Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law

Chairman Goodlatte: Today’s hearing continues the Judiciary Committee’s efforts to deliver urgently needed reforms of Washington’s regulatory system—a system that virtually every day places new obstacles in the path of American jobs and economic growth. We consider today two bills: Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Marino’s (R-Pa.) REVIEW Act (H.R. 3438); and, Rep. Steve Russell’s (R-Okla.) Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act (H.R. 2631).

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following schedule for the week of November 2-6, 2015. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3

10:00 a.m.

Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Hearing on: H.R. 3438, the “Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2015”; H.R.

Washington, D.C.— The House Judiciary Committee today approved the creation of a new title within the United States Code to better organize the nation’s environmental laws by a vote of 20-13. Introduced by Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), H.R. 2834consolidates existing environmental laws into a single title within the United States Code. The streamlining of the statutes into a single title of the U.S.

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of October 26-30, 2015.   TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2710:00 a.m. | Full Committee Markup H.R. 3279, the “Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act” H.R. 2830, To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code H.R.

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.) issued the following statement on the Obama Administration’s recent proposal to address the economic situation in Puerto Rico: “We appreciate the Administration taking a hard look at the issues surrounding the economic situation in Puerto Rico and proposing ideas regarding congressional action. “The Administration’s acknowledgement that Congress is the appropriate branch to exercise legislative a

Washington, D.C. –Today the House Judiciary Committee approved the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act (H.R. 2745) by a bipartisan vote of 18-10. The SMARTER Act was introduced in June by Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), and co-sponsored by Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.).

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 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 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.