Futures & Derivatives Law in 2026 (06/04/26)

Futures & Derivatives Law in 2026-Everything Everywhere All at Once  

This is an in-person program hosted at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (525 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60661)  Check-in will start at 1:30p.m., seminar 2:00-5:15p.m., and reception immediately following.

Join us for a series of speakers and panels discussing the latest developments in futures and derivatives law. 

Keynote Address:
Amir Zaidi, Chief of Staff at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Carl E. Kennedy, Partner and Co-Chair, Financial Markets and Regulation, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (Moderator)

Clash(es) of the Titans: Prediction Markets in 2026
Dan Berkovitz, Vice Chairman, External and Regulatory Affairs, Millennium
Carl E. Kennedy, Partner and Co-Chair, Financial Markets and Regulation, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Conor Weber, Senior Director and Associate General Counsel, CME Group (Moderator) 

Love Story: Progress in SEC-CFTC Harmonization 
David DeCarlo, Counselor, Financial Markets Group, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 
Sumeera Younis, Chief of Operations, SEC Crypto Task Force 
Pamela Geraghty, Senior Director, Patomak Global Partners 
Sarah V. Riddell, Partner, K&L Gates (Moderator) 

One Battle After Another - Recent Developments in CFTC and SRO Enforcement 
Clifford C. Histed, Partner, K&L Gates 
Joe Konizeski, Attorney at Law, Former Supervisory Trial Attorney, CFTC Division of Enforcement
Andrew Vrabel, Managing Director & Chief Regulatory Officer, CME
Zachary M. Schmitz, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (Moderator)

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

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Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live.