Public Policy

ETA Spotlight Call on European Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCAR): New Regulation
November 15 • 10:00am ET
Speakers: Dr. Achim H.Döser, Counsel, King & Spalding
Florian Geuder, Associate, King & Spalding

ETA Spotlight Call on Post-Election Results
November 6 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Scott Talbott, EVP, ETA CPP, ETA
Brian Yates, Senior Director of State Government Affairs, ETA

ETA Spotlight Call on FTC’s Click-to-Cancel Final Regulation
November 1 • 1:00pm ET
Speaker: Ellen Berge, Partner, Venable

ETA Spotlight Call on CFPB’s Final Rule on Open Banking
November 1 • 3:00 pm ET
Speakers: Ed Marshall, Partner, AGG
Andrew Bigart, Partner, Venable
Duane Pozza, Partner, Wiley

ETA Spotlight Call on State of Play: Illinois Lawsuit
October 10 • 3:00 pm ET
Speaker: Len Gordon, Partner, Venable
Liz Clark Rinehart, Partner, Venable

ETA Spotlight on Georgia’s Granting FISERV’s Special Banking Charter
October 8 • 3:00 pm ET
Speaker: Andrew Bigart, Partner, Venable
Ed Marshall, Partner, AGG
Max Bonici, Counsel, Venable

ETA Spotlight on FDIC Proposed Rule - Requirements for Custodial Deposit Accounts
September 27 • 2:00 pm ET
Speaker: Andrew Bigart, Partner, Venable

ETA Spotlight Call on Chevron Doctrine: What's Next 
July 19 • 3:00 pm ET
Speakers: Len Gordon, Partner, Venable
Liz Clark Rinehart, Partner, Venable

ETA Spotlight Call on Illinois Interchange/Sales Tax Bill
June 6 • 3:30 pm ET
Speakers: Chris Phillips, Partner, Holland & Knight

ETA Spotlight Call on CFPB Late Fee Rule
May 16 • 11:30 am ET
Speakers: Andrew Owens, Partner, Steptoe
Juliana Gerrick, Partner, Steptoe

CapOne’s Acquisition of Discover
March 21 • 3:30 pm ET
Speaker: Edward Marshall, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CFPB Final Rule on Credit Card Late Fees
March 14 • 3pm ET
Speakers: Edward Marshall, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP; and Erin Doyle, Associate, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AI in the UK and EU
February 26 • 11am ET
Speakers: Megan Stagman, Director, UK Technology, Media and Telecoms, Global Counsel; Ana Gradinaru, Director, EU Technology, Media and Telecoms, Global Counsel; David Song, Associate Director, Global Counsel

AI and Payments
February 12 • 4pm ET
Speakers: Russell Moore,  Director of Corporate Strategy & Development, Global Payments; Kevin Shamoun, SVP Product & Innovation, Fortis; and Donald Riddick, CLO & Company Secretary, Featurespace

AI Risks in Financial Services
January 24 • 2pm ET
Speakers: Dara Kurlancheek, Partner, King & Spalding; Emily Apte, Counsel. King & Spalding

FTC's Proposed Rule on Junk Fees
November 30 • 3pm ET
Speakers: Len Gordon, Partner, Venable LLP; Ed Marshall, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory; Theresa Kananen, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory

Complying with New State Laws on MCCs
June 9 • 2pm ET
Speaker: Andrew Bigart, Partner, Venable LLP and Brian Yates, Senior Director of State Government Affairs, ETA

FTC Enforcement Actions
May 11 • 11am ET
Speakers: Ellen Berge, Partner, Venable LLP and Ed Marshall, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

FTC Click to Cancel
March 28 • 3:30pm ET
Speaker: Ellen Berge, Partner, Venable LLP

FTC's Ban on Non-Compete Clauses
February 2 • 2:30pm ET
Speaker: Len Gordon, Partner, Venable LLP

Outlook for Payments Policy Post State Elections
November 16 • 2pm ET
Speakers: ETA State Government Relations Department

Post-Election Analysis
November 9 • 2pm ET
Speakers: ETA Federal Government Relations Department

5th Circuit's Ruling on CFPB Funding
October 21 • 2:30pm ET
Speakers: Len Gordon, Partner, Venable and Meredith Boylan, Partner, Paul Hastings

Three Central Banks Speak - CBDC & Crypto
October 3 • 9am EDT / 2pm BST
Speakers: The Federal Reserve; Bank of Canada; and Bank of England

Regulatory Enforcement for Payments
September 27 • 3pm ET
Speakers: Allyson Baker, Partner, Paul Hastings; Meredith Boylan, Partner, Paul Hastings; and Sara Weed, Partner, Paul Hastings

Complying with DOJ Final Regs on Firearm Sales
August 23 • 3pm ET
Speaker: Luke Cass, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson

FTC Action Against Processor First American
August 9 • 2pm ET
Speaker: Ellen Berge, Partner, Venable LLP

FTC Agenda
May 12 • 2:30pm ET
Speaker: Duane Pozza, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP

FTC Settlement with Payment Processor
March 16 • 2pm ET
Speaker: Len Gordon, Partner, Venable LLP

Overview of FinCEN’s Implementation of the AMLA
March 3 • 2pm ET
Speakers: Jeff Telep, Partner, King & Spalding and Shas Das, Counsel, King & Spalding

Federal Reserve's Paper on CBDC
February 4 • 4pm ET
Speaker: David Mills - Associate Director, Program Direction Section, Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems, Federal Reserve Board

FTC Agenda
July 29 • 2:30pm ET
Speakers: Duane Pozza, Partner, Wiley Rein and Stephen Conley, Associate, Wiley Rein

Colorado's New Surcharging Law
July 23 • 2pm ET
Speaker: Theresa Kananen, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

OCC's Authority to Issue FinTech Charters
June 16 • 2pm ET
Speaker: Andrew Bigart, Partner, Venable LLP and Evan Minsberg, Partner, Venable LLP

The Payments Industry and Cryptocurrencies and CBDCs
May 19 • 2pm ET
Speaker: Jesse McWaters, Global Head of Digital Public Policy (Vice President), Mastercard

FTC Under New Leadership
May 11 • 2pm ET
Speaker: Duane Pozza, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP

Supreme Court's Decision on FTC Authority
April 28 • 3pm ET
Speakers: Ed Marshall, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP and Len Gordon, Partner, Venable LLP

Supreme Court's Facebook Decision and it's Effect on the TCPA
April 22 • 12pm ET
Speakers: Stephen Freeland, Partner, Venable LLP and Dan Blynn, Partner, Venable LLP

Congressional Oversight of Financial Services 
March 31 • 2pm ET
Speakers: Dan Donovan, Partner, King & Spalding LLP and Matt Hanson, Partner, King & Spalding LLP

Virginia Privacy Law
March 25 • 2:30pm ET
Speaker: Kevin Coy, Partner and Privacy Group Co-Chair, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

State Surcharging Laws
March 24 • 2pm ET
Speakers: Jonathan Razi, CEO, CardX and Evan Minsberg, Counsel, Venable LLP

CFPB and BrightSpeed Lawsuit
March 15 • 2:30pm ET
Speakers: Allyson Baker, Partner, Venable LLP and Len Gordon, Partner, Venable LLP

Paycheck Protection Program and Employee Retention Credit
January 12 • 2pm ET
Speaker: Meredith Boylan, Partner, Venable LLP

The 117th Congress and What it Means for Payments
January 12 • 3pm ET
Speakers: Andrew Bigart of Venable LLP, Rick Fischer of Morrison & Foerster LLP, J.C. Boggs of King & Spalding LLP, ETA Government Relations Staff

Canadian Privacy Laws
December 14 • 1pm ET
Speaker: Wendy Mee, Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Corporate Diversity Efforts
November 18 • 2pm ET
Speaker: Keith Barnett, Partner, Troutman Pepper

What the Elections Mean for Payments and FinTech
November 12 • 1pm ET
Speaker: The Honorable Tom Graves, CEO and President, Ervin Graves Strategy Group

ETA Spotlight Call: Digital Identity Legislation
September 23, 2020 • 2:30pm ET
Speakers: Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) and Jeremy Grant, Managing Director of Technology Business Strategy, Venable LLP

ETA Spotlight Call: Colorado Agreement on True Lender
September 9, 2020 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Arlen Gelbard, General Counsel, Cross River Bank; Crystal Kaldjob, Associate, Morrison Foerster; Steven Kaufmann, Deputy Attorney General for Consumer Protection, State of Colorado; Obrea Poindexter, Partner, Morrison Foerster

ETA Spotlight Call: AAPC v Barr and TCPA Issues
Tuesday, July 28 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Steve Freeland, Partner, Venable LLP and Dan Blynn, Partner, Venable LLP

ETA Spotlight Call: USSC Considers FTC's Authority on Penalties
Monday, July 20 • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Len Gordon, Partner, Venable LLP

Defining Limits for Regulatory Penalties
Wednesday, July 1 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Experts at Venable LLP

First Data Settlement with the FTC
Wednesday, May 27 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Ellen Berge, Partner, Venable, LLP and Len Gordon, Partner, Venable, LLP

Risk and Underwriting in a Time of Crisis — Balancing Regulatory and Merchant Litigation Risk
Tuesday, May 26 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Experts at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Sales Tax Update
Wednesday, May 20 • 1:00pm ET
Speakers: State and Local Tax Experts at Eversheds Sutherland

Fed's Main Street Liquidity Facility
Tuesday, May 19 • 1:30pm ET
Speaker: Andrew Bigart, Partner, Venable

Income / Business Activity Tax Update
Wednesday, May 6 • 1:00pm ET
Speakers: State and Local Tax Experts at Eversheds Sutherland

COVID-19 SALT Issues
Wednesday, April 22 • 1:00pm ET
Speakers: State and Local Tax Experts at Eversheds Sutherland

Tax Provisions in CARES Act
Thursday, April 9 • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Jeffrey Tate, Partner, Arent Fox LLP

Covered Business Method Patents
Wednesday, March 25 • 1:00pm ET
Speaker: Justin Oliver, Partner, Venable LLP

CFIUS Reform: What FinTech Needs to Know
Wednesday, February 19 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Alexis Early, Partner, King & Spalding LLP and Cristine Savage, Partner, King & Spalding LLP

FTC Agenda 2020
Wednesday, February 12 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Duane Pozza, Partner, Wiley Rein and Antonio Reynolds, Partner, Wiley Rein

Post Walmart Sales Tax Case
Thursday, January 30 • 1:00pm ET
Speaker: Charlie Kearns, Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland

The Enforcement Environment for Payments Industry
Thursday, December 5 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Ellen Berge, Partner, Venable LLP; Jennifer Lee, Partner, Arent Fox LLP; Ed Marshall
Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

CFPB and Small Business Lending
Thursday, November 14 • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Jennifer Lee, Partner, Arent Fox LLP

Changing Cannabis Laws
Wednesday, November 12 • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Andrew Bigart, Partner, Venable LLP

Sales Tax Laws, PFACs and Processors
Wednesday, November 6 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Charlie Kearns, Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland and Ed Marshall, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory

Sales Tax: How New Laws Affect ETA Members
Tuesday, November 5 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Walter Calvert, Partner, Venable LLP and Christopher Moran, Associate, Venable LLP

New York's Public Policy Activities
Thursday, October 31 • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Jan Feuerstadt, Managing Director, Mercury LLC

Sales Tax Litigation
Wednesday, October 30 • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Charlie Kearns, Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland

State Privacy Laws: How These Proposals Impact Payments
Wednesday, October 23 • 1:00pm ET
Speakers: Duane Pozza, Partner, Wiley Rein and Antonio Reynolds, Partner, Wiley Rein

Canadian Election Results: What They Mean to You
Wednesday, October 23 • 2:30pm ET
Speakers: James Anderson, Noah Niznick, Michael von Herff, Felix Wong — Public Affairs Advisors

California: Privacy and Beyond
Thursday, October 3 • 2:30pm ET
Speaker: Chris Bollinger, Founder, Bollinger Government Affairs, ETA’s Lobbyist in Sacramento

Sales Tax Issues
Tuesday, July 16th • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Charlie Kearns, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland

Money Transmission Laws and Exemptions
Thursday, June 27th • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Nicole Meisner, Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss

Open Banking
Wednesday, June 12th • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: John Pitts, Policy Lead, Plaid & David Tax, Senior Manager, Payments Strategy & Innovation at TD

Evolving Federal/State Cybersecurity Requirements
Wednesday, May 8th • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Matt Gardner, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP

Federal Antitrust Enforcement of FinTech Industry
Wednesday, April 10 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Norm Armstrong, Partner, King & Spalding, Jeff Spigel, Partner, King & Spalding, John Carroll, Partner, King & Spalding

Money Service Businesses: Who is Covered?
Wednesday, March 20 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Shaswat K. Das, Counsel, King & Spalding LLP, Jeff Telep, Partner, King & Spalding LLP

FinTech M&A
Wednesday, March 13 • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Spencer Johnson, Partner, King & Spalding, Justin King, Partner, King & Spalding, Marcus Young, Partner, King & Spalding

FTC Agenda for 2019
Wednesday, February 27 • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Duane C. Pozza, Wiley Rein LLP

Walmart Sales Tax Case
Wednesday, January 23 • 2:30pm ET
Speaker: Charlie Kearns, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, Michael G. Kerman, Partner, Eric S. Tresh, Partner

ISO Merchant Agreements
Wednesday, Janauary 9 • 2:30pm ET
Speaker: Michael Thurman of Thurman Legal

Arbitration in Privacy-Related Disputes
Wednesday, November 14 • 2:30pm ET
Speaker: Gene M. Burd Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP

House Agenda for 2019
Wednesday, November 21 • 2:30pm ET
Speaker: David Morgan, Founder, David Morgan Partners

Implementation of New Sales Tax Rules
Wednesday, November 28th • 2:30pm ET
Speaker: Charlie Kerns, Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland

Post Election Analysis
Wednesday, November 7 • 2:30pm ET
Speakers: J.C. Boggs, Partner, King and Spalding, Scott Talbott, SVP of Government Affairs, ETA & Rob Smith, Senior Policy Advisor, Venable

Latest Legal Developments in Surcharging
Tuesday, November 13 • 2pm ET
Speaker: Evan Minsberg, Associate, Venable, LLP.

OCC FinTech Charter v. ILC v. State Charter
Wednesday, October 31 • 2:30pm ET
Speakers: Laura Biddle, Partner, Regulatory Practice, Venable, LLP &
Andrew Bigart, Partner, Venable, LLP

Synthetic IDs
Wednesday, October 24 • 2:30pm ET
Speaker: Jason Kratovil, Executive Director, Consumer First Coalition

FTC Investigations
Thursday, August 23 • 3pm ET
Speakers: Steve Kaufman, Partner, Morrison & Foerster; Jeff Knowles, Partner, Venable and Ed Marshall, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory

USSC Sales Tax Decision
Tuesday, July 10th · 2:30pm ET
Speakers: Charlie Kearns, Eversheds-Sutherland

The Legal Issues with Being Acquired / Acquiring a Startup
Wednesday, January 24th • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Kevin L. Petrasic, Partner, White and Case LLP

Bitcoin and Blockchain
Wednesday, Febuary 7th • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Anders Brownsworth, Chief Evangelist, Circle International Financial and Steve Aschettino, Chair, Payments Technology, Loeb & Loeb LLP

The Challenges and Risks with Complying with the ADA
Wednesday, Febuary 14th • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Douglas B. Mishkin, Partner, Venable LLP

Overview of Tax Reform
Wednesday, February 21st • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Sam Olchyk, Chair, Tax and Retirement Policy Practice Group, Venable LLP

New Tax Law for Pass-Through Entities
Wednesday, February 21st • 2:45pm ET
Speakers: Jon P. Gaston, Waller Landsen Dortch & Davis, and Norman Lencz, Esq., Venable LLP

The Rise of Class Action Merchant Litigation: Status Update and Best Practices
Wednesday, February 28th • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Ed Marshall, Partner, AGG, Theresa Y. Kananen, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP and Julia C. Barrett, Associate, King & Spalding LLP

The New CFPB
Thursday, March 1st • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Allyson Baker, Partner, Venable LLP and Benjamin Olson, Partner, Buckley Sandler

Europe's Payments Services Directive 2 and its New Requirements for Strong Customer Authentication
Wednesday, March 7th • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Jeremy Grant, Managing Director, Technology Business Strategy, Venable LLP

Changes to Canadian Payments
Wednesday, March 14th • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Jacqueline Shinfield, Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

New Mexican FinTech Law and Economic Conference in Mexico City, May 16-17, 2018
Wednesday, March 21st • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Sylvia Montano, Commercial Specialist,  U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, U.S. Embassy Mexico City

The Effect of Equifax & Other High Profile Data Breaches
Wednesday, April 4th • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Mark Mao, Partner, Troutman Sanders and Melanie Witte, Associate, Troutman Sanders

The Future of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
Wednesday, April 25th • 2:30pm ET
Speakers: Stephen R. Freeland, Counsel, Venable LLP

#MeToo Movement: Steps that Business Executives, Board Members and Legal and Compliance Counsel Need to Take
Wednesday, May 2nd • 2:00pm ET
Speakers: Ashley Hager, Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP

Key Elements of Strategic Partnership Agreements
Wednesday, May 16th • 3:00pm ET
Speakers: MOFO senior associates, Trevor Salter and Crystal Kaldjob

GDPR implementation and Compliance
Thursday, May 24th • 11:00am ET
Speaker: Kim Roberts, Counsel, Data, Privacy and Security, King & Spalding International, LLP

Sports Gambling
Thursday, May 31st • 2:00pm ET
Speaker: Ed Marshall, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory and Joe Pappano, SVP and Managing Director, Vantiv, now Worldpay