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Issue No. 11-19
For the week of May 9, 2011

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. May. 10
10:00 am		 Jessica Rich, Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, will testify before the Senate Judiciary’s Privacy, Technology and the Law Subcommittee on Mobile Privacy. Senate Dirksen Office Building, Room 226, Washington, DC

WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES

Mon. May. 9
10:00 am - 1:00 pm		 Another Dose of Competition: Accountable Care Organizations and Antitrust. the Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop to seek input on the Proposed Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy, which discusses how the federal antitrust agencies will enforce U.S. antitrust laws when competing health care providers create new Accountable Care Organizations (“ACOs”) under the Affordable Care Act of 2010. The FTC and the Department of Justice issued the joint proposed Policy Statement on March 31, 2011, and the comment period ends on May 31, 2011. More information can be found at http://ftc.gov/opp/workshops/aco2/index.shtml
Wed. May. 11
8:30 am - 4:30 pm		 Examining Phone Bill Cramming...A Discussion. This day-long public forum will examine telephone bill cramming and explore possible solutions to reduce unauthorized third-party billing on telephone bills. The forum will focus on how the government, businesses, and organizations can work together to reduce cramming through business practices, law enforcement, and possible legislation. More information can be found at http://ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/cramming/

SPEECHES

Wed. May. 11
8:30 am		 David Vladeck, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection will deliver opening remarks at the FTC’s Cramming Forum. FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, DC
9:15 am
 FTC Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch will speak before the ACI - 6th Annual In-House Conference Forum on Pharmaceutical Antitrust on, “Recent Developments in Pharmaceutical Antitrust.” New York, New York Richard Feinstein, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition will speak before the ACI's 6th Annual In-House In-House Counsel Forum on, “Pharmaceutical Antitrust.” New York, NY

HEARINGS BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES

Tue. May. 10
1:00 pm		 Prehearing conference in the matter of Docket No. 9347 (Universal Computers and Electronics). FTC Headquarters, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room 532, Washington, DC

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