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Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of April 11-15, 2016.   WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1310:30 a.m. | Full Committee Markup

S. 125, the “Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015” (Sen. Leahy, D-VT)

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of April 11-15, 2016.   WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1310:30 a.m. | Full Committee Markup

S. 125, the “Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015” (Sen. Leahy, D-VT)

House Judiciary Committee to Consider Legislation in the Coming WeeksWashington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement on Senate passage of S. 1890, the Defend Trade Secrets Act.

“I am encouraged by the Senate’s recent passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act. Trade secrets are an increasingly important form of intellectual property that have become more vulnerable to theft as a result of our globalized economy.“Protecting the vital proprietary information of U.S.

GAO Findings Show HUD Officials’ Attempts to Silence Employees During Congressional InquiryWashington, D.C.—The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that two Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) employees illegally interfered with a Congressional investigation and has recommended sanctions. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) praised the report from

GAO Findings Show HUD Officials’ Attempts to Silence Employees During Congressional InquiryWashington, D.C.—The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that two Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) employees illegally interfered with a Congressional investigation and has recommended sanctions. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) praised the report from

Legislation will ensure fairness in merger reviews for American businessesWashington, D.C.— Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), the original sponsor of the bill, applauded the House passage of H.R. 2745, the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act.

Legislation will ensure fairness in merger reviews for American businessesWashington, D.C.— Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), the original sponsor of the bill, applauded the House passage of H.R. 2745, the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act.

Chairman Goodlatte: In 1914, Congress passed the Federal Trade Commission Act, marking the beginning of a dual antitrust enforcement regime in the United States. Because both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforce our nation’s antitrust laws, companies may, and often do, have different experiences when interacting with one agency relative to the other. One area in which the disparity can be the most striking, and troubling, is in the merger review process. When a company wishes to merge with, or purchase, another company, it must notify both antitrust enforcement agencies of the proposed transaction.