The George Washington Law Review‘s held its 2014 Symposium, The FTC at 100: Centennial Commemorations and Proposals for Progress, on Saturday, November 8, 2014, in Washington, D.C. This year’s symposium, hosted in conjunction with George Washington Law Professor and former FTC Chairman William E. Kovacic, aimed to celebrate the successes of our nation’s oldest federal regulatory agency and confront the challenges it faces moving forward. The Law Review is grateful for the invaluable assistance of Professor David Hyman and Professor Daniel Sokol in developing the idea for the symposium and planning the agenda.
Friday, November 7, 2014
6 PM: Welcome Event: Conversation Between Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the United States Supreme Court and Dean Alan Morrison of The George Washington University Law School.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
A recording of some of the panels and speeches can be found here.
9:30 AM: Opening Remarks
- Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman, Federal Trade Commission
10:00 AM: Panel 1 – The FTC and Administrative Law
- Moderator: Tim Wu, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
- Jeffrey S. Lubbers, Professor of Practice in Administrative Law, American University, Washington College of Law
- Richard J. Pierce, Jr., Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
- Daniel A. Crane, Associate Dean for Faculty and Research and Frederick Paul Furth, Sr. Professor of Law, University of Michigan
- David A. Hyman, H. Ross & Helen Workman Chair in Law and Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Law
11:30 AM: Panel 2 – The FTC and Competition Law
- Moderator: Joshua D. Wright, George Mason Law School and FTC Commissioner
- Jonathan B. Baker, Professor of Law, American University, Washington College of Law
- Andrew Gavil, FTC Director of the Office of Policy Planning and Professor of Law, Howard University Law School
- Hillary Greene, Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
- Richard Gilbert, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Professor of the Graduate School at The University of California at Berkeley
- D. Daniel Sokol, Professor of Law, University of Florida, Levin College of Law
- Ilene Knable Gotts, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rozen & Katz
1:00 PM: Banquet Lunch & Keynote Speech – The Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
2:30 PM: Panel 3 – The FTC as a Consumer Protection and Privacy Agency
- Moderator: Maureen K. Ohlhausen, FTC Commissioner
- Lydia Parnes, Partner, Wilson Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
- Daniel J. Solove, John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
- Woodrow N. Hartzog, Associate Professor, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law
- J. Howard Beales, III, Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy, The George Washington University School of Business
- Timothy J. Muris, University Foundation Professor of Law, George Mason University Law School
- David Vladeck, Georgetown University Law Center
3:45 PM: Panel 4 – The Future of the FTC Roundtable
- Moderator: William E. Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy, The George Washington University Law School
- Bill Blumenthal, Partner, Sidley Austin and Former General Counsel of the FTC
- Eleanor M. Fox, Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation, New York University School of Law
- Thomas Krattenmaker, Former Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center and Former Dean, William & Mary Law School
- Stephen Calkins, Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School and Competition Authority of Ireland
