Legal NewsLine
Eighth Circuit reverses, remands $10 million settlement in Target data breach class action
Legal NewsLine discusses CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s important ruling in their objection to the Target data breach class action settlement. “Over…
Boston Globe
A federal judge is the latest to scrutinize Thornton Law
Boston Globe discusses the investigation into Thornton Law Firm’s billings practices One expert on attorneys’ fees in class-action lawsuits said Wolf’s call for…
Washington Post
Can Trump win his war on the regulatory state?
The Washington Post discusses the cost of federal regulations with Wayne Crews. Now regulation is pervasive. It touches air and water pollution, pensions,…
The Wall Street Journal
A Libel Suit Threatens Catastrophe for the Climate of Public Debate
Michael Mann sues to silence critics, and errant courts ignore the First Amendment to help him.
ABC News
Court Orders Review of Target Security Breach Settlement
ABC News and the Associated Press report on CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s appeal of the Target data breach settlement. A Minnesota…
Bloomberg BNA
$17M Target Breach Deal Imperiled by Conflict Allegations
Bloomberg BNA discusses an important ruling in CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s objection to the Target data brea Objectors to the fairness…
CNBC
Here’s what everybody is getting wrong about changes to banking rules
CNBC discusses repealing the Dodd-Frank Act with John Berlau. While Trump can roll back some measures through executive order, there are other provisions…
Cook County Record
Attorney fees in Johnson & Johnson baby bath products settlement raise eyebrows but spur no action
Cook County Record discusses CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s objection to a Johnson & Johnson class action settlement. A class-action lawsuit against Johnson…
Reason.com
Frankly, Trump’s Plan To Review and Reform Dodd-Frank Makes a Lot of Sense
Reason.com discusses repealing burdensome aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act with John Berlau. Beyond the question of bailouts, reviewing and reforming the Obama administration’s…
Daily Caller
Trump Signs Executive Order To Rip Up Dodd-Frank ‘Disaster’
The Daily Caller discusses the White House halting the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule with John Berlau. While Friday’s action establishing the framework…
Cleveland.com
Ohio lost 120,000+ jobs due to U.S. trade deficit with China: EPI
Cleveland.com discusses with Iain Murray a report that claims Ohio lost 121,500 jobs due to the United States’ trade deficit with China. Iain Murray…
Watchdog.org
Texas lawmaker wants to raise tobacco age, dent vaping in the process
Watchdog.org discusses the FDA’s regulation on electronic cigarettes with Michelle Minton. So why do government entities want to prohibit e-cigarettes? The short answer…
Washington Examiner
Trump about to unleash his fury on the regulatory state
Washington Examiner highlights Wayne Crews’s work to track the number and cost of federal regulations. No one even has a reliable count of…
American Bar Association Journal
Foot Fight: Subway sandwich suit raises class action questions
The American Bar Association Journal discusses the Center for Class Action Fairness’ Subway Footlong settlement: But customers arguably are getting a less tangible…
Bloomberg BNA
Did Uber Break Taxi Strike Over Trump Immigration Order?
Politico Influence
More holes in the lobbying ban
InsideSources
Labor Secretary Nominee Faces Battle Between His Own Employees
InsideSources reports on a CEI led letter to the Senate in support of Andrew Puzder as the next labor secretary. Democratic lawmakers and…
Washington Examiner
Conservative groups urge Puzder’s confirmation for Labor secretary
Washington Examiner reports on a letter CEI and other free market groups sent the Senate urging them to confirm labor nominee Andrew Puzder. …
The Hill
Groups clash over GOP tool to roll back regulations
The Hill reports on a letter CEI signed, that urges Congress to bring regulatory reform by using the Congressional Review Act. Conservative groups…
Politico
Puzder’s mob-lawyer mentor: OK, Enough Immigration News
Politico’s Morning Shift reports on a CEI led letter to Congress supporting Andrew Puzder’s nomination for Labor secretary. A coalition of 17 pro-business…
Daily Caller
Former Trump Official Says White House Will Back Out Of Paris Agreement Very Soon
The Daily Caller discusses President Trump signing an executive order to leave the Paris climate change agreement with Myron Ebell. Trump could leave…
InsideSources
Free-Market Coalition Urges Senate to Approve Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick
InsideSources reports on a CEI led letter urging Senate to approve Andrew Puzder for labor secretary. A coalition of free-market groups sent a…
Reason.com
Trump’s Executive Order on Regulations Is Welcome, But More Is Needed
Reason.com discusses President Trump’s executive order on new regulations with Wayne Crews. Still, rolling back federal regulations in a meaningful way will require…
The National Law Review
Google Pays $5.5M To No One: Cy Pres Problems & Expert Cures
The National Law Review reports on CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s objection to a Google class action settlement. Class members claim Google…
Politico
FERC vacancy problem goes from bad to worse: Ebell Pushed ‘Aspirational’ EPA Cuts
Politico’s Morning Energy discusses staff cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency with Myron Ebell. A goal from a former Trump EPA transition team…
Politico
Trump eyes NAFTA talks to pay for Mexico border wall: Sodium Debate Rages On
Politico’s Morning Agriculture discusses the FDA’s voluntary sodium reduction plan with Michelle Minton. As the fate of the FDA’s voluntary sodium reduction strategy…
Bloomberg
Trump Adviser Calls for Downsizing EPA, Overhauling Its Science
Bloomberg discusses reforming regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency with Myron Ebell. “If the Trump administration is serious about keeping Trump’s promises, they…
Bloomberg BNA
Will Border Wall Bring Construction Jobs?
Bloomberg BNA discusses with Marc Scribner Trump’s executive order to construct a physical border. Trump signed an executive order indicating that it is…
Wall Street Journal
How the House Will Roll Back Washington’s Rule by Bureaucrat
The Wall Street Journal highlights Wayne Crews’s annual study on the costs of federal regulations. In President Obama’s final year the Federal Register…
CNN
Trump has EPA on notice
CNN discusses changes in the Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration with Myron Ebell and Marlo Lewis. The EPA under a Donald…
One News Now
Trump’s pen erases trade agreement
One News Now discusses regulatory reform under the Trump administration with Ryan Young. President Trump also made headlines late Friday for a presidential…
Washington Post
Trump administration backs off plan to scrub climate pages from EPA website
Washington Post discusses with Myron Ebell the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to suspend 30 regulations issued under the Obama administration. In a separate move…
Daily Signal
Trump’s Opening Shot on Trade, Abortion, Federal Employees
The Daily Signal discusses President Trump’s executive action to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement with Iain Murray. Rather than breaking down…
Library of Law and Liberty
Regulatory Reform: A Few (Not So) Easy Pieces
Library of Law and Liberty discusses midnight regulations from the Obama administration with Wayne Crews. Yes: you can dismiss REFORM as starry-eyed. It…
Miami Herald
Trump Expected to Roll Back Obama Climate Initiatives Despite Easing of ‘Hoax’ Rhetoric
Miami Herald discusses Trump’s potential request for a remand of the Clean Power Plan with William Yeatman. Upon Trump’s taking office, one of…
Christian Science Monitor
Why the EPA nominee wants to be a political wrecking ball
The Christian Science Monitor discusses the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations with William Yeatman. Since state offices already are increasingly shouldering the burden of…
ClimateWire
Watchdogs criticize Perry’s Texas jobs record ahead of confirmation
ClimateWire discusses environmental regulations under the Trump administration with CEI’s William Yeatman. President-elect Donald Trump has multiple options to defeat potential lawsuits in…
Bloomberg BNA
Scott Pruitt Could Tip Regulatory Power From EPA to States
Bloomberg BNA discusses Scott Pruitts nomination as the EPA Administrator with William Yeatman. A Pruitt EPA may be less inclined toward “pushing the…
Reason.com
The Federal Regulatory State Is Out of Control. Here’s One Way Congress Can Get Power Back
Newsmax
Trumponomics Differs From Reaganomics
Newsmax highlights Wayne Crews’s study on the decline of federal regulation during the Reagan administration. Deregulation. Pages within the Federal Register, the official daily…
InsideClimate News
In Pruitt’s Hearing for EPA Chief, His Fossil Fuel Ties Will Take Center Stage
InsideClimate News discusses with William Yeatman Scott Pruitt’s nomination to be Administrator of the Enviornmental Protection Agency. Pruitt’s supporters say his environmental record…
Daily Caller
Labor Unions Deploy Dishonest Tactics, Paid Protesters Against Trump’s DOL Nominee
The Daily Caller discusses with Trey Kovacs union-backed groups’ dishonest tactics against Department of Labor head nominee Andrew Puzder. The dishonest tactics employed…
Inside EPA
Congress: Pruitt sidesteps Carper’s queries
InsideEPA.com’s Daily Briefing discusses Scott Pruitt’s nomination to the Enviornmental Protection Agency with William Yeatman. Nevertheless, an official at the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
The Hill
It’s time to enact regulatory relief for credit unions and consumers
The Hill quotes Wayne Crews’s research on the cost of federal regulations from his annual Ten Thousand Commandments report. The impact of excessive…
Politico
Why Powell matters: First Look- Groups Push Against Online Gambling Ban
Politico’s Morning Money reports on CEI’s coalition letter on online gambling to Vice President-Elect Mike Pence and U.S. Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions. Per…
Watchdog.org
Free-market coalition urges Sessions, Pence to oppose online gambling ban
Watchdog.org reports on CEI’s coalition letter to the Vice President-elect and U.S. Attorney General nominee on an online gambling ban. Following attorney general…
Reason.com
Is Jeff Sessions Ready to Ban Internet Gambling by DOJ Fiat?
Reason.com discusses Jeff Sessions’ comments on an online gambling ban at his confirmation hearing. There is nothing at all “shocking” about that position,…
Inside EPA
Litigation: CEI outlines Trump options to defeat advocates’ GHG lawsuits
InsideEPA.com’s Daily Briefing speaks with William Yeatman on President-elect Donald Trump’s opportunitites to defeat environmental lawsuits. President-elect Donald Trump has multiple options to…
Washington Examiner
9.7 billion hours required to complete 1 year of federal paperwork
Washington Examiner speaks with Clyde Wayne Crews on how many hours it took Americans to fill out and compleate federal paperwork in 2015. …
DC Velocity
For Elaine Chao, the easy part begins and ends tomorrow
DC Velocity discusses Elaine Chao’s nomination for Department of Transportation Secretary with Marc Scribner. Cost-benefit analysis will be the order of the day…
CNN Money
Trump should fire CFPB Director Richard Cordray: GOP
CNN Money discusses the president removing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s director with John Berlau. However, it’s not exactly clear if Trump will…
Newsweek
Bullying Backpage Contradicts the First Amendment
Newsweek discusses the supboena CEI recieved for their work on climate research from the Virgin Islands attorney general. PSI’s overreach is emblematic of…
Bloomberg BNA
House Republicans Target EPA Methane Rule Under Review Act
Bloomberg BNA discusses with William Yeatman the House using the Congressional Review Act to target an EPA rule. House Republicans for the first…
The Federalist
Environmentalists Worry Trump’s EPA Pick Will Harm Unborn Children
The Federalist discusses the Environmental Defense Fund’s attack ad on Scott Pruitt with William Yeatman. Now here’s where things get fun. The Competitive…
InsideSources
Congress Should Get Ready to ‘SCRUB’ Regulatory Rulebooks
InsideSources highlights Wayne Crews’s calculated cost of federal regulations from his annual study. According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the cost of complying with…
Investor's Business Daily
Putting An End To Obama’s Economy-Destroying Regulatory Siege
Investor’s Business Daily highlights Wayne Crews’s research on last-minute federal regulations from the Obama administration. As he heads for the exits, Obama is…
Washington Times
Protective press refuses to call President Obama a ‘lame duck’
The Washington Times reports on Wayne Crews’s research on the number of federal regulations issued in 2016. So how many new regulations did…
Forbes
Rachel Carson’s ‘Heedless And Destructive Acts’
Forbes.com quotes Angela Logomasini on Rachel Carson’s legacy. Environmental activists gathered last month in Washington DC to celebrate the legacy of the late…
Crowdfund Insider
Jay Clayton to Join SEC During Unprecedented Need to “Cut the Red Tape”
Crowdfund Insider speaks with John Berlau on President-elect Trump’s nominee of Jay Clayton for Securities and Exchange Commission chair. Seeking additional perspective, Crowdfund…
Reuters
Lighthizer joins Trump trade team crowded with deal makers
Reuters discusses trade policy with Marc Scribner. “USTR will still have statutory negotiation and enforcement powers, but where the big ideas on trade…
Inside EPA
Pending Litigation Could Be Wild Card For Trump Climate Policy Rollbacks
Inside EPA discusses pending lawsuits on EPA regulations with William Yeatman. Litigation moving through federal courts may play a large role in determining…
Real Clear Policy
Don’t Re-Regulate the Railroads
Real Clear Policy discusses policy on the railroad industry with Marc Scribner. Marc Scribner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute neatly summarized the implications…
Forbes
The U.S. Economy In 2017: Welcome Higher Growth
Forbes highlights Wayne Crews’s study on the number of federal regulations passed under the Obama administration. Today, there is less uncertainty in politics.
Legal NewsLine
Public-interest firm calls $5.5 million settlement with Google over privacy settings ‘unacceptable’
Legal NewLine reports on CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s objection to an unfair Google class action settlement. A public-interest law firm that…
Top Class Actions
Google’s $5.5M Settlement Fails to Benefit Class Members, Objector Says
Top Class Actions reports on and objection to an unfair class action settlement from CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s founder, Ted Frank. Class…
Breitbart
Obama Oversees Year of Mass Regulation, Record 97,000 Pages of Red Tape
Breitbart highlights Wayne Crews’s report on the number of regulations passed during the Obama administration. President Barack Obama’s administration has added record levels…
Washington Times
Obama Sets A Record For Red Tape in 2016
The Washington Times discusses regulation under the Obama administration with Clyde Wayne Crews. Clyde Wayne Crews, CEI’s vice president for policy, said Republicans…
The Hill
Trump could be fighting Obama’s climate policies for years
The Hill discusses expected climate policies under the new administration with William Yeatman. William Yeatman, a senior fellow at the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Washington Examiner
Obama unleashes 3,853 regs, 18 for every law, record 97,110 pages of red tape
Washington Examiner discusses regulation under the Obama administration with Wayne Crews. The proof that it was an overwhelming year for rules and regulations…
Daily Caller
Agencies Issued 18 Regs For Every Law Congress Passed In 2016
The Daily Caller discusses Wayne Crews’s report comparing the Obama administrations regulations to laws that Congress passed in 2016. Executive branch agencies under…
InsideEPA.com
Climate: CEI official urges Trump to retain scaled-back GHG rules
InsideEPA.com discusses the incoming Trump administration’s stance on climate policy with William Yeatman. A top official with the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), the…
The Hill
Pruitt’s confirmation as EPA chief essential to restoring balance of power
The Hill highlights Wayne Crews’s calculated cost of regulations. Regulatory overreach is not a new threat to the constitutional separation of powers and…
Daily Caller
Activists Urge Trump To Stop Obama’s Anti-Business ‘Midnight Litigation’
The Daily Caller reports on a letter CEI and other organizations sent to Mike Pence. Obama’s agencies are poised to file economy-stunting environmental…
Daily Signal
The California Gathering That Hatched Plan to Prosecute Skeptics of Climate Change
The Daily Signal reports on CEI’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against George Mason University. Chris Horner, a lawyer and senior fellow with the…
JD Journal
Boston Globe Exposes Cost Inflating Class-Action Attorneys
JD Journal investigates Boston Globe’s exposer of class- action attorneys While critics of inflated billing exist, they still acknowledge that attorneys who take…
Bloomberg
Make Banks Great Again? G.O.P. Push to Ax Key Agency Poses Risks
Bloomberg discusses the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with Iain Murray. “There are all sorts of risks,” said Iain Murray, vice…
Bloomberg BNA
Energy, Environmental Wish List Compiled for Trump
Bloomberg BNA highlights CEI’s energy and environment agenda for the Trump administration. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market group based in Washington, D.C.,…
National Review
The D.C. Court of Appeals Undermines the First Amendment
National Review covers the D.C Court of Appeals decision in Michael Mann’s defamation case against the Competitive Enterprise Institute and National Review. The court…
Bloomberg BNA
Trump EPA Transition Team Lacks Expertise on Chemicals, Water
Bloomberg BNA discusses the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical policy with Angela Logomasini. Angela Longomasini, a senior fellow at CEI, said she is not…
CNN Money
Elizabeth Warren watchdog under siege
CNN Money discusses the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its director with John Berlau. CFPB Director Richard Cordray has “inundated Main Street financial…
Reason.com
For Trump And Icahn, Experts Say Regulatory Reform Should Be More Than a Numbers Game
Reason.com discusses regulatory reform under the Trump administration with Wayne Crews and Kent Lassman. To get below the surface, Trump’s team could look…
The Washington Post
Making Defamation Law Great Again: Michael Mann’s Suit May Continue
Jonathan Adler of The Volokh Conspiracy blog covers the D.C. Court of Appeals ruling in Michael Mann’s defamation suit against Rand Simberg, Mark Steyn, National Review and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. …
Washington Times
One Obama executive order that makes sense
The Washington Times discusses regulations from the Obama administration with Wayne Crews. In retrospect, it’s easy to surmise that Mr. Obama’s executive order…
The Hill
Trump plots two-for-one assault on Obama regs
The Hill discusses with Wayne Crews a plan from President-elect Donald Trump that would eliminate two regulations for every new rule issued. It’s unclear…
National Review
Time to Get Rid of the EPA? Scott Pruitt May Be Just the Guy to Do It
National Review highlights Ryan Young’s estimate of the annual cost of compliance with the EPA’s regulations The EPA’s expansive and ever-expanding regulations impose…
The Hill
State attorneys general chill climate debate with government subpoenas
The Hill reports on an attempt to silence free speech in a form of a subpoena that CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker. …
Arkansas Business
‘He Wasn’t Unkind, but He Was a Crook’ – Best Quotes of 2016
Arkansas Business lists a quote by Ted Frank as one of the best quotes of 2016. “The fact of the matter is that…
The Daily Signal
Here’s the Tool Congress Can Use to Curtail Obama’s Regulation Legacy
The Daily Signal highlights Marlo Lewis’s writing on last minute regualtions from the Enviornmental Protection Agency. Not surprisingly, efforts are being made to enact…
One News Now
Trump’s transportation pick in for a ride
One News Now discusses President-elect Trump’s pick for secretary of transportation with Marc Scribner. “No one really knows where that money is going…
Cato At Liberty
The Feds Want to Track Your Car
Cato At Liberty highlights a quote by Marc Scribner on regulating vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology. While the risks of mandatory V2V systems are significant,…
Wall Street Journal
Uber’s Clash With Regulators Moves to Self-Driving Cars
The Wall Street Journal discusses Uber’s use of self-driving cars in San Fransisco with Marc Scribner. “This is right out of the playbook…
Tulsa World
Credit Reports Used by Insurance Companies
E&E News
In right’s energy-subsidy clash, shades of Koch vs. Pickens
E&E News
The Obfiscation Agenda
Beverage Industry Today
Health Benefits of Alcohol Defended
Washington Post
Feds not Needed
Blue Grass Policy
Big Labor’s Making Us Offers We Can Refuse
Blue Grass Policy
CEI and Crossroads GPS Announce Launch of Big Labor vs. Taxpayers
Blue Grass Policy
CEI and Crossroads GPS Announce Launch of Big Labor vs. Taxpayers
College Insurrection
Maryland Bd of Ed – How About We Have Disciplinary Quotas by Race?
From College Insurrection: Hans Bader of the Competitive Enterprise Institute discusses what happens when legally and factually misconceived notions of racial fairness result…