Peter Ormerod
Associate Professor of Law
Biography
Peter Ormerod researches information privacy law and law and technology more broadly. His current projects focus on the regulation of commercial surveillance practices and on the political economy of data-intensive businesses. He has previously published journal articles on the interaction of privacy law and competition law, the duty of data security, technology鈥檚 effects on Fourth Amendment doctrine, and privacy law鈥檚 enforcement mechanisms.听
Before joining 草榴社区, Ormerod was an assistant professor of law at Northern Illinois University College of Law and an assistant professor of business law at Western Carolina University. Before entering academia, he practiced in the Public Policy & Regulation Group of Holland & Knight鈥檚 Washington, DC, office.
Practice Experience
- Law Clerk and Staff Attorney, Holland & Knight, LLP
- Judicial Intern, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
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Office:听Rm 244, John F. Scarpa Hall
Phone:听610-519-6838
Courses and Seminars
- Torts
- Information Privacy Law
- Artificial Intelligence & the Law Seminar听
Education
- The George Washington University Law School, Juris Doctor
- The George Washington University, Bachelor of Arts
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