Securities Regulation and Enforcement Series - Harnessing AI: What Attorneys and Financial Industry Professionals Need to Know

In this episode of Season 2 of the Securities Regulation and Enforcement Series, A. Valerie Mirko, Partner at Armstrong Teasdale LLP and Leader of the firm’s Securities Regulation and Litigation Practice, and William Nelson, Director of Public Policy and Associate General Counsel at the Investment Adviser Association chat with Hollie Mason, Esq., Managing Director at Secretariat Advisors. Hollie is a former FINRA regulator and spent many years as an in-house lawyer for financial services firms. At Secretariat Advisors, Hollie assists broker-dealers and other market participants as an expert witness and investigative consultant in complex litigation matters. In this conversation, Hollie, Valerie and William chat about foundational aspects of using artificial intelligence (AI), including definitions, use cases and examples in litigation. A core part of the conversation in this episode is that AI requires a “case-by-case, cautionary approach” by firms – whether law firms, expert firms, or financial services industry firms – as both the technology and the legal landscape is rapidly changing. Hollie provides immediately actionable considerations, including how it is important for firms to understand the AI tools they are using and what these tools are being used for.

Past episodes of this series:

⁠⁠⁠Episode 1⁠⁠⁠ (5/22/24) [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dcbar/episodes/Securities-Regulation-and-Enforcement-Series-Investor-Protection-in-2024-e2je2a6]

⁠⁠⁠Episode 2⁠⁠⁠ (6/5/2024) [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dcbar/episodes/Securities-Regulation-and-Enforcement-Series-All-Things-Standards-of-Care-in-2024-e2k8u2m/a-abahg6m]

⁠⁠⁠Episode 3⁠⁠⁠ (7/24/2024) [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dcbar/episodes/Securities-Regulation-and-Enforcement-Series-Developments-in-Insider-Trading-e2lk443/a-abdiehh]

⁠⁠Episode 4⁠⁠ (8/21/2024) [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dcbar/episodes/Securities-Regulation-and-Enforcement-Series-The-SEC-Private-Funds-Rule--the-Fifth-Circuit-Decision-and-SEC-Rulemaking-Authority-e2mucdm]

⁠Episode 5⁠ (9/11/2024) [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dcbar/episodes/Securities-Regulation-and-Enforcement-Series-Fireside-Chat-with-SEC-Investor-Advocate-Cristina-Martin-Firvida-e2o23db/a-abguokt]

Episode 6 (10/23/2024) [https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dcbar/episodes/Securities-Regulation-and-Enforcement-Series-Off-Channel-Communications--A-State-of-the-Union-e2pqi6c/a-abj83g8]

Episode 7 (12/4/2024) [https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dcbar/episodes/Securities-Regulation-and-Enforcement-Series-Impact-of-2025-Presidential-Transition-on-the-SEC-e2r7ivg]