Thursday, May 31, 6:00 – 8:15 p.m.

Accessibility Rebooted: Compliance and Enforcement Issues Arising from the FCC’s New Accessibility Rules

The FCBA FCC Enforcement Committee will hold a CLE on Thursday, May 31, 2012 from 6:00 – 8:15 p.m.  It will be held at Dow Lohnes PLLC, 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

AGENDA

6:00 – 6:05 p.m.         Welcome and Introductions

Russ Hanser, Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, and Co-Chair, Enforcement Practice Committee

6:05 – 7:05 p.m.         Part I: Compliance with the New Accessibility Rules

Panelists will discuss issues relating to compliance with the FCC’s new accessibility rules.  What challenges are in store for communications providers and manufacturers as they respond to the new accessibility framework?  How will the FCC itself monitor and facilitate compliance by private-sector actors?  What implementation questions remain pending before the Commission?

Speakers:

Karen Peltz Strauss, Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission

Julie Kearney, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association

Mark Uncapher, Director, Regulatory & Government Affairs, Telecommunications Industry Association

Jeffrey Kramer, Executive Director, Strategic Alliances and Wireless Public Policy, Verizon

7:05 – 7:15 p.m.         Break

7:15 – 8:15 p.m.         Part II:  Enforcing the New Accessibility Rules

This panel will focus on enforcement of the new accessibility rules.  Panelists will address the Communications Act’s various enforcement mechanisms and how they might be used to police the activities of communications providers and manufacturers.  What do covered parties need to know about potential enforcement of the new rules?  What strategies might these parties employ to avoid enforcement action, and to respond to such action once it has commenced?  How has the Commission’s Enforcement Bureau utilized these mechanisms in the past, and what does this history tell us about likely activity under the new accessibility requirements?

Speakers:

Rick Hindman, Chief, Telecommunications Consumer Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission

David Solomon, Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP; former Chief of Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission

Claude Stout, Executive Director, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc.

Registrations and cancellations due by 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, May 30, 2012.