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CEI Comments on Proposed Volkswagen Settlement with DOJ Under the Clean Air Act
View Document as PDF Summary As part of the proposed partial consent decree, Volkswagen (VW) agrees to invest $1.2 billion over ten years…
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Ted Frank’s Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Examination of Litigation Abuse
View Document as PDF Class actions were designed to provide injured parties with a more efficient means of accessing justice by aggregating claims…
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CEI Joins Coalition Supporting Halt to “Social Cost of Carbon”
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Representative Jenkins, We write in support of your bill, the Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations…
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Amicus Brief Filed 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation
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CEI Joins Coalition Opposing the Senators’ “Web of Denial” Resolution
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CEI and 16 Organizations Sign Letter Supporting the Separation of Powers Act
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CEI and Tech Freedom Comments to the FCC on Protecting Broadband Customers’ Privacy
Full Document Available in PDF Chutzpah, wrote Leo Rostein in his 1968 classic, The Joys of Yiddish, is “that quality enshrined in a…
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CEI Joins 9 Organizations Supporting Nullification of Wasteful Catfish Inspection Rule
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CEI Joins 25 Organizations to Oppose Misguided Medicare Part D Rebate Proposals
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CEI Joins Coalition to Support the “Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act”
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CEI Petitions FCC to Reconsider Conditions Imposed on Charter-Time Warner Cable Merger
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute, John France, Daniel Frank, Jean-Claude Gruffat, and Charles Haywood seek reconsideration of the…
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CEI Leads Coalition Supporting the Separation of Powers Restoration Act (SOPRA)
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CEI Joins 12 Organizations Opposing Philadelphia Soda Tax
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CEI Signs Coalition Letter to Oppose the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act”
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CEI Leads Coalition Supporting the Stopping EPA Overreach Act
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Mr. Speaker, The undersigned organizations write to express our concerns about federal agency overreach, especially the…
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CEI Leads Coalition of 17 Free Market Groups Urging Congress to Reject DOL Overtime Rule
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CEI Joins 25 Organizations In Support of Fleming Amendment #87 to NDAA
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Representative, The undersigned organizations write in strong support of Representative John Fleming's amendment #87 to H.
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CEI Joins 11 Organizations Opposing FDA E-Cigarette Regulations
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CEI Joins 60 Organizations Opposing National Ozone Standard
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CEI Joins Organizations Asking House to Deny Funding for FCC For Set Top Box Rule Until Cost Benefit Analysis is Done
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CEI and 30 Free-Market Groups Support Vote to Block Labor Department’s Fiduciary Rule
Full Document Available in PDF Members of Congress: We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, represent millions of Americans in defense of free…
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CEI Joins 11 Organizations Supporting Amendment to Cut Wasteful Spending
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CEI and Tech Freedom Comments to the FCC on “Set-Top Box” Regulations
Full Document Available in PDF The FCC claims it is trying to “Unlock the Box” to “empower consumers to choose how they…
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CEI Joins Coalition to Oppose Taxpayer Bailouts for Government-Run Insurance Schemes
Full Document Available as PDF Dear Representative, On behalf of the millions of citizens represented by the undersigned groups, we write in…
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CEI Joins More Than 30 Organizations Opposing Extending Renewable Energy Provisions in FAA Reauthorization
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CEI Leads Coalition Supporting a Regulatory Budget
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Members of Congress, On behalf of the undersigned organizations and our members, we call on Congress…
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Comments to the SEC on Derivative Regulation
Full Document Available in PDF The SEC proposes this rule “to take an updated and more comprehensive approach to the regulation of funds’…
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Testimony of William Yeatman on “EPA’s Regional Haze Program” before the Subcommittee on Environment Committee on Science, Space, & Technology
Full Document Available in PDF Chairman Jim Bridenstine, Ranking Member Bonamici, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me…
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CEI Joins 12 Organizations Supporting the Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act
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CEI Joins 20 Organizations Opposing Carbon Tax
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Majority Whip Scalise: We write to collectively voice our support for House Concurrent Resolution 89, expressing…
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Coalition Letter Against Discriminatory Taxes on Reinsurance
Full Document Availible in PDF Dear Chairmen Brady and Hatch and Ranking Members Levin and Wyden: The undersigned members of the Coalition for…
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CEI Joins Organizations Supporting Removal of a Cap on Passenger Facility Charges
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Chairmen Shuster and LoBiondo and Ranking Members DeFazio and Larsen: We write today in strong support…
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CEI Joins 12 Organizations Supporting Modernization of Air Traffic Control
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Member of Congress: As Congress prepares to craft a comprehensive FAA reauthorization package, lawmakers should explore…
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CEI Joins Organizations to Urge South Dakota Legislature to Oppose Online Sales Tax Proposal
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Amicus Brief Filed in Fox Television Stations, Inc. v Aereo Killer LLC
Document Available in PDF CEI and the International Center for Law and Economics filed an amicus brief urging the Ninth Circuit to…
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CEI Joins 7 Organizations Supporting Federal Anti-SLAPP Legislation
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Committee Members, On behalf of the undersigned free-market organizations, we write to express our strong support…
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CEI Joins 20 Organizations Opposing Utah Internet Sales Tax Proposal
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Utah State legislator: On behalf of our organizations and the millions of citizens we represent, we…
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Regulatory Comments on Rulemaking on Products Containing Organohalogen Flame Retardants
Full Document Available in PDF I offer these comments on behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a free-market public policy organization…
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CEI Joins 44 Organizations Supporting a Permanent Ban on Internet Access Tax
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Comments to the EPA on the Model Federal Implementation Plan for the Clean Power Plan
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Administrator McCarthy, We, the undersigned nonprofit public interest organizations, respectfully submit these comments in response to…
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CEI Comments to the Federal Aviation Administration regarding Registration and Marking Requirements for Small Unmanned Aircraft
Full Document Available in PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), we respectfully submit these comments in response to the…
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Coalition Letter on the Unlawful TSA Screening of Airline Passengers
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Chairman Chaffetz and Ranking Member Cummings: We are writing to you regarding the TSA’s recent claim…
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Amicus Brief Filed in Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation
Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed an amicus brief arguing unclaimed funds from the settlement in In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation should…
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State Policy Network Groups’ Comments on Clean Power Plan
The following State Policy Network think tanks, the Buckeye Institute in Ohio, the Independence Institute in Colorado, the Rio Grande Foundation in New Mexico, and the…
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CEI Comments to IRS on Substantiation Requirements
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CEI Comments Responding To the FAA Request for Information on Registration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Full Document Available in PDF On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments in response to the Federal…
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Coalition Letter Urging Congressional Leaders to Defund the Department of Labor’s “Fiduciary Rule”
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader McConnell: We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, represent millions of Americans…
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Amicus Brief: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness filed an amicus brief before the Judicial…
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Amicus Brief: PHH Corporation v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Full Document Available in PDF The Competitive Enterprise Institute, the 60 Plus Association, and the State National Bank of Big Spring filed…
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