From: Notice & Comment | A Blog from the Yale Journal on Regulation and the ABA Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice

These two ABA AdLaw Section brownbags look terrific and timely:

Summer Brown-Bag Series
Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
Regulatory Policy Committee
Please join us Wednesday July 24th, 12:00-1:30 PM ET for the Regulation of Social Media? teleconference.Today’s laws and regulations do not address some of the challenges of social media. The United Kingdom (UK) and Canada are in the process of implementing a framework to address a number of these challenges. This program will discuss the implications of implementing a program to regulate the social media.

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Orla MacRae, Deputy Director for Online Harms in the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which recently published a White Paper setting out the UK’s proposed regulatory framework for online safety.
  • Connor Raso, Senior Counsel, Office of the General Counsel U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • David Shonka, former General Counsel of the FTC
  • Brad Wood, Senior Advisor, Innovation and Industrial Policy, Embassy of Canada.
  • Jim Tozzi, Panel Organizer; Founder, Center for Regulatory Effectiveness, Washington, DC

NO CLE Credit is available for this program.

There is no cost associated with this program, but registration is required. *A minimum of 25 attendees is required for the program to take place.

Teleconference dial-in information will be sent to attendees the morning of the program.

Please e-mail rebecca.mobley@americanbar.org with any questions.

Registration Link

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