Biometric privacy law topic of lunch

The Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association (MIPLA) will host a virtual luncheon meeting on Tuesday, May 18, from noon to 1:15 p.m. via Zoom.

Speaking about biometric privacy law will be Wayne State University Law School Prof. John Rothchild, faculty director, Master of Studies in Law Program.  Rothchild has been a member of the Wayne Law faculty since 2001.  He is a co-author of “Internet Commerce,” a law school casebook published by Foundation Press.  From 1991 to 2001, Rothchild was an attorney at the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, specializing in law enforcement efforts addressing Internet-based fraud and online compliance issues. 

For several years, Rothchild led the commission’s international consumer protection program. He served as chair of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Consumer Protection Guidelines Project, which developed guidelines for controlling fraudulent and misleading conduct in electronic commerce. He also served as a member of the U.S. delegation to the OECD’s Committee on Consumer Policy, and of the U.S. delegation to the International Marketing Supervision Network.

For additional information or to register for the lunch, visit http://mipla.org and click on “events.”