Antitrust

Chairman Nadler Statement for Subcommittee Hearing on "Treating the Problem: Addressing Anticompetitive Conduct and Consolidation in Health Care Markets"

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Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law hearing on "Treating the Problem: Addressing Anticompetitive Conduct and Consolidation in Health Care Markets:" "The Judiciary Committee has a strong, bipartisan tradition of promoting competition in health... Read more »

Bipartisan Legislative Package Introduced to Lower Prescription Drug Costs

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Washington, D.C. - During a hearing of the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee today, lawmakers announced the introduction of a new bipartisan legislative package that will enhance efforts to lower prescription drug costs by taking on anticompetitive practices employed by large pharmaceutical companies. In a joint statement, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Antitrust Su... Read more »

Chairman Nadler Statement on DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement after the Department of Justice announced an antitrust lawsuit against Google: “There is bipartisan agreement in Congress and among federal and state antitrust enforcers that protecting competition and innovation online is essential to our economy. Today’s antitrust lawsuit against ... Read more »

Chairman Nadler Statement for the Markup of H.R. 5546, the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

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Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 5546, the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act: "H.R. 5546, the 'Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act,' would require the Federal Bureau of Prisons to establish a system to exempt from monitoring any p... Read more »

Nadler & Cicilline Denounce NY District Court Approval of T-Mobile & Sprint Merger

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) released the following statements after the New York District Court approved the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile. Chairman Nadler:“I’m disappointed in today’s decision. Four nationwide carriers have long controlled the ... Read more »

TODAY IN COLORADO: House Judiciary to Hold Subcommittee Field Hearing in Boulder on Role of Competitors in the Digital Economy

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Boulder, C.O. – TODAY, January 17th at 10 AM, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law will hold a field hearing in Boulder, CO to examine the state of competition in the digital marketplace. The hearing, entitled Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 5: Competitors in the Digital Economy, is the fifth hearing in the Subcommittee's series on dominant platf... Read more »

FRIDAY IN COLORADO: House Judiciary to Hold Subcommittee Field Hearing in Boulder on Role of Competitors in the Digital Economy

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Boulder, C.O. – On Friday, January 17th at 10 AM, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law will hold a field hearing in Boulder, CO to examine the state of competition in the digital marketplace. The hearing, entitled Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 5: Competitors in the Digital Economy, is the fifth hearing in the Subcommittee's series on dominant p... Read more »

Nadler & Pallone Raise Concerns Over T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Approval Process

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai concerning the troubling lack of transparency, and an apparent lack of appropriate process, leading up to the FCC’s approval of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger. Nadler and Pallo... Read more »

Chairman Nadler Statement for the Markup of H.R. 5133, the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2019

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Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during the markup of H.R. 5133, the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2019: "H.R. 5133, the 'Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2019,' is one of two bipartisan measures that we are considering tod... Read more »

Chairman Nadler Statement for the Markup of H.R. 3991, the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act of 2019

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Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during the markup of H.R. 3991, the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act of 2019: "H.R. 3991, the 'Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act of 2019,' is the second bipartisan measure we a... Read more »