Ms. Greisman will discuss the Federal Trade Commission's consumer protection priorities in online commerce, with an emphasis on enforcement and outreach initiatives under the CAN SPAM Act. She also will address recent developments in the mobile marketplace.

About the Author:

Lois C. Greisman heads the Division of Marketing Practices in the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. Under Ms. Greisman's management, Marketing Practices directs strategies relating to spam, and leads enforcement of the CAN-SPAM Act. Marketing Practices also leads the FTC's law enforcement initiatives tackling telemarketing fraud (including Do Not Call enforcement), fraudulent investment opportunity schemes, and Internet fraud.

Before joining Marketing Practices in January 2006, Ms. Greisman headed the Division of Planning and Information, where she managed the FTC's Identity Theft Program, the Consumer Sentinel system, the agency's Consumer Response Center and its Internet Lab. She also supervised implementation of the National Do Not Call Registry.

Previously, Ms. Greisman served as Chief of Staff to FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris. She also served as Attorney Advisor to Chairman Robert Pitofsky and Chairman Janet D. Steiger. Ms. Greisman joined the FTC in 1991 in the Division of Advertising Practices, after having worked as a litigator at Steptoe & Johnson. She received her bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Brown University, and received her law degree from George Washington University, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and Law Review.