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26 Jul 2008, 9:50 pm
The bill enjoys the misguided sponsorship of Democratic Senators Patrick Leahy and Evan Bayh. [read post]
26 Jul 2008, 11:25 am
The bill, the "Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008", was scheduled to be introduced, according to Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who authored the bill along with Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).Read the article: PC Magazine [read post]
25 Jul 2008, 3:52 am
Driving to the big city and loading up the trunk with counterfeit handbags for a purse party is about to get a little bit riskier.Today Senators Patrick Leahy and Arlen Spector, along with a bipartisan group of colleagues, introduced the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008, a companion bill to the somewhat more elegantly named PRO-IP Act, which passed the House back in May. [read post]
25 Jul 2008, 12:14 am
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, was among the main backers of the bill. [read post]
24 Jul 2008, 7:01 am
" Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy took the lead in chiding the Supreme Court for ruling in favor of businesses in several high profile cases.As Patricia Ann Millett (a former attorney in the SG's office) notes in the article, however, it is a fallacy to say the Supreme Court favored corporate interests in its previous term. [read post]
22 Jul 2008, 4:46 pm
Both Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) are sponsoring the bill. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 5:11 pm
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, Vermont Democrat, issued a statement  scolding the Attorney General for not consulting with or telling the Committee about his ideas before the speech, and said “with so little time left in this legislative session and the complexity of these issues, it may be an issue more responsibly addressed in the next Congress with a new President. [read post]
16 Jul 2008, 4:09 pm
    Thirty-three former United States Attorneys have sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy urging passage of the Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007, which is currently under review by the Committee, according to the Fulton County Daily Report. [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 8:43 am
Documents listed are accessible through subscription to the GalleryWatch.com service.For additional information contact [www.gallerywatch.com] Subscription needed for online access: 07/10/2008 Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Member Arlen Specter From Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip (PDF 165 KB) Letter Discusses the Department of Justice's Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business… [read post]
10 Jul 2008, 9:18 am
Here’s the backstory: Three weeks ago, 33 former U.S. attorneys sent a letter to Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, the chair of the judiciary committee, urging him to hold a vote on the Attorney Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007, which, they claim, would put an end to the DOJ’s “widespread practices and policies that pressure businesses to waive the attorney-client privilege in return for avoiding a harsher charging decision. [read post]
9 Jul 2008, 6:14 pm
Senator Hillary Clinton joined Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. [read post]
7 Jul 2008, 10:59 pm
Christopher Dodd, Russ Feingold and Patrick Leahy have sponsored an amendment to fully strip the retroactive amnesty from the bill, therefore allowing a federal judge to decide how and whether to proceed with the class-action suits. [read post]
27 Jun 2008, 8:59 pm
Democratic Senators Christopher Dodd, Russ Feingold and Patrick Leahy's amendment to strike telecom amnesty gets two hours of debate, as does Republican Senator Arlen Specter's amendment. [read post]
27 Jun 2008, 6:54 pm
Further, it is expected that soon after the upcoming July 4th Congressional recess there will be a companion bill introduced by Senators Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). [read post]
25 Jun 2008, 8:13 am by Mark Sorkin
Yesterday’s report, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy said, “confirms our findings and our fears that the same senior department officials involved with the firing of United States attorneys were injecting improper political motives into the process of hiring young attorneys. [read post]
25 Jun 2008, 8:13 am by Mark Sorkin
Yesterday’s report, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy said, “confirms our findings and our fears that the same senior department officials involved with the firing of United States attorneys were injecting improper political motives into the process of hiring young attorneys. [read post]
23 Jun 2008, 9:19 am
Late Friday, 33 former U.S. attorneys sent a letter to Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, the chair of the judiciary committee, urging him to hold a vote on the Attorney Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007, which, they claim, would put an end to the DOJ’s “widespread practices and policies that pressure businesses to waive the attorney-client privilege in return for avoiding a harsher charging decision. [read post]