National Music Publishers’ Association hires Chris Bates, ex-DOJ, as senior vice president-legal and business affairs, and Ashley Jones, ex-Hyperscience, as manager-external affairs … Lam Research hires Chantal Lakatos de Alcantara, ex-Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security, as senior director-regulatory affairs and Taylor Sholler, ex-Applied Materials, as senior director-legislative affairs ... Resolution Economics adds Victoria Lipnic, former acting chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as a partner.
FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Keabetswe Modimoeng, chair of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday, the FCC said. The MOU is the first of its kind between the two nations in more than 20 years, the FCC said. “I am eager to work together on priorities like 5G, rural connectivity, digital television, consumer protection, and emergency communications,” Rosenworcel said.
National Music Publishers’ Association hires Chris Bates, ex-DOJ, as senior vice president-legal and business affairs, and Ashley Jones, ex-Hyperscience, as manager-external affairs … Lam Research hires Chantal Lakatos de Alcantara, ex-Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security, as senior director-regulatory affairs and Taylor Sholler, ex-Applied Materials, as senior director-legislative affairs ... Resolution Economics adds Victoria Lipnic, former acting chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as a partner.
Public safety communications leaders told us they remain divided on the next-generation 911 language in the Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow’s (Lift) America Act (HR-1848) as the House Commerce Committee eyes how to proceed on the measure. HR-1848 allocates $15 billion for NG-911, along with $80 billion for broadband deployments (see 2103110060). The National Emergency Number Association and National Association of State 911 Administrators are continuing to press committee Democrats to modify HR-1848 language they view as impinging on existing NG-911 work. APCO continues to back the NG-911 provisions and countered opponents’ claims during a webinar last week.
Electronic Privacy Information Center promotes Caitriona Fitzgerald to deputy director ... American Civil Liberties Union adds Vikrum Aiyer from Postmates as deputy director, National Political Advocacy Department ... House Judiciary Committee Communications Director Shadawn Reddick-Smith hired by Department of Homeland Security as director-strategic communication … Washington, D.C., Council confirms Emile Thompson to the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (see this section, Feb. 2) … Center for a New American Security adds Rita Konaev, from Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, as adjunct senior fellow in Technology and National Security Program.
Electronic Privacy Information Center promotes Caitriona Fitzgerald to deputy director ... American Civil Liberties Union adds Vikrum Aiyer from Postmates as deputy director, National Political Advocacy Department ... House Judiciary Committee Communications Director Shadawn Reddick-Smith hired by Department of Homeland Security as director-strategic communication … Washington, D.C., Council confirms Emile Thompson to the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (see this section, Feb. 2) … Center for a New American Security adds Rita Konaev, from Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, as adjunct senior fellow in Technology and National Security Program.
The president of a Long Island, New York-based cosmetics company, Michael Rose, was arrested for allegedly selling more than $350,000 in cosmetic goods to an Iranian importer in violation of U.S. sanctions on the Middle Eastern nation, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced in an April 6 news release. Between 2015 and 2018, Rose, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, allegedly exported the goods to an Iranian importer to fulfill a contract the two parties signed, making the importer the sole distributor of Rose's cosmetics in Iran. The goods skirted U.S. sanctions via front companies that had Rose sending his cosmetics to the United Arab Emirates. Rose also allegedly filed false and misleading information on Commerce Department Shipper's Export Declaration forms, declaring that the “ultimate consignee” for the goods was the UAE and not Iran.
Many advocates for developing countries say a TRIPS (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) waiver is needed to accelerate access to vaccines, treatments and COVID-19 tests, but most speakers at an American Bar Association-convened panel said that countries already have the power to curtail pharmaceutical patents for a pandemic, and that technical knowledge and input shortages are a bigger barrier than patents.
A former international trade commissioner warned that as government works to make supply chains more resilient, it's important that the private sector is listened to, and that the solution is passed in Congress, rather than through an executive order, which increases the chances of yo-yo'ing policy as administrations change.
Many advocates for developing countries say a TRIPS (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) waiver is needed to accelerate access to vaccines, treatments and COVID-19 tests, but most speakers at an American Bar Association-convened panel said that countries already have the power to curtail pharmaceutical patents for a pandemic, and that technical knowledge and input shortages are a bigger barrier than patents.