News Releases

• 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…

• 07/05/2016

The House is expected to vote July 5, 2016 on a crowdfunding bill by Rep. Patrick McHenry, the Fix Crowdfunding Act. CEI financial policy expert…

• 06/30/2016

Late yesterday U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker withdrew his subpoena against ExxonMobil. This came only one day after Walker’s D.C. attorney defended his…

• 06/30/2016

Today U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker withdrew his Virgin Islands subpoena of the Competitive Enterprise Institute following yesterday’s withdrawal of Walker’s subpoena of…

• 06/28/2016

Today, a hearing took place in DC Superior Court on arguments concerning the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) motion for sanctions against the U.S. Virgin Islands…

• 06/23/2016

"Britain’s surprising vote to leave the European project is only the start of uncertainty and opportunity," said CEI's Iain Murray.

• 06/17/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today filed its reply brief in its push for sanctions over U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude E. Walker’s…

• 06/15/2016

CEI is one of several organizations singled out for special attention in a subpoena issued by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey that was released…

• 06/14/2016

Soda taxes don’t help people slim down or improve their diet, they just fatten government coffers, a new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute…

• 06/08/2016

Today the House Judiciary Committee marks up an important bill that directs courts to change how they review rules issued by federal agencies. The Competitive Enterprise Institute led…