The Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act would give courts more power to award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailingparty.
Under this section, a judge may award the prevailingparty fees and costs if the court dismisses the case as a matter of law prior to evidence being presented.
As for his own party, Clarke believes that with a prevailing wind - of which the fuel crisis was just the most recent evidence - things are looking up.