Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law

Washington, D.C. — On Wednesday December 12, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.

Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following statement during the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee’s hearing on “H.R.

Washington, D.C. -- On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold a legislative hearing entitled “H.R. 3553, the Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2017.”  H.R. 3553, which was introduced on July 17, 2017, amends the Bankruptcy Code to raise the compensation of trustees in chapter 7 bankruptcy cases.

Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Permitting Litigation Efficiency Act of 2018 (H.R. 5468) by a vote of 13-11. This legislation, sponsored by Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.) and cosponsored by Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), eliminates bureaucratic delays and reforms litigation processes that will allow needed infrastructure projects to be completed in a timely manner. The state of our economy is always at the forefront of American minds.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following statement during the Committee’s markup of the Permitting Litigation Efficiency Act of 2018 (H.R.

Lawmakers push for sanction authority targeting anticompetitive petroleum cartelWASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairmen Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today requested input from the Justice Department’s antitrust division on a proposal to hold OPEC members accountable for antitrust violations.

Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.  The Court ruled 5-4 to overturn the long-standing physical presence rule of Quill Corp. v.