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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…
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$2.3 Million Returns to Class Members after CEI Opposes Cy Pres Distribution in Wal-Mart Online DVD Settlement
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness won a victory for consumers when a court in the Northern District of California entered…
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CEI Sues NY AG Schneiderman for Common Interest Agreement on Climate Change Subpoena Campaign
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Goodlatte Online Sales Tax Proposal is an ‘Improvement’ but Still Needs Work
Today, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., released a discussion draft of his plan to tackle remote online sales taxes. A vast improvement over competing proposals in…
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Report: Brexit Britain Open for Business with Market-Based Reforms
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Victory in Class Action Case by Mere Threat of Objection by CEI
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CEI Releases Video Defending Rights to Free Speech
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CEI Opposes Regulator Limits on Arbitration Option for Financial Products
The Competitive Enterprise Institute on Monday submitted public comments with the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) opposing a proposed rule to limit the option…
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Survey: One-Third of Union Workers Would Opt Out of Membership
A new survey shows nearly 30 percent of union members nationwide would opt out of union membership if they knew they could keep their job…
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CEI Settlement Objection Prevails in Similasan Corp. Case
The U.S. District Court of the Southern District of California rejected a settlement in Allen v. Similasan, keeping class attorneys from a $545,000 payday while…
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CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness Wins Fight Against Worthless Settlement Deal in Walgreen-Boots Merger
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness won its challenge to a class action settlement deal related to the merger between Walgreens…
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CEI Applauds Court Ruling in Tennessee v. FCC
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CEI Expert Weighs in on Donald Trump’s Economic Speech in Detroit
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CEI Files Opening Brief against “Vapes on a Plane” Regulation
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Comments to DOJ: Coalition Opposes Settlement in VW litigation
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Report: Businesses Exposed to Unexpected Liabilities from Obama Joint Employer Regulations
A Competitive Enterprise Institute report released today reveals a set of unexpected liabilities American businesses and employers will face in the wake of recent changes…
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The Clean Power Plan’s Bizarro World Birthday
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The EPA’s Dereliction of Duty
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consistently fails to fulfill its mandatory responsibilities under the Clean Air Act, instead giving priority to regulatory programs of its…
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Up to $9 Million to Return to Class Action Members in Successful Settlement Objection
Late last week the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled in Ascena v. Rougvie that the $14 million fee request by…
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Robocars of the Future Could Save Lives, Lower Costs, But State Laws Remain a Roadblock
Automated vehicle technology offers the promise of fewer highway fatalities and big cost savings in transporting consumer goods nationwide, but state driving laws remain a…
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Report: Renewable Fuel Mandate Rewards Ethanol Lobby at Consumer Expense
A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report makes the case for repealing the federal biofuels mandate, citing its numerous economic, ethical, and real-world problems. “Congress should…
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CEI Expert Warns Against Reviving Glass-Steagall
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CEI Applauds Court’s Decision to Stay EPA’s Regional Haze Takeover in Texas
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Rail Regulators Threaten Innovation with New Mandate
A Federal Railroad Administration hearing today debates whether regulators should require a minimum crew size for rail, as a proposed FRA rule would do. CEI transportation policy expert…
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Urgent Priority for Next President: Executive Order Limiting Regulation
As the Democrat and Republican parties debate priority issues for their party policy platforms, they have a unique opportunity to strike at out-of-control regulations. A…
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Partial Ruling in Dodd Frank Case Confirms that Cordray 2012 Appointment was Illegal
Yesterday, the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia confirmed that Richard Cordray’s 2012 recess appointment to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was…
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CEI Response to McCarthy-style Tactics by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
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FAA Extension Buys Time for Big Reforms
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CEI Court Victory has Implications for Agency Emails
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CEI Expert Comments on Expected House Crowdfunding Vote
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CEI Challenges Settlement in Similasan Corp. Case where Lawyers get Payday and Class gets Nothing
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is asking the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of California to reject a settlement in Allen v.
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Withdrawal of Exxon Subpoena Confirms Unconstitutional Nature of its Attack on CEI
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Virgin Islands Withdraws CEI Subpoena, Bolstering Need for Sanctions Against AG Walker
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CEI Presents Arguments in Motion for Sanctions against U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General
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Federal Regulatory Budget Is Worth the Effort
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute released Toward a Federal Regulatory Budget, a paper that examines why and how Congress must take a more proactive…
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CEI Response to Brexit Vote
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CEI Response to Wyoming Fracking Ruling
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s William Yeatman responded today to the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming’s ruling striking down a Bureau of Land…
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CEI Comments on FAA Drone Regulations
Today, June 21, 2016, the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration finalized their operational rules for commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems. Transportation policy expert Marc Scribner responded:…
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In Subpoena Saga, CEI Pushes for Sanctions against U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General
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CEI Responds to Massachusetts AG Maura Healey over latest climate subpoena
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Net Neutrality Ruling is a Loss of Freedom, Increase in Government Control
Today’s federal court ruling upholding the Obama Administration’s net neutrality plan is a boon for more agency power and an opportunity for Congress to rein…
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Report: Soda Taxes Slim Wallets, Not Waistlines
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CEI Leads Coalition to Support the Separation of Powers Restoration Act
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U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Criticizes CEI for Defending Free Speech
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CEI Expert Warns: CFPB Payday Lending Rule Will Hurt the Poor
The CFPB is expected to propose a new rule on June 2 restricting so-called payday lending. CEI financial policy expert John Berlau warns that new…
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CEI Challenges Lawyers’ Multi-Million Dollar Pay Day in Global Fitness Settlement
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Report Offers Reform Roadmap to Improve Lives, End Poverty
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CEI Finance Policy Expert Supports Senate’s Vote to Block Fiduciary Rule
Today, the Senate voted against the Labor Department's fiduciary rule by approving the House-passed resolution of disapproval, under Congressional Review Act auspices. CEI financial policy expert…
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U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Withdraws D.C. Subpoena of CEI
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CEI Challenges LexisNexis Class Action Settlement, Files Cert Petition Before U.S. Supreme Court
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CEI Labor Expert Warns of Negative Consequences for Obama Overtime Pay Mandate
The Labor Department is set to issue its final rule expanding a federal mandate on employers for overtime pay. The overtime rule makes more salaried…