John A. Rothchild

John A. Rothchild is a Professor of Law at Wayne State University since 2001 and currently serves as the university’s Chief Privacy Officer since 2019. His career includes significant roles at the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection (1991–2001), where he specialized in combating Internet fraud and online compliance. He led the OECD’s Consumer Protection Guidelines Project on electronic commerce and participated in international committees addressing consumer policy and marketing supervision.

Education: J.D. from University of Pennsylvania Law School and A.B. from Princeton University. His research focuses on privacy law, intellectual property, and electronic commerce regulation. He has authored influential works on privacy regime failures, international copyright frameworks, and technological protection measures.

Rothchild’s scholarship bridges legal theory and practical policy, with notable contributions to privacy reform critiques and analysis of digital consumer rights. His recent work emphasizes systemic failures in privacy regulations and proposes structural solutions. He has also contributed to foundational texts on cloud computing agreements and electronic commerce law.

Awards include the H. Kramer Foundation Fellowship during his 1998–1999 research period at the University of Chicago Law School. His teaching portfolio spans constitutional law, privacy law, trademarks, and ancient Greek legal systems.