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CEI Releases Ad Urging Trump to Withdraw from Paris Climate Treaty
Today, White House senior advisers are scheduled to meet about the future of U.S. involvement in the Paris Climate Treaty, even though President Trump made…
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White House, Congress Should Not Resurrect Failed Glass-Steagall Banking Restrictions
Statement by John Berlau, Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow: Rather than restrict services banks can provide, the White House and lawmakers should…
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Freeing Spectrum: How Market Values Can Unleash Telecom Innovation
Americans use the electromagnetic spectrum (spectrum) every day through their cell phones, tablets, radios, and other devices. Although users can immediately tell when their data…
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Trump Trade Nominee a Poor Choice to Lead U.S. Negotiations
The United States Senate Committee on Finance is expected to soon vote on the confirmation of Robert Lighthizer to be United States Trade Representative. CEI Senior…
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CEI Petitions EPA on Endangerment Finding
On February 17, 2017, CEI petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to begin a reevaluation of its 2009 “Endangerment Finding.” This finding is EPA’s formal ruling…
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Delaying the Fiduciary Rule will be a Big Reprieve for Savers
The Trump Labor Department on April 5 sent the Office of Management and Budget its final rule requesting a 60-day delay for the Obama fiduciary…
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Court Injunction on Unionization for Rideshare Companies Wins Praise From CEI Labor Expert
Today, a federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary injunction against a Seattle law on unionization for rideshare companies. CEI labor policy expert Trey Kovacs praised…
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CEI Objects to Quorn Foods Settlement that Benefits Attorneys, Not Class
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CEI Gets $405,000 Win for Class in Citigroup Case
In a victory for class action fairness, Citigroup Inc. shareholders will now receive an additional $405,000 in settlement funds thanks to an objection by the…
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Report: Transportation Safety Gains Held Back By Red Tape
Transportation safety is a top priority, but future safety gains are held back by government red tape that stifles innovation and improvement, according to a…
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One Year Later AGs United for Clean Power has Fallen Apart
CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman commented on the one year anniversary of “AGs United for Clean Power,” a coalition of Attorneys General lead by New…
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CEI Praises Trump Executive Order on Climate and Energy Policy
“Today’s Executive Order is a positive step toward scrapping President Obama’s climate regime, but there is still work to be done," said CEI's Center for…
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CEI Applauds House CRA to Reverse Broadband Privacy Rule
The Competitive Enterprise Institute applauds the House of Representatives for passing a CRA resolution of disapproval to repeal the FCC’s privacy rule today. The CRA…
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CEI Calls Keystone Pipeline Permit a Triumph of Sanity
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Leading public policy and legal organizations join forces with Red Tape Rollback to roll back excessive federal regulations
RedTapeRollback.com, a project of Pacific Legal Foundation, today announced a new partnership with leading national public policy, legal,…
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CEI Applauds Senate CRA Move to Reverse Broadband Privacy Rule
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Trump White House Transportation Budget Earns CEI Praise on Air Traffic Control Reform
The White House this morning released its 2018 budget blueprint, which features a 12.7 percent decrease in Department of Transportation spending and reforms to the…
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CEI Calls Trump Budget Clearest Sign Yet of Move to Shrink Federal Government
"“The President's budget proposal is just the starting point. Congress has a responsibility to the American taxpayer to demand value for the taxpayer dollars spent…
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CEI Responds to EPA and DOT Revisiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards
William Yeatman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute applauded today’s move by the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation to “revisit Obama-era standards…
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Mapping Washington’s Lawlessness: CEI Releases Updated Inventory of “Regulatory Dark Matter”
Today, the Competitive Enterprise (CEI) released the 2017 update to its comprehensive report Mapping Washington’s Lawlessness: An Inventory of “Regulatory Dark Matter.” This analysis covers…
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CEI Comments on President Trump’s “Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch”
"Today regulation is used as a tool of economic control. It is time to return to agencies bound by law which can serve as a…
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CEI Supports Lawsuit Against Lawless Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Brief Filed Today
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CEI Comments on FCC Chairman Pai’s Renomination
Today Competitive Enterprise Institute adjunct fellow Jessica Melugin commented on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s re-nomination to the Federal Communications Commission by President Trump:…
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Report: Congress Should End Sports Betting Prohibition
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FCC Stay of Privacy Rule Prevents Irreparable Injury to Businesses and Consumers
This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a temporary stay of part of its privacy rule for internet service providers. The Competitive Enterprise Institute…
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CEI Praises Trump Move to Seek Fiduciary Rule Delay
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CEI Comments on Proposed EPA Budget
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell commented on the reports of the Trump administration’s proposed cuts in…
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CEI Comments on President Trump’s Joint-Session Address to Congress
On February 28, 2017, President Donald J. Trump addressed a joint session of Congress. His speech reviewed the new administration’s recent initiatives and announced ways in which the White…
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Response from the Competitive Enterprise Institute on President Trump’s Executive Order on the Waters of the United States
CEI has for years advocated for a reining in of the overreaching EPA authority over waters across the country. President Trump’s executive order to revisit…
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CEI Supports Regulatory Integrity Act and the SCRUB Act
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is slated to vote on H.R. 1004, the Regulatory Integrity Act, introduced by Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI), and…
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CEI to Award Pierre Desrochers the 2017 Julian L. Simon Memorial Award
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CEI Comments on Trump’s Announcement of Alexander Acosta as Labor Secretary Nominee
Earlier this week, President Trump’s nominee for Labor Secretary, Andrew Puzder, withdrew his nomination. On February 16, 2017, President Trump announced that his new Labor…
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CEI Says Pruitt is Great Choice for EPA Administrator
CEI's Myron Ebell: “Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is a great choice for one of the most important jobs in the Trump administration."…
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CEI Statement on Trump Labor Nominee Andrew Puzder Withdrawing His Nomination
Competitive Enterprise Institute labor policy expert Trey Kovacs commented on the decision by President Trump’s Labor Department nominee, Andrew Puzder, to withdraw his nomination:…
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State Attorneys General Impose Regulation by Litigation
A little understood revolution in American law is taking place— regulation by litigation, which places national lawmaking into the hands of powerful coalitions of state…
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CEI Supports Resolution to Undo Bureau of Land Management Planning 2.0 Rule
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Statement on President Trump’s Financial Regulation Executive Order
Statement from Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Iain Murray on President Trump’s Executive Order concerning regulating the financial system: “CEI welcomes today’s executive order from the Trump…
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Center for Class Action Fairness Wins Big in Southwest Airlines Coupons Case, Triples Relief for Class Members
This week, parties in a years-long class action over Southwest Airlines “premium drink” coupons settled in a win for the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for…
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Eighth Circuit Remands Target Data Breach Settlement
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) received an important ruling today in its appeal of the settlement regarding the much-publicized 2013 data breach at retail…
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CEI Objects to Metropolitan Museum of Art Class Action Settlement
$350,000 attorneys’ fees provide no relief to class…
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CEI Files Reply Brief to Supreme Court in Challenge to Global Fitness Class Action Settlement
Today CEI submitted a reply brief to the Supreme Court in a case involving windfall fees for class action attorneys at the expense of the…
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Competitive Enterprise Institute Welcomes Jim Harper as Vice President
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Wayne Crews of CEI Responds to President Trump’s Executive Order on Regulations
“Regulations have compounded for decades with very little rollback ever taking place, so President Trump’s executive order requiring agencies to identify two regulations for elimination,…
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Prominent Climate Scientist Supports CEI Request for Full Court Rehearing of Michael Mann Case
This week, the D.C. Court of Appeals is receiving amicus briefs in support of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) and National Review’s petitions to rehear,…
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CEI Praises Trump Pick for National Labor Relations Board
Competitive Enterprise Institute labor policy expert Trey Kovacs praised President Trump’s pick to head the National Labor Relations Board, which is an independent federal agency…
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Finding Freedom for Contact Lens Retailers
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CEI Statement on EPA Regulation Freeze
In response to news that the EPA is freezing over 30 regulations, CEI’s Myron Ebell said: “The EPA has been headed in the wrong direction…
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CEI Sodium Report Challenges Conventional Wisdom on Salt
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Senate Democrats Offer High Cost, Low Value Spending Spree on Infrastructure
Competitive Enterprise Institute transportation expert Marc Scribner says the problem with the new Senate Democrat plan on infrastructure spending is that it’s focused on expensive…
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CEI Expert Responds to Trump’s Executive Orders on Pipelines
Statement from Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow William Yeatman on the news that President Trump signed executive orders to push forward the Keystone and…
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Competitive Enterprise Institute Congratulates New Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai
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Statement by CEI Expert on Why Trade Deals Got a Bad Reputation
In response to President Trump’s plans to sign an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the negotiating process of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Competitive Enterprise Institute…
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CEI Requests Full Court Rehearing of Michael Mann Case on First Amendment Grounds
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed a petition requesting that the District of Columbia Court of Appeals rehear, before the Court’s full…
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CEI-Led Coalition Urges Pence, Sessions to Oppose Ban on Internet Gambling
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CEI Supports Trump Transportation Secretary Nominee Elaine Chao
Today, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a nomination hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Department of Transportation nominee, Elaine…
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CEI opposes OSTP motion in FOIA case over Holdren emails
The Competitive Enterprise Institute, through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, raised the question of whether email in Director of the White House Office of…
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CEI Objects to Shareholder Suit Settlement, Invokes Walgreen Decision
On behalf of objector David G. Duggan, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness is appealing the approval of the settlement of a…
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GM’s Deceptive Advertising: Company First Claimed It Repaid Bailout Money, Now Admits It Didn’t
Washington, D.C., September 20, 2010 – Contrary to claims by General Motors earlier this year, the company has now admitted that it did not repay its…
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CEI Responds to Court Ruling in Mann Case
This morning the District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued a ruling in the Michael Mann defamation case that includes the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Statements from CEI’s…
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CEI Objects to Multi-Million Dollar Windfall for Attorneys in Volkswagen Class Action Litigation
This week, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) Center for Class Action Fairness filed an objection to the massive attorneys’ fees and costs—$175 million—being…
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CEI Objects to Unfair Settlement Deal in Google Privacy Case
The Center for Class Action Fairness at the Competitive Enterprise Institute objected to the settlement in the lawsuit In re Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer…
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CEI Releases Free Market Reform Agenda for the Trump Administration
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Obama Regulators Rush Controversial Proposed Rule on Connected Vehicle Technology
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CEI Proposes Agenda for Congress to Restore the Fundamentals of a Free Economy
Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released its policy goals for the 115th Congress, highlighting specific steps lawmakers can take to reform the unbounded…
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CEI Response to Announcement of Pruitt Nomination for EPA Administrator
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CEI Response to Announcement of Puzder for Labor Secretary
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Seattle Plans to Impose Collective Bargaining Rules on Ride-Share Drivers Threaten Privacy, Flexibility, and Voting Representation
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FDA Regulators Cook Up Reckless Anti-Sodium Plan
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CEI Statement on Department of Labor Appeal of Overtime Rule Injunction
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CEI Statement on EPA Commitment to Fuel Standards
EPA’s proposed Mid-Term Evaluation (MET) of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for model year 2022-2025 passenger vehicles is the ultimate midnight regulation. Even though…
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CEI Wins Freedom of Information Case Against NY AG Schneiderman
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CEI Statement on Blocked Overtime Rule
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Problems with Regulators’ Automated Vehicle Policy Flagged by Coalition in Comments to Agency
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Report: Congress Must REIN in Washington Regulators and Save People from Crushing Regulatory Burden
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I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit Wins Gold at TIVA-DC Peer Awards
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I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit Finalist in TIVA-DC Peer Awards
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Paper Argues Local Solutions Are the Best Way to Combat Zika
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CEI Appeals Class Action Settlement Award to Political Groups in Citigroup Case
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) appealed a ruling in the Citigroup Inc. Securities Litigation on Wednesday that allows class action settlement funds to be distributed…
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CEI-Led Coalition Opposes Regulator Price Controls on Freight Railroads
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CEI Report Urges Congress to De-Fund Harmful Labor Regulations
A new Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) report urges Congress to use its power of the purse to stop a spate of new rules imposed by…
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Volkswagen Class Action Ruling: Bad Deal for Consumers
CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness is disappointed by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California’s approval today of the Volkswagen class action settlement because…
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State AGs Ask Supreme Court to Review Unfair Lawyer Payout in Global Fitness Class Action Settlement
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Texas Order in Exxon Case Flagged in CEI’s Case Against AG Walker Over Subpoena
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CEI Argues Volkswagen Settlement Provides Zero Benefits to Consumers
Today, Competitive Enterprise Institute Attorney Anna St. John argued the shortcomings of the Volkswagen class action settlement, a result of the 2015 emissions scandal,…
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CEI Warns Against FDA Sodium Reduction Plan
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Fred Smith: How Business Promotes Freedom
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Film I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit Debuts
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Appeals Court Rules CFPB Unconstitutional
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Borrowers in Dire Straits Over Government’s Payday Lending Restrictions, CEI Report Warns
A Competitive Enterprise Institute report released today warns that many Americans will be hurt, not helped, by new restrictions on lending imposed by the…
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Competitive Enterprise Institute and 19 Allies Submit Joint Comment Letter on EPA’s Proposed Clean Energy Incentive Program Design Details Rule
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CEI Expert: Devastating Overtime Rule Must be Delayed
This week, the House will consider Rep. Tim Walberg’s (R-Mich.) Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act (H.R.6094), which delays the implementation…
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CEI Urges Rail Regulators to Nix Proposed Backdoor Price Controls
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today submitted public comments to the nation’s top railroad regulator opposing new mandates and price controls on freight railroad…
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CEI Files Opening Brief Against TSA Body Scanner Regulation
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CEI Seeks Supreme Court Review of Unfair Lawyer Payout in Global Fitness Class Action Settlement
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a challenge to a lopsided class action settlement agreement that leaves…
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CEI Flags Flaws with New Obama Driverless Car Policy
The Obama administration today put out long-awaited regulatory guidance on self-driving cars. CEI transportation policy expert Marc Scribner says that along with some sensible policies,…
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CEI Objects to Abusive Volkswagen Settlement at Center of Emissions Scandal
On Friday evening, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) Center for Class Action Fairness asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California…
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CEI Supports Regulatory Integrity Act
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is slated to vote on H.R. 5226, the Regulatory Integrity Act, introduced by Congressman Tim Walberg (R-Mich.). The…
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CEI Criticizes Arizona Supreme Court Ruling Against Taxpayers, For Labor Unions
Taxpayers must still pay for labor union activities as a result of a ruling today by the Arizona Supreme Court. CEI labor policy expert Trey Kovacs…
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Customer Appeals Fat Reward for Lawyers in Subway Footlong Settlement
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness today argued in court against a class action settlement involving Subway’s “footlong” sandwiches. The settlement awards…
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Report: Regulators Threaten Worker Opportunities, Aspirations
Regulators are taking action against the work preferences and aspirations of people in 21st Century America, according to a new Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) report…