Abuses of the Government-Tobacco Cartel
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is waging a legal fight against the corrupt $240 billion tobacco deal signed in 1998 between state attorneys general and Big Tobacco.
State Attorney General Abuse of Power
The Competitive Enterprise Institute is seeking to highlight abuses of power by state attorneys general. Predatory lawsuits and settlements, questionable dealings with trial lawyers, backdoor tax increases and regulations, and any other activities that make government less accountable and harm businesses and consumers.
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Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Wields Abusive, Unaccountable Power
CEI Mounts Constitutional Challenge
As part of an on-going campaign against government abuse of power, the Competitive Enterprise Institute in February launched a constitutional legal challenge against the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).
RJR Caved to State AGs On Flavored Cigarette Sales
Friday, October 13 - Tobacco maker R.J. Reynolds this week caved into pressure from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and 38 other state attorneys general. RJR agreed to stop selling candy, fruit and alcohol-flavored cigarettes to all smokers in the U.S.
State AGs Lose A Round in the Supreme Court
Wednesday, October 11 - State attorneys general had hoped to be granted special privileges in a lawsuit brought by small tobacco makers. But the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take the bait.
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EI’s CAP project (“Control Abuse of Power”) aims to fight unaccountable government power. 
won an estimated $13 billion dollar windfall that, in some cases, amounted to tens of thousands of dollars per hour of work. 
