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Rep. Nadler: Congress Must Update Music Copyright Laws

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered an opening statement at the hearing on “Music Licensing Under Title 17 Part Two.” “The current music licensing system is rife with inconsistent rules and inequities that make no rational sense. If we started from…

Rep. Nadler on Protecting Trade Secrets of American Companies

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered an opening statement at the hearing on “Trade Secrets: Promoting and Protecting American Innovation, Competitiveness and Market Access in Foreign Markets.” “The value of trade secrets to U.S. companies is matched…

Goodlatte, Conyers, Coble, Nadler Applaud Senate Agreement on Cell Phone Unlocking Bill

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman Howard Coble (R-N.C.), and Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) today applauded the announcement that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Leahy and Ranking…

Pres. Obama Calls on Congress to Pass Rep. Nadlers Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), the author of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and a veteran member of the House Judiciary Committee, applauded President Obama’s call to pass PWFA. “President Obama is absolutely right that we must do more to protect pregnant workers, and I strongly applaud the President’s leadership in fighting to fix…

Rep. Nadler Applauds the Administrations Leadership and Calls on Congress to Pass The Respect for Marriage Act to Ensure Federal Equality for Married Same-Sex Couples

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), author of the “Respect for Marriage Act,” welcomed the report by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on implementation of the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor.  In that case, the Court ruled that Section 3 of DOMA, which defined marriage as “only a legal union between one man and one woman,”…

Rep. Nadler: NSA Must End Backdoor Search of Americans

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), a veteran member of the House Judiciary Committee, called for support of the Sensenbrenner/Lofgren/Massie amendment which seeks to end the “backdoor search” loophole in section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act. This loophole has allowed the government to search for the communications of United States citizens without a…

Rep. Nadler on the GSAs Management of Federal Courthouses

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered an opening statement at the hearing on “GSA’s Failure to Meet the Needs of the Judiciary: A Case Study of Bureaucratic Negligence and Waste.” Rep. Nadler stated, “The purpose of today’s hearing is to…

Rep. Nadler Applauds Upcoming Executive Order to Ban LGBT Workplace Discrimination

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), a veteran member of the House Judiciary Committee, Vice Chair of the House LGBT Equality Caucus, and a long-time supporter for passage of measures to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals from discrimination, applauded President Obama for announcing that he will sign an executive order to ban federal…

Rep. Nadler Calls for Comprehensive Update of Music Copyright Laws

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Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered an opening statement at the hearing on “Music Licensing Under Title 17 Part One.” “With colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I am developing legislation to address the various problems in existing law in one…

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