Mar. 29, 2014

Loyola Law School hosts fashion law symposium

Loyola Law School's Fashion Law Project hosted a symposium titled "One Channel Does Not Fit All: The Fashion Law Implications of Omnichannel Marketing," on March 22 at the law school's downtown LA campus. The symposium examined issues posed by emerging technology and trends in the fashion industry regarding privacy, advertising, social responsibility and more. The panels included "Legal Obligations of Being Omniscient," "Legality of Influence" and "Legally Good: How to be Socially Responsible and Why It's the 'Right Thing to Do' for Fashion Brands." The "Legally Good" panel considered the rise of social awareness in the production and marketing of fashion and addressed how companies should position themselves to cover both legal and ethical obligations in areas such as production standards, labeling and government oversight. "The scope and reach of the fashion industry is constantly expanding. This conference is designed to help fashion lawyers, designers and executives capitalize on that growth in a legal and ethical way," said alumna Staci Jennifer Riordan, executive director of The Fashion Law Project and partner and chair of the fashion law practice group at Fox Rothschild LLP, where she is a partner. The event program and webcast details are available at www.lls.edu/fashionlawsymposium. — Ben Adlin