http://www.ftc.gov/rss/text/speechesmajoras.xml Speeches, news, and information from the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. The FTC\'s Bureau of Competition seeks to prevent business practices that restrain competition. http://www.ftc.gov/images/seal01c.gif en-us Federal Government Wednesday, 26 March 2008 15:30:00 +0000 Wednesday, 26 March 2008 15:30:00 +0000 Due to the announced resignation of Chairman Majoras effective March 30, 2008, the Federal Trade Commission is discontinuing this RSS feed. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/02/majleave.shtm Monday, 22 October 2007 10:35:00 +0000 Good evening. It is my great pleasure to present tonight's Roy H. Park Lecture. Thank you to Professor Hoefges of the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication for inviting me to participate in this distinguished lecture series. I am particularly honored to be invited, given my lack of journalism credentials. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/071011UNCSpeech_DK.pdf Wednesday, 18 July 2007 9:20:00 +0000 Good morning and welcome to "Weighing In: A Check-Up on Marketing, Self- Regulation, and Childhood Obesity." I am pleased that you are here and look forward to a productive discussion. It appears that we have had even more interest generated today by press reports of the food company's advertising pledges for their food advertising directed to children, which are a significant step forward in industry self regulation. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/070718Obesityforum.pdf Wednesday, 23 February 2007 10:00:00 +0000 It is an honor for me to return to Chicago and celebrate this 20th anniversary with you; while I left the office more than 13 years ago, I still regard it with particular fondness. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/070502jonesday20thanniversary.pdf Wednesday, 23 February 2007 10:00:00 +0000 Thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here to discuss antitrust issues in the pharmaceutical industry. Your discussions over these two days come at an important time in the development of the antitrust laws, intellectual property policy, and the pharmaceutical industry. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/051607ACI_Pharma.pdf Wednesday, 23 February 2007 10:00:00 +0000 I am pleased to be here today. I would like to thank the Food and Drug Law Institute for inviting me to be part of this special event marking 50 years of outstanding programs to educate food and drug professionals. In this constantly evolving field of law, your efforts to keep us all up-to-date are important. And congratulations to those who will be honored today for their roles in FDLI’s success. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/070412FDL_DK.pdf Wednesday, 23 February 2007 10:00:00 +0000 Good morning. I am delighted to add my welcome to participants, our live audience, and online viewers of this public conference on competition policy in the energy industry. Many FTC staff members – most of all John Seesel, from whom you just heard – have worked creatively to develop a program that addresses a wide spectrum of issues vital to energy markets and consumers. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/070410energycoferenceremarks.pdf Wednesday, 23 February 2007 10:00:00 +0000 It is a great pleasure to speak to what I understand is "the largest gathering of privacy professionals in the world." In preparing to speak to you, I went to the IAPP web site to try to learn how your organization defines a privacy professional, and I discovered that the site has been sponsoring a challenge for IAPP members on this very topic. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/070307iapp.pdf Tuesday, 13 February 2007 13:10:00 +0000 Good morning. I am pleased to welcome those gathered here in Washington, D.C., and those watching on-line, to the Federal Trade Commission’s workshop on broadband connectivity competition policy. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/070213broadbandworkshopremarks.pdf Monday, 13 September 2006 9:30:00 +0000 I am honored to again speak at the Masters Program, of which I have been a strong supporter since its birth in 2002 (though I keep waiting for the ABA to hold it at Augusta – now that would be a Masters!). http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/060928ABAMastersSpeech.pdf Friday, 22 September 2006 15:18:00 +0000 I am pleased to be here this afternoon to speak to the Exchequer Club of Washington, D.C., and I thank Ronald Glancz for inviting me. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/060920exchequerclub.pdf Tuesday, 11 July 2006 12:58:00 +0000 Thank you. Assistant Superintendent Heller, distinguished Board members, Mr. Morgan, distinguished faculty, members of the Meadville Area Senior High School Class of 2006, and beloved families and friends: http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/060609MASHCommencementRemarks.pdf Thursday, 29 June 2006 10:08:00 +0000 I am pleased to have the opportunity to provide a perspective on the intersection of intellectual property (“IP”) and antitrust law and enforcement. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/060621aai-ip.pdf Tuesday, 20 June 2006 15:40:00 +0000 Good afternoon. Along with my good friend and colleague, Assistant Attorney General Tom Barnett, I am pleased to welcome you to the opening of the joint FTC/DOJ hearings on Section 2 of the Sherman Act. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/060620revisedhearingonsection2.pdf Monday, 22 May 2006 11:00:00 +0000 Thank you, General Gonzalez. I look forward to working with you and our federal agency colleagues on the President’s Identity Theft Task Force. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/060522IDTheftTaskForce31.pdf Thursday, 11 May 2006 11:00:00 +0000 Thank you. I am pleased to be here today for the Securing the Internet Project's first Internet Security Summit. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/060510ProgressFreedomFoundationRev051006.pdf Wednesday, 26 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Good morning. I am delighted to join you today. I want to thank the Electronic Retailer\'s Association (ERA) and the Electronic Retailing Self-Regulation Program (ERSP) for inviting me. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/060503eraspeech.pdf Tuesday, 21 Mar 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Thank you for inviting me to participate in this hearing. I appreciate the opportunity toshare my views on some of the important issues that the Antitrust Modernization Commission isconsidering, and I am privileged to appear with my colleague and friend, Assistant AttorneyGeneral Tom Barnett. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/060321antitrustmodernization.pdf Thursday, 23 Feb 2006 12:00:00 +0000 Thank you. I am pleased to be here for California’s second summit on identity theft. I thank Charlene Zettel, Director of the California Department of Consumer Affairs for inviting me, and I applaud the state’s leadership in this area. The state of California and the Federal Trade Commission share a common goal and a clear commitment to identity theft prevention and victim assistance. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/060223californiaidtheft.pdf Thursday, 16 Feb 2006 09:00:00 +0000 Thank you. I am pleased to be here today for the Anti-Spyware Coalition’s first public meeting, and I thank the Center for Democracy and Technology, which convened the Anti-Spyware Coalition, for inviting me. CDT has been an important advocate for consumers on technology issues in general and on spyware issues in particular. In another “first,” my remarks this morning will be available on the first-ever FTC podcast and downloadable video file. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/060209cdtspyware.pdf Tuesday, 07 Mar 2006 10:00:00 +0000 Muchas gracias y buenas noches. Distinguished members of the judiciary; it is an honor to be here with you, and to be able to open this program together with my good friend and distinguished colleague, Eduardo Pérez Motta, and with two distinguished judges from either side of our border, Minister José Ramón Cassio Díaz of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation of Mexico and Judge Douglas Ginsberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit of the United States. http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/majoras/060201mexicocity.pdf