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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 12:22:37+00:00

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TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 602, February 12, 2003.
February 12, 2003, 9:00 AM ET, Alert No. 602.
2/10. Condor Systems, Inc. plead guilty in U.S. District Court (NDCal) to two felony counts of making false statements to U.S. government officials, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. Condor submitted false information in applications for export licenses for software. Condor was also sentenced to three years probation, and ordered to pay a fine of $1 Million. See also, story titled "Condor Systems Charged With Making False Statements About Software in Export Application" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 579, January 9, 2003; January 8, 2003 felony information [7 page PDF scan]; and February 10, 2003 release of the U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO) for the Northern District of California.
2/7. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil complaint in U.S. District Court (SDFl) against Marc Shiner and others alleging violation of federal securities laws in connection with their "ongoing, fraudulent, unregistered offer and sale of securities" in six limited liability partnerships that were ostensibly formed to operate competitive local telephone exchange carriers (CLECs) in states where Qwest Communications is an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC). The complaint alleges sale of unregistered securities in violation of §§ 5(a) and 5(c) of the Securities Act, fraud in violation of § 17(a) of the Securities Act, and fraud in violation of § 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, fraud in violation of § 15(c) of the Exchange Act , and acting as an unregistered broker dealer in violation of § 15(a) of the Exchange Act. The District Court granted a temporary restraining order. See also, SEC release.
2/10. The Senate confirmed several nominees to be U.S. District Court Judges by unanimous roll call votes. John Adams (Ohio) was approved by a vote of 91-0. See, Roll Call No. 31. James Otero (California) was approved by a vote of 94-0. See, Roll Call No. 32. Robert Junell (Texas) was approved by a vote of 91-0. See, Roll Call No. 33.
11:30 PM. Rep. Chris Cox (R-CA), Chairman of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Jim Turner (D-TX), the ranking Democrat, will hold a press conference. They will announce the membership of the Committee, and review its oversight and legislative agenda. Press contact: Kate Whitman at 202 225-5611. Location: House Radio & TV Gallery (H-321), Capitol Building.
5:00 - 7:00 PM. The Congressional Internet Caucus will hold its "6th Annual Kickoff Reception & Technology Fair". The schedule includes brief statements by the Internet Caucus Chairmen, Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), and Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), and by Timothy Muris, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Howard Schmidt, Acting Chairman of the President’s Critical Infrastructure Security Board. There will also be technology demonstrations by Advanced Biometric Systems, E-Gov OS, Full Audio (music downloads), MovieLink, NTT DoCoMo (3G), Proxim (WiFi), University of Virginia (telemedicine), and Xybernaut. Location: Room 902, Hart Senate Office Building.
9:15 AM. The Senate Commerce Committee will hold its organizational meeting for the 108th Congress. See, notice. Press contact: Pia Pialorsi (McCain) at 202 224-2670. Location: Room 253, Russell Building.
9:30 - 11:30 AM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) will sponsor several technology demonstrations of ultra-wideband devices. One of the participants will be Xtreme Spectrum (XS), which will demonstrate a wireless broadcast of two high definition television (HDTV) streams to two separate large screen displays using XS's ultra-wideband chipset Trinity. The FCC stated in a release that FCC staff will "be available to the media at the beginning of the event to address regulatory actions taken by the FCC in this area". Press contacts: David Fiske (FCC) at 202 418-0500 or Diane Orr (XS) at 408 377-0308. See, FCC notice [PDF]. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room (TW-C305), 445 12th St., SW.
9:30 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold an executive business meeting. The agenda includes consideration of several judicial nominees: Deborah Cook (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit), John Roberts (U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia), Jeffrey Sutton (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit), Jay Bybee (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit), Ralph Erickson (U.S.D.C., North Dakota), William Quarles (U.S.D.C., Maryland), Gregory Frost (U.S.D.C., Southern District of Ohio). The agenda also includes consideration of S 113, a bill to exclude United States persons from the definition of "foreign power" under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). See, notice. Location: Room SDG 50, Dirksen Building.
10:00 AM. The House Science Committee will hold a hearing on the research and development components of President Bush's FY 2004 proposed budget. The scheduled witnesses are John Marburger (Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy), Rita Colwell (Director of the National Science Foundation), Samuel Bodman (Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce), and Robert Card (Under Secretary of Energy for Energy, Science and Environment). Press contact: Heidi Tringe at Heidi.Tringe @mail.house.gov or 202 225-4275. Location: Room 2318, Rayburn Building.
2:30 PM. The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on "infrastructure needs of minority serving institutions". See, S 196, the Digital & Wireless Network Technology Program Act of 2003, a bill to create a grant program for minority serving institutions, sponsored by Sen. George Allen (R-VA). Press contact: Pia Pialorsi (McCain) at 202 224-2670. See, notice. Location: Room 253, Russell Building.
9:30 AM. The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing to examine the President's proposal to create a terrorist threat integration center, including consolidating intelligence analysis. Location: Room 342, Dirksen Building.
12:00 NOON. Deadline to submit comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) regarding countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights or deny fair and equitable market access to U.S. persons who rely on intellectual property protection. The USTR is required by Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 to make designations, commonly referred to as Special 301 designations, of countries that deny adequate protection, or market access, for IPR. See, 19 U.S.C. § 2242. See also, notice in the Federal Register, December 30, 2002, Vol. 67, No. 250, at Pages 79683 - 79684.
9:30 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (DCCir) will hear oral argument in AT&T v. FCC, No. 01-1485. Judges Tatel, Garland and Williams will preside. Location: 333 Constitution Ave., NW.
4:00 PM. Michael Meurer (Boston University School of Law) will present a paper titled "Sharing Copyrighted Works". For more information, contact Robert Brauneis at 202 994-6138 or rbraun@main.nlc.gwu.edu. Location: George Washington University Law School, Faculty Conference Center, Burns Building, 5th Floor, 720 20th Street, NW.

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