Sixth Annual Executive Branch Review Conference

The Deregulatory Landscape

Location

THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL
WASHINGTON, DC 20036

The Sixth Annual Executive Branch Review Conference is scheduled for Tuesday, April 17 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. and will examine the increase in federal regulatory activity and the legal and practical considerations of regulatory reform. This daylong conference will feature plenary panels, addresses, and breakout panels.

Click on the link at the top of the page to register for the Sixth Annual Executive Branch Review Conference.

ADDRESSES BY

The Honorable Neomi Rao
Administrator,
Office of Information and Regulatory Reform

Opening Address

9:00 a.m.

The Honorable Ben Sasse
United States Senate, Nebraska

Closing Address

4:00 p.m.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Opening Address

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

East and State Rooms

Hon. Neomi Rao, Administrator, Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs

Plenary Panel

The Deregulatory Landscape

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

East Room

Hon. W. Neil Eggleston, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Mr. Todd Gaziano, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Law & Executive Director, Pacific Legal Foundation
Prof. Philip A. Hamburger, Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Prof. Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law; Director of the Environmental Law Advocacy Center; Executive Director, Project for Older Prisoners, The George Washington University Law School
Moderator: Hon. Greg Katsas, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Breakout Panels

The Mechanics of Regulatory Reform

10:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

District Room

Ms. Ilona Cohen, Chief Legal Officer, Aledade, Inc.
Dr. Steven P. Croley, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Mr. Jeffrey M. Harris, Associate Administrator, Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs
Hon. Jeffrey A. Rosen, Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation
Moderator: Hon. Laurence H. Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Administrative Cancelation of Patents: Regulatory Overreach at the Patent Office?

10:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Senate Room

Hon. Paul R. Michel, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit (ret.)
Prof. Adam Mossoff, Professor of Law, Co-Director of Academic Programs & Senior Scholar at the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Prof. Arti K. Rai, Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
Prof. Melissa Wasserman, Charles Tilford McCormick Professor of Law, University of Texas Law

The Role and Responsibility of the Government Employee

10:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Palm Court Ballroom

Mr. Theodore Cooperstein, General Counsel, Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Mr. G. Roger King, Senior Labor and Employment Counsel, HR Policy Association
Mr. David W. Ogden, Partner, WilmerHale
Moderator: Mr. John C. O’Quinn, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Lunch

12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

East and State Rooms

Luncheon Panel

Civil Service Reform

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

District Room

Opening Remarks: Hon. Donald McGahn, White House Counsel
Mr. Philip K. Howard, Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP and Founder & Chair, Common Good
Prof. Jennifer L. Mascott, Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Ms. Tammy D. McCutchen, Principal, Littler Mendelson PC
Mr. Bill Valdez, President, Senior Executives Association
Moderator: Hon. A. Raymond Randolph, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Breakout Panels

Litigation and Regulatory Reform

2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

East and State Rooms

Mr. William S. Consovoy, Partner, Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC
Prof. Alan Morrison, Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest and Public Service Law; Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University Law School
Prof. Ernest A. Young, Alston & Bird Professor of Law, Duke University Law School
Moderator: Mr. Adam Liptak, Columnist and Journalist, The New York Times

The Future of the Internet and American Leadership

2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Palm Court Ballroom

Opening Remarks: Hon. Brendan Carr, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
Prof. Michelle P. Connolly, Professor of the Practice of Economics, Duke University
Mr. Brad Gillen, Executive Vice President, CTIA
Hon. Chip Pickering, CEO, INCOMPAS
Mr. David J. Redl, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Moderator: Mr. Bryan Tramont, Managing Partner, Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer LLP

Disparate Impact

2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Chinese Room

Prof. Gail Heriot, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law
Mr. Roger Clegg, President and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity
Prof. Theodore M. Shaw, Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Civil Rights, University of North Carolina School of Law

Closing Address

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

East Room

Hon. Ben Sasse, United States Senate, Nebraska

There is no cost to attend this event;

lunch and reception are included in registration.
Cost for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits is $50.

Contact

202-822-8138

juli.nix@fedsoc.org