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Ars Technica

The federal self-driving vehicles policy has finally been published

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 09/20/2016

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…

Transportation

The Houstonian

$3500 Lemonade Stand: How Government Regulation Stifles Entrepreneurialism

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/20/2016

The Houstonian highlights Wayne Crews's annual report on the cost of federal regulations.  Regulatory barriers to trade – not only on the federal…

Regulatory Reform

The Daily Caller

Think Tank Claims Attorneys Bilked VW Claimants Out Of Hundreds Of Millions

  • By: Ted Frank
  • 09/20/2016

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…

Class Action Fairness

Reuters

In objection to $14 billion VW deal, Ted Frank claims class lawyers breached duty

  • By: Ted Frank
  • 09/19/2016

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…

Class Action Fairness

E&E News

Conservative group says settlement shortchanges consumers

  • By: Ted Frank
  • 09/19/2016

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…

Class Action Fairness

One News Now

‘Amazing’ developments re: self-driving cars

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 09/19/2016

One News Now discusses technology developments for self-driving cars with Marc Scribner.  "More training options are great," says Marc Scribner, transportation policy analyst…

Tech and Telecom

Bloomberg BNA

Should Late Shopping of Class Settlements Draw Sanctions?

  • By: Ted Frank
  • 09/19/2016

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…

Class Action Fairness

The Hill

Driverless cars face regulatory roadblock

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 09/17/2016

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…

Tech and Telecom

Instapundit

HANS BADER: Obama Backs the Worst Colleges While Destroying For-Profit Schools.

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 09/17/2016

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…

Law and Litigation

Forbes

Banner Ads Are A Joke In The Real World, But Not In Class-Action Land

  • By: Ted Frank
  • 09/15/2016

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…

Class Action Fairness

Washington Examiner

Dems’ climate probe reaches ‘scandalous’ proportions, group says

  • 09/14/2016

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…

Energy and Environment

Inside Unmanned Systems

State Regulations Hampering Automated Truck Platooning, Report Says

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 09/13/2016

Inside Unmanned Systems highlights Marc Scribner's study on state regulations on automated vehicle platooning.   In a new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…

Transportation

Inside Unmanned Systems

What’s Important about Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Announcements?

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 09/13/2016

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…

Transportation

The Hill

Obama eyes big finish on climate

  • By: William Yeatman
  • 09/12/2016

The Hill discusses Obama's climate change policy agenda with William Yeatman.  But conservatives see the push as another example of Obama moving toward…

Energy and Environment

Daily Signal

Enterprise Resists Pressure to Steer Away From Legislative Reform Group

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 09/12/2016

The Daily Signal discusses the attack of the American Legislative Exchange Council on social media with Sam Kazman.  ALEC is the victim of…

Law and Litigation

Reason

OCR to Frostburg State University: Common Sense, ‘Reasonable Person’ Standard Violate Title IX

  • By: Hans Bader
  • 09/12/2016

Reason discusses the sexual harassment policy announcement from Education Department's Office for Civil Rights with Hans Bader.  In holding "common sense, "reason," and "reasonable persons"…

Reuters

Subway ‘Footlong’ settlement gets appeals court grilling

  • By: Ted Frank
  • 09/09/2016

Reuters reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fariness's hearing in their objection to the Subway "footlong" settlement.  A federal appeals court on Thursday…

Class Action Fairness

Legal Tribune Online

Anwalt geht gegen Ver­g­leich im Subway-Pro­zess vor

  • By: Ted Frank
  • 09/09/2016

CEI's Center for Class Action Director Ted Frank was cited by a German legal magazine regarding Frank's objection to a class action settlement involving Subway’s…

Class Action Fairness

Fortune

Here’s Why Trump’s Florida Attorney General Scandal Is a Really Big Deal

  • 09/09/2016

Fortune reports on CEI's arguments against the practice of Attorneys General paying contingency fees to trial lawyers for lawsuits against industry.  Free-market enthusiasts,…

Law and Litigation

Consumerist

Judges In Subway “Foot-Long Fraud” Appeal Ask Why Case Wasn’t Thrown Out Long Ago

  • 09/09/2016

Consumerist discusses the Center for Class Action Fairness’ appeal in the Subway Footlong settlement: In February, noted class action critic — and Subway…

Class Action Fairness

Wall Street Journal

Subway ‘Footlong’ Case Goes Before Federal Appeals Court

  • By: Ted Frank
  • 09/08/2016

The Wall Street Journal reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's hearing in their objection to a Subway class-action settlement.  The recent controversy…

Class Action Fairness

The Federalist

Britain’s Economy And Politicians Bounce Back In Wake Of Brexit

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 09/08/2016

The Federalist interviews Iain Murray on Britain's path forward after Brexit.  Iain Murray, vice president of strategy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discussed…

Trade and International

Scientific American

U.S. and China Formally Commit to Paris Climate Accord

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/07/2016

Scientific American discusses with Myron Ebell the impact of the election on the Paris Climate Treaty that Obama recently signed.  But it is…

Energy and Environment

Politico

AFL-CIO poll: Trump not wooing union members

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 09/07/2016

Politico's Morning Shift highlights Iain Murray's report on regulations threatening flexible work arrangements and innovation.  The conservative-leaning Competitive Enterprise Institute is out with…

Labor and Employment

Forbes

Bosses, Timecards, and Other Relics Of The 20th Century

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 09/07/2016

Believe it or not, working at corporations for the majority of one’s career is a relatively recent phenomenon. For centuries, people worked as generalists, often…

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

Study: Recent Labor Regulations Slowly Coming Into Focus, And It Doesn’t Look Good For Small Business

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 09/07/2016

The Daily Caller highlights Iain Murray's report on the chaning nature of work and labor regulations that threaten worker flexibility.  Government regulators are “imposing…

Class Action Fairness

The Daily Caller

Clinton Foundation Skirting State Laws, Dem Attorney General Says No Problem

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 09/07/2016

The Daily Caller mentions CEI's lawsuit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.  Despite publicly extolling the virtue of transparency, Schneiderman himself is…

CEI Litigation

Bloomberg

Can ExxonMobil Be Found Liable for Misleading the Public on Climate Change?

  • By: Kent Lassman, Sam Kazman
  • 09/07/2016

Bloomberg reports on the subpoena CEI recieved from Attorney General Claude Walker for their research on climate change.  In March the Virgin Islands…

Energy and Environment

New York Times

‘Rolling Coal’ in Diesel Trucks, to Rebel and Provoke

  • By: Michelle Minton
  • 09/06/2016

The New York Times discusses CEI's Human Achievement Hour and coal rollers with Michelle Minton.  Even in this election year of bombastic rhetoric…

Human Achievement Hour

Washington Times

Obama, Chinese president ratify climate-change agreement

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 09/03/2016

The Washington Times discusses President Obama's signing of the Paris Climate Treaty with Myron Ebell.  Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy…

Energy and Environment

Wall Street Journal

Schneiderman’s Climate Secrets

  • 08/31/2016

When Eric Schneiderman and 16 other Democratic state attorneys general announced in March that they were targeting Exxon Mobil for its alleged heresy on climate…

Energy and Environment

Politico

Conservative think tank sues Schneiderman over Exxon probe records

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/31/2016

Politico reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman related to the investigation of ExxonMobil and CEI.  The Competitive Enterprise Institute today filed…

Energy and Environment

Washington Examiner

Conservative group takes New York AG to court over climate probe

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/31/2016

Washington Examiner reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for withholding key documents related to ongoing climate investigations.  The Competitive Enterprise Institute is…

Energy and Environment

Washington Times

New York AG sued over secrecy agreement on climate-change investigation

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/31/2016

The Washington Times reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for refusing to release documents related to the climate change investigations. …

Energy and Environment

Washington Free Beacon

NY Attorney General Accused of Skirting Public Records Law

  • By: Christopher C. Horner, Sam Kazman
  • 08/31/2016

The Washington Free Beacon reports on CEI's lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman from refusing to release documents related to the climate change investigations. …

Energy

Daily Caller

New York AG That Attacked Exxon Sued For Concealing Investigation

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/31/2016

The Daily Caller speaks with Sam Kazman on CEI's lawsuit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.  Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) officials are…

CEI Litigation

Reason.com

Climate Change Court Drama: What Does New York’s Attorney-General Have to Hide?

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/31/2016

Reason.com reports on a subpoena CEI recieved from the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands as an attempt to silence the climate change debate. …

Energy and Environment

Business Insider

An economist figured out how much Hillary Clinton’s plan to save the world from runaway climate change would actually cost

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/30/2016

Business Insider discusses the costs of meeting the targets in the Paris climate agreement with Myron Ebell.  Myron Ebell, an energy and environmental…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Obama Will Bypass Congress And Join UN Climate Treaty, Sources Say

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/30/2016

The Daily Caller speaks with Myron Ebell on President Obama's intentions to sign the Paris climate treaty in China.  “Lo and behold, the…

Energy and Environment

Washington Times

White House defends Obama evading Senate on Paris climate deal

  • By: Myron Ebell
  • 08/29/2016

The Washington Times discusses President Obama's plan to sign the Paris Climate Treaty in China with Myron Ebell.  Myron Ebell, director of the…

Energy and Environment

Daily Caller

Obama Finalized $100 BILLION Worth Of New Regulations This Year

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 08/29/2016

The Daily Caller discusses the hidden costs of federal regualtions with Wayne Crews.  A report by the free market Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)…

Regulatory Reform

Las Vegas Sun

Durbin amendment of Dodd-Frank a miserably bad attempt at price control

  • By: Sam Kazman
  • 08/26/2016

Las Vegas Sun discusses the Durbin amendment of the Dodd-Frank bill with Sam Kazman.  The disappearance of free debit cards and free checking…

Banking and Finance

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Class-suit watchdog seeks role in appeal

  • By: Ted Frank
  • 08/26/2016

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette discusses CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's challenge of an unfair class action settlement with Ted Frank.  A Washington lawyer known for attacking…

Class Action Fairness

Law 360

Challengers Say 7th Circ. Decision Irrelevant To CPP Fight

  • 08/26/2016

Law 360 reports on CEI's letter to the court regarding the Enviornmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.  Business groups opposed to the U.S. Environmental…

Energy and Environment

Scientific American

Uber’s “Self-Driving” Test Cars to Be Overseen by Driver and Engineer

  • By: Marc Scribner
  • 08/25/2016

Scientific American reports on "self-driving" car technology and discusses regulatory hurdles to this technology with Marc Scribner.  Uber’s decision to expose the public to the…

Tech and Telecom

Crowdfund Insider

Will CFPB Move to Limit Arbitration Undermine Alternative Finance?

  • By: Iain Murray, John Berlau
  • 08/24/2016

Crowdfunding Insider reports on CEI's comments on the Consumer Financial Bureau's proposed ban on arbitration regarding certain consumer financial agreements. While the intent may…

Banking and Finance

Reuters

Plaintiffs drop proposed Pepco disclosure-only settlement after objector surfaces

  • By: Anna St. John
  • 08/24/2016

Reuters reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's objection of a Pepco Settlement and discusses the case with CEI lawyer Anna St. John. …

Class Action Fairness

Reuters

Plaintiffs drop proposed Pepco disclosure-only settlement after objector surfaces

  • By: Anna St. John
  • 08/24/2016

Reuters reports on CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness's objection of a Pepco Settlement and discusses the case with CEI lawyer Anna St. John. …

Class Action Fairness

Citation

Unlawful and Un-American: How Our Leaders Are Attacking Your First Amendment Rights

  • 08/23/2016

Transcript:  Lassman: No American should fear being singled out and harassed by a government official who takes a different point of view on public policy…

The Atlantic

Could Reviving a Defunct Banking Rule Prevent a Future Crisis?

  • By: John Berlau
  • 08/23/2016

The Atlantic features John Berlau's argument against the revival of the Glass-Steagall rule.  Election years are a time when politicians put on their…

Banking and Finance

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