News Releases

• 06/06/2016

In a surprising turn of events, the attorney for U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Walker is now claiming “CEI has wasted enough of VIDOJ’s and…

• 05/31/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is asking the full 6th Circuit Court of Appeals for an en banc review of a challenge to a lopsided…

• 05/25/2016

A new study released today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) argues that to alleviate poverty, our leaders, policymakers, and activists must reexamine how they…

• 05/23/2016

Following the pledge in a May 13 letter to CEI’s attorney, U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker (AG Walker) has withdrawn the District of…

• 05/19/2016

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) filed a cert petition before the U.S. Supreme Court asking for review…

• 05/18/2016

Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) placed a full page color advertisement in The New York Times defending every American’s right to free speech. The…

• 05/16/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today asked the District of Columbia Superior Court to fine U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude E. Walker (AG…

• 05/12/2016

Today the EPA released its methane rule for new oil and gas production and also started soliciting public comment on regulating existing production. The…

• 05/09/2016

A federal court has granted CEI discovery in its FOIA lawsuit against the top White House science policy office. The court found that the White…

• 05/09/2016

Online gambling is a pastime for millions of people and a burgeoning multi-billion dollar industry, but its legal status remains uncertain and regulatory threats from Congress loom. A new…

• 05/04/2016

The annual report Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State released today by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) describes a…

• 05/03/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) prevailed in a Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA) lawsuit against George Mason University (GMU). The VFOIA request sought public…

• 04/28/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) applauds the Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act (H.R. 5053), sponsored by U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.). This…

• 04/20/2016

In a letter and set of objections served today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) formally responded to an April 7 subpoena for a decade of…

• 04/18/2016

E&E Legal recently released documents obtained through FOIA from various state attorneys general offices that show communications among instrumental players in coordinating the March…

• 04/18/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) welcomes W. Thomas Haynes as the new chairman of CEI’s Board of Directors. Tom Haynes is replacing outgoing Chairman…

• 04/06/2016

The Obama Labor Department today released a long-anticipated rule imposing new restrictions and obligations on a broad swatch of people and companies that offer investment advice. CEI Senior…

• 04/05/2016

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) announced Forbes Media Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Steve Forbes will deliver the keynote address at the 2016 CEI Annual…

• 03/30/2016

Congress should include a regulatory budget in its final budget for 2017, free market groups urged today in a coalition letter to the Hill. "Specifically, Congress should…

• 03/23/2016

As the Consumer Product Safety Commission considers a petition calling for bans on a whole category of flame retardant chemicals, CEI fellow Angela Logomasini, Ph.D.,…

• 03/21/2016

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) welcomes Kent Lassman as its new president and chief executive officer. Lassman brings more than twenty years of experience…

• 03/02/2016

Marlo Lewis responded to the news that Congress found potential illegal activity by George Mason University Professor Jagadish Shukla in accepting multiple salaries. "Shukla…

• 02/11/2016

Today the Senate passed a permanent ban on internet taxes by the states – a move that now sends the issue to President Obama’s desk.

• 02/04/2016

Acting on the earliest possible date under congressionally-mandated rules, the U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and ministers of 11 other countries signed the…