TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 11:30 a.m. Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Hearing on: H.R. ___, the “Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2015” Witnesses: · Ms. Elizabeth Milito, Senior Executive Counsel, NFIB Small Business Legal Center · Mr. Cary Silverman, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP · Mr. Lonny Hoffman, Law Foundation Professor, University of Houston Law Center 2237 Rayburn Hou... Read more »
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 10:30 a.m. Full Committee Planned Parenthood Exposed: Examining the Horrific Abortion Practices at the Nation’s Largest Abortion Provider Witnesses: Mr. James Bopp, Jr., General Counsel, National Right to Life Ms. Melissa Ohden, Abortion Survivor Ms. Gianna Jessen, Abortion Survivor Ms. Priscilla J. Smith, Director and Senior Fellow, Program for the Study of Reproductive Jus... Read more »
Today, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and 56 other members of Congress sent a letter calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to undertake a rulemaking to prohibit forced arbitration agreements in consumer financial services and products. On March 10, 2015, the CFPB issued a report finding that more than three in four consumers were unaware of forced a... Read more »
Today, during a full House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Wrecking the Internet to Save It? The FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules,” Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) delivered the following opening statement: “The Judiciary Committee has a central role in studying the issue of net neutrality and, more generally, competition on the Internet. “As the Committee considers today the specific question o... Read more »
Today, during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law hearing consumer protection and mortgage lending settlements, Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. issued the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery: “The stated purpose of today’s hearing is to determine whether there has been a misuse of mortgage settlement funds by the Administration for i... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) announced the Democratic subcommittee assignments for the 114th Congress: Subcommittee on Constitution and Civil Justice Ranking Member Steve Cohen (TN-09) Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) Ted Deutch (FL-21) Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) Judy Chu (CA-27) Ted Deu... Read more »
Earlier this year on September 10, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. and eleven other House Judiciary Democrats issued a letter to the National Football League (NFL) raising questions as to how the league handled the Ray Rice situation and about their domestic violence polices. Also copied on the letter were the National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Soccer (MLS), Majo... Read more »
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