News Releases

• 08/31/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today sued New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for refusing to disclose any Common Interest Agreement entered into by…

• 08/24/2016

A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report offers a blueprint to make Brexit Britain a global economic superpower and tear down barriers to opportunities and entrepreneurship.

• 08/24/2016

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute's Center for Class Action Fairness achieved a victory on behalf of the shareholder class in In re Pepco Holdings, Inc.

• 08/23/2016

“No American should fear being singled out and harassed by a government official who takes a different point of view on public policy questions.” –…

• 08/10/2016

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit invalidated the Federal Communication Commission's 2015 rules, which attempted to restrict the ability of states…

• 08/08/2016

CEI fellow Ryan Young offered a quick take on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s economic speech in Detroit today, as it related to…

• 08/08/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA) filed the opening brief today in their lawsuit challenging a…

• 08/05/2016

Ten groups today, led by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), submitted comments to the Department of Justice concerning the proposed partial consent decree in…

• 08/03/2016

While today marks the theoretical one year anniversary of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, CEI’s Marlo Lewis points out that it’s not actually a true…

• 07/19/2016

A resuscitation of Glass-Steagall Act has been added to the 2016 GOP platform, in a move supported by the Trump campaign. Glass-Steagall prohibited commercial banks…

• 07/18/2016

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed the EPA’s Regional Haze federal plan for Texas on Friday. Competitive Enterprise Institute's Senior Fellow…

• 07/11/2016

Members of Congress are taking to the floor Monday and Tuesday evening in a McCarthy-style attempt to shut down the democratic process and publicize the…

• 07/11/2016

The House vote on extending reauthorization of the big Federal Aviation Administration funding bill buys more time to educate people on beneficial reforms to air…

• 07/05/2016

The DC Circuit court today ruled that agency records including “departmental emails on an account in another domain” must be searched or produced in response…

• 07/05/2016

The House is expected to vote July 5, 2016 on a crowdfunding bill by Rep. Patrick McHenry, the Fix Crowdfunding Act. CEI financial policy expert…

• 06/30/2016

Late yesterday U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker withdrew his subpoena against ExxonMobil. This came only one day after Walker’s D.C. attorney defended his…

• 06/30/2016

Today U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker withdrew his Virgin Islands subpoena of the Competitive Enterprise Institute following yesterday’s withdrawal of Walker’s subpoena of…

• 06/28/2016

Today, a hearing took place in DC Superior Court on arguments concerning the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) motion for sanctions against the U.S. Virgin Islands…

• 06/23/2016

"Britain’s surprising vote to leave the European project is only the start of uncertainty and opportunity," said CEI's Iain Murray.

• 06/17/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today filed its reply brief in its push for sanctions over U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude E. Walker’s…

• 06/15/2016

CEI is one of several organizations singled out for special attention in a subpoena issued by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey that was released…

• 06/14/2016

Soda taxes don’t help people slim down or improve their diet, they just fatten government coffers, a new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute…

• 06/08/2016

Today the House Judiciary Committee marks up an important bill that directs courts to change how they review rules issued by federal agencies. The Competitive Enterprise Institute led…

• 06/06/2016

In a surprising turn of events, the attorney for U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Walker is now claiming “CEI has wasted enough of VIDOJ’s and…

• 05/31/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is asking the full 6th Circuit Court of Appeals for an en banc review of a challenge to a lopsided…

• 05/25/2016

A new study released today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) argues that to alleviate poverty, our leaders, policymakers, and activists must reexamine how they…

• 05/23/2016

Following the pledge in a May 13 letter to CEI’s attorney, U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker (AG Walker) has withdrawn the District of…

• 05/19/2016

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed a cert petition before the U.S. Supreme Court asking for review…

• 05/18/2016

Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) placed a full page color advertisement in The New York Times defending every American’s right to free speech. The…

• 05/16/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today asked the District of Columbia Superior Court to fine U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude E. Walker (AG…

• 05/12/2016

Today the EPA released its methane rule for new oil and gas production and also started soliciting public comment on regulating existing production. The…

• 05/09/2016

A federal court has granted CEI discovery in its FOIA lawsuit against the top White House science policy office. The court found that the White…

• 05/09/2016

Online gambling is a pastime for millions of people and a burgeoning multi-billion dollar industry, but its legal status remains uncertain and regulatory threats from Congress loom. A new…

• 05/04/2016

The annual report Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State released today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) describes a…

• 05/03/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) prevailed in a Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA) lawsuit against George Mason University (GMU). The VFOIA request sought public…

• 04/28/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) applauds the Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act (H.R. 5053), sponsored by U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.). This…

• 04/20/2016

In a letter and set of objections served today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) formally responded to an April 7 subpoena for a decade of…

• 04/18/2016

E&E Legal recently released documents obtained through FOIA from various state attorneys general offices that show communications among instrumental players in coordinating the March…

• 04/18/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) welcomes W. Thomas Haynes as the new chairman of CEI’s Board of Directors. Tom Haynes is replacing outgoing Chairman…

• 04/06/2016

The Obama Labor Department today released a long-anticipated rule imposing new restrictions and obligations on a broad swatch of people and companies that offer investment advice. CEI Senior…

• 04/05/2016

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) announced Forbes Media Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Steve Forbes will deliver the keynote address at the 2016 CEI Annual…

• 03/30/2016

Congress should include a regulatory budget in its final budget for 2017, free market groups urged today in a coalition letter to the Hill. "Specifically, Congress should…

• 03/23/2016

As the Consumer Product Safety Commission considers a petition calling for bans on a whole category of flame retardant chemicals, CEI fellow Angela Logomasini, Ph.D.,…

• 03/21/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) welcomes Kent Lassman as its new president and chief executive officer. Lassman brings more than twenty years of experience…

• 03/02/2016

Marlo Lewis responded to the news that Congress found potential illegal activity by George Mason University Professor Jagadish Shukla in accepting multiple salaries. "Shukla…

• 02/11/2016

Today the Senate passed a permanent ban on internet taxes by the states – a move that now sends the issue to President Obama’s desk.

• 02/04/2016

Acting on the earliest possible date under congressionally-mandated rules, the U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and ministers of 11 other countries signed the…

• 02/02/2016

Obama administration labor regulators are vastly expanding employer liability by imposing new “joint employer” standards – and the negative impact on entrepreneurs and job opportunities…