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13 Feb 2003, 12:25 pm
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice Office of Legislative Policy has posted online a copy of a 15-page letter [PDF text] sent Wednesday by White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to Democratic Majority Leader Senator Tom Daschle and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Patrick Leahy denying their request for additional information on US DC Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Miguel Estrada and [read post]
30 Aug 2005, 2:28 am
[JURIST] US Senator Patrick Leahy [official website], ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Monday that the committee's Democrats intend to question Supreme Court nominee John Roberts [JURIST news archive] about a Justice Department memo that some say led to torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST news archive] and in Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 4:06 pm
[JURIST] US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official website] and other leading members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees on Wednesday introduced [press release] the Patent Reform Act of 2007 [H.R. 1908, bill overview], which would overhaul current US patent laws in three major ways. [read post]
14 Feb 2005, 1:41 pm
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, responded [press release] [read post]
27 Jul 2005, 7:12 pm
Patrick Leahy [official website] (D-VT) said Wednesday that notwithstanding White House warnings, Democrats plan to request additional legal writings by Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, including work he produced during his tenure as principal deputy solicitor general in President George H.W. [read post]
26 Sep 2008, 2:53 pm
Patrick Leahy of Vermont added a controversial last-minute amendment that placed new [read post]
20 Jun 2012, 1:39 pm by Matt Cooper
Senators Patrick Leahy (D) and Charles Grassley (R) recently sent a letter to U.S. [read post]
19 Nov 2013, 11:19 am by Bradley McAllister
[JURIST] US Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Mike Lee (R-UT) [official websites] on Monday introduced a bill [press release] aimed at limiting frivolous patent lawsuits. [read post]
23 Jun 2021, 8:15 am by Eileen McDermott
Under the leadership of its new Chairman, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the Subcommittee now seems to be revisiting the conversation and looking for practical fixes. [read post]
27 Feb 2009, 10:47 pm
Senate Judiciary Chair Patrick Leahy and his House counterpart John Conyers are going trolling again. [read post]
9 Jul 2007, 4:01 am
In a letter [PDF text] to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI [read post]
29 Jul 2021, 1:15 pm by James Edwards
Anti-patent advocates are exploiting the new dynamic of Senator Patrick Leahy, coauthor of the America Invents Act (AIA), who now chairs the Senate Intellectual... [read post]
12 Jul 2005, 2:42 am
[JURIST] In his first in-person consultation with Senator leaders on his upcoming nomination of a replacement for retiring US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor [JURIST report], President Bush met Tuesday with Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA), ranking Judiciary Democrat Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV [read post]
18 Aug 2007, 4:08 am
[JURIST] A spokesman for US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) reacted coolly [press statement] Friday to a White House bid to extend until after Labor Day the deadline for compliance with committee subpoenas [JURIST report; subpoena packets, PDF] for materials relating to the Bush administration's proffered legal justification for refusing to comply with earlier [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 9:00 am by Joseph Allen
On March 28, Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Al Franken, Patrick Leahy, Sheldon Whitehouse and Amy Klobuchar joined the leaders of the House Democratic Task Force on Prescription Drug Pricing urging Burwell and Collins to hold a meeting "to allow the... [read post]
13 May 2022, 11:15 am by Steve Brachmann
This week in Other Barks & Bites: Senator Josh Hawley introduces a bill that would retroactively limit copyright terms to a single 28-year term with the possibility of one 28-year extension; the Federal Circuit reverses a Northern California summary judgment ruling of noninfringement after finding that the district court improperly defined the claim term “buffer”; SoftBank’s Vision Fund posts a $20 billion loss for the 2021 fiscal year; Senators Thom Tillis and Patrick… [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 4:19 am
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official website] said a Republican [read post]
22 Jun 2022, 3:17 pm by Eileen McDermott
Subcommittee Chairman Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Ranking Member Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the bill last week. [read post]