Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell will preside over the hearing held at 1 p.m. on May 4.
04/28/2023 2:25 P.M.
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The Federal Trade Commission will hold an informal hearing on its proposed rule prohibiting government and business impersonation at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell will preside over the hearing, which will be held virtually and livestreamed on ftc.gov.
The FTC proposed the rule in September 2022 to make impersonation scams a violation of the FTC Act, according to a news release.
The following 13 speakers have requested to make an oral submission at the hearing:
- Risk Management Society (speaker: Mr. Stuart Ruff-Lyon, chief events and sales officer)
- Consumer Technology Association (speaker: J. David Grossman, vice president, regulatory affairs)
- Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (speaker: Thomas F. Goodwin, vice president of government affairs)
- International Association of Exhibitions and Events (speaker: Nicole Bowman, MBA, CEM, vice president of marketing and communications for IAEE and executive director of Exhibitions Mean Business)
- American Society of Association Executives (speaker: Michelle I. Mason, FASAE, CAE, president and CEO)
- William MacLeod, Esq.
- USTelecom – The Broadband Association (speaker: Joshua M. Bercu, vice president of policy and advocacy)
- Neil Chilson, Esq.
- Voice on the Net Coalition (speaker: Glenn S. Richards, outside counsel)
- American Bankers Association
- INCOMPAS
- Anti-Phishing Working Group (speaker: Peter Cassidy, secretary general)
- NCTA – The Internet & Television Association (speaker: Joni Lupovitz, vice president and associate general counsel)
Each oral statement will be limited to five minutes. Each speaker’s oral presentation is limited to the topic of the proposed trade regulation rule: “Rule on Impersonation of Government and Businesses.”
ACA Advocacy
ACA International is part of a coalition of more than 200 trade associations and professional organizations supporting an expedited final rule from the Federal Trade Commission to stop government and business impersonation scams, ACA previously reported.
ACA signed on to the letter to ensure continued protection for its members attending ACA and state unit events throughout the year.
Scammers impersonating businesses impact nonprofits and trade show hosts by improperly using organizations’ logos or selling false discounted badges, for example, according to the coalition’s letter to the FTC (PDF).
“We have been fortunate in that we have not had any members impacted by this—at least none that we know of—and we hope to keep it this way by continuing to make everyone aware of it,” said ACA’s Director of Meetings and Events Mary Thao. “Always book directly with the links provided by ACA and the units. No third party is ever authorized to take reservations for our events on behalf of ACA or the hotels that we use.”
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