Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law
March 13, 2015
Washington, D.C. – 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) applaud the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) action today to adopt a reform contained in the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act (SMARTER Act) t
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February 23, 2015
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte welcomed five new Republican members to the House Judiciary Committee for the 114th Congress. We will profile each new member in a five-part series.
Biography
John Ratcliffe is the Congressman representing the Fourth District of Texas. He is a limited government conservative with a well-established record of defending the Constitution and balancing budgets without raising taxes.
February 19, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 11:30 a.m., the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine the Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act (H.R. 870), a bill authored by Congressman Pedro Pierluisi (D-Puerto Rico), which would allow Puerto Rico the ability to utilize chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
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February 9, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1110:30 a.m. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations
Hearing on: Federal Asset Forfeiture: Uses and Reforms
Witnesses:
· Mr. Kenneth A.
February 5, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, February 12th at 10:30 a.m., the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing entitled “Consumers Shortchanged? Oversight of the Justice Department’s Mortgage Lending Settlements.”
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February 3, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, February 4th at 1:00 p.m., the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on H.R. 526, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2015 (FACT Act), introduced by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Texas).
The FACT Act reduces fraud in the asbestos bankruptcy trust system through increased transparency measures.