessions and a consumer class found a new recipient…
Law360
Consumer Advocates Say Target Deal Excludes Millions
Law360 discusses the Target Corporation Customer Data Security Breach Litigation with Melissa Holyoak. Consumer advocates on Tuesday urged the Eighth Circuit to reverse a…
Washington Times
Federal Government Needs Major Overhaul to Cut Red Tape, Reduce Costs: Report
The Washington Times covers CEI’s latest publication Shrinking Government Bureaucracy. Shrinking the federal bureaucracy would spur economic growth and reduce costs to taxpayers,…
Washington Free Beacon
Report: Reducing Regulatory Agencies’ Authority Could Boost Economy, Increase Job Creation
The Washington Free Beacon covers CEI’s latest publication Shrinking Government Bureaucracy. Reducing some of government’s regulatory agencies’ authority could boost economic growth and…
Salt Lake Tribune
Will Self-Driving Cars, Taxis Make Mass Transit Obsolete?
The Salt Lake Tribune covers Marc Scribner’s testimony before the Transportation Governance and Funding Task Force in Utah. Utah officials have long planned…
Politico
How to Shrink the Government
Politico’s Morning Money covers CEI’s latest publication Shrinking Government Bureaucracy. The Competitive Enterprise Institute is out with a series of proposals today on…
InsideSources
REPORT: Why the Federal Labor Board Should Be Dismantled
InsideSources covers Trey Kovacs’ suggested reforms for the National Labor Relations Board as part of CEI’s most recent publication Shrinking Governmnet Bureaucracy. The…
The Daily Caller
REPORT: ‘Many Of The EPA’s Functions Could Be Abolished’
The Daily Caller covers Myron Ebell’s suggested reforms for the EPA as part of CEI’s newest publication Shrinking Government Bureaucracy. Many Environmental Protection Agency…
OneNewsNow
Min. Wage Study Suggests a Robot Works for Free
OneNewsNow discusses a new report by the National Labor Relations Board with Trey Kovacs. A new study has concluded what many people have…
Washington Examiner
Shock: Bill for Regulations Higher than Taxes to Uncle Sam, $3.7T Total
The Washington Examiner discusses the Treasury’s record-breaking tax revenue with Wayne Crews. American taxpayers and corporations not only paid a combined record $1.85…
TechCrunch
Privacy Advocates Advise Supreme Court to Protect Phone Location Data under the 4th Amendment
TechCrunch covers CEI’s amicus brief in Carpenter v. United States. Among the Supreme Court’s many upcoming cases is Carpenter v. United States,…
Legal Newsline
DOL Looks to Delay Fiduciary Rule until 2019
Legal Newsline discusses the delayed implementation of the fiduciary rule with John Berlau. The U.S. Department of Labor is looking to push back…
The New York Times
Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report
The New York Times discusses the National Climate Assessment with Myron Ebell. The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and…
Cato
To Apply the Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age, Go Back to Its Text
Cato covers CEI’s amicus brief in Carpenter v. United States. Timothy Carpenter and Timothy Sanders were convicted in federal court on charges stemming…
VapingPost
In-Flight Vaping Ban Upheld
VapingPost covers CEI’s objection to a DOT vaping ban on airplanes. In another blow to American vapers, the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free…
CNBC
Investor-Protection Rule is Here to Stay … For Now
CNBC quotes CEI’s John Berlau on the announcement of a delay in implementing the disasterous Fiduciary Rule: While opponents are cheering the delay,…
The Daily Caller
Push To Ban Popular Pesticide Is Based On ‘Junk Science’
The Daily Caller cites Angela Logomasini’s report on the “junk science” behind the proposed Chlorpyrifos ban. A group of Democratic senators are…
Financial Times
US to Delay Rule Requiring Retirement Advisers to Put Client Interests First
The Financial Times cites John Berlau’s take on the announcement of a delay in implementing the harmful Fiduciary Rule: The delay is “a…
Inside Sources
CEI’s Kent Lassman: Meeting Policy With People
The Recorder
Despite Objections, Facebook Message-Scanning Settlement Approved
The Recorder discusses our objection in Campbell v. Facebook, a case in which the plaintiffs’ attorneys recover $3.9 million while the class gets only injunctive relief. …
Bloomberg BNA
Nonprofits Side With Coinbase in Fight Against IRS Summons
Bloomberg BNA discusses our amicus brief defending privacy in Coinbase v. U.S.. The IRS is under fire from several nonprofit groups for its…
National Review
Need a $500 Loan to Buy a Fridge? Obama’s New Rules Would Require More Paperwork than a Mortgage
The National Review discusses our court case in State National Bank of Big Spring v. Lew: Keep in mind that the same agency…
CoinDesk
Think Tank Attacks IRS Subpoena in Coinbase Tax Dispute
CoinDesk covers CEI’s amicus brief filing in United States v. Coinbase. Opposition to the IRS effort to obtain user information from cryptocurrency exchange…
FindLaw
Lawyers Avoid Federal Sanctions in Forum Shopping Case
FindLaw covers CEI’s amicus brief in Adams v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company. Usually, judges like to see cases settled. But Judge…
Morning Consult
Trump Administration Hits Snags in Effort to Halt Environmental Rules
Morning Consult discusses deregulatory happenings at the EPA with Myron Ebell. While the Trump administration has been aiming to make good on promises…
Legal Newsline
Senate Obamacare Repeal Failures Warning Sign for Business and Banking Communities on Rescinding Anti-Arbitration Rule
Legal Newsline discusses CEI’s case against the CFPB with Sam Kazman. Business and banking interests are working to ensure that an upcoming Senate…
Fox Business Network
VIDEO: Jim Harper Discusses NSA Spying on Kennedy
Jim Harper, Vice President of CEI, discusses NSA spying on Fox Business Network’s Kennedy.
The Hill
Senators Eye Ticket Fee to Overhaul Airports
The Hill covers the Senate’s attempt to raise the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) cap for airports and CEI’s endorsement of the measure. President…
E&E News
Industry to EPA: We Want Rule ‘Fixed, Not Just Gone’
E&E News discusses industry recommendations for the Trump administration on the Clean Power Plan with Myron Ebell. Industry has delivered a clear message…
Washington Examiner
Senate Confirms Marvin Kaplan for NLRB
Washington Examiner covers Marvin Kaplan’s confirmation to the National Labor Relations Board. The Senate on Wednesday approved President Trump’s pick of Marvin Kaplan…
The Washington Free Beacon
Senate Confirms Second GOP Board Member to NLRB
The Washington Free Beacon covers Marvin Kaplan’s confirmation to the National Labor Relations Board. Republicans are no longer the minority at the National…
Politico
New Glass-Steagall Report
Politico’s Morning Money covers John Berlau’s report, Why Wall Street Loves Glass-Steagall. Via CEI: “CEI has a new Glass-Steagall report on why policymakers…
Bloomberg Businessweek
This Lawyer Is Making It Less Profitable to Sue When Companies Merge
Bloomberg Businessweek profiles Ted Frank and his incredible work protecting consumers, shareholders, and the rule of law at CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness.
Ars Technica
You Still Cannot Vape on US Inbound, Outbound Flights
True Viral News covers CEI’s objection to a DOT ban on electronic cigarettes on flights. A divided federal appeals court is upholding a…
Reuters
8th Circuit Says Forum Shopping Is Fine, As Long As It’s Bilateral
Reuters covers CEI’s argument in Adams v. USAA Casualty. Yes, you read the headline right. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Airport Ticket Fee Boost Gets Lift in Congress
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution covers CEI’s support of increasing the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) cap. Airports including Atlanta’s are pushing for an increase in…
Politico
Conservatives Back Anti-SCC Bill
Politico’s Morning Energy covers a coalition letter, signed by CEI, supporting the Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act. A group of 20…
The Washington Post
The Energy 202: Democrats Enter the Lion’s Den to Talk About Climate Change
The Washington Post covers an event surrounding carbon tax with Myron Ebell at the American Enterprise Institute. President Trump’s ascent to the Oval…
Politico
Pruitt’s Next Step on Power Plants
Politico’s Morning Energy discusses the EPA’s carbon dioxide policy with Myron Ebell. Pruitt’s approach won’t be enough for some: Conservatives want Pruitt’s EPA…
InsideSources
House Introduces Bill to End Joint-Employment Uncertainty
InsideSources discusses joint employer with Trey Kovacs. House lawmakers are looking to add clarity to a patchwork of legal interpretations Thursday by introducing…
Bloomberg BNA
EPA Water Rule Repeal Based on Sloppy Cost Analysis: Economists
Bloomberg BNA discusses claims that repealing Waters of the United States had underestimated economic impacts with William Yeatman. The Trump administration was sloppy…
Bloomberg BNA
Cybersecurity Questions Swirl Around Autonomous Vehicle Bills
Bloomberg BNA discusses autonomous vehicle regulations with Marc Scribner. The House Energy and Commerce Committee plans to mark up a bill July 27…
The Daily Caller
Dems Push For $15 Minimum Wage While Paying Their Own Staff WAY Less
The Daily Caller discusses the Democrats’ proposed $15 minimum wage hike with Hans Bader. The Democratic Party is pushing for a federal $15…
Las Vegas Review-Journal
EDITORIAL: Donald Trump Makes a Bit of Headway on Regulatory Relief
Las Vegas Review-Journal cites 10,000 Commandments by Wayne Crews. It would take years to significantly erode a federal regulatory state that has…
Politico
First Step Toward Climate ‘Red Team’?
Politico’s Morning Energy discussed the EPA’s “red team” review of climate science with Myron Ebell. The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Myron Ebell says EPA…
Crowdfund Insider
“Sarbanes-Oxley Is Shutting Out Average Investors from the Early Growth Stages of the Next Cisco & Starbucks”
Crowdfund Insider covers John Berlau’s testimony on Sarbanes-Oxley before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment (Financial Services). … In…
The Fix
Vaping Ban Upheld By Federal Court
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…
Washington Examiner
Trump Administration Lining Up Climate Change ‘Red Team’
Washington Examiner discusses the “red team-blue team” environmental policy commission with Myron Ebell. The Trump administration is in the beginning stages of forming…
Bloomberg
‘No Smoking’ Also Applies to E-Cigarettes on Flights, Court Says
Bloomberg covers a lawsuit CEI filed against the Department of Transportation airplane e-cigarette ban. Vaping is smoking, a federal appeals court ruled, upholding…