Issue No. 09-14
For the week of March 30, 2009
COMMISSION MEETINGS
(Meetings and agendas are subject
to change)
Nothing Scheduled
HEARINGS/TESTIMONY
BEFORE CONGRESS
(Dates and times are subject to change
by Congress)
Tue. Mar. 31
10:00 a.m.
|
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz will testify before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on “Financial Services and General Government”, Room 2358A, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC |
Tue. Mar. 31
11:00 a.m. |
Commissioner Rosch will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection (Chairman Bobby Rush, D-IL) regarding exclusion payments legislation (HR 1706). The bill is the same as the measure introduced last Congress by Chairman Rush and full Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA). Due to time constraints, there will be only one panel, which, in addition to Commissioner Rosch, will include: Professor Scott Hemphill; AARP; Apotex; Teva (Ted Whitehouse); and PhRMA (Diane Bieri). |
WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
Nothing Scheduled
SPEECHES
Mon. Mar. 30
9:00 a.m.
|
Chairman Jon Leibowitz will participate in a panel discussion, “The Big Shift: Regulation in a New Era” News Corporation Washington Conference, Lansdowne Resort, Ballroom B. Leesburg, VA |
Wed. Apr. 1
1:40 p.m.
|
Federal Trade Commissioner William E. Kovacic will speak at the OECD/ICPEN Joint Meeting on Electric Commerce, OECD Conference Centre. Paris, France
|
Thur. Apr. 2
9:15 a.m. |
Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch will be speaking at the 4th Annual Credit and Collection News Conference, “An Update From the FTC.” Carlsbad, CA |
Thur. Apr. 2
12 :10 p.m. |
Commissioner William E. Kovacic will speak on the “Report of the FTC at 100 Years”, at the ICPEN International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network Conference, The Ministry of Economy, 139 Rue de Bercy. Paris, France |
HEARINGS BEFORE
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES
Nothing Scheduled |
Federal Trade Commission
Protecting America's Consumers