Thursday, April 9th, 2026 | 6pm – 8pm | Pound Hall 101, Harvard Law School
Please note the location has changed from Austin Hall 111 to Pound Hall 101.
As Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from 2021-25 and a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2018-21, Rohit Chopra became known for his work to use advertising laws, privacy laws, antitrust laws, and banking laws to protect workers.
In this session, he will discuss why traditional approaches to “worker protections” have not succeeded, particularly when it comes to the rise of “bossware” and worker surveillance.
Join us for a conversation with Director Chopra and Sharon Block, Executive Director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy and Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School on the need to rewrite the playbook for protecting workers in the digital age. Reception to follow.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rohit Chopra has been at the forefront of efforts to promote competition and protect the public in finance, technology, health care, and other major sectors of the economy. He was nominated by President Biden to serve as the 3rd Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from 2021 to 2025. In 2017, Chopra was nominated by President Trump and unanimously confirmed by the Senate to serve as a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, where he served until 2021. Prior to his time in public service, Chopra worked at McKinsey & Company. He holds a BA from Harvard and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He was also the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to the Republic of Korea.
