Committee Hearings, Changing Class Action Law so that More
Cases are Heard in Federal Court
This page contains testimony given before Congressional committees related
to this issue. Note that many organizations giving testimony before committees
also have statements and information available on their own webpages. That material
is available under organizational statements.
This page contains all abstracts from hearings, but only selected transcripts
released electronically by the relevant committee.
Abstracts:
Testimony:
- Randel
K. Johnson - U.S. Chamber of Commerce, House Commerce Committee, Health and
Environment Subcommittee, 7/15/99
- Health
Care Liability Alliance, House Commerce Committee, Health and Environment
Subcommittee, Veterans' Affairs Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee,
2/9/00
- Randall
R. Bovbjerg - The Urban Institute, House Commerce Committee, Health and Environment
Subcommittee, Veterans' Affairs Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee,
2/9/00
- Rep. Constance
A. Morella, et al., House Science Committee, Technology Subcommittee, House
Government Reform Committee, Government Management and Information Technology
Subcommittee, 3/9/99
- Leon
A. Kappelman - Society for Information Management, House Judiciary Committee,
4/13/99
- Walter
K. Stapleton - Judicial Conference of the United States, House Judiciary Committee,
4/13/99
- Harvey
Schlesinger - Judicial Conference of the United States, House Judiciary Committee,
6/16/99
- Jonathan
Hiatt - AFL-CIO, House Judiciary Committee, 7/1/99
- Eleanor
D. Acheson - Department of Justice, House Judiciary Committee, 7/21/99
- John
H. Beisner - O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, House Judiciary Committee, 7/21/99
- Thomas
L. Bantle - Public Citizen, House Judiciary Committee, 7/21/99
- Walter
E. Dellinger, House Judiciary Committee, 7/21/99
- Donald
Elliott - Yale University, House Judiciary Committee, 7/21/99
- Rep.
Bob Goodlatte, House Judiciary Committee, 7/21/99
- Guy
Miller Struve - Association of the Bar of the City of New York, House Judiciary
Committee, 7/21/99
- Brian
Wolfman - Public Citizen, House Judiciary Committee, 7/21/99
- Roger
Geiger - National Federation of Independent Business, House Judiciary Committee,
9/29/99
- John
Erlenborn, et al. - Legal Services Corporation, House Judiciary Committee,
Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee, 9/29/99
- John
F. Nangle - Judicial Conference of the United States, House Judiciary Committee,
Courts and Intellectual Property Subcommittee, 6/16/00
- A. Scott
Anderson - American Bankers Association, House Ways and Means Committee, 2/24/99
- Health
Care Liability Alliance, House Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee,
2/10/00
- Gerard
T. Noce - Defense Research Institute, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Committee, 6/9/99
- John
Dorso - National Conference of State Legislatures, Senate Government Affairs
Committee, 7/14/99
- Victor
E. Schwartz - Tort Reform Association, Senate Judiciary Committee, 11/2/99
- Eleanor
Acheson - Department of Justice, Senate Judiciary Committee, Administrative
Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee, 5/4/99
- John
H. Beisner - O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Senate Judiciary Committee, Administrative
Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee, 5/4/99
- E. Donald
Elliott - Yale University, Senate Judiciary Committee, Administrative Oversight
and the Courts Subcommittee, 5/4/99
- Sen. Herb
Kohl, Senate Judiciary Committee, Administrative Oversight and the Courts
Subcommittee, 5/4/99
- Stephen
G. Morrison, Senate Judiciary Committee, Administrative Oversight and the
Courts Subcommittee, 5/4/99
- Brian
Wolfman - Public Citizen, Senate Judiciary Committee, Administrative Oversight
and the Courts Subcommittee, 5/4/99
- Richard
A. Nagareda - University of Georgia, Senate Judiciary Committee, Administrative
Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee, 10/5/99
- Sen.
Christopher J. Dodd, et al., Senate Special 2000 Technology Problem Committee,
3/11/99
- John
H. McGuckin, Jr. - American Bankers Association, Senate Special 2000 Technology
Problem Committee, 3/11/99