Shedding Light on Dark Patterns

Renée Appel | Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Renée is an attorney with the law firm, Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Driven to help foster business growth, Renée advises clients on marketing compliant products and defends companies at every turn. On the compliance side, she regularly counsels personal care and cosmetics, skincare, and dietary supplement companies on labeling, consumer marketing, and risk management.

When involved in litigious matters, she defends companies in enforcement matters brought by federal and state regulatory agencies and in litigation concerning product safety, labeling, packaging, claim substantiation, advertising and marketing, and allegations of consumer protection statute violations. Renée is constantly staying abreast of legislative reform, class action litigation, and business trends in the personal care and cosmetics space, sharing both her passion and knowledge with her clients to ensure compliant industry practices, and sheltering them from exposure to litigation or government enforcement action.

I. Understanding what dark patterns are and how they are implemented | 12:00pm – 12:15pm

II. Identifying how the Federal Trade Commission and other regulatory bodies are monitoring dark patterns | 12:15pm – 12:30pm

III. Considering private litigation that has emerged involving allegations of dark patterns to mislead consumers | 12:30pm – 12:45pm

IV. Discussing how the industry is responding to growing attention to this topic and best practices to employ | 12:45pm – 1:00pm