Business and Government

• By: Neil Hrab
• 10/26/2005

Last Thursday, the United States was sucker-punched by an international organization. A majority of countries belonging to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and…

Antitrust

• Christine Hall
• 10/21/2005

Contact:Christine Hall, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., October 20, 2005—The House passed a bill today banning lawsuits aimed at holding gun makers liable for…

Business and Government

• Richard Morrison
• 10/18/2005

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., October 18, 2005—The rules that govern the telecommunications industry in the United States have…

Antitrust

• Hans Bader
• 10/17/2005

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., October 17, 2005— The Supreme Court today rightly rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to…

Antitrust

• By: Peter Suderman
• 10/14/2005

Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Global warming is being blamed for new data that says 2005 will be the hottest…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 10/13/2005

In some places in London, you can find scratched on old walls the imprecation, LorD haVe MerCIe Vpon Vs. The curious arrangement of the capital…

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 10/13/2005

Full Document Available in PDF No Regulation Without Representation…

Business and Government

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 10/13/2005

The undersigned organizations would like to express their strong opposition to proposals toextend “must carry” rules for cable operators to include the multiple streams of…

Business and Government

• Richard Morrison
• 10/12/2005

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />  Washington, D.C., October 12, 2005— The Competitive Enterprise Institute is pleased to announce…

Antitrust

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 10/12/2005

Given the enormous amounts of money advocates of bigger government throw about these days, many market liberals long to find our own “George Soros.”…

Business and Government

• By: Christine Hall
• 10/12/2005

On August 2, 2005 the Competitive Enterprise Institute launched a legal challenge to the multi-state tobacco settlement of 1998. Nearly seven years after the settlement was…

Antitrust

• By: Clyde Wayne Crews
• 10/12/2005

The exact cost of the federal regulatory state may never be fully known. As with taxes, firms generally pass along to consumers some of their…

Business and Government

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 10/12/2005

Chairwoman [Candice] Miller [R-Mich]. Ranking Member [Stephen] Lynch [D-Mass] and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you inviting me to comment on congressional regulatory reform initiatives. …

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/05/2005

Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL Investors Business Daily quotes Special Projects Counsel Hans Bader on the prospects of…

Business and Government

• By: Peter Suderman
• 09/23/2005

Business and Government

• Richard Morrison
• 09/15/2005

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., September 15, 2005—A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit brought by several states and…

Business and Government

• CEI Staff
• 09/13/2005

Washington, DC, September 13, 2005—As questioning begins today in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for the nomination of D.C. Circuit Court Judge John…

Business and Government

• By: Hans Bader
• 09/07/2005

In defending its settlement with Big Tobacco, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) argues that “the states are not 'partners with the…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 09/07/2005

For various reasons, I took a lot of trips to the local hardware store on Sunday. On my route there were two gas…

Business and Government

• Stub
• 09/07/2005

Washington, D.C., September 7, 2005— As the relief effort continues in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />New Orleans, questions about how…

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 08/30/2005

A Tufts University School of Medicine reporter has realized that a pretty large amount of scientific findings are, well, wrong. This work…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 08/24/2005

Issues in the News 1. AUTOMOBILITY Forbes reports on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s plan to update its fuel economy…

Business and Government

• By: John Berlau
• 08/19/2005

The Washington Times is on target in pointing out the Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s strangulation of small public companies in even more layers of red tape (“Relief…

Antitrust

• By: Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 08/09/2005

Full article available in pdf format Fred Smith's review essay of Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed in…

Business and Government

• Christine Hall
• 08/02/2005

  Washington, D.C., August 2, 2005—The Competitive Enterprise Institute on Tuesday filed a constitutional challenge to the 1998 tobacco settlement. The suit alleges…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/29/2005

Issues in the News 1. TELECOM Congress prepares to consider a sweeping reform of telecommunications law. CEI Expert Available to…

Business and Government

• By: Braden Cox
• 07/28/2005

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />U.S. communications policy is at an important inflection point. Cable, telephone and wireless companies aim to…

Business and Government

• CEI Staff
• 07/27/2005

Contact for Interviews:     Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />   …

Business and Government

• CEI Staff
• 07/27/2005

Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., July 27, 2005—Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) this morning announced wide-ranging legislation that would modernize U.S. telecommunications law…

Business and Government

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 07/27/2005

Full…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/27/2005

Issues in the News 1. TELECOM Senator John Ensign (R-NV) introduces major new legislation aimed at overhauling telecommunications law. CEI…

Business and Government

• By: Braden Cox, Fred L. Smith, Jr.
• 07/26/2005

Mergers involving SBC and Verizon and a recent Supreme Court decision exempting cable-modem companies from open-access regulation have reignited fears of market domination…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 07/26/2005

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />  <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., July 26, 2005—More…

Business and Government

• CEI Staff
• 07/26/2005

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> <?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml” /> Contact:    …

Business and Government

• CEI Staff
• 07/26/2005

Contact for Interviews:     <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Christine Hall, 202.331.2258…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/26/2005

Issues in the News   1. ENERGY House and Senate conference committee members reach agreement on major energy legislation.

Business and Government

• By: Iain Murray
• 07/21/2005

Full Document Available in PDF The National Institutes of Health (NIH)…

Business and Government

• By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
• 07/20/2005

Tomorrow, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on Sen. Jeff Bingaman's (D-N.M.) Climate and Economy Insurance Act. Originally…

Antitrust

• CEI Staff
• 07/19/2005

Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 <?xml:namespace prefix =…

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 07/19/2005

Issues in the News 1. AUTOMOBILITY The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposes new fuel economy rules based on car…

Business and Government

• By: CEI Staff
• 07/18/2005

1. ENERGY Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger imperils California’s economy with new regulations on greenhouse gases. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow…

Business and Government

• By: Steven J. Milloy
• 07/16/2005

The food police filed a petition this week with the federal government to require that regular (non-diet) soft drinks carry health warning labels. But…

Business and Government

• By: Timothy Carney
• 07/14/2005

Full Document Available in PDF The United States and the European Union (EU) may be on…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/13/2005

1. REGULATION Washington Post columnist Cindy Skrzycki cites CEI’s most recent regulatory study, Ten Thousand Commandments. CEI Expert Available to Comment:…

Business and Government

• By: Elena Ziebarth
• 07/12/2005

Full interview available in pdf format<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” E: You were recent awarded the Julian L. Simon Award by…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/12/2005

Issues in the News   1. CIVIL LIBERTIES The House and Senate Judiciary Committees debate whether or not to reauthorize…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/08/2005

Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT The G8 nations propose a new aid package for Africa. CEI Expert Available…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/07/2005

1. TECHNOLOGY In the wake of the US Supreme Court decision that P2P firm Grokster could be held liable for aiding digital piracy,…

Business and Government

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/05/2005

Issues in the News   1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Politicians and economic experts from around the world gather in Scotland this week for…

Business and Government