Wilson Sonsini
San Francisco, CA
Join former senior regulatory officials from the US and EU to discuss likely regulatory priorities in 2025 in Wilson Sonsini's San Francisco Office. Wilson Sonsini partners Maureen Ohlhausen, former Acting Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Maneesha Mithal, former Chief of the FTC’s Privacy Division, and Chris Olsen, former Deputy Director of the FTC Consumer Protection Bureau, will share their perspectives on what to expect post-election on the regulatory enforcement and policymaking front at the FTC. Wilson Sonsini partner Yann Padova, former Secretary General of the CNIL, France’s data protection authority, will discuss how the DSA, DMA, the EU AI Act, and other EU laws are shaping enforcement priorities in the EU and emerging enforcement trends.
Hillary Crowder
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A partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini and co-chair of the firm's data, privacy and cybersecurity practice, Maneesha Mithal advises clients on a range of privacy, AI, and consumer protection issues. Drawing on her tenure at the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, she represents clients in FTC and state AG investigations involving privacy, AI, advertising and marketing compliance, endorsements and reviews, subscription practices, minor safety, and other unfair and deceptive practices (UDAP) matters.
Maureen Ohlhausen co-chairs Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's antitrust and competition practice. A former acting chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the only FTC commissioner to receive the Robert Pitofsky Lifetime Achievement Award, she advises clients on complex antitrust and consumer protection matters. Sought after for her depth of experience on antitrust and FTC-related issues, Maureen is known for her relationships with officials in the U.S. and abroad.
Christopher advises clients on all aspects of privacy and cybersecurity matters and represents companies under investigation by the FTC and state attorneys general.
Yann Padova is a partner in the Brussels office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity practice. He has extensive experience dealing with regulatory issues and with issues related to internet law, data protection, internet surveillance, cloud computing, international data transfers and cybercrime. He has also assisted numerous businesses with complex projects involving new technologies (ethics of algorithm, data and AI governance, biometrics, profiling, e-discovery procedures, etc.).