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Event Agenda


9:00 am – 9:15 am

Introduction & Program Overview
Adele Hogan Otterbourg PC
Jerome Walker Jerome Walker PLLC

9:15 am – 10:00 am

Fireside Chat
Tara La Morte Chief, Illicit Finance & Money Laundering Unit, Asset Forfeiture Coordinator, U.S. Attorney’s Office, SDNY
Noah Solowiejczyk Deputy Chief, Illicit Finance & Money Laundering Unit, U.S. Attorney’s Office, SDNY

10:10 am – 11:10 am

Emerging Technologies Litigation & Enforcement
Jenna Dabbs Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP
Bradley Dizik Vice President, Guidepost Solutions LLC
Jason Gottlieb Morrison Cohen LLP
Gene Ingoglia Allen & Overy
Parvin Daphne Moyne Akin Gump
Torrey Young Mukasey Young LLP

  • Overview of current SEC and CFTC litigation and enforcement against emerging technologies market participants and implications for the market
  • Discuss trends in focus of regulators, including recent state legislation
  • Overview of private actions against emerging technologies companies
  • Overview of pending legislation

11:10 am – 11:25 am

Networking Break

11:25 am – 12:25 pm

Hot Topics in Emerging Technologies
Adele Hogan Otterbourg PC
Debra Cohn Columbia University Law School
Beth Haddock AdvisorEngine
Robert Mahari Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alexander Southwell Gibson Dunn

  • Overview of products and services in digital technologies and digital assets
  • Key legal risks of technology (e.g., data, ethics, discrimination)
  • Proposed legislation and regulation

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Networking Lunch with Keynote Speaker
CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Client Counseling in Emerging Technologies
Tiffany J. Smith WilmerHale
Conway Ekpo Brex
Ben Melnicki Cross River
Michael Selig Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

  • Regulatory uncertainty for emerging technologies companies
  • Impact of regulatory uncertainty on emerging technologies companies
  • Best practices for counseling emerging technologies companies

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Ethics in Emerging Technologies
Adele Hogan Otterbourg PC
Javier Alvarez Stout
Meredith Fitzpatrick Forensic Risk Alliance
Brian S. Korn Menatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Tony Philips Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

  • Competency in digital assets and regulatory compliance, including money transmitter licenses (“MT”) for money service businesses (“MSB”), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), SEC and Commodities Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) matters (NY State Ethics Rule 1.1)
  • Conflicts of interest with competing clients in a highly innovative crypto industry (NY State Ethics Rule 1.7)
  • Confidentiality for digital currency client matters (NY State Ethics Rule 1.6)
  • Ethics of accepting crypto for payment of legal fees (ABA Model Rule 1.8(a) –transactions between lawyers and clients)

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm

Networking Break

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm

AML/CFT and Other Financial Crime Issues in Emerging Technologies
Jerome Walker Jerome Walker PLLC
Kyle Armstrong TRM Labs
Angelena Bradfield Financial Technology Association
Lili Kudirka Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mike Tzitzikalakis U.S. Department of Homeland Security

  • Important Emerging Technologies Tools for Digital Assets Companies AML/CFT and Other Financial Crime Compliance
  • Recent regulatory guidance
  • Best practices

4:45 pm – 6:00 pm 

Networking Reception

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