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FDA Ban on Flavored E-Cigarette Sales Will Put Lives at Risk
The FDA is expected to impose imminent new restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes by convenience stores, gas stations, and online, according to news reports.
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CEI Sues University of California for Information on UCLA Law School Involvement with Climate Litigation Industry
The free-market public policy group Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today sued the Board of Regents of the University of California under California’s Public Records Act…
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October Brought 250,000 New Jobs, Despite Bad Trade Restrictions
The American economy added 250,000 jobs in October, the U.S. Labor Department announced today. The unemployment rate was meanwhile unchanged from last month, at 3.7…
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Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Unfair Class Action Settlement that Gives Millions to Attorneys, Zero Dollars to Class Members
Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case brought by the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) challenging…
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CEI Expert Says EU Proposal to Ban Single-Use Consumer Plastic Items “Won’t Help the Environment”
On Wednesday, the European Union put forward a proposal to ban ten single-use plastic items, including straws and cotton swabs, by 2021. The proposal is…
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CEI Files Brief with Supreme Court Arguing Ninth Circuit’s EasySaver Decision Underscores Need for Proposed Cy Pres Standard
Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed a supplemental brief with the Supreme Court, arguing the Ninth Circuit’s decision in the EasySaver case earlier this…
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New Video Explains How CEI Is Fighting for Consumers Against Attorney Greed at Supreme Court
Washington, D.C.—In a new video released today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), Senior Attorney Melissa Holyoak explains how greedy trial attorneys are corrupting our legal system…
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Report – Tailpipe Emissions Are SAFE: Trump Fuel Economy Reform Will Not Cause Air Pollution Deaths
A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report debunks false claims that the Trump administration plan to scale back government fuel efficiency mandates poses an offsetting risk…
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Trump Trade Tariffs Mean Layoffs and Lower Auto Sales for Ford
Ford Motor Company just announced layoffs in the midst of a reported $1 billion in tariff-related losses. Auto sales are down due to trade tariffs…
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CEI Appeals Unlawful Conditions FCC Imposed on Cable Provider Merger
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and four individuals – John France, Daniel Frank, Jean-Claude Gruffat, and Charles Haywood – filed an appeal today with the…
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IPCC Report Reaches Dire Conclusions Based on Models that Overstate Rate of Warming
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report Monday related to the issue of climate change.
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Transportation Dept. Helps Automated Vehicle Future with New, Modernized “AV 3.0” Plan
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation put out its long-anticipated plan to pave the way for automated vehicles. The DOT guidance document is called Preparing…
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CEI Wins Attorney Fee Challenge After Ninth Circuit Rules EasySaver Settlement Violated CAFA
In a victory for class action fairness, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated $8.7 million in fees for plaintiffs’ attorneys in Re: EasySaver Rewards…
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CEI Praises Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Sound and Transparent Science Rule
Ahead of today’s Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee hearing on oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency’s implementation of the Sound and Transparent Science rule,…
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CEI Report Calls for Executive Order to Shine Light on Guidance Documents and Other “Regulatory Dark Matter”
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released a new report today, calling on the White House to issue a new executive order to highlight and strengthen…
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CEI: Dept. of Justice is Right to Challenge Legality of California “Net Neutrality” Law
The Department of Justice recently filed a lawsuit against the state of California, claiming the state’s newly-signed law regarding “net neutrality” seeks to regulate interstate…
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CEI Commends FCC Vote to Streamline 5G Buildout – America’s Next Generation of Wireless Technology
Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to streamline the buildout of 5G infrastructure, America’s next generation of wireless technology. The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Jessica Melugin,…
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Congress Must End Limbo for Federal Aviation Administration Funding, Though Modernization Still Urgently Needed
Congress is running out of time to pass legislation authorizing spending for the Federal Aviation Administration, with a September 30 deadline looming. CEI transportation policy…
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CEI Report Debunks Myths Advanced by Special Interest Supporters of Kigali Amendment
Special interests supporting the Kigali Amendment, which would ban refrigerants widely used by consumers with air conditioning and businesses that rely on air conditioning and…
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Report: Congress Should Stop Funding International Junk Science Agency
American taxpayers fund an international agency that puts out junk science, scaring consumers and leading to costly jury decisions and unnecessary product bans, a new…
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CEI Applauds Sensenbrenner Bill to Stem Fallout from Supreme Court Decision on Internet Sales Tax
Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) introduced the Online Sales Simplicity and Small Business Relief Act of 2018 today, aimed at protecting taxpayers and online entrepreneurs from…
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NLRB Retools Joint Employer Rule: CEI Statement
Today, the National Labor Relations Board put out a proposed rule establishing a new “joint employer” standard on when two employers would be liable for…
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CEI Challenges Frivolous Suit Paying Attorneys over $300,000 but Leaving Class members with $0
Yesterday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed its opening brief in Alcarez v. Akorn, Inc., et al. CCAF is challenging…
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Ten Year Anniversary of Financial Crisis and Nothing Has Improved
It’s been 10 years since investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy as of September 15, marking the epicenter of the infamous 2008 financial crisis.
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CEI Response to FCC Overreach on Charter-Time Warner Merger Decision
On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission denied the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) petition for reconsideration of the conditions the agency imposed when Charter Communications, Inc.
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CEI Report Details Scheme Privately Funding Governors’ Offices to Push Partisan Climate Change Agenda
This week media, activists, major environmental donors, and government officials will descend on San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit hosted by California Gov.
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Supreme Court Asked to Hear Challenge to Constitutionality of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), and the 60 Plus Association on September 6 petitioned the United States…
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In Horse-trading Deal, Trump Renominates Problematic NLRB Democrat
Last night, President Trump renominated a controversial Democrat for another five-year term at the powerful National Labor Relations Board,…
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CEI Report Details Campaign to Privately Fund State Attorney General Offices to Advance Climate Change Legal Positions
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today released a report, “Law Enforcement for Rent,” detailing how activist donors are paying to place prosecutors in state attorney…
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Trump Trade Announcement with Mexico Belies Trump Trade Barriers
This morning, the White House announced a new “understanding” with Mexico, related to ongoing talks about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Competitive Enterprise…
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CEI Endorses Trump Nominee for Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
Competitive Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow John Berlau expressed CEI’s support for President Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection:…
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CEI: EPA’s Proposed Affordable Clean Energy Rule “Huge Improvement” Over Clean Power Plan
The Environmental Protection Agency today released a proposed replacement for the Obama Administration’s “Clean Power Plan,” which was finalized in August of 2015. CEI opposed…
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CEI Report: Endangered Species Act Costs Billions More than Generally Acknowledged, Government Accounting Obscures Costs
A Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) report released today reveals the actual costs of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to taxpayers, local and state governments, landowners,…
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CEI: Court Decision against Weed Killer Based on Bad Evidence Could Raise Food Prices, Harm the Environment
Last week, a jury in California awarded $289 million to a former school groundskeeper who claimed glyphosate, an ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, caused…
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Trade Cannot Be Fair Unless it is Free
The Competitive Enterprise Institute today released a report on the urgent need to return to free trade policies at a time when tariffs and tensions…
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CEI: Congress Should Reclaim Delegated Trade Authority and End President Trump’s Harmful Trade War
On Friday, China announced it would impose new tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods, further escalating trade tensions between the two countries.
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CEI: Proposed Changes to CAFE Standards Are Good News for Consumers
Today, the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency released proposed revisions to future fuel economy standards set under the Obama Administration.
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CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness Appeals Unfair Disclosure-Only Settlement in Pharmacyclics-AbbVie Merger
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness filed the opening brief in an appeal of a “disclosure-only settlement” stemming from the 2015 merger…
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CEI: Second Quarter Growth Shows Free Market Policies Work, but Restrictive Trade Policies Could Harm Future Growth
The Department of Commerce announced Friday morning the U.S. economy grew by 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2018.
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Trump, Juncker Take Surprise Cooler Heads Approach to Trade Brinkmanship
The surprise deal President Trump and EU President Jean-Claude Juncker announced today - to mutually resolve disputes over steel and aluminum tariffs and other industrial…
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Trump Tariffs Will Harm US and EU
President Trump is set to meet with EU President Jean-Claude Juncker today, with trade tensions topic #1, but CEI Senior Fellow Iain Murray warns that…
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Report: Automated Truck Technology Would Mean Cost Savings and Safety Gains – If Legislators Update Decades-Old Laws
Automated vehicle technology promises big cost savings in transporting goods nationwide and increased highway safety, but outdated state laws remain a roadblock, according to a…
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CEI Praises Dept of Interior’s Proposed Changes to Endangered Species Act Regulations
This week, the Department of Interior announced proposed revisions to portions of the regulations that implement sections of the Endangered Species Act.
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CEI Supports Resolution Opposing a Carbon Tax
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CEI Criticizes European Union’s Antitrust Decision Against Google
The European Union announced its decision today to fine Google $5 billion in an antitrust case involving the tech giant’s Android operating system. Competitive Enterprise…
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House Bipartisan JOBS Act 3.0 Act Will Cut Red Tape for Investors, Small Companies
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will likely pass by a substantial margin a legislative package — backed by both House Financial Services Committee Chairman…
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CEI Report: EPA’s Science Transparency Rule Makes Science Stronger
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public hearing on its proposed rule, “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science,” aimed at increasing transparency of…
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CEI: Consumers Will Suffer if AT&T-Time Warner Merger is Delayed or Scuttled
Yesterday, the Department of Justice appealed a courts’ decision to approve the AT&T-Time Warner merger in a filing with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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CEI Warns Newly Announced Tariffs on Chinese Goods Will Harm Consumers, Workers
The Trump Administration announced new proposed tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods yesterday, escalating a trade conflict with China.
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CEI Applauds President Trump’s Pardon of Dwight and Steve Hammond
Today, President Trump announced the pardon of Dwight and Steve Hammond, two ranchers from Eastern Oregon who were prosecuted under the Antiterrorism Act of 1996…
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CEI Files Supreme Court Brief in Case Challenging Abuse of Class Action System
Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed its opening brief in Frank v. Gaos, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a class action settlement that provided…
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CEI on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s Resignation
On behalf of CEI, we thank Scott Pruitt for his outstanding service as EPA administrator, and we regret that personal troubles got in the way.
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CEI Leads Coalition of 22 Groups Asking Trump to Reject Kigali Amendment’s Red Tape
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) sent a letter to President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, asking them to reject the Kigali Amendment…
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Supreme Court Refuses to Consider If Searching Internet IPs Requires Warrant
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is disappointed that the Supreme Court has refused to consider if the government can search what websites a person accesses online…
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Workers in Janus Union Dues Case
The Competitive Enterprise Institute praised a 5-to-4 Supreme Court ruling today in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 ending forced union dues for public sector workers.
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CEI Wins Appeal, Heads Back to Court to Challenge Bad-Faith Objectors in Pearson Class Action
Today, the Seventh Circuit overturned the district court’s decision that prevented CEI from challenging the bad-faith objectors. The court agreed that courts must ensure that class…
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CEI Objection Wins Nearly $100 million for Class Members in Petrobras Settlement
This week, Judge Jed Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York agreed with the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) objection…
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CEI Commends Supreme Court’s Decision Protecting Carpenter Against Unreasonable Search
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Timothy Carpenter in Carpenter v. United States, finding that the government violated his Fourth Amendment protection against…
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CEI Comments on Supreme Court Lucia Ruling Upholding Democratic Accountability
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today in Lucia v. SEC held that Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) are officers who must be appointed by, at least,…
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CEI on The White House Plan to Reform and Reorganize Regulatory Agencies
Today, the White House released its much-anticipated plan for reorganizing federal government agencies. Competitive Enterprise Institute policy experts praised some of the reforms but pointed…
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CEI on Supreme Court’s Wayfair Ruling That Will Devastate Small Online Businesses and Consumers
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today cuts against the longstanding American ideal of “no taxation without representation.” This ruling will devastate many small online businesses,…
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CEI Urges Senate To Press CFPB Nominee on Stopping Regulatory Abuse
Over the past weekend, President Trump nominated Kathy Kraninger, an associate director at the Office of Management and Budget, to head the Bureau of Consumer…
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CEI Warns Trump China Tariffs Will Backfire
President Donald Trump announced today he will slap 25 percent tariffs on Chinese technology imports. CEI Fellow Ryan Young warned the move will backfire.
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CEI Commends Judge’s Approval of AT&T-Time Warner Deal in Antitrust Lawsuit
Today, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon approved the AT&T-Time Warner merger. Judge Leon rejected the Justice Department’s argument in its antitrust lawsuit aimed at blocking…
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CEI Condemns Trump Decision on Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
Today, the Trump administration announced additional steel and aluminum tariffs on America’s allies, including the European Union, Canada, and Mexico.
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CEI Announces 2018 Annual Dinner Keynote: OMB Director Mick Mulvaney
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) announced that White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney will keynote its 2018 Annual Dinner and Reception on June 28…
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CEI on Paris Climate Decision Anniversary: Trump Should Tell the Senate to Vote It Down
This Friday marks the one-year anniversary of President Trump withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate treaty. The Competitive Enterprise Institute strongly supported Trump’s…
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Dodd-Frank Volcker Rule Rollback Will Help Entrepreneurs, Investors
The Federal Reserve Board is expected today to start rolling back the Volcker Rule, a controversial Dodd-Frank provision that prohibits federally insured commercial banks from…
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CEI on Potential Auto Tariff: “Trump Tax” Is Deeply Troubling
This week, the Trump administration launched a probe to consider imposing tariffs on imported automobiles. CEI Senior Fellow Marc Scribner warned such a "Trump tax" would be bad…
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Trump Executive Orders on Civil Service Reform Are a Huge Win for Taxpayers, Workplace Equity
On news today that President Trump signed three executive orders aimed at making federal workers more accountable and better-performing, Competitive Enterprise Institute experts praised the…
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CEI Report: Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation Costs Everyone, Provides Little
In a new Competitive Enterprise Institute report released today, CEI’s regulatory counsel and technology policy expert Ryan Radia argues that the EU’s new privacy rules…
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CEI Commends House Passage of Modest Banking Reforms, Urges Congress to Go Further
Today, the House considered and passed The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act aimed at scaling back a few bad Dodd-Frank bank regulations. CEI Senior Fellow…
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Net Neutrality Regulations Are Harmful, Unnecessary, and Unconstitutional
Today, the Senate passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution, expressing disapproval of the Federal Communications Commission’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order. The resolution is an…
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Report: CFPB Can Fix Fair Lending Laws, Improve Consumer Protection and Access to Credit
A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report urges the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to remedy Obama-era misuse of a 1970s law, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act…
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Supreme Court Ruling in New Jersey Sports Gambling Case: A Win for States, Consumers, and Rule of Law
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of New Jersey’s right to set its own laws on whether to allow sports gambling – a…
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CEI Objects to Unfair Petrobras Settlement that Groups U.S. and Foreign Purchasers Together, Attorneys Overbill Class by $100M
Yesterday evening, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) Center for Class Action Fairness objected on behalf of a class member to an unfair settlement and an excessive attorneys’…
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NLRB Announces New Joint Employer Rulemaking – a Good Move, Says CEI’s Trey Kovacs
Today the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced it is considering a new rulemaking to fix the controversial joint employer standard.
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Net Neutrality Regulations Are Not Neutral, Harm Innovators and Consumers
A group of Senators are pushing for a vote on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Federal Communications Commissions’ (FCC) Restoring Internet…
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House Vote to Stop CFPB Auto Loan Rule Wins CEI Praise
Today, the House of Representatives passed a resolution to stop a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule aimed at curtailing certain auto loan practices.
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CEI Freedom of Information Victory Upheld Against NY AG Schneiderman’s Appeal
On Thursday evening, the New York Supreme Court (Appellate Division) ruled in favor of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in an appeal brought by New York Attorney…
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Supreme Court Grants Cert for CEI in Google Privacy Case Frank v. Gaos
CEI Director of Litigation and petitioner Ted Frank said, "We are hopeful that the Supreme Court’s review will result in a standard forbidding attorneys from misusing…
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CEI to EPA: Repeal Unlawful and Destructive Clean Power Plan
Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) submitted comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule to repeal the so-called Clean Power Plan…
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CEI Welcomes Confirmation of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Today, the Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as the U.S. Secretary of State. Competitive Enterprise Institute director of the Center for Energy and Environment Myron Ebell…
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CEI Applauds Introduction of Resolution Opposing a Carbon Tax
Today Reps. Steve Scalise (R, LA) and David McKinley (R, WV) introduced a resolution “expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be…
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CEI Commends EPA’s Move to End Use of Secret Science
Today, Competitive Enterprise Institute policy experts attended an event at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a proposed rule to…
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CEI Objects to Bank of America Class Action Settlement
The Competitive Enterprise Institute objected on behalf of a class member in Farrell v. Bank of America, a class action in which plaintiffs’ counsel sought attorneys’…
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CEI Responds to Opinion in Monkey Selfie Case
Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal in Naruto v. Slater, more commonly known as the monkey selfie case. People for the…
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CFPB $1 Billion Fine Against Wells Fargo Shows Regulator Power in Trump Era
On news today that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) will impose a combined fine of $1…
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Lawmaker Seeks Improvements in Aviation Safety Regulation
Today, Rep. Mark Meadows (R, N.C.) introduced a significant reform amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization legislation. The amendment directs the FAA to…
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Trump Administration’s Success in Tackling $2 Trillion Federal Regulatory Burden Faces Risk
While President Trump has slowed the growth of new regulation, there are warning signs that federal agencies are already on track to reverse his progress.
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Senate Votes Down Unfair CFPB Auto Lending Rule
CEI praised the Senate today for voting down the Obama-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that unfairly penalized auto lenders for any unintentional disparate impact…
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SEC to Propose Investor Fiduciary Rule
In the wake of a court ruling against a controversial Obama-era Labor Department rule expanding liability for investment advice, the Securities and Exchange Commission today…
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CEI Experts Respond to Supreme Court Hearing on Internet Sales Tax in Wayfair Case
Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) Associate Director of the Center for Technology and Innovation Jessica Melugin responded to today’s Supreme Court argument in South Dakota v…
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CEI Commends Court Ruling Against PETA in Monkey Business Case
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)'s motion to dismiss and vacate…
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Senate Confirms Well-Qualified Deputy EPA Administrator
Andrew Wheeler has the experience and expertise to continue the important reforms and policies begun at the EPA.
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CEI Achieves Victory for Class in Harmless Harvest Objection
The Center for Class Action Fairness achieved a victory for class members in the Ma v. Harmless Harvest litigation as the U.S. District Court for the…
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Senate Confirms Much-Needed Trump Labor Appointees
The Senate is set to confirm two long-awaited appointees for key labor positions. Competitive Enterprise Institute labor policy analyst Trey Kovacs says the labor experts…
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CEI on Possible Trade War with China
China is retaliating against the Trump administration's proposed tariffs on Chinese goods with $50 billion in new tariffs on 106 U.S. products, including vital American…
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CEI Opposes Internet Sales Tax in the Name of Federalism in Wayfair Amicus
On April 17, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the internet sales tax case South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., which could have a huge impact on people…
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CEI Appeals Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Settlement
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CEI) filed its opening brief in an appeal of the settlement in In re Lithium Ion…