Senate Republicans Write FCC Regarding
Cable Regulation |
11/26. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), Sen. Kay Hutchison
(R-TX), Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR), and Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) sent a letter to
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman
Kevin Martin to oppose "sweeping
new regulations on the cable industry that would interfere with the marketplace and
potentially undermine both Congressional authority and intent".
The four Senators are members of the Senate Commerce
Committee (SCC), which has jurisdiction over communications, and oversees the FCC.
They wrote that "the telecommunications and technology industries in the United States
are experiencing unprecedented transformation that is fundamentally changing the way we live
our lives. We can access a nearly infinite supply of information with the click of a button
and can communicate instantaneously with individuals around the globe."
They continued that this "technological revolution" is changing lives,
creating jobs, and driving economic growth.
They argued that "introducing new regulation into this environment,
particularly on only one segment of a converging industry, could be disruptive".
They wrote that "If there is to be a fundamental shift or adoption of new
regulatory policies, it is up to Congress, not the Commission, to implement it."
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House Democrats Write FCC Regarding
Multicast Must Carry |
11/26. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Rep. Jay Inslee
(D-WA), Rep. Baron Hill
(D-OH), Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA), Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Rep. Al Wynn (D-MD),
Rep. G.K Butterfield (D-NC) and five other House Democrats sent a letter to
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Chairman Kevin Martin to
express their concern regarding "your ongoing support for the imposition of
multicast must carry obligations on cable operators".
Reps. Eshoo, Inslee, Hill, Wynn, Pallone, Solis and Butterfield are members
of the House Commerce Committee (HCC).
Reps. Eshoo, Inslee, Solis, Pallone and Hill are also members of the HCC's
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (STI).
The wrote that "you have presented no evidence to support your assertion that
multicast must carry would promote program diversity and increase programming
choices for consumers. In fact, we think it would have the opposite effect by
putting additional broadcast channels at the front of the line ahead of the many
diverse programming services offered by cable."
They continued that "The government has given the broadcasters spectrum to
transmit additional streams of digital programming and established a $1.5
billion digital-to-analog converter box coupon program that will allow any
household with a converter box to receive over-the-air any digital multicast
programming services that broadcasters choose to create. An additional mandate
requiring cable carriage of the broadcasters' multicast signals is unnecessary
and unwarranted."
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House Commerce Committee Leaders Seek 911
Disability Rules |
11/26. Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) and other
leaders of the House Commerce Committee (HCC)
sent a
letter [PDF] to the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) urging it to "resolve ... as expeditiously as possible" its
rulemaking proceedings regarding "the lack of equal access to 911 services for
individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing".
They wrote that "In light of the public safety implications of these proceedings,
the Commission should conclude them expeditiously. We would ask that the Commission complete
CG Docket No. 03-123, FCC 05-196, before the end of the year and CG Docket No. 03-123, FCC
06-57, no later than the end of the first quarter of 2008."
The letter was signed by Rep. Dingell, the Chairman of the HCC,
Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), the ranking Republican on
the HCC, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the Chairman of the
HCC's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (STI), and
Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), the ranking Republican on
the STI.
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Rep. Boehner Writes FCC Regarding Cable
Regulation |
11/19. Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), the House Republican Leader, sent a letter to the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding regulation
of cable companies. He wrote that since consumers now have "more and greater choices in
the video programming marketplace as a result of responsible deregulatory policies", now
"is not the time to embark on regulatory proposals that run contrary to Congress's intent
on these deregulatory policies".
He said that with broadcast, cable, and satellite, and the ongoing "explosion in
Internet video and Web sites such as YouTube", consumers have "an unlimited
source of content".
"Yet the FCC appears to be considering imposing new mandates on the cable
industry. The FCC may even try to invoke authority over the cable industry under
an excessively broad reading of the "70/70" provision of the 1984 Cable Act.
This provision was not intended to grant the FCC carte blanche to impose other
types of regulation. Moreover, it was drafted more than 20 years ago as a
mechanism to respond to decreases in sources of content, and that clearly is not
a problem today. There also appears to be significant dispute over whether or
not the 70/70 trigger has even been met."
He continued that "Deregulatory voice, video, and data policies supported in
the past by Congress, the FCC, and the Administration spurred the investment
that created the vibrant and innovative video environment we have today. Yet
press reports indicate you may even be considering imposing horizontal ownership
caps on the cable industry."
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District Court Allows Rule 45 Subpoena for
Identities of P2P Defendants |
11/26. The U.S. District Court (DC) issued an
opinion [5
pages in PDF] in Warner Bros. v. Does 1-6, granting the plaintiff records
companies their request for a Rule 45 subpoena to obtain from Georgetown University (GU) the
identities of Doe defendants, who are alleged by the plaintiffs to use GU's internet access to
infringe copyrights.
Warner Bros. (WB) and the other plaintiffs are record companies whose copyrights are
violated by users of peer to peer filed distribution systems. WB asserts that it knows that
the Does have infringed copyrights and that the Does obtain internet access from GU, but that
it does not know their identities. WB filed a complaint in the District Court for the purpose
of obtaining discovery pursuant to a Rule 45 subpoena of the identities of the infringing
users from GU. The District Court granted WB expedited discovery.
It wrote that "Plaintiffs may serve a Rule 45 subpoena upon Georgetown University to
obtain the true identity of each Doe defendant. The subpoena must be limited to information
sufficient to identify each defendant, including each defendant’s true name, current and
permanent addresses and telephone numbers, email address, and Media Access Control (``MAC´´)
address. Any information disclosed to plaintiffs in response to the Rule 45 subpoena may be
used by plaintiffs solely for the purpose of protecting plaintiffs' rights as set forth in the
complaint."
The District Court further ordered that GU give prior written notice to the Doe defendants,
and an opportunity to file a motion to quash a subpoena, before providing responsive
information.
GU is a federally funded university. The District Court further held that this discovery
is consistent with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
This case is Warner Bros. Records, Inc., et al. v. Does 1-6, U.S. District Court
for the District of Columbia, D.C. No. 07-1878 (EGS), Judge Emmet Sullivan presiding.
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1st Circuit Issues Order on Rehearing
in Maine 271 Case |
11/20. The U.S. Court of Appeals (1stCir) issued
an Order on
Rehearing in Verizon v. Maine PUC, one of a consolidated pair of cases
involving Section 271 and state regulation of Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs).
The Court of Appeals issued its
opinion on
September 6, 2007. See, story titled "1st Circuit Rules Against Maine and New Hampshire
PUCs in 271 Case" in TLJ
Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,636, September 7, 2007.
Verizon petitioned for rehearing.
The Court of Appeals wrote that Verizon "asks that we alter our judgment to delete
our direction to the district court to make a primary jurisdiction referral to the FCC.
Verizon proposes instead that the district court decision be vacated with directions to
vacate the Maine PUC orders, leaving the Maine PUC free (as it perhaps already is) to consider
any claims relating to the GWI agreement that depend solely on contract."
(Parentheses in original.)
This order denies Verizon's request.
This case is Verizon New England, Inc. v. Maine
Public Utilities Commission, Stephen Diamond, Sharon Reishus, and Kurt Adams,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, App. Ct. No. 06-2151, an appeal from
the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, Judge Gene Carter presiding.
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More Court News |
11/26. The Supreme Court denied certiorari in
M2 Software v. Viacom, a trademark case. This lets stand the judgment of the
U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit). See, February
28, 2007,
unpublished opinion [8 pages in PDF] of the Court of Appeals. This case is
M2 Software, Inc. v. Viacom Inc., et al., Sup. Ct. No. 07-202, a petition
for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. The
Court of Appeals case number is 04-56794. The Court of Appeals heard an appeal
from the U.S. District Court (CDCal), D.C. No. CV-98-08734-AHM. See,
Orders
List [15 pages in PDF] at page 2, and Supreme Court
docket.
11/21. The U.S. Court of Appeals (6thCir) issued
its opinion [16 pages
in PDF] in Popovich v. Sony Music Entertainment, a contract dispute regarding
distribution of songs recorded by Michael Aday, including by internet download. Aday, who is
also known as "Meat Loaf", recorded several albums, including one titled "Bat
Out of Hell". Popovich prevailed in the District Court on a claim that Sony failed to
put Popovich's record company logo on four albums, and was awarded over $5 Million in damages.
However, the agreement at issue only covered "all forms and configurations ...
manufactured" by Sony. The District Court held that this did not cover internet downloads.
The Court of Appeals affirmed; internet downloads are not "manufactured". This case
is Stephen Popovich v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., U.S. Court of Appeals for the
6th Circuit, App. Ct. No. 06-3463 and 06-3464, appeals from the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of Ohio, at Cleveland, D.C. No. No. 02-00359, Judge Solomon Oliver presiding.
Judge Boyce Martin wrote the opinion of the Court of Appeals, in which Judges Guy and Clay
joined.
11/21. The U.S. Court of Appeals (9thCir) issued
its
opinion [5 pages in PDF] in J&J Celcom v. AT&T Wireless Services,
a contract dispute, in which federal jurisdiction is based upon diversity of
citizenship, regarding the sale of interests in
partnerships involving cellular telephone businesses. The Court of Appeals
disposed of most appeal issues in its December 26, 2006, opinion, which is
reported at 481 F.3d 1138. However, the Court of Appeals certified one issue to
the Supreme Court of the State of Washington: "Does a controlling partner
violate the duty of loyalty to the partnership or to dissenting minority
partners where the controlling partner causes the partnership to sell all its
assets to an affiliated party at a price determined by a third-party appraisal,
when the appraisal and the parties to the transaction are disclosed and the
partnership agreement allows for sale of assets upon majority or supermajority
vote, but the partnership agreement is silent on the subject of sale to a
related party?" The Washington Supreme Court responded in the negative, and
hence, the Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the District Court. This
disposes of the final appeal issue in this case. This case is J&J
Celcom, et al. v. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., et al., U.S. Court of
Appeals for the 9th Circuit, App. Ct. No. 05-35567,
an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington,
D.C. No. CV-03-02629-MJP, Judge Marsha Pechman presiding.
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People and Appointments |
11/26. Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) announced that
he will not run for re-election to the Senate in 2008. He is a member of the
Senate Commerce Committee (SCC). See, Sen. Lott's
statement.
11/26. Rep. Julia Carson (D-IN)
announced that she will not run for re-election to the House in 2008.
11/21. President Bush announced his intent to nominate Douglas Shulman
to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue. See, White House
release.
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Tuesday, November 27 |
The House will not meet. It will return from its Thanksgiving recess on
Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at 2:00 PM.
The Senate will meet in pro forma session only. The Senate Democratic
leadership is maintaining the procedural fiction that it is not in recess. One
consequence of this is that it precludes President Bush from making recess
appointments, which would rest upon the procedural fiction that the Senate is
unavailable to offer its advice and consent.
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Day two of a two day meeting to
the Department of Transportation's (DOT)
Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC) See,
notice in the Federal Register, November 13, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 218, at
Pages 63956-63957. Location: DOT, Conference Room 6, Lobby Level, West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE.
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. The
Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services will hold a meeting regarding its E-Verify program, is an
online tool for participating employers to seek information about the
employment eligibility of new employees. See,
notice in the Federal Register, Federal Register, November 7, 2007, Vol.
72, No. 215, at Pages 62863. Location: Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey
Ave., NW.
8:45 - 10:00 AM. The Information Technology
and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will release a paper titled "Can Europe Match
US Productivity Growth? The Role of Information Technology". It will also hold a
panel discussion. The speakers will include Robert Atkinson (ITIF), Michael Maibach
(European-American Business Council), Nigel Nagarajan (European Commission Delegation), and
Antonio Calado Lopes (Embassy of Portugal). Breakfast will
be served. Location: IBM, Suite 1200, 1301 K St NW (West Tower).
TIME CHANGE. The
Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) may hold an event titled "Open Meeting". See,
tentative
agenda [PDF]. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th St., SW.
The FCC announced on November 20 that this event will be at 9:30 AM. On the
morning of November 27, the FCC announced that the meeting will be at 11:00
AM. In the past, in similar situations, the FCC has issued multiple
postponements. See also, story titled "FCC Releases Tentative Agenda for November
27 Event" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,678, November 20, 2007.
12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The DC Bar
Association will host a panel discussion titled "Criminal, Regulatory and
International Trade Approaches to the Internet Gambling Issue". The speakers will be
Samuel Buffone (Ropes & Gray),
Raul
Herrera (Arnold & Porter), Frank Fahrenkopf
(American Gaming Association), Kellie Larkin
(Counsel to House Financial Services
Committee), Bruce Zagaris
(Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe). The price to attend ranges from free to $20.
For more information, call 202-626-3488. See,
notice. Location: Arnold & Porter, 555
12th St., NW.
12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The DC Bar
Association will host a panel discussion titled "Privacy and Information
Security: Emerging Issues for Businesses and Consumers". The speakers will be
Robin Campbell (Crowell
& Moring), Molly Crawford (FTC's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection),
John Parmigiani, Robyn Diaz (MedStar Health),
and Sondra Mills (DOJ's Office of Consumer Litigation). The price to attend
ranges from $25 to $35. For more information, call 202-626-3463. See,
notice. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, B-1 Level, 1250 H St., NW.
1:00 - 3:00 PM. The Architectural
and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board's (ATBCB) Telecommunications and Electronic
and Information Technology Advisory Committee will meet by teleconference. See,
notice in the Federal Register, November 1, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 211, at Pages
61827-61828.
2:00 PM. Day one of a two day conference hosted by the
American Enterprise Institute (AEI) titled "The
History, Impact, and Future of Private Equity: Ownership, Governance, and Firm
Performance". At 2:00 PM,
Glenn Hubbard (Columbia
Business School) will give a speech. At 2:15 PM,
Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School) will
give a speech titled "Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Modern Capital Markets".
At 2:50 PM, there will be a panel titled "Private Equity’s History and Impact
on Corporate Governance". The speakers will be
Steven Kaplan (University of
Chicago), Kenneth Lehn
(University of Pittsburgh), John Chapman (AEI), and
Alex Brill
(AEI). At 4:15 PM, there will be a panel titled "Private Equity’s
Impact: Productivity and Labor Market Effects". The speakers will be
Steven Davis (University of Chicago),
Douglas
Cumming (York University), Donald
Siegel (UC Riverside), and John Chapman (AEI). At 7:00 PM,
Michael Jensen
(Harvard Business School) will give the dinner speech. See,
notice. Location: AEI, 1150 17th St., NW.
TIME? The National Cable & Telecommunications
Association (NCTA), Entertainment Software Association (ESA), and Academy of
Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) will host an event titled "Cable & Games
Summit". For more information, contact Gabriel Marzonie at 202-222-2430 or
gmarzonie at ncta dot com. Location?.
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Wednesday, November 28 |
8:00 AM - 1:15 PM. Day two of a two day conference
hosted by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) titled
"The History, Impact, and Future of Private Equity: Ownership, Governance, and Firm
Performance". At 8:10 AM, Glenn Hubbard (Columbia Business
School) will give a speech. At 8:20 AM, there will be a panel titled "Private
Equity’s Impact: Corporate Control, Capital Markets, and Entrepreneurship".
The speakers will be Karen Wruck (Ohio State University), Annette Poulsen
(University of Georgia), Peter Klein (University of Missouri -- Columbia), and
Adam Lerrick (Carnegie Mellon University). At 9:30 AM, there will be a panel
titled "European and Global Developments in Private Equity". The speakers will
be Mike Wright (Nottingham University Business School), David Ravenscraft
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Adam Lerrick (Carnegie Mellon
University), and Nick Schulz (AEI). At 11:10 AM, there will be a panel titled
"Practitioner Panel: The View from the Trenches". The speakers will be Brian
Simmons (Code Hennessy & Simmons), Tully Friedman (Friedman Fleischer & Lowe),
Thomas Putter (Allianz Capital Partners), Rick Rickertsen (Pine Creek
Partners), and John Chapman (AEI). At 12:00 PM, David Rubenstein (Carlyle
Group) will give the luncheon speech. See,
notice. Location: AEI, 1150 17th St., NW.
Deadline to submit reply comments to the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) regarding the roaming obligations of CRMS
providers. The FNPRM asks whether the FCC should extend roaming obligations
to broadband data services. The FCC adopted this item on August 7, 2007, and
released the text on August 16, 2007. It is FCC 07-143 in WT Docket No. 05-265. See,
notice in the Federal Register, August 30, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 168, at Pages
50085-50095. See also, story titled "FCC Adopts CMRS Roaming Order and NPRM"
in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,623, August 15, 2007.
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Thursday, November 29 |
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM. The Department of Justice's
(DOJ) Antitrust Division will host a symposium titled
"Voice, Video and Broadband: The Changing Competitive Landscape and Its Impact on
Consumers". See, DOJ
notice and
notice in the Federal Register, October 17, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 200, at Pages 58885-58887.
The event is free and open to the public, but the DOJ requests pre-registration by
November 16. For more information, contact Ashley Becker at 202-514-5835 or Carl
Willner at 202-514-5813. Location: Horizon Room, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW.
12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The DC
Bar Association will host a panel discussion titled "Licensing Trade Secrets
-- The Forgotten Form of IP". The speakers will be Ronald Bleeker, Michael Holtman,
and Michael O'Shaughnessy (all of Finnegan Henderson). The price to attend ranges from $10
to $20. For more information, call 202-626-3463. See,
notice. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, B-1 Level, 1250 H St., NW.
12:15 PM. The Federal
Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Wireless Practice Committee will
host a lunch titled "The Economics of Wireless Net
Neutrality and Open Access". See,
registration form
[PDF]. Location: Sidley Austin, 1501 K St., NW.
6:00 - 8:15 PM. The DC Bar
Association will host a continuing legal education (CLE) program titled
"Introduction to Export Controls". The speakers will include Thomas Scott
(Weadon & Associates) and Carol Kalinoski. The price to attend ranges from $80 to $115.
For more information, call 202-626-3488. See,
notice. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, B-1 Level, 1250 H St., NW.
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Friday, November 30 |
8:30 AM -1:30 PM. The President's Committee on the National Medal
of Science will hold a closed meeting selection of the 2007 National Medal of Science
recipients. See,
notice in the Federal Register, October 15, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 198, at Page 58338.
Location: Room 1235, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA.
Deadline to submit initial comments to the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in
response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding its program
access and retransmission consent rules and whether it may be appropriate
to preclude the practice of programmers to tie desired programming with
undesired programming. The FCC adopted this NPRM on September 11, 2007, and released the
text [144
pages in PDF] on October 1, 2007. It is FCC 07-169, in MB Docket No. 07-198. See,
notice in the Federal Register, October 31, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 210, at
Pages 61590-61603. See also, story titled "FCC Adopts R&O and NPRM Regarding
Program Access Rules" in
TLJ Daily E-Mail
Alert No. 1,640, September 17, 2007.
Deadline to submit comments to the Copyright Royalty
Judges regarding proposed regulations that set the rates and terms for the use
of sound recordings by preexisting subscription services for the period
January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2012. See,
notice in the Federal Register, October 31, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 210, at
Pages 61585-61588.
Deadline to submit comments to the National
Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Computer
Security Division (CSD) regarding its
SP 800-82 [157 pages in PDF] titled "2nd Draft Special Publication
800-82, Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security".
Deadline to submit comments to the
National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST)
Computer Security Division (CSD) regarding its
Draft NIST IR 7328 [51 pages in PDF], titled "Security Assessment Provider
Requirements and Customer Responsibilities: Building a Security Assessment Credentialing
Program for Federal Information Systems".
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Monday, December 3 |
Deadline for states, territories and the District of Columbia
to submit to the Department of Commerce's (DOC) National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) their Statewide Communications
Interoperability Plans and Investment Justification under the PSIC Grant Program. See,
notice in the Federal Register, August 20, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 160, at Pages
46442-46444. See also, story titled "Public Safety Interoperable Communications
Grant Applications Due in 30 Days" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,612, July 19,
2007, and story titled "NTIA Clarifies Deadlines for PSIC Grant Applications"
in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,625, August 21, 2007.
2:00 PM. Deadline for respondent (LG Electronics) to file its
opposition brief with the Supreme Court of the
US (SCUS) in Quanta Computer v. LG Electronics, a patent infringement
case. See, story titled "Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Patent Exhaustion
Case" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,647, September 27, 2007.
Deadline to submit initial comments to the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in
response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the Emergency Alert
System (EAS). The FCC adopted this NPRM on May 31, 2007, and released the
text [75
pages in PDF] on July 12, 2007. It is FCC 07-109 in EB Docket No. 04-296. See,
notice in the Federal Register, November 2, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 212, at
Pages 62195-62198. See also, story titled "FCC Expands EAS Program" in
TLJ Daily E-Mail
Alert No. 1,589, May 31, 2007.
Deadline to submit initial comments to the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in
response to its Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) regarding
post-reconfiguration 800 MHz
band plans for the U.S.-Canada border regions. This FNPRM is DA 07-4489 in WT
Docket No. 02-55. See,
notice in the Federal Register, November 13, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 218, at
Pages 63869-63871.
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Tuesday, December 4 |
Hanukkah begins at sundown.
The House will return from its Thanksgiving recess at 2:00 PM.
10:00 AM. The Department of Commerce's (DOC)
International Trade Administration (ITA) President's Export Council will meet. See,
notice in the Federal Register, November 8, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 216, at
Page 63164. Location: DOC, Room 4830, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.
12:00 NOON - 4:00 PM. The DC
Bar Association will host an event titled "Resolving Commercial Disputes with
Chinese Parties: Trends in International Arbitration and WTO". The lunch speaker
will be Yu Jianlong, Secretary-General of the China International Economic and Trade
Arbitration Commission (CCPIT). There will be a panel discussion of arbitration. The speakers
will be Mu Zili (Deputy Secretary-General of CCPIT), Fei Ning
(Haiwen & Partners), Patrick Norton (Steptoe
& Johnson), and Jean Kalicki (Arnold & Porter). There will also be a panel discussion
on the WTO. The speakers will be Claire Reade (Chief Counsel for China Trade Enforcement,
USTR), Matthew Yeo (Steptoe & Johnson), Lucille Barale (Georgetown University Law Center),
and Mary Michel (McKenna Long & Aldridge). The price to attend ranges from $5 to $35. For
more information, call 202-626-3488. See,
notice. Location:
Arnold & Porter, 555 12th St., NW.
12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The DC
Bar Association will host a panel discussion titled "Survey to Win! How to
Successfully Use Surveys in Trademark Litigations". The speakers will be Michael
Mazis (American University) and Danny Awdeh (Finnegan, Henderson). The price to attend ranges
from $20 to $30. For more information, call 202-626-3463. See,
notice. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, B-1 Level, 1250 H St., NW.
1:00 - 3:00 PM. The Architectural
and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board's (ATBCB) Telecommunications and Electronic
and Information Technology Advisory Committee will meet by teleconference. See,
notice in the Federal Register, November 1, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 211, at Pages
61827-61828.
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