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CEI Defeats RICO-20 Ringleader In FOIA Lawsuit
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CEI Responds to Release of Exxon Mobil Subpoena
On May 3, 2016, The Washington Times reported on an unredacted version of the subpoena of Exxon Mobil from U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney…
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CEI Sues TSA Over Airport Body Scanner Rule
Airport body scanners, long the object of both public opposition and legal scrutiny, are headed back to court. Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)…
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CEI Supports Legislation to Protect Free Speech, Prevent IRS Abuse
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CEI Sues Over Illegal “Vapes on a Plane” Regulation
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), the Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA), and CEI employee Gordon Cummings today will file a lawsuit challenging a recent U.S. Department of Transportation regulation…
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CEI Scholar Warns: TSCA Reform Promises Higher Prices, Less Choice
As House and Senate members hammer out the final details of legislation to reform federal chemical regulation, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) warns that…
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CEI Strikes Back At Unlawful Subpoena
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Report: Washington’s “Regulatory Dark Matter” Devours Economy, Jobs
Regulators are imposing new restrictions on American businesses and economic activity through guidance documents, memoranda and even blog posts, with little oversight from Congress or…
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Emails Reveal AGs Colluding with Green Groups to Investigate Climate Skeptics
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CEI Announces Tom Haynes as New Chairman of the Board of Directors
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CEI Objects to It’s Just Lunch Settlement
Objecting today to the nationwide class action settlement in Rodriguez v. It’s Just Lunch, The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CEI) seeks…
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CEI Appeals Target Data Breach Settlement That Freezes Out Millions of Customers
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness this week appealed a settlement deal giving $6.75 million to plaintiffs’ lawyers in the aftermath of…
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CEI Fights Subpoena to Silence Debate on Climate Change
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today denounced a subpoena from Attorney General Claude E. Walker of the U.S. Virgin Islands that attempts to unearth…
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Fiduciary Rule is “Obamacare for your IRA”
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CEI Announces 2016 Dinner Program
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CEI-Led Coalition Urges Congress to Pass Regulatory Budget
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Supreme Court Deadlocks on Friedrichs Labor Union Case
The U.S. Supreme Court announced a deadlock, 4 to 4 decision, in a major case involving forced labor union dues, Friedrichs v. California Teachers…
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Fueling Fires with Flame Retardant Bans
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CEI Welcomes Kent Lassman as New President
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CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness Appeals Bad Settlement Deal in Walgreen-Boots Merger
The Center for Class Action Fairness at the Competitive Enterprise Institute appealed a settlement deal that granted $370,000 in fees to plaintiffs’ lawyers and gave…
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Attorney General Lynch Discussed Federal Action against Climate ‘Deniers’
Earlier this week United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch removed herself from any consideration for the Supreme Court, and just yesterday she admitted in a…
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Report: Obama’s ‘Fiduciary Rule’ Harms Middle Class Investors
The Obama Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule will devastate middle class investors by blocking access to investment choices and guidance for their 401(k)s and IRAs,…
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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…