AGEP Conferences

National Association of Attorneys General Midwest Region Meeting: Economic Impact of Enforcement in Evolving Marketplaces
(April 23-24, 2012)

The NAAG Midwestern Region meeting, dedicated to exploring “The Economic Impact of Enforcement in Evolving Markets” will be held in Chicago, Illinois at the Wyndham Chicago on 633 North Saint Clair Street on Monday, April 23, and Tuesday, April 24. The meeting will begin with breakfast on Monday followed by a full day program. It is anticipated that Tuesday’s program will conclude at 12 noon. Breakfast will be provided Monday and Tuesday and a catered lunch will be provided on Monday as well.

AGENDA

AGEP: Second Annual Public Policy Conference Data Privacy, Internet Regulation and Antitrust: Balancing Commerce and Consumer Protection in the Digital World
(May 6-7, 2010)

The digitization of massive amounts of information and its movement over computer networks is a fundamental reality of the 21st century economy and has become a crucial aspect of modern technological efficiency. However, the collection, use and movement of this data carries with it not only the opportunity for efficiency, but also the threat of disclosure of personal consumer data. This is an issue not only for the obvious Internet-based enterprise, but for nearly any business that handles digital information-whether it be for online sales or human resources management purposes. At the same time, the digital economy has created opportunities for business combinations and interrelationships that are creating new legal issues of first impression for antitrust regulators.

From a policy perspective, the challenge is how to create the optimal regulatory environment in which to adequately protect consumers and employees while not unduly stifling technological innovation and economic growth. In their consumer protection role, State Attorneys General are on the front lines of these novel legal issues. The purpose of this public policy conference will be to provide the State AGs and their relevant senior staff with a balanced perspective on these issues that will enhance their understanding of the economic and public policy implications of their activities in this arena.

Detailed Agenda | Speaker Bios

• Privacy Basics: The Data Collection Ecosystem and the Legal Landscape
  • Readings:
    • Electronic Commerce & Law (Sotto)
    • A How-To Guide to Information Security Breaches (Sotto)
    • U.S.: Behavioral advertising: legislative steps (Sotto)
  • Powerpoints:
    • Personal Data Ecosystem (Smith)
    • Privacy: A Global Perspective (Sotto)
• Why do private entities collect personal data and what do they do with it?
  • Readings:
    • New Federal Health Data Security Breach Notification Requirements. (Wilder)
    • Stimulus Package Expands HIPAA Privacy and Security. (Wilder)
    • FTC Personal Data Chart (Friedman)
    • FTC Data Flow Charts (Friedman)
  • Powerpoints:
    • Privacy and Health Care (Friedman)
    • Data Privacy: The Walmart Perspective (Koehler)
    • Website Data Collection, Use, Transparency & Control (Toth)
    • HITECH and Health Privacy (Wilder)
• Social Networking, Mobile Computing, the Cloud and the Future of Consumer Privacy
  • Readings:
    • Information Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy (Byrd)
• Comparative Regulatory Approaches to Protecting Consumer Privacy
  • Readings:
    • Comparative Regulatory Approaches to Protecting Consumer Privacy (Smoyer)
  • Powerpoints:
    • Self-Regulation and Privacy (Brookman)
    • Comparative Regulatory Approaches to Protecting Consumer Privacy (Smoyer)
• The Future of Brand Access: Is There a Role for the States in Debates?
  • Readings:
    • Barriers To Broadband Adoption: A Report To The Federal Communications Commission (Davidson)
    • Federalism in Wireless Regulation: A New Model For a New World ( Clark and Santorelli)
    • Letter to the FCC: A National Broadband Plan for Our Future (Byrd)
    • Letter to the FCC: Preserving the Open Internet (Byrd)
    • A Digital Age Communications Act: Paradigm for Federal-State Relations (Dixon and Weiser)
• Drawing Policy Lessons from the History of the Internet
  • Readings:
    • Nurturing the Accumulation of Innovations: Lessons from the Internet (Greenstein)
  • Powerpoints:
    • Drawing Policy Lessons from the History of the Internet (Greenstein)
• Aintitrust Enforcement in a World of Rapidly Evolving Technology
  
  • Readings:
    • The Map of Commerce: Internet Search, Competition, and the Circular Flow of Information (Spulber)
  • Powerpoints:
    • Antitrust in a World of Evolving Technology (Marshall)

Inaugural AGEP Public Policy Conference
(April 22-24, 2009)

AGENDA

• The Financial Meltdown: How Did We Get Here and Where Do We Go from Here?
  • Mechanics of the Meltdown
    • Power Point Slides
      • The Financial Crisis (Kenneth Ayotte, Allan Horwich, David Van Zandt)
        
        
  • The Special Role of Subprime Mortgage Lending
    • Power Point Slides
      • How We Got Here (Peter Wallison)
      • The Special Role of Subprime Lending (Steven Ramirez)
    • Readings
    • The Last Trillion-Dollar Commitment: The Destruction of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (Peter J. Wallison and Charles W. Calomiris)
      
  • The Role of Regulation in the Meltdown: Too much? Not enough? Not the right stuff?
    • Power Point Slides
      • Robert E. Litan
  • Readings
    • Regulating Systemic Risk (Robert E. Litan)
    • Reinventing GSEs: Treasury’s Plan for Financial Restructuring (Peter J. Wallison)
    • Risky Business: Casting the Fed as a Systemic Risk Regulator (Peter J. Wallison)
    • Cause and Effect: Government Policies and the Financial Crisis (Peter J. Wallison)
    • Regulation without Reason: The Group of Thirty Report (Peter J. Wallison)
  • The Aftermath: The Proper Role of Civil and Criminal Enforcement in the Wake of the Financial Crisis
    • Power Point Slides
      • Richard F. Ziegler
      • Allan Horwich
      • Steven Ramirez
        
        
• Consumer Protection: Feds Versus the States
  • An Expanding State Role: The Consumer Product Safety Improvements Act
    • Power Point Slides
      • Federal Consumer Product Safety Law, and The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (Hal Stratton)
        
        
  • State Consumer Protection Acts and the Boundaries of Preemption
  • Power Point Slides
    • Mark Herrmann
    • Teresa Schwartz
    • J.W. Verrett

Contact
For more information regarding the Attorneys General Education Program, please call (312) 503-2686 or send an email to agep@law.northwestern.edu.