Second Annual Blockchain and the Law Conference

This event is Free but registration IS required on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/second-annual-blockchain-and-the-law-conference-registration-68641172595

Blockchain technology is poised to transform the financial services industry and raises significant regulatory issues. Join us at Cardozo Law School for a unique conversation with current top federal and state regulators to discuss current challenges facing blockchain technology, virtual currencies and the law. A reception will follow the program.

Keynote

Steven Peikin - Co-Director, Division of Enforcement at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Panelists

John Castiglione - Senior Enforcement Counsel at Office of New York State Attorney General

Harold Gordon '88 - Partner at Jones Day, former Branch Chief, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Regional Office, and Adjunct Professor at Cardozo School of Law

Kavita Jain - Director, Financial Innovation at Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

Katherine Lemire - Deputy Superintendent, Consumer Protection and Financial Enforcement Division at the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS)

James McDonald - Director, Division of Enforcement at the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Thomas McGowen - Associate Director, Division of Trading and Markets at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Stephen Obie - Partner at Jones Day, former Regional Administrator, Acting Director of the Division of Enforcement, and Chief Trial Attorney in the New York Office of the CFTC

Laura Pruitt - Partner at Jones Day, former Special Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Market Regulation (now the Division of Trading & Markets) and Senior Counsel, Office of General Counsel at the SEC

Aaron Wright '05 - Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of Cardozo Blockchain Project at Cardozo School of Law

This event is co-sponsored by the Blockchain Project at Cardozo School of Law and the Samuel & Ronnie Heyman Center on Corporate Governance. This event is open to the public and free of charge, but registration is required. For questions, please email: [masked].