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New House Judiciary Chairman Outlines Resolutions

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- In an opinion piece published on POLITICO last week, the new Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) (at right), laid out Congress' resolutions for 2011 ("Judiciary panel's New Year's resolve"). In particular, Chairman Smith noted that Congress (or at least the Republican-controlled House of Representatives) "resolved to cut government spending, promote economic growth and help generate jobs for American workers" in the coming year. Chairman Smith also promised that "[u]nlike some New Year?s resolutions, this one won't be abandoned in the first weeks of 2011." The House Judiciary Committee comprises five subcommittees,...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on January 14, 2011 (boomark / email).