Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13) released the following statement in response to the tragic killing of nine innocent African-Americans at the historical Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina: “The brutal killing of nine innocent African-Americans at the historically black Emmanuel AME Church in South Carolina, including pastor and State Senator ... Read more »
One June 16, 2015, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and a group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced H.R. 2775, the Remote Transactions Parity Act (RTPA), a bill that will modernize our nation’s outdated sales tax collection process. The legislation, which will be referred to the House Judiciary Committee because of its jurisdiction... Read more »
TUESDAY, JUNE 16 2:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Hearing on: H.R. __, the “Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015” Witnesses: · Ms. Deborah Garza, Esq., Partner, Covington & Burling LLP · Mr. David A. Clanton, Esq., Senior Counsel, Blake & McKenzie LLP · Mr. Abbott (Tad) B. Lipsky, Jr., Esq., Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP ·... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13) released the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 9, the Innovation Act by a vote of 24-8: “Sadly, today’s committee markup did nothing to fix the fundamental issues that are troubling our broken patent system. The so-called ‘Innovation Act’ favors big businesses over small inventors and start-... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Markup of: “H.R. 9, the “Innovation Act” Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. 2141 Rayburn Building I appreciate the chairman’s efforts to address many of the concerns that I have with H.R. 9 in his manager’s amendment. Unfortunately, the amendment does not go far enough to gain my support for the underlying bill. Over the past 18 months, the patent l... Read more »
Today, during a full House Judiciary Committee markup of H.R. 9, the “Innovation Act,” Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) delivered the following opening statement: “Abusive patent litigation is a problem that requires a targeted approach. “Unfortunately, H.R. 9, the so-called ‘Innovation Act’ is overly broad and could potentially weaken every single patent in America. It is not the solution... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today announced a criminal justice reform initiative. Over the coming months, the House Judiciary Committee, which has primary jurisdiction over the U.S. Criminal Code, will take a step-by-step approach to address a variety of criminal justice issues, including over-criminalization, sentencing reform... Read more »
Today, the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (H.R. 889) passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming bipartisan support: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), bill sponsor Congressman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), and co-sponsors House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) praised the ... Read more »
Following the Senate vote approving the House-passed USA Freedom Act by a vote of 67- 32, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler ... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) issued the following statement on the resignation of Middle District of Alabama Judge Mark Fuller, who was arrested in August 2014 for physically assaulting his wife in a hotel room in Atlanta, Georgia, a violation of state criminal law. “It is a rare occasion when the U.S. Congress impeaches a feder... Read more »
