5/23. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Sen. Angus King (D-ME) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced S 1469 [LOC | WW | PDF], the "FISA Reform Act of 2015", on Saturday, May 23, 2014.

The bill is an alternative to HR 2048 [LOC | WW], the "USA FREEDOM Act", which the House passed on May 13, 2015.

Three provisions of surveillance law are scheduled to sunset at the end of Sunday, May 31. The three are Section 215, lone wolf, and roving wiretap authority. (Section 702 has a different sunset date.) Both HR 2048 and S 1469 would extend all three sunsets to December 15, 2019. Both bills would provide statutory authority for the National Security Agency's (NSA) bulk phone records collection program, but impose some limits on the program, including just how broad or bulky the collection program can be. S 1469 copies much of the text of HR 2048 verbatim.

However, there are also numerous differences. S 1469 includes fewer reforms than HR 2048.

S 1469 also provides for data retention mandates, which HR 2048 does not. S 1469 provides that Section 215 can be used, not only to obtain orders from the body titled "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court" (FISC) for the production of records. S 1469 also provides that Section 215 could be used to obtain FISC orders compelling companies "to retain call detail records for up to 24 months" after the records are generated.

Moreover, the definition of "call detail records" leaves open the possibility that this provision could result in compelling data retention beyond phone call records. It would apply to "call detail records", which S 1469 states "means session identifying information" (SII). However, SII is not limited by the bill to communications that reach the PSTN, or even to voice communications. The bill provides that SII would not include contents of any communications, or "global position system location information". But, it could be applied to a wide range of companies that do not provide voice communications.

Thus, S 1469, if enacted into law, could greatly expand government surveillance powers.

Title I of both bills would authorize the NSA to continue under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act its bulk phone records collection program. The bills use the same language to limit the bulkiness of the program, and to specify other aspects of the program. S 1469 adds the data retention provision to Title I. S 1469 also deletes the provision regarding Inspector General reports. It thus diminishes oversight over the program.

Both bills would also reform the National Security Letter (NSL) process. Although, some of the reforms contained in the HR 2048 are not also in S 1469.

Neither bill reforms the Section 702 "outside the U.S." surveillance authority. Although, while HR 2048 would not change this surveillance program, it would provide for the exclusion of evidence obtained under this surveillance program from trials and other enumerated proceedings when the FISC has determined that such evidence was obtained in violation of Section 702. S 1469 does not contain this provision.

HR 2048 contains several provisions that would impose some modest transparency requirements on the FISC process. However, the process would remain closed, secret, and non-adversarial. S 1469 deletes some of these reforms.

HR 2048 contains some provisions that are related to terrorism, but not to surveillance. Its provisions regarding nuclear terrorism and maritime navigation are not in S 1469.

HR 2048 is 122 pages in PDF. S 1469 is 61pages in PDF. There are numerous other differences between the two bills.

The Senate will return from is Memorial Day recess on Sunday, May 31 to resume consideration of this matter. There is a third bill, sponsored by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), S 1357 [LOC | WW], that would provide short term extensions of the sunsets on Section 215, lone wolf, and roving wiretap authority to July 31, 2015, without any modifications.

5/28. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stating that it is "critical that the SEC also address the systemic vulnerability" to the integrity of securities markets posed by fictitious online filings with the SEC's EDGAR reporting system.

EDGAR is an acronym for Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval. Earlier this month the stock price of a publicly traded company rose after the filing with the EDGAR system of a fictitious Tender Offer Statement by a fictitious company.

This event demonstrated the ease with which anybody can publish anything in an open internet system.

Sen. Grassley stated that "Given the high number of filings made on EDGAR, there would be a cost associated with more detailed verification of each and every new filing. But the potential use of materials posted on EDGAR to manipulate markets has a cost as well."

He also asked numerous questions, to be answered by the SEC by June 16. For example, he asked, "How many instances of false postings to the EDGAR system have there been in the last 3 years?" He also asked, "Has any attempt been made by the SEC to determine what the cost to investors and market participants was as a result of the false postings to EDGAR?"

5/28. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a notice in the Federal Register (FR) that requests recommendations regarding how the NIST and other federal laboratory agencies might facilitate public access to their facilities, products, and services via private sector online platforms.

This Request for Information (RFI) propounds the following questions:

"What is the web address of the online platform you are recommending? Is the platform specific to a particular research sector (i.e. molecular biology, physical sciences, calibration services, etc.) or is it a general platform?" (Parentheses in original.)

"What is the cost model of the online platform you are recommending? Is there a listing fee, a percentage of the service fee retained, or is it a no-cost information listing only?"

The deadline to submit comments is 5:00 PM on June 29, 2015. See, FR, Vol. 80, No. 102, May 28, 2015, at Pages 30439-30440.

5/28. The U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCESRC) released a report [43 pages in PDF] titled "China's Trade Ambitions: Strategy and Objectives behind China's Pursuit of Free Trade Agreements".

The release of this report comes just before House consideration of legislation to give the President trade promotion authority (TPA), which is directed in significant part in concluding negotiation of (and winning Congressional approval of) the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).

This report states that the way that the People's Republic of China (PRC) negotiates free trade agreements (FTAs) is "confounding" and "appears to lack a modus operandi".

It states that "China has signed trade agreements primarily with countries that are neither significant in the global economy nor vital to China's export sector." Moreover, some of its FTAs are "exceedingly generous".

This report concludes that "China's rationale for pursing FTAs is changing over time".

"On the one hand, China's new leadership is under pressure to rebalance the economy toward services, consumption, and higher-value industries. China is beginning to ship capital, people, and services -- rather than solely manufactured goods -- overseas. This appears to have made the government more amenable to economically meaningful agreements with large and advanced economies, even to the detriment of some domestic interest groups".

"On the other hand", the report states, "China is clearly using its newfound power to become more assertive. Even as opposition to China's aggressive security posture mounts across Asia, U.S. treaty allies such as Japan, South Korea, and Australia increasingly depend on economic relations with China for their own growth. China has used this material dependence to its advantage, while resorting increasingly to a ``divide and conquer´´ strategy to pit different countries against one another. China's apparent reformist
agenda may also turn out to be a ``Trojan horse´´ strategy to enter and then derail U.S.-led trade initiatives in the Asia Pacific".

5/28. A grand jury of the U.S. District Court (NDIll) returned an indictment that charges former Rep. Denny Hastert (R-IL) with violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2) and 31 U.S.C. § 5324(a)(3). See also, U.S. Attorneys Office for the Northern District of Illinois release.

Basically, the indictment charges Hastert, a former Speaker of the House, with structuring currency transactions to avoid the $10,000 reporting threshold, and then lying to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents when they asked him about it.

There are no allegations that Hastert's financial transactions otherwise violated federal law. There are no allegations of abuse of governmental power. The indictment is a model of obfuscation. However, the allegations are not inconsistent with the hypothesis that Hastert was paying an unidentified person who was blackmailing him over some unidentified "misconduct".

Former Rep. Hastert, like current and former Members of Congress, is very intelligent. He also presided over the passage of legislation after the terrorist attacks of 2001that increased the surveillance powers of the federal government. The Congress, among other things, enhanced the powers of the federal government to regulate financial institutions and to track financial transactions.

It is inconceivable that Hastert did not understand that his cash withdrawals were illegal, that they would be detected by federal agencies, that other government surveillance powers could enable the government to assemble a criminal case, and that the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois was appointed by President Obama and confirmed by a Democratic Senate. He thus acted with reckless disregard for whether or not he would be prosecuted.

Section 1001(a)(2) covers lying to federal government officials. It provides, in relevant part, that "whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully ... makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation ... shall be fined" or "imprisoned not more than 5 years".

Section 5324 pertains to "Structuring transactions to evade reporting requirement prohibited".

But first, 18 U.S.C. § 5313 contains the basic transaction reporting requirement. Although, it leaves details, such as the threshold level to regulations. The statute provides, in part, that "When a domestic financial institution is involved in a transaction ... the institution and any other participant in the transaction ... shall file a report on the transaction ..."

Subsection 5324(a)(3) then provides that "No person shall, for the purpose of evading the reporting requirements of section 5313 (a) or 5325 ... structure or assist in structuring, or attempt to structure or assist in structuring, any transaction with one or more domestic financial institutions."

The indictment alleges that Hastert made a large number of cash withdrawals of under $10,000 that was structured to evade reporting.

The indictment alleges that Hastert "agreed to provide Individual A $3.5 million in order to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct against Individual A". The indictment also alleges that Hastert made cash withdrawals from banks in amounts less than $10,000, the threshold for reporting transactions, and that he made payments in cash in increments $50,000 or $100,000. The indictment alleges that the act of making a series of withdrawals of less than $10,000 was "to evade currency transaction reporting requirements".

There is no allegation that Hastert acquired the money illegally. (He worked as a lobbyist for the firm of Dickstein Shapiro.) There is no allegation that paying Individual A violated federal law.

The indictment does not allege how Hastert's withdrawals came to the attention of the FBI or other federal agencies. Although, it is possible that the banks from which he withdrew money reported the series of cash withdrawals as suspicious activity.

The indictment does not disclose whether "Individual A" is a man or woman, or what was the nature of the "past misconduct". That the indictment alleges that the misconduct was "against" this individual, would rule out most crimes involving misuses of government powers, such as taking bribes or selling national security secrets to a foreign power, which are against the public and nation.

Whatever was the "misconduct" alleged in the indictment, there is no count or other allegation in the indictment that the "misconduct" was a crime. But then, jurisdiction over many crimes lies exclusively in state courts.

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The House will not meet. (There will be a pro forma session at 10:00 AM.)

The Senate will not meet.

9:00 - 10:30 AM. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will host a panel discussion titled "Uncle Sam’s Broadband Plan: Which Way Forward for the New Interagency Broadband Council?". The speakers will be Doug Brake (ITIF), Blair Levin (Brookings Institute), and Thomas Power (CTIA Wireless Association). Free. Open to the public. Live and archived webcast. See, notice. Location: ITIF/ITIC, Suite 610, 1101 K St., NW.

Deadline to submit comments to the Executive Office of the President's (EOP) Office of Science and Technology Policy's (OSTP) National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) regarding the draft [15 pages in PDF] titled "2015 National Space Weather Strategy". This draft addresses, among other things, the effect of solar flares, solar energetic particles, and coronal mass ejections upon telecommunications. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 83, April 30, 2015, at Pages 24296-24297.

The Senate will return from it Memorial Day recess at 4:00 PM to consider legislation to extend and/or revise three provisions of surveillance law (Section 215, lone wolf FISA authority, and roving wiretap). There will be no votes before 6:00 PM.

12:00 MIDNIGHT. Three provisions of surveillance law (Section 215, lone wolf FISA authority, and roving wiretap) sunset.

The House will return from its Memorial Day recess.

Deadline to submit comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Computer Security Division (CSD) regarding its draft NIST IR 8058 [42 pages in PDF] titled "Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.2 Content Style Guide: Best Practices for Creating and Maintaining SCAP 1.2 Content".

9:30 AM. The Senate Commerce Committee (SCC) will hold a hearing titled "Lifeline: Improving Accountability and Effectiveness". The witnesses will be Randolph May (Free State Foundation), Michael Clements (GAO), Scott Bergmann (CTIA Wireless Association), Ronald Brisé (Florida Public Service Commission, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), Jessica Gonzalez (National Hispanic Media Coalition). Webcast. Location: Room 253, Russell Building.

10:00 AM. The House Judiciary Committee's (HJC) Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold a hearing on HR 2315 [LOC | WW], the "Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015", HR 1643 [LOC | WW], the "Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015", and HR __ the "Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2015". Webcast. See, notice. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM. The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) will hold a hearing titled "Internal Revenue Service Data Theft Affecting Taxpayer Information". The witnesses will be John Koskinen (head of the IRS) and Russell George (Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration). See, notice. Location: Room 215, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Personalized User Model v. Google, App. Ct. No. 14-1841. Panel D. This is an appeal from the U.S. District Court (DDel) in a patent infringement case involving personal web portals.This case is the third of four on the schedule. See, oral arguments schedule. No live webcast. Archived audio webcast. Location: Courtroom 201, 717 Madison Place, NW.

12:00 NOON - 9:00 PM ET. Day one of a two day meeting of the Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) First Responder Network Authority. This meeting is in California, but will be webcast. On Tuesday, June 2, there will be meetings of four committees: Governance and Personnel, Technology, Outreach, and Finance. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 94, May 15, 2015, at Pages 27928-27929. Free. Open to the public.

12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM. The DC Bar Association will host a closed event at which Jonathan Sallet (FCC General Counsel) speak. The price to attend ranges from $10 to $20. No CLE credits. No webcast. No reporters. For more information, call 202-626-3463. See, notice. Location: Hogan Lovells, 555 13th St., NW.

1:00 - 5:00 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host an event titled "19th Annual FCBA Foundation Golf Tournament". See, notice. Location: Westfields Golf Club, 13940 Balmoral Greens Avenue, Clifton, VA.

Deadline to submit written submissions to the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) following its May 5, 2015 hearing titled "Trade and Investment Policies in India, 2014-2015". See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 38, February 26, 2015, at Page 10513.

9:00 - 11:45 AM. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a panel discussion titled "Korea Going Forward". The speakers will be __. Webcast. See, notice. Location: CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., NW.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Syntest Technologies v. Cisco Systems, App. Ct. No. 14-1569. This is an appeal from the U.S. District Court (NDCal) in a patent infringement case involving technology for testing the logic of application specific integrated circuits. Panel H. This case is the second of four on the schedule. See, oral arguments schedule. No live webcast. Archived audio webcast. Location: Courtroom 402, 717 Madison Place, NW.

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET. Day two of a two day meeting of the Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) First Responder Network Authority. This meeting is in California, but will be webcast. On Wednesday, June 3, the FirstNet Board will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 94, May 15, 2015, at Pages 27928-27929. Free. Open to the public.

2:30 - 3:30 PM. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a panel discussion titled "Tsai Ing-wen 2016: Taiwan Faces the Future". The main speaker will be Tsai Ing-wen, Chair of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and the DPP's candidate in the Taiwan 2016 Presidential elections. The other speakers will be Bonnie Glaser (CSIS) and Kurt Campbell (The Asia Group). Webcast. See, notice. Location: CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., NW.

Deadline to submit comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Public Notice (PN) regarding the FCC Incentive Auction Task Force's announcement of results of staff simulations of the initial clearing target optimization procedure proposed in the Auction 1000 Comment PN. This PN is DA 15-606 in AU Docket No. 14-252 and GN Docket No. 12-268. The FCC released it on May 20, 2015. See also, appendix to this PN, and notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 100, May 26, 2015, at Pages 30021-30030. Commissioner Pai wrote in a statement that this PN "presents misleading data". Commissioner O'Reilly also wrote a statement criticizing this PN.

Supreme Court conference day. See, 2014-2015 calendar. Closed to the public.

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Day one of a two day event hosted by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) titled "7th Annual Trademark Bootcamp". See, notice. Location: Hilton Alexandria Old Town, Alexandria, VA.

9:00 AM. The House Intelligence Committee (HIC) will hold a closed meeting to mark up the Intelligence Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2016. See, notice. Location: Room HVC-304, Capitol Underground.

9:30 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold an executive business meeting. The agenda includes consideration of S 1137 [LOC | WW], the "Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015", or "PATENT Act". See, stories titled "Senators Introduce PATENT Act " and "Summary of S 1137, the PATENT Act" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,722, May 4, 2015. The agenda also again includes consideration of four U.S. District Court nominees: Dale Drozd (USDC/EDCal), Ann Donnelly (USDC/EDNY), Lawrence Vilardo (USDC/WDNY), and LaShann Hall (USDC/EDNY). Live and archived webcast. See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Shukh v. Seagate Technology, App. Ct. Nos. 14-1406 and 15-1012. These are appeals from the U.S. District Court (DMinn) in a patent infringement case. Panel K. These cases are the first and second of four on the schedule. See, oral arguments schedule. No live webcast. Archived audio webcast. Location: Courtroom 402, 717 Madison Place, NW.

10:00 AM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) North American Numbering Council will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 91, May 12, 2015, at Pages 27169-27170. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room, Room TW-C305, 445 12th St., SW.

12:15 - 1:30 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host an event titled "A Globally Neutral Net: A Discussion and Comparison of International Approaches and Global Norms for Net Neutrality". The speakers will be Matthew Del Nero (FCC), Erik Stallman (CDT), Nicolas Fetchko (Verizon), Carolina Rossini (Public Knowledge), Jeffrey Campbell (Cisco), and Praveen Goyal (Hogan Lovells). No webcast. No CLE credits. Bring your own lunch. Free. See, notice. Location: Wiley Rein, 1776 K St., NW.

12:15 - 1:45 PM. The New America Foundation (NAF) will host a discussion of the book titled "Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology". The speakers will be Kentaro Toyama (author) and Ryan Gerety (NAF). Free. Open to the public. See, notice. Location: NAF, Suite 400, 1899 L St., NW.

1:00 PM. The US Telecom will host a webcast presentation titled "DNSSEC – DNS with Authentication, Done Right". The speaker will be Olafur Gudmundsson. See, notice.

2:00 - 3:00 PM. Day one of a two day on site and teleconferenced meeting of the The Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE). This meeting will also be listen only teleconferenced. The call in number is 1-800-988-9617. The passcode is 7649366. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 90, May 11, 2015, at Page 26895. Location: General Services Administration, 1800 F St., NW.

6:30 - 8:30 PM. The Arizona State University (ASU) will host an event titled "Rethinking Higher Education" The speaker will be Ben Nelson (Minerva Project). See, notice. Location: 1776, 12th floor, 1133 15th St., NW.

6:30 - 8:00 PM. The Arizona State University (ASU) and New America Foundation (NAF) will host a debate titled "Resolved: Technology Will Take All Our Jobs". Christine Rosen (The New Atlantis) and Gerry Canavan (Marquette University) will argue for, and James Kotecki (Automated Insights) and Ronald Bailey (Reason) will argue against. See, notice. Location: ASU in Washington DC, 1834 Connecticut Ave., NW.

Deadline to submit comments to the Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) First Responder Network Authority in response it its May 5, 2015 notice in the Federal Register (FR). See, FR, Vol. 80, No. 86, May 5, 2015, at Pages 25663-25668.

Deadline to submit to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) oppositions to three petitions for reconsideration of the FCC's Report and Order related to its universal service tax and subsidy program related to rural broadband services, titled "Connect America" by the FCC, and to the FCC's Connect America Challenge Process. The FCC adopted the R&O on July 11 , 2014, and released the text on July 14. It is FCC 14-98 in WC Docket Nos. 10-90 and 14-58. See, May 11, 2015 FCC Public Notice, and notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 97, May 20, 2015, at Page 28928.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) in response to its Public Notice (PN) seeking to refresh the record on a petition for reconsideration filed by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), COMPTEL, and tw telecom regarding the FCC's 2011 pole attachments Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration [144 pages in PDF]. That order is FCC 11-50 in WC Docket No. 07-245 and GN Docket No. 09-51. The FCC adopted and released it on April 7, 2011. The FCC WCB released this latest PN on May 6, 2015. It is DA 15-542 in WC Docket No. 07-245 and GN Docket No. 09-51. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 93, May 14, 2015, at Pages 27626-27627.

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Day two of a two day event hosted by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) titled "7th Annual Trademark Bootcamp". See, notice. Location: Hilton Alexandria Old Town, Alexandria, VA.

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics' (RTCA) NextGen Advisory Committee will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 99, May 22, 2015, at Pages 29789-29790. Location: RTCA, Suite 910, 1150 18th St., NW.

8:30 AM - 12:00 NOON. Day two of a two day on site and teleconferenced meeting of the The Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE). This meeting will also be listen only teleconferenced. The call in number is 1-800-369-2154. The passcode is 8915613. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 90, May 11, 2015, at Page 26895. Location: DOC, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Illumina v. Ariosa Diagnostics, App. Ct. No. 14-1815. This is an appeal from the U.S. District Court (NDCal) in a patent infringement case involving digital analysis of multiple samples of DNA for prenatal detection of Downs Syndrome and other conditions. The patent in suit is U.S. Patent No. 7,955,794 titled "Multiplex nucleic acid reactions". Panel M. This case is the first of three on the schedule. See, oral arguments schedule. No live webcast. Archived audio webcast. Location: Courtroom 201, 717 Madison Place, NW.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Circuit Check v. QXQ, App. Ct. No. 15-1155. This is an appeal from the U.S. District Court (EDWisc) in a patent infringement case involving circuit board testing devices. Panel N. This case is the third of four on the schedule. See, oral arguments schedule. No live webcast. Archived audio webcast. Location: Courtroom 402, 717 Madison Place, NW.

12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM. The Internet Caucus will host a panel discussion titled "Internet Governance, ICANN and Congress.SUCKS: Where Is Control Of The Internet Going?". The speakers will be __. Free. Open to the public. Lunch will be served. Location: Room 2237, Rayburn Building.

12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast panel discussion titled "The Microsoft Cases: A Retrospective and Lessons Learned". The speakers will be Randall Weinsten (FTC), Harry First (NYU School of Law), Andrew Gavil (Howard University School of Law), MJ Moltenbrey (Paul Hastings), William Page (University of Florida law school), and Rick Boulton (MiCRA). Prices vary. No CLE credits. See, notice.

Deadline to submit written comments to the Department of Commerce's (DOC) International Trade Administration's (ITA) President's Export Council in advance of its June 10, 2015 meeting. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 93, May 14, 2015, at Page 27632.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the FCC's rules that require commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) providers to transmit 911 calls from non-service initiated (NSI) devices. The FCC adopted and released this NPRM on April 1, 2015. It is FCC 15-43 in PS Docket No. 08-51. See also, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 87, May 6, 2015, at Pages 25977-25989.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding eliminating certain common carrier rules from which the FCC has recent forborn. The FCC adopted this NPRM on February 2, 2015, and released it on February 6, 2015. It is FCC 15-33 in WC Docket No. 15-13. See also, notice in the Federal Register Volume 80, No. 87, May 6, 2015, at Pages 25989-25994.