Source: http://www.techlawjournal.com/alert/2005/07/01.asp
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 10:12:50+00:00

Document:
TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,166, July 1, 2005.
July 1, 2005, 9:00 AM ET, Alert No. 1,166.
The document does not reference the United Nation's (UN) Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), or the UN's forthcoming event titled "World Summit on the Information Society", to be held in Tunisia in November. The document does not even reference the UN.
The House will not meet. It will next meet at 2:00 PM on July 11.
Day four of a four day conference of the Wireless Communications Association International (WCA) titled "WCA 2005". See, notice. Location: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.
Effective date of the final rule of the Department of the Treasury's (DOT) Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the DOT's Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) implementing § 216 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, which is also known as the FACT Act. The FACT Act was HR 2622 in the 108th Congress. It is now Public Law No. No. 108-159. § 216 of the FACT Act adds a new § 628 to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) that pertains to protecting consumers against the risks associated with unauthorized access to information about the consumer contained in a consumer report, such as fraud and related crimes, including identity theft. The FCRA is codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. The new section is codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1681w. See, notice in the Federal Register, December 28, 2004, Vol. 69, No. 248, at Pages 77610 - 77621. See also, story titled "Financial Regulators Publish Notice of Final Rule Implementing Section 216 of FACT Act" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1046, December 29, 2004.
Deadline to submit comments to the Antitrust Modernization Commission (AMC) in response to the AMC's request for public comments regarding the Robinson-Patman Act. See, notice in the Federal Register: May 19, 2005, Vol. 70, No. 96, at Pages 28902 - 28907.
Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its public notice regarding refreshing the record on issues raised in the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) related to carrier identification code (CIC) conservation and the definition of "entity" as found in section 1.3 of the CIC Assignment Guidelines. This public notice is DA 05-1154 in CC Docket No. 92-237; it was released on April 26, 2005. See, notice in the Federal Register, June 1, 2005, Vol. 70, No. 104, at Pages 31405 - 31406.
Deadline for states and telecommunications relay services (TRS) providers to file with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) their annual consumer complaint log summaries. See, FCC notice.
The House will not meet on Monday, July 4 through Friday, July 8. See, House calendar.
The Senate will not meet on Monday, July 4 through Friday, July 8. See, Senate calendar.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other federal offices will be closed for Independence Day. See, Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) list of federal holidays.
Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) in response to its Public Notice [PDF] regarding the United Telecom Council (UTC) request to be the Access Broadband over Power Line (Access BPL) database manager. This is DA 05-1637, dated June 9, 2005, in ET Docket No. 04-37.
10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Sicom Systems v. Agilent Technologies, a case regarding standing to sue for patent infringement. See, October 5, 2004 Memorandum Opinion [PDF] of the U.S. District Court (Del). This is D.C. No. 03-1171-JJF, and App. Ct. No. 05-1066. Location: U.S. Court of Appeals, LaFayette Square, 717 Madison Place, Courtroom 201.
12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The DC Bar Association will host a program titled "File Sharing and Copyright Infringement after MGM Studios v. Grokster". The price to attend ranges from $10-$20. For more information, contact 202-626-3463. See, notice. Location: D.C. Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street NW, B-1 Level.
10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Ericsson Inc. v. Harris Corp., No. 04-1444. Location: U.S. Court of Appeals, LaFayette Square, 717 Madison Place, Courtroom 201.
10:30 AM - 12:00 NOON. The Heritage Foundation will host a panel discussion titled "Are Bloggers and Journalists Friends or Enemies?". The speakers will be Ed Morrissey (Captain’s Quarters Blog), Jim Hill (Washington Post Writers Group), and Mark Tapscott (Heritage). See, notice. Location: Heritage, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE.
12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF) will host a panel discussion titled "MGM v. Grokster: What's Next?". See, notice and registration page. Location: Room 1537, Longworth Building, Capitol Hill.
Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its notice of second further proposed rulemaking regarding horizontal and vertical cable ownership limits. The FCC adopted this Second Further NPRM on May 13, 2005, and released it on May 17, 2005. This item is FCC 05-96 in MM Docket No. 92-264. See, notice in the Federal Register, June 8, 2005, Vol. 70, No. 109, at Pages 33679 - 33687.

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