On February 7, 2013, partner William C. MacLeod spoke at the American Bar Association’s Consumer Protection Conference. He presented the session “Consumer Protection Year In Review.” This biennial conference focused on the future of consumer protection, privacy and advertising laws. Conference topics included:

consumer protection enforcement priorities as we begin a new Presidential administration
privacy law enforcement in the next decade, state and federal
the role of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the consumer protection ecosystem
hot topics in private advertising litigation
mobile advertising: protecting privacy and consumer choice
marketing to children
practical advice on avoiding and dealing with federal and state (multistate) investigations