Cook County Record
Attorney fees clipped, class awards tripled under new deal to end Southwest drink voucher class action
Cook County Record discusses, with Melissa Holyoak, CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s objection of a Southwest settlement. At that point, the Washington,…
Reason.com
Bad News: The Government Wants to ‘Help’ Driverless Car Companies
Reason.com discusses with Marc Scribner the U.S. Department of Transportation’s proposed rules on vehicle-to-vehicle communication. Plus, as Competitive Enterprise Institute researcher Marc Scribner…
Washington Examiner
Trump’s economic transformation is only getting started
Washington Examiner highlights Wayne Crews’s calculated cost of federal regulations. One of the main reasons why the Obama economy has limped along, year…
Pittsburgh Tribune
Peeling back Obama’s ‘onion’: It’s going to take time
The Pittsburgh Tribune discusses President Trump’s executive order on regulation with Wayne Crews. Under an executive order by Mr. Trump, every new regulation…
Today's General Counsel
Judge Launches Investigation Into Law Firms’ Inflated Bills
Today’s General Counsel discusses the investigation into Thornton Law Firm’s billing practices “This is very serious,” Ted Frank, a lawyer at the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
Wall Street Journal
Why Stop at Dodd-Frank? Some Want Trump’s Regulatory Overhaul to Go Further
The Wall Street Journal discusses revamping a provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with John Berlau. The fight over the rule has been…
Daily Caller
Trump May Have To ‘Repeal And Replace’ Another Obama Policy — The Clean Power Plan
The Daily Caller discusses the EPA’s Clean Power Plan with William Yeatman. Will Yeatman, a senior fellow at the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
InsideSources
Why Union Membership Is Down but Favorability Is Up
InsideSources discusses labor union membership decline and public perceptions of labor unions with Trey Kovacs. “I think people like the perceptions and the…
USA Today
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could see wings clipped
USA Today discusses the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Director Richard Cordray with John Berlau. It has been all over the board. Critics hope…
Bloomberg BNA
GOP Races Against Time to Roll Back Clock on EPA, Other Rules
Bloomberg BNA highlights Wayne Crews’s calculated annual cost of federal regulations. Environmental and public interest groups say the campaign to nullify various regulations…
Forbes
Supreme Court Mulls Case That Would Trim Fees In Class Actions
Forbes writer Daniel Fisher discusses CEI’s Supreme Court petition in Blackman v. Gascho: Blackman v. Gascho reprepresents a split between…
Top Class Actions
Target Data Breach Settlement Sent Back to District Court for Revisions
Top Class Actions discusses CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’ objection in the Target data breach settlement: A federal appeals court has…
Bloomberg BNA
Regulatory Chill May Pivot Connected Vehicle Tech’s Course
Bloomberg BNA discusses Department of Transportation’s proposed rule on vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology with Marc Scribner. “It sounded a lot better 10, 15 years ago…
The Boston Globe
A federal judge is the latest to scrutinize Thornton Law
The Boston Globe discusses attorneys’ fees in class-action lawsuits with CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness founder Ted Frank. One expert on attorneys’…
Northern California Record
Lawsuit lives on after rejected Similasan settlement
Northern California Record discusses CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s objection of the Similasan settlement with Ted Frank. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a…
The Hill
GOP searches for new way to cut Obama regs
The Hill discusses Congressional efforts to get rid of major regulations with Wayne Crews. But pressure is mounting from conservative groups for Republicans…
CNBC
CEO confidence at near-record high. Why? Trump’s war on regulation
CNBC highlights Wayne Crews’s calculated cost of federal regulations from his annual Ten Thousand Commandments report. Last week President Donald Trump signed an executive…
CNBC
Trump’s deregulation wave may have companies geared up to spend and hire
CNBC highlights Wayne Crews’s calculated cost of federal regulations from his annual Ten Thousand Commandments report. In a Friday note, Jefferies Chief Market…
Arkansas Business
8th Circuit Hears Forum Shopping Case Involving Goodson
Arkansas Business discusses the Center for Class Action Fairness’ case Adams v. USAA: The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments…
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…