High-tech trade association COMPTEL announced Wednesday that its president, Matt Salmon, has resigned and will join Policy Impact, whose clients include General Motors, Prudential and T-Mobile. COMPTEL CEO Jerry James will continue to provide leadership over the group's public policy initiatives and...

Recently appointed FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz wants to work with Congress on reauthorization legislation this year that he believes will make his agency more effective. He told a Center for Democracy and Technology gala Tuesday night that the quality of the FTC's work is being strained as the quanti...

Criminals are increasing using the Internet to make phone calls in order to avoid the possibility of their mobile phone calls getting intercepted by law enforcement authorities, according to a European Union body established in 2002 to enhance the effectiveness of organized crime investigations in m...

High-tech and child safety advocates are giving new Internet safety legislation introduced last week by House Judiciary Committee ranking member Lamar Smith and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a chilly reception. Their bills, which were publicized at a Thursday press conference, direct Internet service p...

House Judiciary Committee ranking member Lamar Smith and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, introduced legislation late last week that directs Internet service providers to retain subscriber information for up to two years. The bill helps law enforcement officials identify users who upload and view explicit...

House Republicans resumed their call Thursday for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to post the half-trillion dollar omnibus appropriations bill online immediately since Democratic leaders plan to schedule a vote as soon as next week. Minority Leader John Boehner issued a statement saying the public deserv...

Adult film performer/writer Stormy Daniels, who caused stir when she came to Washington last May to advocate for online child safety, wants to give Sen. David Vitter, R-La., a run for his money. She's contemplating entering the 2010 Louisiana Senate race and has reached out to Hustler magazine publi...

Entertainment industry attorney Tom Perrelli, who is President Barack Obama's pick for associate attorney general, told the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing Tuesday that existing U.S. intellectual property laws "don't seem to be addressing the problem" of global counterfeit...

House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers told a crowd of 300 in Los Angles, Calif. on Friday that passing legislation he introduced earlier this week to end a longstanding royalty to exemption granted to AM and FM radio "is going to be a serious struggle" due to opposition from the National Association...

Former House Majority Leader Richard Armey, R-Texas, who represents music industry clients at DLA Piper, said he plans to lobby hard this Congress in favor of legislation that would end a longstanding music royalty exemption granted to AM and FM radio stations. On Wednesday, House Judiciary Chairman...