Speeches -- 2011
Past Speeches
- Privacy at the FTC: A Look Back At 2011
Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
29th Annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy & Regulation
Washington, DC
December 8, 2011
- Face Facts
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks of FTC Commissioner Julie Brill
Facial Recognition Forum
Washington, DC
December 8, 2011
- Opening Remarks of FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz
Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
As Prepared For Delivery
Face Facts Forum
Washington, DC
December 8, 2011
- Antitrust Evaluation of Pay-for-Delay Settlements: A Persistent Quest for Balance
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
American Conference Institute’s Paragraph IV Disputes Conference
San Francisco, CA
December 7, 2011
- Privacy Implications of Social Media
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks of FTC Commissioner Julie Brill
U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum
Washington DC
December 7, 2011
- Privacy: A Lesson from the Playroom
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks of FTC Commissioner Julie Brill
IAPP Practical Privacy Series
Washington, DC
December 6, 2011
- Statement of Commissioners Julie Brill, Jon Leibowitz and Edith Ramirez Regarding the Complaint and Proposed Consent Order
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
In re Pool Corporation
FTC File No. 1010115
November 21, 2011
- Privacy and Consumer Protection in Social Media
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks of FTC Commissioner Julie Brill
North Carolina Law Review 2011 Symposium
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
November 18, 2011
- Remarks of FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz As Prepared for Delivery
Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
Fall Forum 2011
November 17, 2011
- Accountable Care Organizations: What Exactly Are We Getting?
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
ABA Section of Antitrust Law Fall Forum
November 17, 2011
- 33rd Annual PMA Marketing Law Conference Keynote
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks of FTC Commissioner Julie Brill
PMA Marketing Law Conference Chicago, IL
November 16, 2011
- Statement of Jon Leibowitz Nomination for a Second Term as Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
November 15, 2011
- At the Intersection of Online Advertising and Privacy: FTC Enforcement, Policy, and Encouragement of Self-Regulation
Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks of FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz as Prepared for Delivery
Ad:Tech NY 2011 Conference
New York, NY
November 8, 2011
- Neutral on Internet Neutrality: Should There Be a Role for the Federal Trade Commission?
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Global Forum 2011: Vision for the Digital Future
Brussels, Belgium
November 7, 2011
- Emerging Theories of Competitive Harm in Merger Enforcement
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Published in the Antitrust Source (with co-author Darren Tucker)
October 2011
- “Do Not Track: Privacy in an Internet Age”
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Loyola Chicago Antitrust Institute Forum
Chicago, Illinois
October 14, 2011
- Online and Overexposed: Consumer Privacy, the FTC, and the Rise of the Cyberazzi
Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks of FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz as Prepared for Delivery
National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
October 11, 2011
- Marketing to Children: Privacy, Food and Digital Media
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks of FTC Commissioner Julie Brill
CARU Annual Conference
New York, NY
October 5, 2011
- Remarks Before the National Advertising Division Annual Conference
David Vladeck, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
New York, NY
October 3, 2011
- Concurring Statement of Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, FTC v. Lundbeck, Inc.
FTC File No. 0810156
October 3, 2011
- A Life in Public Service: Finding Heroes in a Small World
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
2011 Sterry Waterman Lecture
Vermont Law School South Royalton, VT
September 27, 2011
- Does the EU Need a System of Private Competition Remedies to Supplement Public Law Enforcement?
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
2011 LIDC Congress
Oxford, England
September 23, 2011
- "Acing Antitrust"
Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks of FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz
As Prepared for Delivery
Fifth Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium
Georgetown Law Center
September 22, 2011
- Privacy: From the Woods to the Weeds
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks of FTC Commissioner Julie Brill
IAPP Privacy Academy
Dallas, TX
September 15, 2011
- Finding Heroes in a Small World
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Robert Abrams Public Service Lecture
New York University School of Law
New York, NY
September 12, 2011
- Information and Privacy: In Search of a Data-Driven Policy
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Technology Policy Institute Aspen Forum
Aspen, Colorado
August 22, 2011
- A Competition Policy Perspective on Patent Law: The Federal Trade Commission’s Report on the Evolving IP Marketplace (With Lisa Kimmel)
Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
The Antitrust Source
August 2011
- Statement of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz
Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Antitrust and Anti-Monopoly Cooperation
Beijing, China
July 27, 2011
- Concurring Statement of Commissioner Julie Brill
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
On the Statement of Policy Regarding Communications in Connection with the Collection of Decedent’s Debts
July 20, 2011
- Concurring Statement of Commission Ramirez, in which Chairman Leibowitz and Commissioner Brill Join Final Rule: Mortgage Acts and Practices – Advertising
Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
July 20, 2011
- Privacy and Data Security
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks of FTC Commissioner Julie Brill
Before the Practising Law Institute
July 19, 2011
- Response of Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch to the Concurring Statement of Commissioner Ramirez
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
in which Chairman Leibowitz and Commissioner Brill Join:
Final Rule: Mortgage Acts and Practices – Advertising
July 19, 2011
- Dissenting in Part from “Internet Privacy: The Views of the FTC, FCC, and NTIA,”
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Testimony before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade and House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
July 14, 2011
- Statement of Commissioner Edith Ramirez on Internet Privacy
Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Washington, DC
July 14, 2011
- Oral Statement of Commissioner Julie Brill on Consumer Privacy
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Hearing Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
Washington, DC
June 29, 2011
- Privacy and Data Security: Protecting Consumers in the Modern World
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
June 29, 2011
- Dissenting Statement in Part from “Privacy and Data Security: Protecting Consumers in the Modern World,”
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
June 29, 2011
- “Privacy: Tracking our Progress with Pomp and Circumstance”
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Before the Center for American Progress
“Tracking: Where You Are, What You See, and What To Do”
Washington, DC
June 27, 2011
- Opening Remarks of Commissioner Edith Ramirez
Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission Workshop on
Intellectual Property Rights in Standard Setting
Washington, DC
June 21, 2011
- Designing a Private Remedies System for Antitrust Cases – Lessons Learned from the U.S. Experience
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
16th Annual EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop
Fiesole, Italy
June 17, 2011
- Statement of Commissioner Ramirez on Data Security
Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
Washington, DC
June 15, 2011
- Opinion: Federal Agencies Are Going After Fraudulent Immigration Advisers
Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
San Jose Mercury News
June 11, 2011
- Learning From History: Mobile and the Future of Privacy
Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
2011 Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference
Washington, DC
June 14, 2011
- Remarks of Commissioner Julie Brill
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Before the Executive Committee of the CTIA – The Wireless Association
Washington, DC
June 7, 2011
- Concurring Statement of Commissioner Julie Brill
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
In the Matter of Grifols, S.A. a corporation, and Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp., a corporation
FTC File No. 1010153, Docket No. C-4322
June 1, 2011
- The International Competition Network: Its Past, Current and Future Role (with Hugh Hollman)
William E. Kovacic, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
20:2 Minnesota Journal of International Law 274-323
June 2011
- The International Competition Network: Its Past, Current and Future Role (with Hugh Hollman)
The International Competition Network at 10, 51-92 (Paul Lugard ed., 2011).
William E. Kovacic, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
- The Intersection of Consumer Protection and Competition in the New World of Privacy
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Competition Policy
International
Volume 7, Number 1
Spring 2011
- The Intersection of Antitrust and Intellectual Property: The Quest for Certainty in an Uncertain World
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Intellectual Property Litigation: Back to Business - Latham & Watkins LLP seminar
Menlo Park, California
May 18, 2011
- Patent Settlements, Patent Reform, and Mergers: Recent Developments in Pharmaceutical Antitrust
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Sixth Annual In-House Counsel Forum on Pharmaceutical Antitrust
New York, NY
May 11, 2011
- “Privacy and Responsibility: A Call for Industry Super-Heroes”
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Address by Commissioner Julie Brill
Before the Computer and Communications Industry Association
Washington, DC
May 4, 2011
- Antitrust Issues Related to Benchmarking and Other Information Exchanges
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks before the ABA Section of Antitrust Law and ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education’s Teleseminar on Benchmarking and Other Information Exchanges Among Competitors
Washington, DC
May 3, 2011
- Obama’s Political ‘Price Gouging’
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Letter to the Editor, published in the Wall Street Journal
May 2, 2011, page A14
- How Does Your Competition Agency Measure Up? (with Hugh Hollman and Patricia Grant)
William E. Kovacic, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
7 European Competition Journal 25
April 2011
- Antitrust, Accountable Care Organizations, and the Promise of Health Care Reform
Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
11th Annual Loyola Antitrust Colloquium
Chicago, Illinois
April 29, 2011
- Highly Premature — And Costly — To Support ‘A Gallery of Dreams’
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Published by the Washington Post
April 24, 2011
- “Consent Decrees: Is the Public Getting Its Money’s Worth?”
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks Before the 18th St. Gallen International Competition Law Forum, Universitat St. GallenSt. Gallen, Switzerland
April 7, 2011
- The Past and Future of Direct Effects Evidence
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
ABA Section of Antitrust Law’s 59th Spring Meeting
Washington, DC
March 30, 2011
- Concurring Statement of Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
In re Google Buzz, File No. 102 3136
March 30, 2011
- “The Dissent: Why One FTC Commissioner Thinks Do Not Track is Off-Track”
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Published in the March 28, 2011 issue of Advertising Age
March 28, 2011
- Concurring Statement of Commissioner Julie Brill
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
In the Matter of US Search, Inc., and US Search, LLC
FTC File No. 102 3131, Docket No. C-4317
March 25, 2011
- Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Julie Brill
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
On the Commission’s Decision to Withdraw it’s Appeal in FTC v. LabCorp
Federal Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Laboratory Corporation of American and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Defendants.
United States District Court for the Central District of California
Case No. 8:10-cv-01873-AG-MLG
March 23, 2011
- The Role of the FTC, the States, and the New Bureau of Financial Consumer Protection in Today’s Marketplace
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Before the Consumer Federation of America Consumer Assembly
Washington, DC
March 18, 2011
- “The Role of the Commissioner at the FTC”
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Before the Association of Corporate Counsel, Westchester/Southern Connecticut Chapter (WESFACCA)
Hartford, CT
March 16, 2011
- Keynote Address of Commissioner Edith Ramirez
Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Association of National Advertisers Advertising Law & Public Policy Conference
Washington, DC
March 15, 2011
- “Hot Topics at the Federal Trade Commission”
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Before the Connecticut State Bar Association Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Consumer Law and Federal Practice Sections
New Haven, CT
March 15, 2011
- A Word From Washington about Behavioral Advertising and Do Not Track
David Vladeck, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
4A’s Transformation 2011 Conference
Austin, Texas
March 8, 2011
- Statement of Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch Respecting Proposed Regulations Implementing the Affordable Care Act.
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
March 3, 2011
- "Ten Lessons in Appellate Advocacy”
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Howrey LLP Antitrust Fundamentals Seminar
Washington, DC
February 24, 2011
- Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group
David Vladeck, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Orlando, Florida
February 23, 2011
- Theoretical and Practical Observations on Cartel and Merger Enforcement at the Federal Trade Commission
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
George Mason Law Review’s 14th Annual Symposium on Antitrust Law
Washington, DC
February 9, 2011
- Statement of Commissioner Brill, In Which Chairman Leibowitz and Commissioners Rosch and Ramirez Join
Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
In the Matters of SettlementOne Credit Corporation, et al., ACRAnet, Inc., and Fajilan and Associates, et al.
FTC Nos. 0823208, 0923088, and 0923089
February 3, 2011
- Consumer Protection Issues and the FTC: The Year Behind Us, The Year Ahead
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
American Bar Association’s Consumer Protection Conference
Washington DC
February 3, 2011
- “Some Thoughts on the Role of Intellectual Property in Innovation Market Cases and Refusals to License”
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Conference on Antitrust and Digital Enforcement in the Technology Sector
Menlo Park, CA
January 31, 2011
- Last Dollar Fraud: The FTC's Response to the Foreclosure Crisis
Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Women in Housing and Finance
Washington, DC
January 27, 2011
- “The Great Doctrinal Debate: Under What Circumstances is Section 5 Superior to Section 2?”
J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
New York State Bar Association Annual Antitrust Conference
New York City
January 27, 2011
- Helping Business Bear the New Financial Consumer Protection Regime
Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
Remarks of FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz as Prepared for Delivery United States Chamber of Commerce
Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness
January 20, 2011