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frivolous lawsuit
December 9th, 2013
Last week in the House, we took a necessary step towards ending the abuse that runs rampant in the U.S. patent system. In an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 325-91, we passed H.R. 3309, the "Innovation Act," a measure that...
July 12th, 2013
Today I introduced legislation to reduce frivolous lawsuits that plague our legal system. The Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act (H.R. 2655) imposes mandatory sanctions on lawyers who file frivolous lawsuits in federal...
July 13th, 2013
WASHINGTON— U.S. Congressmen Blake Farenthold (R-TX) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) today introduced H.R. 2639, The Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013, which is intended to protect downstream users of technology from...
September 12th, 2011
Flashback: Earlier this year I wrote an article about how a local newspaper editor, Gerry Dickert of the Silsbee Bee, downplayed a child rape case even after the assailant plead guilty to assault. This case made...
