This Week in Congress

There are no antitrust- or privacy-related hearings in the House of Representatives this week, and the Senate is out of session.

posted by Anant Raut

This Week in Congress

Tuesday, May 20th
House Energy & Commerce Committee
“Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission”

No antitrust- or privacy-related hearings this week, but for those of you curious as to how the other regulatory body plans to handle Comcast-Time Warner Cable and AT&T-DirecTV, you may want to tune in to tomorrow’s FCC oversight hearing, where Chairman Tom Wheeler will be the sole witness.

A link to his prepared testimony may be found here.  Neither of the mergers are discussed, but it will most certainly come up during questioning by the members.

2123 Rayburn @10:30am

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This Week in Congress

Thursday, May 8th

House Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law

“Competition in the Video and Broadband Markets:  The Proposed Merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable”

The witnesses for this oversight hearing will be:

• Robert D. Marcus, Chairman and CEO, Time Warner Cable
• David L. Cohen, EVP, Comcast Corp.
• Matthew M. Polka, President and CEO, American Cable Corporation
• C. Scott Hemphill, Professor, Columbia Law School
• Allen P. Grunes, Geyer Gorey LLP
• Patrick Gottsch, Founder and Chairman, Rural Media Group
• David Schaeffer, Founder and CEO, Cogent Communications
• Craig Labovitz, Co-Founder, CEO and President, DeepField Networks, Inc.

2141 RHOB @9:30am

posted by Anant Raut

This Week in Congress

There are no antitrust- or privacy-related hearings in Congress this week.

posted by Anant Raut

This Week in Congress

Congress is out of session this week, entering the second week of its traditional Easter recess.

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This Week in Congress

Congress is out of session this week.

posted by Anant Raut

This Week in Congress

There are no antitrust- or privacy-related hearings in Congress this week.

posted by Anant Raut

This Week in Congress

Both the Senate and the House of Representatives are out of session this week.

posted by Anant Raut

This Week in Congress

There are no antitrust- or privacy-related hearings in Congress this week.

posted by Anant Raut

“Patent Troll” Legislation Introduced

Yesterday, Senator McKaskill of Kansas introduced legislation that would provide the FTC with greater oversight authority over “patent trolls,” requiring that their demand letters to alleged infringers include certain disclosure requirements. An article describing the legislation, and providing a link to the bill, can be accessed at the link below:

http://www.koamtv.com/story/24843480/senator-introduces-bill-to-crack-down-on-patent-trolls

Posted by Jim Burns