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CEI Responds to TSA’s Final Rule on Airport Body Scanners
Today the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued a final rule on the agency’s use of body scanners in direct response to CEI’s court victory…
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CEI Responds to GMU Professor’s Alleged Illegal Funding
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CEI Attacks the DOT Ban on Electronic Cigarettes on Airplanes
CEI fellow Marc Scribner said: The Department of Transportation’s decision to ban electronic cigarettes on commercial flights has less substance to it than the…
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Congress Must Act Now to Stop the Paris Climate Treaty
Contrary to President Obama's assertions, the COP-21 Paris climate agreement is a treaty and should be submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent.
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CEI Statement on Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act
The House today passed the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act (HR2017). CEI consumer policy expert Michelle Minton praised this common sense plan. “The…
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CEI Appeals Hot Fuels Settlement That Awards Millions to Lawyers, Zero to Class
A class action settlement involving gasoline fuel temperature could mean big fees and a lobbying slush fund for lawyers, with no benefit to consumers –…
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CEI Statement on Permanent Ban of Internet Sales Taxes
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Report: Obama Overtime Rule Has Big Costs, Few Benefits
The Obama administration overtime pay mandate will put a big burden on small business and won’t necessarily lead to higher wages, a new report from the Competitive…
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FAA 40 Years Behind on Air Traffic Control; Reforms Benefit Consumers
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released new analysis by CEI fellow and transportation expert Marc Scribner on H.R. 4441, the Aviation…
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Supreme Court Puts EPA’s Clean Power Plan on Hold
This evening the U.S. Supreme Court suspended EPA’s Clean Power Plan, barring it from taking effect while the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals considers the…
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Trans-Pacific Partnership – Good on Tariffs But Loaded with Non-Trade Issues
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Air Traffic Control Modernization Advances in House Committee
A plan to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system was put forward today by the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Rep.
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House Leads Effort to End Operation Choke Point Abuse
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday, February 4, on a bill curtailing Operation Choke Point, an Obama administration initiative launched in 2013…
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Report: Joint Employer Labor Liability Puts Jobs, Opportunity at Risk
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CEI Opposes Senate’s Energy Policy Modernization Act
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) opposes passage of the Energy Policy Modernization Act (S. 2012), which is on the Senate floor this week. The…
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CEI Applauds Reduction in Attorneys’ Fees in Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Settlement
Yesterday the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio denied the indirect purchaser plaintiffs’ attorneys their full requested fees in the Polyurethane Foam…
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Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Favor of FERC Power Demand Rule
CEI's Myron Ebell has strong words about today's Supreme Court FERC Ruling: "The Supreme Court sends a clear message by ruling in favor…
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CEI Responds to Department of Labor’s Announcement on Joint Employer Liabilities
CEI labor policy expert Trey Kovacs offered the following response to the sudden announcement from labor regulators imposing new joint employer liabilities: "President…
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CEI Statement on New Joint Employer Regulations
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CEI Identifies Problems with Cy Pres Awards in Google Settlement
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed a reply brief in the Gaos v. Google…
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Appeals Court Hears Argument Over Obama Administration’s Use of Private Emails
Oral argument will be heard today in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit concerning White House science advisor John Holdren’s alleged use of a…
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CEI Supports Congressional Action on WOTUS and STREAM Act
Today and tomorrow Congress will vote on measures to limit the federal government’s jurisdiction beyond the original intent of the Clean Water Act and the…
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CEI Responds to President’s SOTU Remarks on Climate Change
Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute offered the following response to President Obama's remarks on climate change in his final State of the Union:…
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CEI Files Amicus Brief in Support of Returning Funds to Black Farmers Discriminated Against by the USDA
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed an amicus brief arguing unclaimed funds from the settlement in In…
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CEI Takes the EPA’s Clean Power Plan to Court to Protect State Rights
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its Clean Power Plan in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
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CEI Asks for Rehearing on Settlement in Berry v. Lexis
Today the Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF), a project of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
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CEI Opposes Omnibus Cave-In on EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Rules and Extensions of Wind and Solar Tax Subsidies
Myron Ebell, director of CEI’s Center for Energy and Environment, today explained CEI’s opposition to some provisions and support for certain riders in the omnibus…
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Customer Fights Fat Reward for Lawyers in Subway Short-Sandwich Lawsuit
In a lawsuit over Subway's "footlong" sandwiches that don't measure up, CEI's Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) on Tuesday challenged a proposed class action settlement that…
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Mercury Power Plant Rule: EPA is not off the hook yet
CEI’s William Yeatman responded to the DC Circuit’s ruling today on the mercury power plant rule: “While today’s unfortunate decision keeps the rule…
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CEI Challenges Duracell Battery Class Action Settlement, Files Cert Petition Before U.S. Supreme Court
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…
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Mapping Washington’s Lawlessness: CEI Releases Inventory of How the Federal Government Interferes in Americans’ Lives
Today, the Competitive Enterprise released the first comprehensive report on how the executive branch goes around Congress, the American people, and the Administrative Procedure…
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Circuit Split Created Over Injunctive Relief in Class Action Lawsuits
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling in a settlement case against Lexis Nexis, setting an unfortunate…
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CEI Statement Supporting H.R. 8, Upton’s Energy Infrastructure Bill
As the House of Representatives considers H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, the Competitive Enterprise Institute issued the following statement in…
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Deficit-Plagued Fairfax County Public Schools Waste Taxpayer Money On Labor Union Business, Report Finds
At a time when the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) are experiencing a serious budget deficit, public school employees get paid by taxpayers to conduct…
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CEI Comment on Highway Bill Conference Report
CEI transportation policy expert Marc Scribner praised parts of the federal highway bill released today out of a congressional conference committee. Scribner praised parts of…
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IRS Complaint Filed Against GMU Professor Shukla’s Nonprofit For Abuse Of Funds
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Drone Task Force Report to FAA on Mandatory Drone
The drone registration task force has now issued its recommendations to the FAA concerning plans to require registration for commercial/civilian drones. But the FAA’s plan…
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CEI Supports Urgent Passage of Two Senate Resolutions on EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules
This week the U.S. Senate will consider two resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to block the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing…
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CEI Applauds the Senate Passage of Resolution to Block Climate Regulations
The Competitive Enterprise Institute applauded the Senate’s 52-46 passage of two resolutions of disapproval (S.J. Res. 71 and 72) under the Congressional Review Act to…
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CEI Files FOIA Lawsuit Against George Mason University for Denying Existence of Records Related to RICO-20 Letter
George Mason University (GMU) faculty claimed "no records" existed in response to a Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) FOIA request regarding the involvement of Professor Ed…
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CCAF Objects to Egregious 30% Fee Grab by Counsel in Polyurethane Class Suit Settlement
Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed an objection to the class action settlements in the Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Litigation.
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Destroying America’s Railroads: The Killing Burden of Government Regulation
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CEI’s Constitutional Challenge to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finally Reaches the Merits
Friday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed its opening brief in its lawsuit State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas et al. v.
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Center for Class Action Fairness Objects to Plaintiff Lawyer ‘Merger Tax’ in Walgreen-Boots Merger
The Center for Class Action Fairness at the Competitive Enterprise Institute late Thursday filed an objection to the exorbitant fees sought by plaintiffs’ lawyers related…
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CEI Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Rejection
Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute responded today to President Obama rejecting the XL Pipeline: "President Barack Obama’s decision today to deny…
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CEI Supports Urgent Passage of Two House Resolutions on EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules
Today the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee’s energy subcommittee will mark up two resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA)…
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CEI Response to EPA Greenhouse Gas Rule Published in Federal Register
Myon Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute today responded to the EPA publishing greenhouse gas rules in the Federal Register: “Publication in…
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CEI Prevails: Court Orders TSA to Bare Its Body Scanner Rule
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) won a favorable ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ordering the Transportation Security Administration…
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CEI-Led Coalition Asks Congress to Help Middle Class and Stop Labor Dept Fiduciary Rule
Thirty-three conservative and free-market groups, coordinated by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, sent a coalition letter today urging congressional leaders to defund the destructive “fiduciary rule”…
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Virtuous Capitalism Is Alive and Well
Is rent seeking – private parties’ using government to secure special favors – a problem in America or are things better than we think? In…
