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TENTATIVE AGENDA

SUNDAY, MARCH 12

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Registration

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Networking Reception

MONDAY, MARCH 13

7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Registration

7:30 AM – 8:30 PM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Competition in the American Economy: One Year Later

Antitrust and competition are related concepts which have been at the forefront of many initiatives by the Biden
Administration. Last year, the Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy directed
multiple federal agencies to study the competitiveness in various sectors with an eye towards promulgating
regulations which might increase these competitive dynamics. In this session, federal regulators and private
practitioners will discuss the regulatory and legal activity they have seen pursuant to this policy shift and identify
compliance areas companies may want to refresh moving forward.

09:30 AM – 09:45 AM Break

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM Tech & Tied-House TENTATIVE PROGRAM & SESSION DESCRIPTIONS (Session Topics and Speakers are Subject to Change)

Modern technology presents a range of legal risks which could not have been contemplated in the wake of the
21st Amendment. With the rapid expansion of e-commerce and third-party technology partners, these risks have
elevated the potential for activities which could constitute trade practice violations. Issues such as payments
for preferential search results or spotlights on a primary landing page may be analogous to existing advertising
regulations. But issues involving data-sharing and new technologies are often awkward fits due to the lack of
historical analogies. In this session, attorneys and regulators will discuss various legal approaches states have
taken, or could potentially take, to address gaps in their existing trade practice frameworks.

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Break

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CBMA Import Changes

The Craft Beer Modernization Act (CBMA) reduced federal excise tax rates for domestic and imported alcohol
beverage products, subject to certain quantity limitations. When the CBMA provisions were made permanent in
late 2020, Congress changed the framework for how importers could obtain CBMA tax benefits assigned by foreign
producers and shifted jurisdiction for administering CBMA tax benefits for imported products from Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to the Department of the Treasury. These new provisions took effect on January 1, 2023,
and are currently administered by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). In this session, federal
regulators from TTB and CBP will discuss the new statutory and regulatory requirements for importers to receive
CBMA tax benefits, including key factors that importers should take into account when submitting CBMA import
claims to TTB.

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch

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