Spring 2011 Regulatory Affairs Committee Meeting
June 30, 2011
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
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A panel of experts discussed commercial free speech and food nutrition and regulation. The chief counsel for the House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law, Committee on the Judiciary provided outlook into the state of regulatory reform in Congress.
Analysis of potential effects of the proposal on diets, food prices and the economy was provided by Georgetown Economic Services. View their PowerPoint here.
Click here to view the FTC Food Marketing Guidance.
Speakers
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Prof. J Howard Beales III, School of Business, The George Washington University, former Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, FTC
View his PowerPoint presentation - Daniel M. Flores, Chief Counsel, House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law, Committee on the Judiciary
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Beth Johnson, Principal and Founder, Food Directions, former Deputy Chief of Staff and Acting Under Secretary of Food Safety, USDA
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Bill Kovacs, Senior Vice President, Environment, Technology & Regulatory Affairs Committee, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
View his PowerPoint presentation -
Prof. Martin H. Redish, Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy, Northwestern University School of Law
View his PowerPoint presentation
Download Prof. Redish's paper, Childhood Obesity, Advertising, and the First Amendment
Click here to view their biographies.
The panel was moderated by William MacLeod who heads up the Competition practice at Kelley Drye & Warren. Bill is a former Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, and a former advisor to the Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. View his PowerPoint.