Thursday, May 29, 6:00 – 8:15 p.m.Net Neutrality Redux: What Should the FCC Do?The FCBA Wireline Committee will hold a CLE on Thursday, May 29 from 6:00 – 8:15 p.m. entitled “Net Neutrality Redux: What Should the FCC Do?” It will be held at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 800.The already raging debate at the FCC and among industry and public interest stakeholders on what the FCC should do next on Net Neutrality, in light of the D.C. Circuit’s decision largely striking down the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules but upholding its authority to regulate broadband services under section 706 of the Telecommunications Act, has reached a new fever pitch with Chairman Tom Wheeler’s late April circulation of a new NPRM and a proposed substitute standard—“commercially reasonable.” The FCC is slated to issue the new proposals on May 15. This timely CLE will dive into the key issues, starting with an analysis of the D.C. Circuit’s Verizon decision and then presenting perspectives and debate by leading policy and industry stakeholders regarding the way forward on Net Neutrality.Registrations and cancellations due by 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 28, 2014.AGENDA
6:00 – 6:05 p.m. Welcome and Introduction
6:05 – 7:05 p.m. Perspectives on the Legal Status of Net Neutrality and the FCC’s Way Forward
Moderator:
Jim Smith, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and FCBA Wireline Committee Co-Chair
Speakers:
Sean Lev, Partner, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel PLLC and former FCC General Counsel
Stephanie Weiner, Associate General Counsel, FCC
Peter Karanjia, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and former FCC Deputy General Counsel
Scott Cleland, President, Precursor LLC
Chris Lewis, Vice President-Government Affairs, Public Knowledge
7:05 – 7:15 p.m. Break
7:15 – 8:15 p.m. Key Viewpoints from the Industry and Capitol Hill
Philip Macres, Principal, Klein Law Group PLLC and FCBA Wireline Committee Co-Chair
Robert W. Quinn, Jr., Senior Vice President – Federal Regulatory & Chief Privacy Officer, AT&T
Michael F. Altschul, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, CTIA
Robert Beury, Chief Legal Officer, Cogent Communications
Earl Comstock, Member, Eckert Seamans, on behalf of Full Service Network
Shawn H. Chang, Chief Counsel, Communications and Technology Policy, House Committee on Energy and Commerce
