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Trump Labor Department Gives Fiduciary Rule Go-Ahead, Despite Harmful Impact on Savers and Investors
Today, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced his agency will proceed with the controversial fiduciary rule. CEI senior fellow John Berlau warns that the coming restrictions…
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CEI Reviews Trump Budget on Regulation, EPA, Transportation and Infrastructure
Policy experts offered their first takes on President Trump's budget, with a focus on regulatory reform, the EPA, and transportation and infrastructure reforms.
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Labor Union Official Time Bill Set For May 24 House Vote
On Wednesday, May 24, the House is expected to vote on a plan, H.R. 1293, requiring better reporting on labor union “official time” –…
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CEI General Counsel Says Time to Invalidate ‘Fundamentally Unconstitutional’ CFPB
A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will be heard in federal court this Wednesday. Mortgage lender PHH Corp. brought…
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CEI Applauds FCC Vote to Start Roll Back of Internet Regulations
Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to begin the regulatory process to roll back the agency’s 2015 net neutrality rules. Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)…
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CEI Will Challenge Court Ruling in Target Data Breach Settlement
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Bi-Partisan Group of Attorneys General File Brief Supporting CEI’s Challenge of ProFlowers’ Worthless Coupon Settlement
Attorneys general from 13 states filed an amicus brief supporting the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) in its challenge…
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CEI Launches Television Ad Campaign Urging President Trump to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement
CEI launched an aggressive advertising campaign this week aimed at urging President Trump to keep his campaign promise to American voters and withdraw from the…
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CEI Petitions DHS to Follow the Law: U.S. Aircraft Laptop Ban Must Go Through Public Notice and Comment
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently banned passengers from carrying electronic devices larger than a cell phone in the cabin on any nonstop flights…
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CEI Objects to Settlement Where Lawyers Make $1 Million, Class Gets Changes to Olive Oil Bottles
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2017 — The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) recently objected to the proposed class action settlement, class…
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Should We Regulate the Internet? CEI Argues FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Threaten Freedom, Innovation and Harm Consumers
Consumers should be aware that net neutrality regulations will result in higher prices and less innovation for their broadband services.
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Berlau Criticizes Government Confiscation of Fannie/Freddie Shareholder Profits
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt is set to testify before the Senate Banking Committee today about government-backed mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie…
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CEI and AEA Lead Coalition of Forty Four Free-Market Groups Urging Trump To Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and the American Energy Alliance (AEA) lead a coalition of 44 free-market and conservative organizations who sent a letter today to…
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April Jobs Report Still Falls Short, Regulatory Reform Needed
The jobs report for April, 2017 shows decent but not spectacular progress, says the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Iain Murray. Though the economy added 211,000 jobs in April…
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CEI Releases New Report on Serious Economic and Legal Consequences of Remaining in Paris Climate Agreement
Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute released “The Legal and Economic Case Against the Paris Climate Treaty,” a new report outlining why President Donald…
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Polluted Logic Taints WHO Reports on Children’s Health
A misleading World Health Organization report defines children's health challenges as driven by environmental hazards and ignores the real issue.
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CEI Calls Working Families Flexibility Act “Common-Sense Legislation”
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CEI’s John Berlau Warns Trump Against Return to Glass-Steagall Banking Restrictions
President Trump said on Monday in a Bloomberg News interview that he was considering breaking up America’s biggest banks. “I’m looking at that right now,”…
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CEI Welcomes Court Delay of EPA’s Ozone Rule
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump administration’s request to delay litigation in a case over an Obama-era ozone rule, while the Environmental…
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Another Step in the Right Direction, Court Suspends Clean Power Plan Case
It's time for the Clean Power Plan to be brought within the bounds of the law.
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CEI Priorities for New Labor Secretary Acosta
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Alexander Acosta to head the U.S. Department of Labor. CEI experts on labor and financial policy, respectively, offered their thoughts…
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CEI Calls USA Act an “Important Step” to Restoring Separation of Powers
The Competitive Enterprise Institute supports the Unauthorized Spending Accountability (USA) Act of 2017, aimed at reducing and bringing transparency to executive branch spending. Ryan Young,…
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CEI Commends FCC Plan to Roll Back Net Neutrality Regulations Threatening Internet Freedom
CEI commends Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai's plans for rolling back harmful net neutrality regulations that hamper Internet freedom and consumer access to more…
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CEI Applauds Trump Executive Order To Counter Massive Land Grabs
President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday directing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review the designation of dozens of national monuments on federal lands. The…
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To Boost Innovation, FCC Should Roll Back Net Neutrality Regulations
Over the past decade, the FCC has sought to transform itself into the Internet’s regulator in spite of a clear directive to the contrary from…
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Court Criticizes Schneiderman’s Evasion of Open Records Law
A new court ruling criticizes New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s illegal stonewalling of public records requests. At issue in the case is the key…
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Five Financial Reforms to Help Jumpstart U.S. Economic and Investment Opportunities
A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report identifies five urgent financial reform priorities needed to free people from regulations that hurt small businesses and entrepreneurs…
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Ninth Circuit Hears Transpacific Antitrust Case that Costs Class Members $11 Million
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco heard argument in In Re: Transpacific Passenger Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation.
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Trump Order on Too Big To Fail a Good Start to Ending Red Tape, Bailouts
Today, President Trump is set to sign a presidential memorandum aimed, in part, at reviewing the process for designating non-bank financial institutions as “systemically important,” better…
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CEI Responds to FCC Move to Deregulate Broadband
Reversing initiatives it pursued during the Obama administration, the Federal Communications Commission has accelerated its push to deregulate, by voting to ease limits on broadcast…
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CEI Wins $500,000 for Consumers in Similasan Corp. Class Action
The U.S. District Court of the Southern District of California recently granted preliminary approval of a much improved class action settlement in Allen v. Similasan.
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Africa Economic Success Depends on Three Big Reforms
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Report: Taxpayers Spend Millions to Subsidize Government Unions
Congress should end a multi-million dollar taxpayer subsidy to federal government unions, a new Competitive Enterprise Institute report urges. “The practice called ‘official time’…
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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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