News Releases

• 10/27/2016

Today, a coalition of free market groups led by the Competitive Enterprise Institute sent a letter to congressional leaders opposing an effort by regulators to…

• 10/20/2016

Attorneys general from 17 states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a circuit court’s approval of a class action settlement agreement that leaves…

• 10/19/2016

CEI filed with the D.C. Superior Court a copy of an order issued last week by a federal judge in Texas, in Exxon’s challenge to…

• 10/14/2016

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning sodium reduction targets for food manufacturers, with the first of two public comment periods ending on…

• 10/13/2016

In The Morality and Virtues of Capitalism and the Firm, Competitive Enterprise Institute founder Fred L. Smith, Jr. argues that businesses help people develop relationships…

• 10/12/2016

Today marks the launch of I, Whiskey: The Human Spirit, a documentary-style short film that tells the story of how the freedom to innovate, enjoy,…

• 10/11/2016

“This is a great day for limited government and the constitutional separation of powers,” said Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) General Counsel Sam Kazman, following a…

• 09/29/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute, along with 19 other signers, submitted comments today to the EPA on a component of the Clean Power Plan that is…

• 09/26/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), The Rutherford Institute, and two CEI employees filed the opening brief today in their lawsuit challenging the Transportation Security Administration…

• 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…