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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…
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CEI Files Class Action Fairness Brief in Volkswagen Emissions Scandal Litigation
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness filed an amicus brief today before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, the body deciding…
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CEI Report: Keep the Skies Open for Drones
A new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute warns that laws and regulations curtailing use of civilian drones could hold back big economic and…
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Cutting Through the BPA Danger Hype
In “Government’s Unfounded War on BPA,” a paper released today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), author Angela Logomasini explains how the taxpayer-funded scare…
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Competitive Enterprise Institute and Center for Class Action Fairness Announce Merger
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) announced a merger with the Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF), a public interest law firm. CEI and…
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How Government Labor Unions Undermine Upward Mobility
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Report Urges Congress to Pull the Plug on Failed Government Lending Agency
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As Pope Francis Arrives in the United States CEI Responds to his Agenda
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CEI Reveals Five Goals to Improve the Developing World
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CEI Statement on Missouri Right-To-Work Veto
Statement by Competitive Enterprise Institute labor policy expert Trey Kovacs on today's vote in the Missouri legislature that failed to override the governor's veto…
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CEI Report Examines Potential Gains in Missouri Right to Work Showdown
A new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute explains how the people of Missouri would greatly benefit from becoming a right to work state. This…
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CEI Statement on Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act
On the joint employer issue, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today introduced a bill to undo the recent NLRB ruling in the case against the Browning-Ferris waste management company. You will…
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Fiduciary rule set for Thursday House hearing
As the House Financial Services Committee hearing convenes Thursday on the Department of Labor’s “fiduciary rule,” Competitive Enterprise Institute senior fellow John Berlau hopes committee…
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CEI Reveals The Nation’s Worst State Attorneys General 2015
From noteworthy ethical and legal breaches, including violating the Constitution, fabricating legal norms, usurping legislative powers, hiring campaign contributors as outside counsel on a contingency-fee…
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Report: Obama Labor Regulators Set for Big Changes That Help Unions, Hurt Businesses and Jobs
A new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute outlines how the Obama administration is working to make major, unilateral changes to labor policies to reward…
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NLRB Ruling in Joint Employer Cases Will Have Devastating Economic Impact
In response to today's 3-2 ruling by the National Labor Relations Board expanding employers’ liabilities as so-called "joint employers," Competitive Enterprise Institute vice president for…
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Proposed Methane Rules A “Regulatory Sleight of Hand”
Yesterday, in response to the EPA's proposed standards for methane and VOCs, Competitive Enterprise Institute's William Yeatman said: "Through a regulatory sleight of…
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Hidden Government Emails at the Epicenter of FOIA Lawsuit
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RealClear Radio Hour with Bill Frezza Expands to New Stations
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Amicus Brief: Congress Has Never Given FCC the Authority to Regulate the Internet
Congress has continued to deny the Federal Communications Commission authority to regulate the Internet, argues the Competitive Enterprise Institute in its amicus brief filed today in…
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CEI Responds to EPA’s Rules: Clean Power Plan and Beyond
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CEI on REINS Act – Fixing Regulation Without Representation
Today the U.S. House of Representatives are voting on the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act. For years, Competitive Enterprise Institute’s…
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Plaintiffs Comment on State National Bank v. Lew DC Circuit Court Opinion
Today, in a win for the American public, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted standing to challenge in court the constitutionality of provisions of…
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Report: Texas Cities Reveal Cost of Labor Union Subsidy
A new report released today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) reveals some of the costs associated with a little-known taxpayer giveaway to labor unions in…
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Too-Big-To-Fail Banking Entrenched by Regulations
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CEI Sues TSA For Violating Federal Law With Body Scanners
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed a lawsuit today against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for violating the law by deploying body scanners before following…
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I, Whiskey: The Spirit of the Market
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Highway Bill Bailout and Spending Schemes Put America’s Roads and Bridges at Risk
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released a new report criticizing spending and bail-out schemes Congress is considering that would put our nation’s roads…
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CEI Labor Policy Experts Warn New Obama Overtime Rule Will Hurt Jobs, Businesses
“The Department of Labor’s moves to revise overtime rules are another of its attempts to set the clock back on modern work practices," said…
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Supreme Court Finds EPA Regulation Unreasonable
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today responded to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Michigan v. EPA. The Court remanded a lawsuit against the…
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Rule of Law Dealt a Blow by the Supreme Court
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Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today on a case involving what constitutes housing discrimination, deciding in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v.
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CEI Applauds Ratepayer Protection Act Passage in the House
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) offered the following response to today’s passage of the Ratepayer Protection Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. Senior Fellow…
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DRIVE Act: Wasteful spending and another government bailout
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Trade Promotion Authority is Critical for Upcoming Trade Deals
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Statement on Pope’s Encyclical on Climate Change
June 18 is the official release date of the Pope’s encyclical on climate change. CEI’s Myron Ebell provides this assessment of Pope Francis’s statements, lamenting…
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CEI Statement on TPA House Passage
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The Real Climate Change Disaster: Bad Facts Lead to Bad Policy
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today released “Time for a Sensible Sense of Congress Resolution on Climate Change” by Marlo Lewis, offering a template…
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Statement on Obama “Fiduciary Rule” Vote Today
Today, a House committee is poised to mark up a plan to block the Obama administration's so-called "fiduciary rule," which would restrict the investment choices…
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CEI Responds to The Remote Transactions Parity Act
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House TPA Rejection Protects the Past at the Expense of the Future
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CEI Responds to Dismissal of Murray Energy Lawsuit Against EPA
Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute Marlo Lewis responded today to a federal appeals court decision to dismiss a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection…
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President Obama’s Rose-Colored Glasses Regarding Healthcare
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President Obama Posits Himself as All Three Branches in One
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On National Donut Day—How About Some Patriotic Overindulgence?
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Federal Court in Texas Rules on NLRB Ambush Election Rule
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Report: Labor Union Attack on Franchise Businesses and Jobs Turns on Politicized ‘Joint Employer’ Lawsuits
A new report by the Competitive Enterprise Institute spells out how a set of lawsuits brought by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) attacks independent…
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The PATRIOT and USA FREEDOM Act Update
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EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard Proposal Ushers in Uncertainty
Today the EPA announced its Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) proposal, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute takes a look at the heart of the issue:…
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New EPA Regulation Codifies Uncertainty; Congress Should Overturn
Today, the Obama administration announced a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation that will affect thousands of waterways and wetlands. Myron Ebell, director of CEI’s…