Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law

Washington, D.C.—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s markup of H.R. 720, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act (H.R. 720). Chairman Goodlatte: H.R. 720, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act, would restore mandatory sanctions for frivolous lawsuits filed in federal court.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced subcommittee assignments for Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee in the 115^th Congress: Subcommittee on Constitution and Civil Justice Chairman Steve King (IA) Vice Chairman Ron DeSantis (FL) Trent Franks (AZ) Louie Gohmert (TX) Trey Gowdy (SC) Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Chairman Darrell Issa (CA) Vice Chairman Doug Collins (GA) Lamar Smith (TX) Steve Chabot (OH) Trent Franks (AZ) Jim Jordan (OH) Ted Poe (TX) Jason Chaffetz (UT) Tom Marino (PA) Raul Labrador (ID) Blake Farenthold (TX) Ron DeS

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) introduced the bipartisan Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 (H.R.

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial, and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), House Judiciary Committee member Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), and Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) released the following statement following the House passage of the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 (H.R.

Chairman Goodlatte: It is a new day in America. For eight years, the Obama Administration has brought us one thing in response to the nation’s need for recovery from hard times—failure. Bold, innovative measures to unleash American freedom, opportunity and resourcefulness could have brought prosperity’s return after the Great Recession—just as under Ronald Reagan, following his era’s recession. But the Obama Administration responded differently—with measure after overreaching measure, through regulation, taxes and spending.  It was consumed by the folly of trying to force “transformation” from the American people through command and control from Washington.

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, requesting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) preserve all documents related to the Department’s controversial settlement practices. Chairman Goodlatte’s letter notes that of particular interest are “civil settlements that provide for or direct payments to non-victim third-parties, DOJ’s policies and practices relating to the settlement and administrative processing of class actions, and, more generally, cases in which payment was sough

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial, and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), and House Judiciary Committee member Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) will hold a pen and pad session on FRIDAY at 10:00AM ET on the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 (H.R. 5), a major bipartisan regulatory reform bill.