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Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released this statement following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in the case of American Broadcasting, Inc. v. Aereo.  Today’s decision found that Aereo’s streaming of copyrighted television broadcasts is copyright infringement.   

Washington, DC – Today, the International Creativity and Theft-Prevention Caucus, which is chaired by Congressmen Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), unveiled the “2014 International Piracy Watch List.” In an effort to fight copyright piracy and call attention to countries where it has reached alarming levels, the Caucus highlighted the high levels of piracy and the lack of legal protections for copyright in the following countries: China, Russia, Switzerland and India.

Washington, D.C. — Following the Obama Administration’s announcement that it will send lawyers and judges to the border in order to attempt to fast-track the removal of children, teenagers, and families seeking to enter the United States illegally, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking him whether he believes there are provisions in current law that have set up roadblocks to actually achieving this goal an

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman Howard Coble (R-N.C.), and Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) today applauded the announcement that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Leahy and Ranking Member Grassley have reached an agreement on legislation to allow consumers to unlock their cell phones.

Washington, D.C. — On Wednesday, June 25^th at 2:00 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing entitled “An Administration-Made Disaster: The South Texas Border Surge of Unaccompanied Minors.” The hearing will examine the sudden surge of children, teenagers, and families arriving at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border.  The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Immigration Statistics estimates that the illegal migration of minors will grow fro

Washington, D.C. — On Wednesday, June 25^th at 2:00 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing entitled “An Administration-Made Disaster: The South Texas Border Surge of Unaccompanied Minors.” The hearing will examine the sudden surge of children, teenagers, and families arriving at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border.  The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Immigration Statistics estimates that the illegal migration of minors will grow fro

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law

10:30 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing on: The Proposed Merger of AT&T and DIRECTV

Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet

Washington, D.C. — The Obama Administration today announced that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will expand the number of family detention beds and send trial attorneys and immigration judges to the border to address the sudden surge of children, teenagers, and families seeking to enter the United States illegally. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) criticized the Administration’s solution to this crisis in the statement below.