CANOGA PARK, Calif. — The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) confirmed today that a representative from the Federal Trade Commission will be a featured speaker at its “Wake-up Call: How Consumer Fraud Hurts the Entire Industry” seminar Wednesday, June 3, at the XBIZ Summer Forum conference in Las Vegas.

Stephen L. Cohen, a senior staff attorney with the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, confirmed Tuesday that he will join the panel to discuss consumer fraud.  Mr. Cohen has been with the Commission for twenty-five years primarily working on litigation involving telemarketing and Internet fraud and has been the lead attorney on scores of matters filed in federal courts throughout the United States.

Among other questions, FSC’s panel will discuss the following:

·         Internet consumer fraud is on the rise; is this also true in the adult entertainment industry?

·         When it comes to billing practices, what is and isn't legal?

·         What do you need to know and how can you protect you and your company from government action and/or an unfair competition lawsuit?

“Under previous democratic administrations, the adult entertainment industry faced federal action from the FTC for false and deceptive practices,” said FSC Executive Director Diane Duke. “We must be proactive as we consider best practices for online billing that will benefit consumers, individual businesses and the industry as a whole.  Who better to help us define that line-in-the-sand for billing practices than the FTC itself?”

Adult industry attorney Greg Piccionelli will join Mr. Cohen for the seminar moderated by Duke.

This panel is part of the FSC XXX University’s efforts to bring educational opportunities to FSC members at low or no cost.  FSC plans to video tape the panel and provide access to the video on its website at www.freespeechcoalition.com.