The Section of Antitrust Law will present the 2007 Consumer Protection Conference on January 29 and 30, 2007 at The Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. This comprehensive conference will bring together the leading government enforcers, public interest lawyers, and private practitioners to discuss the most pressing issues in consumer protection law today.

The speakers include Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Majoras; Commissioners Pamela Jones Harbour, Jon Leibowitz, and Tom Rosch; and former Chairmen Robert Pitofsky and Timothy Muris. Lydia Parnes, Director of the Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, will appear with four of her predecessors. Officials in charge of consumer protection for the Attorneys General of California, Maine, Texas, and Vermont will address states’ issues. Leading academics, in-house counsel, and representatives from the National Advertising Review Council, National Advertising Division, TRUSTe, and the International Association of Privacy Professionals, among others, will also speak. Finally, we will have the privilege of hearing from U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Selby Ellis, III.

Topics that will be addressed include protecting privacy and securing information, managing risks in new technologies, litigating cases of deception and unfairness, auditing compliance programs, advertising to children, and many others.

This event will mark a special assembly of policymakers and attorneys responsible for the development, prosecution, and defense of consumer protection law today. The historical perspective and outlook for the future will be of considerable value to attorneys who already practice in this exciting area of the law and to attorneys whose clients are facing these issues for the first time.

On Tuesday, January 30th, Reed Smith partner, John Feldman, will moderate a panel on "Promotional Tie-In's, Brand Integration, and Sponsorship:  Key Considerations."