Government Relations

WELCOME AND HOUSEKEEPING REMARKS (2:00 - 2:05 pm)

I. THE CHANGING FTC (2:05 - 2:50 pm)
Major personnel and policy changes are occurring at the FTC with the new Administration.  What do these shifts mean in areas that impact the advertising industry – such as privacy, green marketing, and others?  In addition, the FTC suffered a major loss at the Supreme Court over its authority under 13(b) to seek monetary damages.  Will the FTC attempt to live with this result or is a Congressional fix on the horizon?  Venable’s Milo Cividanes and Alyssa Wolfington will lay the groundwork, and then we’ll have a fireside chat with one of the country’s leading FTC experts, former Chairman Tim Muris.

Emilio (Milo) Cividanes
Partner
Venable LLP

Alyssa Wolfington
Associate
Venable LLP

Timothy J. Muris
Senior Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP
Former Chairman, Federal Trade Commission

II. PRIVACY FOR AMERICA – AN UPDATE (2:50 - 3:05 pm)
Venable’s Rob Hartwell will discuss the latest on the advertising industry’s Privacy for America effort, including whether we may see comprehensive federal privacy legislation before the end of the current Congress.

Rob Hartwell
Associate
Venable LLP

III.  THE CAPITOL HILL REPORT (3:05 - 3:35 pm)
Hear from two staffers on the Senate Commerce Committee, Jared Bomberg from the Democratic side and Olivia Trusty from the Republican side, on the committee’s priorities for the rest of the year, and what they think might happen this year legislatively on important issues such as privacy; name, image, and likeliness legislation; and more.

Jared Bomberg
Senior Counsel, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Majority Staff)
United States Senate

Olivia Trusty
Policy Director, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Minority Staff)
United States Senate

IV.  OPEN DISCUSSION (3:35 - 4:00 pm)

Led by ANA Government Relations staff