Bloomberg Business
Duane Morris, Troutman Sanders, Munger: Business of Law
Bloomberg reports on the case In re Citigroup Inc. Securities Litigation, in which Center for Class Action Fairness objected to the settlement which would grant…
Forbes
Class-Action Firms Capitalize On Wretched Market For Law-School Grads
Forbes mentions Ted Frank's objections to the marked up fee requests from lawyers who worked on the Citigroup class action lawsuit. Class-action activist…
Minding the Campus
How Law Schools Evade Market Competition
The plain truth, as many lawyers will tell you (Harvard Law graduate Hans Bader, for instance), is that law school is mostly a drawn-out prelude…
ABA Journal
Does Legal Fees Motion in $590M Citigroup Case Include $1K Per Hour for Low-Paid Contract Lawyers?
ABA Journal reports on Ted Frank's objections to the lawyers' marked up fee claims in a class action lawsuit where most of the work was done by…
Washington Examiner
Watchdog: Transparency advocates see tough year, growing ‘Windsorgate’ scandal at EPA ahead
According to Christopher Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), there is substantial evidence that Jackson was not the only EPA official…
Forbes
Plaintiff Lawyers in Citigroup Case Seek Big Markup For Outside Attorneys
Forbe reports on Ted Frank's objection to the platiffs' lawyers' fee requests in the Citigroup class action case because it is clear that they marked…
Forbes
David Vitter and Lisa Jackson are universes apart: James Gill
Vitter is not alone in his suspicions. The EPA’s inspector general, at the behest of Republicans on the House Science Committee, had begun an investigation…
Forbes
EPA’s Jackson to resign
Jackson leaves the agency while under scrutiny from a federal lawsuit filed by the Washington-based Competitive Enterprise Institute, which claims that the administrator used an…
Forbes
In Ireland, carbon tax cuts deficit and pollution
The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a conservative advocacy group, has even filed a Freedom of Information suit seeking the release of Treasury Department emails containing the…
Overlawyered
Free Speech Roundup
Common Cause vs. First-Amendment-protected political speech, part umpteen [Hans Bader, CEI]…
One News Now
CEI’s Report Card on the EPA
Ryan Young reports that the information is included in a report card [pdf] of sorts by his organization, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). "There is…
One News Now
Obama’s Regulatory Cliff Draws Near
The scope is staggering. According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the overall regulatory burden has reached $1.8 trillion annually, and $215.4 billion in compliance costs…
Fox News
Attorney claims EPA chief resigned over alias email accounts
Jackson, in a brief written statement, said Thursday she is leaving the EPA after four years on the job, for "new challenges, time with my…
Washington Examiner
‘Richard Windsor’ departure from EPA is a victory for transparency
Then, in the course of litigation initiated a few months ago by Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Christopher Horner, an internal memo from the…
Daily Mail
Did EPA Chief Lisa Jackson resign because emails she sent from a secret alias account will go public next month?
A Washington attorney suing the Environmental Protection Agency for refusing to disclose information about the creation and use of the ‘secondary’ email accounts, says the…
Daily Caller
EPA chief Jackson resigns amid transparency investigations into secret emails
“Life’s full of coincidences, but this is too many,” Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Chris Horner told FoxNews.com. “She had no choice.” The Justice Department…
ARS Technica
Senator introduces bill to regulate data caps
Ryan Radia and Fred Campbell, technology policy experts at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, argue against a bill sponsored by…
Free Beacon
The Domino Effect of Green Energy Failure
William Yeatman, an energy expert at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, described the Obama administration’s funding of green energy companies as “vertical monopoly-type subsidy.” A vertical…
Free Beacon
William O’Keefe: Will the Carbon Tax Make a Comeback?
The centerpiece of Mr. Clinton’s first budget was a tax on energy use, as measured in British thermal units, or BTUs. At that time,…
ARS Technica
Senator introduces bill to regulate data caps
But Ryan Radia of the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute was less enthusiastic about Wyden's proposal. He believes that data caps can serve useful purposes beyond…
Law 360
2nd Circ. Approves $180M Sirius XM Antitrust Settlement
Law 360 reports on the case in which CCAF represented class members who objected to the Sirius XM settlement. The subscribers claimed that…
Hot Air
Forced unionization of in-home care workers back on Minnesota agenda
Open Market’s Trey Kovacs explained this at the time: To unionize a class of workers, Minnesota’s Labor Relations Act calls for a majority of workers…
Barrasso
A New Report on the Post-Election Red Tape Rush
William Yeatman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 28th, 2012 regarding this sue–and-settle phenomenon –…
CNN
Safety net for business bank accounts at risk
John Berlau, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, argues ending the TAG program is in the nation's best interest. He said the usefulness…
CNN
Conservative groups press lawmakers to oppose wind credit
Several conservative groups on Wednesday urged lawmakers in states without renewable electricity targets to oppose extending a wind energy tax incentive. They told 158 lawmakers…
One News Now
Regulations Aplenty
Ryan Young, fellow in regulatory studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), reports that as of December 3, 2012, 3,392 final rules have been published…
The College Fix
Obama’s New College Bailout Will Fuel Skyrocketing Tuition
So argues Hans Bader of the Competitive Enterprise Institute: We wrote earlier about perverse federal financial aid policies that encourage colleges to jack…
The Delaware County Daily Times
Climatologist opens up storm of criticism
Meet the plaintiff: Penn State climatologist Michael Mann. Meet the defendants: writers Mark Steyn, Rand Simberg, National Review and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Professor Mann…
Bipps
Yes Kentucky, the war on coal is real
William Yeatman from globalwarming.org – whose tagline is “May cooler heads prevail” – recently posted an article spelling out this exact point. According to Yeatman,…
National Review
Sneaky Stuff
Some Democrats are trying to sneak through legislative amendments that would, by overturning a number of Supreme Court decisions, both codify and expand disparate-impact causes…
Point of Law
Will lawmakers slip disparate impact, punitive damages into Title VI?
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination by recipients of federal education spending and other programs, does not currently allow…
Point of Law
Hans Bader on Disparate Impact Liability
In his recent article, New Pressure On Schools To Adopt Quotas, Speech Codes, And Low Standards?, senior attorney at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Hans Bader,…
Point of Law
Does Fisher Matter?
The recently-argued Supreme Court case of Fisher v. University of Texas has many people believing that the Court is likely to strike down the explicit…
Newsmax
Seven of 10 Richest Members of Congress Are Democrats
"However, the EPA stacked the decks against petitioners, establishing a burden of proof that was virtually impossible to meet," according to Mario Lewis, a senior…
Fordham Law Review
Conflict Minerals Legislation: The SEC’s New Role as Diplomatic and Humanitarian Watchdog Sneaky Stuff
Congolese activists and others have continually asserted that this regulation will lead, and has already led, to an embargo of Congolese minerals, a drastic cost…
Project M
Great lowered expectations
The final bill would in turn be partially funded by the $7 billion in federal tax revenues gained as a result of corporations’ reduced tax-deductible…
Appeal Democrat
Taking money off the table
The range of higher taxes looming Jan. 1 as part of the "fiscal cliff" are not the only blow the economy could suffer, John Berlau…
Appeal Democrat
Walmart employees striking locally, nationally on Black Friday
“The union may say they’re not engaged in an organizing effort here,” said Matt Patterson, speaking for the Competitive Enterprise Institute. “But the truth is…
Bloomberg
Watchdog Wants EPA Chief’s Use of Alias E-Mail Probed
The allegation about alias e-mail accounts at the agency was first made by Chris Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington-based…
The College Fix
Why Michigan’s Affirmative Action Decision Will Be Overturned
Hans Bader of OpenMarkets.org, explains why the recent appeals court decision to uphold affirmative action in college admissions in Michigan will not stand for long:…
Overlawyered
Discrimination Law Roundup
EEOC continues to pressure employers over use of criminal background checks in hiring process [Hans Bader, Daniel Schwartz, Jon Hyman, earlier]…
Overlawyered
Vitter backs group seeking records on ‘carbon tax’ talk
Sen. David Vitter joined Tuesday those opposing and seeking answers on any potential “carbon tax” that could be proposed by Democrats in Congress or by…
Overlawyered
What the Government Doesn’t Get About Fuel Economy
Vehicle prices that are too high for average families to afford is a big problem. Easy and affordable access to personal transportation (automobiles) is one…
Human Events
Carbon Tax Is Being Floated, But No One’s Biting–Yet
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Myron Ebell sees another angle. “… [T]he alarmists and the left have a strategy to make a carbon tax part of…
Tri City Tribune USA
PNM Contracts Texas Company to Combat Regional Haze
In the meantime, the Rio Grande Foundation and the Competitive Enterprise Institute, CEI, have issued a press release to criticize the both the federal and…
Fox News
House investigates EPA emails, as agency says administrators have two accounts
The Daily Caller reported first that Jackson was using an email alias, based on research by Competitive Enterprise Institute fellow Christopher Horner. He says the…
Washington Times
Inside Politics: Obama asks for budget prayer from monk
The researcher who uncovered the “Richard Windsor” alias email, Christopher Horner, has repeatedly battled the administration over its global warming efforts. Earlier this year he…
Washington Times
Bader Up: A New Leader at CEI
Trib LIve
Carbon Caper: Bogus Policy
Steve Milloy, the publisher of JunkScience.com , writing for Investor’s Business Daily, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Christopher C. Horner, writing in California’s Orange County…
The Hill
House Republicans question EPA over secret email accounts
Chris Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and vocal critical of the administration's environmental policies, claimed earlier this month that, while researching…
Breitbart
EPA Head Used Secret Email to Hide Documents
Christopher Horner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute uncovered the presence of the email alias while researching his recently released book, The Liberal War on Transparency.
Breitbart
Petraeus: Poster child for email privacy
Nojeim’s group, meanwhile, is playing a leading role in the Digital Due…
Newsday
Carbon tax: Exxon backs Obama plan to impose climate change fees
Albuquerque Journal
State’s San Juan Plan Cost Analyzed
An independent analysis of the state’s proposed compromise to settle the regional haze dispute at the Juan power plant concludes it would hit PNM ratepayers…
Albuquerque Journal
Tech Policy in 2013 Roundtable
The event is the first in a series of three roundtables exploring “Tech Policy in 2013,” co-hosted by TechFreedom and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. The…
Washington Examiner
Think tank to sue Treasury to make carbon tax proposal emails public
The Competitive Enterprise Institute will file the suit in federal district court tomorrow because Treasury Department officials denied the non-profit organization's request for a waiver…
Washington Examiner
Business Survival in a Second Obama Term
Obama is the president who delayed the Keystone XL pipeline and its bounty of jobs, pushed “cap and trade” as part of an overall war…
San Francisco Gate
State a Pioneer of Cap and Trade
Trib Live
Chrysler, Fiat deal backfires
John Berlau is the senior fellow for finance and access to capital in the Center for Economic Freedom at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington,…
Investor's Business Daily
Obama To Unleash Racial-Preferences Juggernaut
Last month, moreover, the Education Department pressured the Oakland school district to impose "targeted reductions" in the number of black students suspended. The department charged…
Washington Times
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Liberal War on Transparency’
An intriguing and painstakingly in-depth glimpse into the hypocrisy of the Obama administration, “The Liberal War on Transparency: Confessions of a Freedom of Information ‘Criminal,’”…
Cato
OCCUPY PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE: HOW THE GOVERNMENT’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS HURT THE 99%
The constitutional problems with Sarbox primarily lie with the enforcement body that enforces the new regulatory regime–the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)–and the broad…
Free Beacon
Waging War on Coal
The EPA imposed haze plans on North Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Nebraska in 2011 and 2012 that will increase energy compliance costs by almost…
Bill O'Reilly
Hour by Hour: What to Watch on Election Night
Free Beacon
Anti-Coal Regulation on Fire
In a suit filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Oct. 23, the…
Free Beacon
You Can Sense The Desperation in the Air
The Competitive Enterprise Institute reports that the Obama administration issues a new regulation every two hours, and the Heritage Foundation has reported that during the…
Free Beacon
U.S. Faces Regulatory Cliff: Looming rules could drive up costs, report says
William Yeatman, an environmental regulation expert at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said Inhofe’s steep price tag is no exaggeration. “This has been a…
Free Beacon
The Ethanol Election Delay
Last October, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Action Aid petitioned the EPA to review the so-called renewable fuel standard that mandates that 13.8 billion gallons…
The Daily Californian
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
in April 2011, the U.S. Department of Education ordered all American colleges and universities to comply with certain new disciplinary procedures for students accused of…
SNL
Groups resume bid to require retrofits, close exemptions under Regional Haze Rule
However, William Yeatman, assistant director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the right-leaning Competitive Enterprise Institute, argued that the prospects for environmental petitioners…
New York Times
From Frontline, A Look at the Skeptics’ Advance
The correspondent, John Hockenberry, asks Mr. Ebell about that rout, which many attribute to Mr. Inglis’s speaking out about climate change and the need to…
Politico
Dems Opposing Dodd Frank
Competitive Enterprise Institute’s John Berlau in National Review: “[E]ven members of the president’s own party are coming to realize Dodd-Frank is actually too tough on…
Denver Post
Layoffs, failures test Colorado’s “new energy economy”
"It's not just Colorado," said William Yeatman, an energy analyst with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based free-market think tank. "Renewable-energy manufacturing is taking…
Reason
Yes, Romney and Obama, Government Regulation Encourages Outsourcing
Last month, CEI's Wayne Crews told the House Judiciary Committee: “For the broader ‘significant’ category of rules (economically significant rules plus rules considered officially significant…
US News
Red Tape Is Strangling the Recovery
Last year alone, federal agencies issued 3,807 final rules according to data compiled by Wayne Crews of the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
The Daily Beast
More Fact Checker Fail
Fact checkers from the LA Times to Candy Crowley have made a number of erroneous "factual claims"–and yes, indeed, conservatives, the errors do all seem…
The Volokh Conspiracy
When Fact Checkers Have Trouble With Facts
Another example of fact checkers having trouble with facts can be found in Politifact’s commentary on whether it was fair for President Obama to criticize…
Tech News World
EU Gives Google a Privacy To-Do List
The list of potential uses will be long, complex and no doubt written in legalese, which the consumer will gloss over, predicted Radia. "I can't…
Human Events
Great Recession? More Like Great Heist of Taxpayers
Human Events
Google Antitrust Case Could Come From FTC by End of 2012: Report
From Todd R. Weiss’ article in eWeek: The settlement was criticized by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, an industry group, as “a dangerously overbroad…
The New American
Ethanol Mandates Plague Developing Countries With Rising Food Prices
From Brian Koenig's article in The New American: At the very least, critics note, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which mandates a percentage…
CNET
Verizon Draws Fire for Monitoring App Usage, Browsing Habits
From Declan McCullagh's article in CNet: Ryan Radia, associate director of technology studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute think tank, agrees with the…
Red State
In panel discussion on Ledbetter, liberals ignore shortchanging amongst Democrats
Red State
A New Space Pioneer
This is the first operational private space flight,” Rand Simberg said; the adjunct scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute is an expert on space technology…
Red State
On Tap Today
The Communications & Liberty Innovation Project and Competitive Enterprise Institute host a panel on Internet transformation, with an introduction by FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai.
Red State
Is U.S. Economic Growth Over?
[E]stimates of how economically burdensome the regulatory state is range from the Obama administration lowball estimate of a mere $67 billion [PDF] annually to the…
Reason
Let Individuals Take Responsibility for Their Own Food Choices
From Baylen Linnekin's article in Reason: “Consumer groups play an essential role in a free market by [helping] individuals to make informed choices,”…
National Review
Hans Bader on Fisher
From George Leef's post on National Review Online: Competitive Enterprise Institute lawyer Hans Bader writes here about the precedents involved in Fisher v.
National Review
State Attorney General Races to Watch
From Carrie Severino's column in National Review : McGraw has been attorney general of West Virginia since 1992, and his willingness to engage…
National Review
Southern Californians looking for answers during first presidential debate
From an editorial that also appeared in The Pasadena Star-News and The Whittier Daily News: David Bier, a policy analyst with the libertarian Competitive…
Legal Newsline
AGs of S.C., Okla. and Mich. Join Challenge of Dodd-Frank
From John O'Brien's article on LegalNewsline: The suit challenges the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was created by the law…
Washington Examiner
EPA refuses to talk about think tank suit demanding ‘secret’ emails
From Mark Tapscott's article in The Washington Examiner: Environmental Protection Agency officials are keeping mum today about a potential landmine of a lawsuit…
Washington Times
Regulations and rules equal broken government
From Wayne Crews and Ryan Young's op-ed in The Washington Times: The first is “sue and settle.” Agencies like the EPA work closely…
Washington Times
A Conservative Case for Obamacare?
From Thomas P. Miller’s column in National Review: The response of roughly half of the Senate Republicans was to co-sponsor an alternative bill…
Citation
Government Transparency
Fox News
Solar power company banks on loan, but skeptics question government investment in industry
From Dan Springer's article on Fox News: But William Yeatman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute says the Energy Department's green loan program created…
Breitbart
SoloPower: Another Solyndra in Waiting?
From John Sexton's article on Breitbart: William Yeatman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute says of SoloPower, "It looks like it will fail for…
Breitbart
Bill to Halt Unfair Deportations
From Jose Antonio Vargas’ article for CNN: Undocumented people and their allies — their relatives and friends, their neighbors and co-workers — have…
News Max
Author Horner: Liberals Waging War on Transparency
From Henry J. Reske and Kathleen Walter's post on Newsmax: As far as liberals are concerned, transparency in government is a great idea…
News Max
Study blasts federal economic development initiatives
From Brian Pederson’s article in Lehigh Valley Business: A new study blasts the federal Economic Development Administration (EDA) and calls for its abolishment,…