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21 Feb 2014, 9:32 am by Sabrina I. Pacifici
 First sponsored in the late 1990s by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the “Leahy laws” (sometimes referred to as the “Leahy amendments”) are currently manifest in two places. [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 6:49 am
[JURIST] US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official website] said Tuesday after a meeting with Attorney General nominee Michael B. [read post]
6 Aug 2014, 5:47 pm by Benjamin Wittes
” Tuesday’s letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.) was at least the third time Judge Bates has weighed in on surveillance legislation this year, and it appears to be the strongest. [read post]
30 Jul 2020, 12:27 pm by Elizabeth Dye
Not unless we want to make Patrick Leahy president. [read post]
26 May 2021, 1:15 pm by Steve Brachmann
The bill, which represents a bipartisan effort to address China’s ambitions to become a globally dominant technological power, includes a pair of amendments from Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) that would impact U.S. patent law by requiring foreign entities to register ownership changes to ensure the availability of infringement remedies, and by increasing the scope of ex parte reexamination to adjudicate whether patent claims are unenforceable for… [read post]
9 May 2022, 6:09 am by Sarah Harrison
The Leahy laws are two distinct but similar statutes under Title 10 (Section 362) and Title 22 (Section 2378d) that respectively prohibit Defense Department and State Department assistance to a unit of a foreign security force when there is “credible” information that the unit committed a “gross violation of human rights” (their commonly-known name is a reference to the senator who championed the laws, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)). [read post]
19 Mar 2021, 12:55 pm by Allan Blutstein
Patrick Leahy, Mar. 18, 2021Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), along with Representatives Carolyn B. [read post]
30 Sep 2021, 1:43 pm by Eileen McDermott
Last night, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John Cornyn (R-TX) released the text of the “Restoring America Invents Act”, which is meant to “support American innovation and reduce litigation,” according to the headline of the senators’ joint statement on the legislation. [read post]
15 Jun 2009, 6:00 am
On Thursday, June 11, 2009, Senators Robert Menendez, Kirsten Gillibrand and Patrick Leahy introduced the Orphans, Widows and Widowers Protection Act (S. 1427). [read post]
22 Jan 2013, 10:29 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Taking issue with America’s position as the world’s largest jailer, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) spoke to a group of Georgetown Law Students late last week about his vision for the Judiciary Committee’s agenda in the 113th Congress. [read post]
26 Jan 2011, 2:35 pm by stu@crimapp.com
Yesterday, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) introduced legislation designed to strengthen and improve the quality of forensic evidence routinely used in the criminal justice evidence. [read post]
30 Jul 2014, 11:00 am by Jodie Liu
Below you’ll find a compilation of public statements on Senator Patrick Leahy’s new and improved USA Freedom Act, which he unveiled yesterday. [read post]
4 Aug 2020, 6:25 pm by Allan Blutstein
Senator Patrick Leahy of VermontSenator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), along with Rep. [read post]
27 Aug 2013, 2:38 pm by Jeralyn
Patrick Leahy has scheduled a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on September 10th on the conflict between state and federal marijuana laws. [read post]
21 Sep 2021, 2:47 pm by Gene Quinn
Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate Intellectual Property Subcommittee, introduced a pair of bipartisan bills that the Senators say are aimed at improving the participation Americans from all backgrounds in the patent system and ensuring that the public knows the true owners of patents. [read post]
25 Oct 2007, 7:26 pm
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) [official website] and Senate Majority Whip [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 11:02 am by Alex Loomis
”  The editorial board quoted favorably from a letter Senator Patrick Leahy had sent Secretary of State John Kerry, expressing concern first that aid to Egypt is both "backfiring" and unlawful to boot. [read post]