Weekly Events

On July 27, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission’s Economic Liberty Task Force hosted a roundtable to examine ways to mitigate the effects of state-based occupational licensing requirements that make it...

Marcus Meier, Acting Director of the FTC’s Competition Bureau, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law on “Antitrust Abuses...

Closing arguments before FTC Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell in the matter of 1-800 Contacts, Inc., Docket No. 9372. FTC Headquarters, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room 532, Washington, DC...

FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny will participate on the panel “So You Want to Market Your Security Product...” at the Black Hat USA 2017, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, 2:40 p.m. PDT...

Acting FTC Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen will deliver opening remarks at The Heritage Foundation panel on, “Occupational Licensing Regulatory Reform to Promote Jobs and Economic Liberty.” Lehrman...

FTC Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen delivered opening remarks at the FTC Military Consumer Financial Workshop: Protecting Those Who Protect Our Nation. Trinity University - Chapman Auditorium...

The FTC hosted a “Military Consumer Financial Workshop: Protecting Those Who Protect Our Nation” at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas on July 19, 2017, to examine financial issues and scams...

Scheduling conference before FTC Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell in the matter of Sanford Health et al., Docket No. 9376. FTC Headquarters, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room 532, Washington...

Scheduling conference before FTC Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell in the matter of Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board, Docket No. 9374. FTC Headquarters, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room...

The Federal Trade Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) held a workshop on June 28, 2017 in Washington, D.C., to examine the consumer privacy and security issues...

FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny will participate in a panel on Smart Privacy Regulation: Developing a Complex Toolbox - at the International Cybersecurity Conference. Beit Hatfutsot, Ze’evi Hall...

FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny will give opening remarks on “Privacy and Data Security in a Time of Rapid Technological and Social Change”, at the International Cybersecurity Conference. Beit...

FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny will participate in a panel discussion at the American Antitrust Institute’s Annual Conference, 1730 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 2:00 p.m. EDT

FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny will give opening remarks and participate in a panel discussion on “What Comes Next: Net Neutrality, Innovation and the Future of Competition,” sponsored by Steptoe &...

Ten years ago, President Bush launched a new era in the fight against identity theft by issuing an executive order establishing the Identity Theft Task Force, which the Commission co-chaired. In the...

FTC Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen will deliver opening remarks at the FTC Conference Identity Theft: Planning for the Future. Constitution Center, 400 7th St SW, Washington, DC, 9:15 a.m.

FTC Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen will speak at the Concurrences Review Antitrust in the Financial Sector Conference, New York, NY, 5:35 p.m. EDT.

FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny will deliver the keynote on A U.S. Enforcer’s Perspective on Innovation and Technology Policy, at the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), Dublin...

FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny will participate in a panel on “Policy and Enforcement Choices” at the Online Markets and Offline Welfare Effects -- The Internet, Competition, Democracy and Society...

Commissioner McSweeny will deliver the keynote address at the Network Advertising Initiative 2017 Summit, Pier 59 at Chelsea Piers, New York, NY, 2:00 p.m.