Principal Rene Befurt to Moderate Webinar on Litigation around Dark Patterns in Consent and Cancellation Processes
Event:Consent Flows and Cancellation Processes: How To Spot Dark Patterns?
Date:
May 30, 2023
Host:
American Bar Association (ABA) Antitrust Law Section
Times:
9:00–10:00 a.m. (PT) / 12:00–1:00 p.m. (ET)
Principal Rene Befurt will moderate an ABA webinar discussing the emergence of government actions and private suits related to dark patterns in consent and cancellation flows. Panelists will include Mihir Kshirsagar (Princeton University), Stephanie Liebner (Federal Trade Commission), and Koen Pauwels (Northeastern University).
This webinar will explore the emergence of dark patterns, a new genre of government actions and private suits, especially those against digital companies. The panelists will shed light on the question of the point at which consent and cancellation flows can be considered “dark patterns.”