Daily Caller
Court Deals Blow To New York AG’s Anti-Free Speech Campaign
The Daily Caller discusses with Sam Kazman CEI's victory in their lawsuit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. New York’s highest court…
Washington Examiner
Race to finish: 1 new Obama reg every 147 minutes
Washington Examiner highlights CEI's work to track the federal goverment's current regulatory pace. According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Obama's regulatory machine is on…
The Hill
Industry weighs in on driverless car guidelines
The Hill reports on a letter CEI joined which flagged problems with regulators' guidance for automated vehicles. Meanwhile, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI),…
The Washington Free Beacon
Another Obama Admin Labor Rule in Jeopardy
The Washington Free Beacon speaks with Trey Kovacs on a judge's injunction of the overtime rule. Labor watchdogs and attorneys say the injunction…
The Washington Times
Republicans prepare to repeal regulations as Obama racks up record
The Washington Times discusses a regulatory record set by the Obama administration with Wayne Crews. The president is piling up the red tape…
Daily Signal
How Trump Can Reverse Obama Climate Change Regulations
The Daily Signal discusses potential climate change policies from the next administration with Myron Ebell. Trump has named Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise…
Inman
What does Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan mean for real estate?
Inman cites Marc Scribner on the latest call for more infrastructure investment. Not everyone agrees, however. “Instead of promoting expensive infrastructure…
Investor's Business Daily
What’s Really Doable In Trump’s First 100 Days?
Investor's Business Daily discusses rolling back regulation of the Obama administration with Wayne Crews. In the past eight years, Obama has imposed a…
Washington Examiner
Obama sets new record for regulations, 527 pages in just one day
Washington Examiner discusses the Obama administration's record breaking regulation year with Wayne Crews. President Obama has just set a new record for rules…
Breitbart
Obama Sets Record, Slams Washington with 527 Pages of Regulations
Breitbart discusses the Obama administration's record breaking regulatory year with Wayne Crews. Obama shattered his old record with the November 17 release, according…
The Washington Free Beacon
Obama Breaks Record for Most Pages of Regulations in Single Year
The Washington Free Beacon discusses Obama's regulatory record breaking year with Wayne Crews. Obama broke his previous 2010 record of 81,405 pages worth…
WND
Obama sets new record for regulations: 527 pages in 1 day
WND speaks with Wayne Crews on President Obama's record-breaking regulatory year. President Obama on Thursday set a record for the most pages of…
Wall Street Journal
Reversing Rule by Regulation
President Obama spent his final six years in office—and especially the last two—governing largely by executive fiat. He issued executive orders, and his administrative…
The Wall Street Journal
Reversing Rule by Regulation
President Obama spent his final six years in office—and especially the last two—governing largely by executive fiat. He issued executive orders, and his administrative state…
Bloomberg BNA
Will Trump Stand in Way of Regulatory Reform?
Bloomberg BNA speaks with Ryan Young on how the Trump administration and Congress can bring regulatory reform. Trump himself has repeatedly promised to…
Bloomberg BNA
Costco, Others Disputing ‘Hot Gas’ Deals at 10th Cir.
Bloomnberg BNA discusses CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s objection to a settlement over the temperature of gasoline. The U.S. District Court for…
The Heartland Institute
Federal Judges Demand CFPB Structure Shake-Up
The Heartland Institute discusses the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with Iain Murray. Iain Murray, vice president of strategy for the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Science Magazine
Trump and next Congress could quickly erase scores of major regulations
Science Magazine speaks with Clyde Wayne Crews on recent significant rules that Congress should consider repealing. One conservative analyst, Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.
InsideSources
The Obama Workplace Policies Likely on the Trump Chopping Block
InsideSources discusses harmful labor regulations that the Trump administration can get rid of with Trey Kovacs. “Executive orders and guidance can be…
Washington Examiner
New push to vet regulations, cut $15,000 ‘hidden tax’ on all households
Washington Examiner highlights Ryan Young's report on the Regulations from Executive Need of Scrutiny Act. The newly influential Competitive Enterprise Institute Tuesday launched…
The Washington Times
Senate moves to rein in regulations, looks to give Congress vote
The Washington Times highlights Ryan Young's report on the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act. Congress and the president enacted…
One News Now
Is a clean slate ahead?
One News Now speaks with Ryan Young on how the Trump administration can lead regulatory reform. With the incoming Trump administration, many people…
Politico
Conservatives vs. Trump’s infrastructure plan
Politico quotes Marc Scribner on growing skepticism of new infrastructure spending. Trump’s proposal even drew flak from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a conservative…
The Hill
Conservative groups pressure Trump on infrastructure plan
The Hill cites Marc Scribner on potential federal infrastructure legislation. Other groups flatly reject the notion of using infrastructure to stimulate economic growth,…
Washington Times
Executive orders, pardons, ‘midnight’ regulations expected as Obama presidency draws to close
The Washington Times discusses the number for federal regulations passed during the Obama administration with Wayne Crews. In 2015, after Republicans won control…
Breitbart
Transportation Regulators Are off the Rails, Again
Breitbard discusses railroad deregulation under the Staggers Act with Marc Scribner. Moreover, as Marc Scribner, transportation analyst at the free market Competitive Enterprise…
Wall Street Journal
Another Last-Minute Regulation
The Wall Street Journal discusses federal regulations passed during President Obama's final days in office with Wayne Crews. This financial power grab is…
Investor's Business Daily
Memo To The Next President: We Can Grow A Lot Faster
Investor's Business Daily highlights Wayne Crews's annual report on the cost of federal regulations. Dodd-Frank bank reform, the EPA's excessively stringent "Clean Power…
Watchdog.org
Flint water case offers new spin on state use of outside counsel
Watchdog.org discusses CEI's 2015 list of the worst state attorneys general in the United States. And in the 2015 edition of “The Nation’s…
Washington Post
Was 2016 a missed opportunity for Libertarians?
The Washington Post discusses why the Liberterian Party struggled to reach people with Fred Smith. Fred Smith, the founder of the libertarian Competitive…
Townhall
New York’s Schneiderman Will Not Be Outsleazed In His Campaign to Get ExxonMobil
Washington Times
Obama on pace for a legacy of most red tape
The Washington Times reports on Wayne Crews's blog post on the 2010 Federal Register's page count. The Obama administration is on a course…
Washington Examiner
Obama set to break red tape record
Washington Examiner reports on Wayne Crews's report on this year's record breaking Federal Register. President Obama's regulatory freight train is crashing through even…
InsideSources
Industry and Labor Unite Against Major Railway Reg
InsideSources reports on a coalition letter CEI lead to express concerns over a proposed rule by railroad regulators. Industry groups, free-market advocates and…
ESPN
Future of sports betting: the pitfalls
ESPN discusses legalizing sports gambling with Michelle Minton. "The issue of sports integrity is something that always comes up," said Michelle Minton, consumer…
Legal NewsLine
State AGs ask U.S. SC to review lawyer payout in class action settlement
Legal NewsLine reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's challenge to a class action settlement which over a dozen state attorneys general asked the Supreme…
The Sacramento Bee
Criminalizing climate change dissent? A new abuse of power
The Sacremento Bee reports on the subpoena CEI recieved for their climate research, which was an attack on their first amendment rights. After…
Watchdog.org
Candidates’ perennial promises to cut regulations rarely pan out
Watchdog.org discusses ways that the next administration can push for regulatory reform with Wayne Crews. Competitive Enterprise Institute Vice President for Policy Clyde…
Politico
TSA hits the brakes on PreCheck expansion search
Politico's Morning Transportation discusses a CEI led coalition letter asking Congress to look into railroad regulators' proposed price controls. A coalition of free-market…
Legal NewsLine
Federal judge approves $14.7 billion settlement in Volkswagen emissions class actions
Legal Newsline discusses Center for Class Action Fairness's reaction to the Volkswagen class action settlement ruling. The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class…
Reuters
In approving VW deal, Judge Breyer dispatches with fee objections
Reuters reports on CEI's objection to the Volkswagen emissions settlement that was a bad deal for class members. The most provocative objection to…
The Hill
How driverless cars can reduce pollution
The Hill highlights Marc Scribner's report on state laws that would restrict platooning technology for automated vehicles. Autonomous vehicles also have the potential to…
Cato At Liberty
Courts Should Stop Approving Unfair Class Action Settlements
Cato At Liberty discusses the issues in CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s case Blackman v. Gascho. Class actions play a vital role…
The Hill
California weighs self-driving car rules
The Hill discusses California's draft driverless car regulations with Marc Scribner. Marc Scribner, a research fellow for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said the…
The Hill
White House Admits it’s Late Again in Releasing Regulatory Report
The Hill reports on how Wayne Crews called out the White House Office of Management and Budget about it's late report on regulations. …
Politico
Setback for EPA in federal court
Politico's Morning Energy reports on CEI's motion to compel the release of emails that a White House official stored on a private email account. …
Bloomberg
VW Judge Says He ‘Strongly’ Favors $14.7 Billion Settlement
Bloomberg discusses Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the Volkswagen emissions settlement with Anna St. John. Anna St. John, an attorney opposing the…
The Recorder
Final Approval Near in $14.7 Billion VW Emissions Accord, Judge Says
The Recorder reports on Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the Volkswagen emissions settlement. More than a dozen objectors or their lawyers…
Daily Caller
Another Shot At Free Market Advocacy
The Hill
Group claims White House delaying regs report until after election
The Hill reports on Wayne Crews's blog post on the late White House Office of Management and Budget's report on regulations. In a…
Wall Street Journal
The Regulatory State May Have Met Its Match in Idaho
The Wall Street Journal highlights Wayne Crews's annual report on the size and cost of federal regulations. The problem in Washington, D.C., is…
Washington Examiner
Obama’s regs cost you a MacBook Pro every year
Washington Examiner discusses Wayne Crews's anaylsis on the Obama administration's record setting rule-making pace. With less than 100 days left in his presidency, the…
Rare
Barack Obama has imposed more regulations than any other president in history
Rare discusses regulation's record breaking year with Wayne Crews. President Barack Obama is on track to impose more regulations than any other American…
Washington Examiner
Obama legacy: Most red tape, regulations ever
Washington Examiner discusses the Obama administration's published regulations with Wayne Crews. Team Obama crossed the 70,000-page mark this week and is on schedule…
Huffington Post
New short documentary, “I, Whiskey,” is captivating, thirst-provoking
The Hill
One way to reduce regulations? Give states the power to reject them.
The Hill mentions Wayne Crews's annual report calculating the cost of federal regulation on the economy. As the Competitive Enterprise Institute has explained, regulations…
Politico
Sandberg demurs on going to Washington
Politico's Morning Money highlights Sam Kazman's reaction to the federal court's ruling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Competitive Enterprise Institute: “Today’s ruling…
The Hill
Report: Obama could set record for most rules in 2016
The Hill reports on CEI's tracking of the Federal Register this year. The Obama administration is on pace to make 2016 the busiest…
The Fiscal Times
In Win for Conservatives, Court Rules Consumer Bureau Unconstitutional
The Fiscal Times discusses with Sam Kazman, the courts ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional. However, from its founding, the…
Reason
A Limited Victory for Limited Government as CFPB’s Structure Ruled Unconstitutional
Reason discusses the federal court ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is "structurally unconstitutional" with Hans Bader. In a lawsuit challenging the…
Cato At Liberty
You Ought to Have a Look: Big Science, Carbon Taxes, and the Clean Power Plan’s Day in Court
Trib Live
Sunday pops
Trib Live discusses what's missing from President Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio's climate change convorsation with Marlo Lewis. Leonardo DiCaprio joined President Barack Obama…
Los Angeles Times
Why should only solar and wind get the tax credits? This industry wants in
Los Angeles Times discusses subsidies for the energy storage industry with William Yeatman. “We’re getting to a really tenuous connection,” said William Yeatman, senior…
Daily Caller
Killer New Regulations On Loans Hurt Women, Blacks The Most
The Daily Caller reports on CEI's study by Hilary B. Miller on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposed pay day lending rule. A…
Politico
No Wall Street in Veep debate
Daily Caller
Killer New Regulations On Loans Hurt Women, Blacks The Most
The Daily Caller reports on CEI's study of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposed rule on payday lending. A new report Monday shows…
The Hill
UN makes power play against Trump
The Hill discusses the possibility of Donald Trump, if elected, asking the Senate to ratify the Paris climate deal with William Yeatman. William Yeatman,…
Politico
Obama Administration Won’t Fight Court Ruling on Private Email
Politico discusses CEI's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against a White House official with Sam Kazman. Lawyers with the pro-business group who sought…
Law 360
NJ Transit Crash May Spur Regulatory Crackdown
Law360 discusses the train crash at the New Jersey's Hoboken Terminal with Marc Scribner. While the cause of the accident is still unknown, the…
Reuters
Class counsel in VW clean diesel case: Without us, no government deal
Reuters speaks with Ted Frank on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the Volkswagen emissions settlement. The class settlement, which would…
The Daily Signal
Obama, With Co-Star DiCaprio, Says Climate Change Skeptics Should ‘Pay Penalty’
The Daily Signal discusses Leonardo DiCaprio and President Obama's convorsation on climate change at "South by South Lawn" with Marlo Lewis. The problem…
Whistleblower News Daily
100s of deaths linked to TSA ‘virtual strip searches’
Whistleblower News Daily reports on CEI's lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration's body scanner rule. But now there’s a lawsuit raising another claim:…
Reason
Lawsuit Challenges TSA To Prove Body Scanners Aren’t Killing People
Reason reports on CEI's lawsuit against the Transportation Secuirty Administration's body scanner rule, and discusses the case with Marc Scribner and Iain Murray. …
Morning Consult
Do Noble Political Ends Justify Abusive Means?
The Morning Consult reports on the subpoena that CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. Starting in 2014, approximately 20 Democrat attorneys general,…
USA Today
Short-term government built short-term capitalism: John Allison
USA Today highlights Wayne Crews's calculated costs of federal regulations from his annual report. Not to be outdone, President Obama has overseen the…
The Hill
The poor suffer most from runaway regulation
The Hill cites Wayne Crews's calculated cost of federal regulation from his annual Ten Thousand Commandments report. Regulatory costs, which inevitably are passed…
The Washington Post
More might die on the road rather than submit to a TSA body scan?
The Washington Post reports on CEI's lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration's body scanner rule, and discusses the case with Marc Scribner. Opponents…
Bloomberg BNA
Not Everyone is Happy with the $14.7 Billion Volkswagen Settlement
Bloomberg BNA reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the Volkswagen emissions settlement. In August, the attorneys who represented the…
InsideSources
House Republicans Fight to Delay Obama’s Overtime Rule
InsideSources discusses the overtime pay rule with Trey Kovacs. The Competitive Enterprise Institute has been one of several policy groups expressing concern over…
Washington Post
How Trump would stimulate the U.S. economy
The Washington Post highlights Wayne Crews's calculated cost of federal regulations from his anual Ten Thousand Commandments report. Beyond trade, America’s Gulliver economy…
Washington Examiner
Dems’ climate pact ‘doomed from the start,’ group says
Washington Examiner speaks with Chris Horner on emails regarding the subpoena CEI recieved for their work on climate change. Soon after, U.S. Virgin…
Bloomberg Law
Not Everyone is a Fan of the $14.7 Billion VW Settlement
Bloomberg Law reports on the Volkswagen emissions settlement and CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the settlement. A proposed $14.7 billion…
Politico
DOT doesn’t try to provide all the answers in driverless cars guidance
Politico's Morning Transportation quotes Marc Scribner on the Department of Transportation's guidance on self-driving cars. Marc Scribner, research fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute: “Highway…
Inside Unmanned Systems
DOT Issues Autonomous Vehicle Policy
Inside Unmanned Systems discusses the Department of Transportation's guidelines for self-driving car technology with Marc Scribner. The non-mandatory aspects of the policy provisions…
Talk Media News
57 illegal aliens nabbed at Texas stash house, Improbable crime rate study
Talk Media News reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's objection a proposed class action settlement from the Volkswagen emisisons scandal. The…
The Hill
White House rolls out guidelines for self-driving cars
The Hill discusses the Department of Transportation's guidance on self-driving cars with Marc Scribner. Marc Scribner, a research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise…
Ars Technica
The federal self-driving vehicles policy has finally been published
Ars Technica discusses the Department of Transportation's guidelines on self-driving cars with Marc Scribner. Marc Scribner, an expert on transport policy at the…
The Houstonian
$3500 Lemonade Stand: How Government Regulation Stifles Entrepreneurialism
The Houstonian highlights Wayne Crews's annual report on the cost of federal regulations. Regulatory barriers to trade – not only on the federal…
The Daily Caller
Think Tank Claims Attorneys Bilked VW Claimants Out Of Hundreds Of Millions
The Daily Caller reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the Volkswagen emissions settlement. Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed an…
Reuters
In objection to $14 billion VW deal, Ted Frank claims class lawyers breached duty
Reuters reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the proposed Volkswagen emissions settlement. Reporter Alison Frankel calls CCAF's Ted Frank a "class…
E&E News
Conservative group says settlement shortchanges consumers
E&E News reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's objection to the proposed class-action settlement over the Volkswagen emissions scandal. In a…
One News Now
‘Amazing’ developments re: self-driving cars
One News Now discusses technology developments for self-driving cars with Marc Scribner. "More training options are great," says Marc Scribner, transportation policy analyst…
Bloomberg BNA
Should Late Shopping of Class Settlements Draw Sanctions?
Bloomberg BNA reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's involvement in an insurance class action settlement. Attorneys for both sides have appealed…
The Hill
Driverless cars face regulatory roadblock
The Hill highlights Marc Scribner's study examining state laws restricting truck platooning technology. But it’s not just pedal and steering wheel rules that…
Instapundit
HANS BADER: Obama Backs the Worst Colleges While Destroying For-Profit Schools.
Instapundit highlights Hans Bader's comments on the ways the Obama administration is pressuring for-profit schools. The federal government happily subsidizes inferior state colleges…
Forbes
Banner Ads Are A Joke In The Real World, But Not In Class-Action Land
Forbes discusses lawyers' use of questionable Internet marketing techniques to get notice of class-action settlements out to clients with Ted Frank. “Everybody knows these notice schemes…
Washington Examiner
Dems’ climate probe reaches ‘scandalous’ proportions, group says
Washington Examiner highlights CEI's fight against the climate change subpoena we recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. The attorneys general also have targeted conservative…
Inside Unmanned Systems
State Regulations Hampering Automated Truck Platooning, Report Says
Inside Unmanned Systems highlights Marc Scribner's study on state regulations on automated vehicle platooning. In a new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Inside Unmanned Systems
What’s Important about Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Announcements?
Inside Unmanned Systems discusses Uber's announcement of testing self-driving taxis with Marc Scribner. At least one industry observer believes one Uber announcement could…
The Hill
Obama eyes big finish on climate
The Hill discusses Obama's climate change policy agenda with William Yeatman. But conservatives see the push as another example of Obama moving toward…