Update: The Week Ahead for the House Judiciary Committee, February 13-17, 2017

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced a markup for Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Below is the Committee’s schedule for the week of February 13-17, 2017. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 10:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Hearing on: Judicial Transparency and Ethics Witnesses:

• Mr. Mickey H. Osterreicher, Esq., General Counsel, National Press Photographers Association (NPPA)
• Professor Thomas Bruce, Director, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
• Professor Charles Geyh, John F. Kimerling Professor of Law, Indiana Law School

• Adoption of the Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 115th Congress
• H.R. 985, the “Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017”
• H.R. 906, the “Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2017”

• The Honorable Paul Gosar, House of Representatives
• The Honorable Austin Scott, House of Representatives

• Mr. Thomas P. Miller, Esq., Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
• Mr. David A. Balto, Esq., Principal, David A. Balto Law Offices
• Mr. Robert W. Woody, Esq., Vice President, Policy, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America
• Mr. George Slover, Esq., Senior Policy Counsel, Consumer Union