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Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Innovation Act (H.R. 3309) by an overwhelming vote of 33-5. This bipartisan bill takes steps to combat the ever increasing problem of abusive patent litigation. The legislation addresses abusive practices taking place in our courts.
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives approved H.R. 2655, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act (LARA)by a vote of 228-195. Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chief sponsor of LARA, praised the bill’s passage which will reduce frivolous lawsuits in the United States and hold attorneys accountable for lawsuit abuse by imposing mandatory sanctions on lawyers who file baseless lawsuits in federal courts.
Chairman Goodlatte Applauds House Passage of Bill to Strengthen Asbestos Trust System
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Chairman Goodlatte Applauds House Passage of Bill to Strengthen Asbestos Trust System
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), and Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman Howard Coble (R-N.C.) today announced the next round of hearings in the House Judiciary Committee’s ongoing review of U.S.
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today released the statement below following President Barack Obama’s speech on immigration reform.
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) have obtained an internal Department of Homeland Security draft final regulation prepared by the Obama Administration that would lift the longstanding prohibition on Libyans to come to the U.S.
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today released the statement below following new NSA intelligence gathering allegations and the introduction of the USA FREEDOM Act, a bill authored by Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.).
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), along with House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) and Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), Rep.
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below following today’s announcement by the Department of Justice (DOJ) that senior Al Qaeda leader Abu Anas al-Liby, who was apprehended in Libya earlier this month, has arrived in the United States to stand trial in federal court for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa.