City Bar Presidential Task Force on AI and Digital Tech on the Cusp of Legislative Achievement

1. Introduction

Between January 2025 and June 30, 2025, the City Bar Presidential Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies (1) continued its weekly efforts in coordination with the City Bar Advocacy Department to support the enactment of S. 1840/A 3307, a bill in the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly to modernize the New York Uniform Commercial Code (NY UCC Modernization Bill); (2) added a new Working Group on Trends and Developments in Crypto; added a new Subcommittee on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on People with Disabilities and Underserved Communities; added a new Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Civil Rights Law; a new Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; and outreach to the City Bar Disability Law Committee, Crain’s New York Business, and the Eisenhower Global Fellowship program; (3) published six reports; (4) hosted its annual in-person Crypto Institute and its annual in-person Artificial Intelligence Institute; (5) released seven podcasts; and (6) hosted a webinar on the Role of Regulation in Artificial Intelligence: A Global Perspective.

By June 30, 2025, the Task Force had 255 members, 15 artificial intelligence subcommittees, 14 digital technologies subcommittees, and 5 Task Force working groups.

2. Task Force Advocacy

On January 7, 2025, City Bar Director of Advocacy Elizabeth Kocienda; City Bar Associate Policy Counsel Raabia Qasim; Task Force Co-Chairs Lorraine McGowen and Jerome Walker hosted a follow-up meeting with American Fintech Council (AFC) Senior Vice President and Head of Policy and Regulatory Affairs Ian P. Moloney to further discuss ways in which the AFC and the Task Force can work together in support of the NY UCC Modernization Bill.

On February 10, 2025, Raabia Qasim, Lorraine McGowen and Jerome Walker hosted another meeting with Ian P. Moloney to discuss specific actions steps to be taken by the AFC and the Task Force in support of the enactment of the NY UCC Modernization Bill and other issues.

On February 14, 2025, Raabia Qasim; Jerome Walker; Task Force Member, Massachusetts Uniform Law Commissioner and Partner at Morgan Lewis Edwin Smith; and Task Force Special Advisor on the UCC and former 1901 Distinguished Research Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School, Director of Research of the Permanent Editorial Board for the Uniform Commercial Code, and American Law Institute Member Neil Cohen hosted a follow up call with policymakers to discuss the enactment of the NY UCC Modernization Bill.

On February 26, 2025, Raabia Qasim; Jerome Walker; Edwin Smith; and Neil Cohen hosted another follow up meeting to address specific issues raised by policymakers.

On March 10, 2025, Task Force Members Edwin Smith and Jerome Walker and Task Force Advisors Neil Cohen and Uniform Law Commission General Counsel Benjamin Orzeske updated the Task Force Talking Points and the Task Force Memo in Support of the enactment of the NY UCC Modernization Bill.

On March 27, 2025, Lorraine McGowen and Jerome Walker hosted a meeting with Brielle Christian, Senior Legislative Counsel at the New York State Office of Court Administration and Charlie P. Pensabene, Deputy Counsel, Civil & Legislative Matters at the New York State Office of Court Administration regarding the potential impact of the modernization of the NY UCC on the New York judiciary.

On April 7, 2025, Elizabeth Kocienda; Raabia Qasim; Lorraine McGowen; and Jerome Walker met with Ian P. Moloney to further discuss AFC supporting the enactment of S.7244-A/A10579, a bill in the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly to modernize the New York Uniform Commercial Code. The group also discussed the Task Force and AFC working on other projects in the future.

On May 2, 2025, Raabia Qasim; Lorraine McGowen; Jerome Walker; Edwin Smith; and Neil Cohen provided final comments on the Sponsors Memo to the NY UCC Modernization Bill.

On May 6, 2025, Raabia Qasim; Lorraine McGowen; Jerome Walker; and Mark Glaser participated in the weekly call of the City Bar Policy Department, the Task Force and the New York Delegation in support of the NY UCC Modernization Bill. During the call, the leaders reviewed and updated the strategic plan to support enactment of the NY UCC Modernization Bill and other issues. The plan needed to be updated to take into account the passage of the New York State budget and the remaining legislative days in the current legislative session.

On May 15, 2025, Lorraine McGowen and Jerome Walker met with Miguelina Camilo, Counsel to Speaker, Office of Speaker Carl E. Heastie, regarding the Task Force and emerging technology issues. The Task Force agreed to work with the New York legislative bodies to make available to New York policymakers access to Task Force programs on artificial intelligence and digital technologies.

On June 11, 2025, the NY UCC modernization bill strongly supported by the Task Force overwhelming passed the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. Representatives of the Task Force, including Neil Cohen; Mark Glaser; Senior Counsel at Moses Singer and Task Force Member Alan Kolod; Lorraine McGowen; Edwin Smith; and Jerome Walker and representatives of the City Bar Policy Department, including former City Bar Senior Policy Counsel Maria Cilenti; Elizabeth Kocienda; and Raabia Qasim worked together on all aspects of the bill for three plus years. This effort was also strongly supported by City Bar President Muhammad Faridi.

On June 17, 2025, Task Force representatives Lorraine McGowen; Jerome Walker; Mark Glaser; Edwin Smith; and Raabia Qasim meet to develop a strategy to persuade the New York State Governor to prioritize the modernization of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and sign S.1840-A/A.3307-A into law promptly. If the Governor follows the normal process, many months could pass before S.1840-A / A.3307-A becomes law, and, during this delay, other states may modernize their Uniform Commercial Codes. To assist with this initiative, the Task Force drafted an Explainer setting forth the reasons to prioritize the modernization of the NY UCC and the reasons the Governor should sign the bill as soon as possible.

3. Task Force Expansion and Outreach

On January 10, 2025, the Task Force established a new Working Group on Trends and Developments in Crypto to monitor and analyze federal, state, and international developments in crypto with a view towards issuing written statements and reports on behalf of the Task Force. Most crypto commentators agree that the results of the US presidential elections mean that US policies on crypto will change and many state and international governments as well as market participants and other stakeholders will respond to those changes. As a Center of Excellence and Thought Leadership on digital technologies, it is critical that the Task Force play a leading role in analyzing these trends and developments and actively addressing those responses.

On February 19, 2025, upon the invitation of City Bar Disability Law Committee Co-Chairs Judge Ruth Pickholz and Judge Carol Sharpe, Jerome Walker made a presentation to the City Bar Disability Law Committee as a part of an arrangement between the Task Force and the City Bar Disability Law Committee to work together for the benefit of people with disabilities and underserved communities. Walker explained that the Task Force had established a Subcommittee on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on People with Disabilities and Underserved Communities that will include a maximum of 10 members, 2 of which will be co-chairs. He also explained that the Task Force had reserved 3 subcommittee slots for members of the City Bar Disability Law Committee who are recommended to the Task Force by Judge Pickholz and Judge Sharpe, vetted and supported by the Task Force Co-Chairs. The members of the subcommittee include (1) Ariana Aboulafia, Disability Rights Advocate Project Lead at the Center for Democracy & Technology; (2) Michael Bervell, Founder and CEO at TestParty; (3) Cynthia Bennett, Senior Research Scientist, Responsible AI, Human-Computer Interaction, Disability, Accessibility at Google; (4) Larry Goldberg, former Head of Accessibility at Yahoo and Subcommittee Co-Chair; (5) Jutta Treviranus, Director and Professor, Inclusive Design Research Centre at the OCAD University, Toronto, Canada and Subcommittee Co-Chair; and (6) Sakeena Trice, Senior Staff Attorney at the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. The primary mission of the subcommittee includes addressing the implications and impact of the use of artificial intelligence on people with disabilities and underserved communities and the response of the judiciary and policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels on enacting or modifying laws to take into account people with disabilities and underserved communities.

On April 17, 2025, the Task Force also established a new Task Force Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Civil Rights Law to address the implications and impact of the use of artificial intelligence in civil rights and civil liberties litigation and the use of artificial intelligence to enforce federal, state and local law, including statutes and regulations prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), disability, religion, familial status, national origin, and citizenship status. The current members of the Subcommittee include (1) Co-Chair Elizabeth M. Daitz, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Suffolk County Police Department; (2) Cynthia “Cindy” Guerra, Executive Chief Assistant Public Defender for Operations and Assistant General Counsel, Public Defender, 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida; (3) Amreeta Mathai, Director of Strategy and Integrated Programs, New York Civil Liberties Union; (4) Jonathan Parham, Business Administrator/Chief Communications Officer, City of Rahway; (5) Christian Quinn, Managing Principal, Fulcrum Innovation LLC; and (6) Andrew Warshawer, Deputy Chief of the Trial Division, Counsel for Emerging Technologies, New York County District Attorney’s Office.

On May 8, 2025, Task Force Co-Chairs Edward So and Jerome Walker and City Bar Associate Policy Counsel Raabia Qasim met in person at the City Bar with 2025 Eisenhower Global Fellow José Flórez to discuss Task Force work on artificial intelligence policy and digital technologies, particularly regarding the creation of a Center of Excellence and Thought Leadership. News of the meeting was covered in the City Bar May 12, 2025 edition of 44th Street eNews available at https://www2.nycbar.org/htmlemail/44thST/Notes_051225.html#ICYMI  The request for the meeting was in the context of Colombia drafting its first comprehensive AI law, ensuring its alignment with global best practices. Jose Flórez is the director of the PhD in Political Studies program at the Externado University of Colombia. He previously served as director of policy and strategy at the Office of the Attorney General of Colombia, and as planning director of Colombia´s National Civil Registry, leading technological modernization and reform of the country’s electoral and civil identification systems. Under his leadership, the Registry created a Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Group to enhance electoral transparency. On fellowship he aims to draft Colombia’s first comprehensive AI regulation law to ensure ethical development and deployment of this powerful, rapidly emerging technology.

On May 21, 2025, the Task Force also established a new Task Force Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics to address the implications and the impact of the use of artificial intelligence in robotics, especially the impact on commerce businesses (across all industries), and consumers and underserved populations and the laws and practices applicable to artificial intelligence and the laws and practices applicable to robotics. The current members of the Subcommittee include (1) Subcommittee Co-Chair Maynard Holliday, former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Critical Technologies, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; (2) Subcommittee Co-Chair Moiz Khan, Head of Engineering and AI Market Development at MathWorks; and (3) Dirk van der Merwe, Senior Autonomous Robotics Lead at DEKA Research & Development.

On June 11, 2025, the Task Force Co-Chairs established a working group to help the Task Force Co-Chairs design Task Force programs to the specific requirements of each of the major artificial intelligence and digital technologies stakeholders of the Task Force. The first two stakeholders include legislative bodies and large law firms. Given the narrowly tailored nature of these programs, many of the programs will not be CLE-eligible and will need to be on stakeholder platforms and off location.

On June 17, 2025, Lorraine McGowen and Jerome Walker met with Anne Michaud and Amanda Glodowski from Crain’s New York Business to discuss the Task Force and a collaboration where the Task Force would make its members available to Crain’ New York Business on artificial intelligence and digital technologies issues. This collaboration will help the Task Force further increase its media footprint.

4. Task Force Reports

On January 28, 2025, the Task Force issued a year in review analysis titled 2024 Top Trends in Behavioral Science, Digital Technologies, Data, and AI in Compliance and Enforcement. This year in review was drafted by the Task Force Subcommittee on Behavioral Science in Digital Technologies (Behavioral Science Subcommittee) and approved by the Task Force Subcommittee on Articles and Blogs. The Behavioral Science Subcommittee analyzes the implications of behavioral science and digital technologies products and services working together to assess and impact risk and culture – and to strengthen, redesign, and retool compliance programs. Current members of the Behavioral Science Subcommittee include (1) Timothy Abrahams, Partner, Cyber, Privacy & Forensic Services – Advisory at PWC; (2) Subcommittee Co-Chair Tiffany Archer, Eunomia Risk Advisory, Inc., Founder & President, Behavioral Science Compliance Consultant & Data Insights Specialist, and Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School; (3) Bryan Judice, Vice President of Compliance Solutions at KonaAI; (4) Subcommittee Co-Chair Amanda Raad, Partner and Co-Leader Global Anti-Corruption and International Risk Practice and Co-Founder and Leader, R&G Insights Lab at Ropes & Gray; and (5) Eugene Soltes, Professor at Harvard Business School and author of Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of A White Collar Criminal. The Task Force Subcommittee on Articles and Blogs serves as a peer review for Task Force writings, especially articles, blogs, reports, statements and other writings. Current Subcommittee members include (1) Angelena Bradfield, Head of Policy and Government Affairs at Financial Technology Association; (2) Robert Mahari, Harvard Law School and MIT Media Lab; (3) Lorraine McGowen, Task Force Co-Chair and Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; (4) Robert Schwinger, Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP; (5) Edwin Smith, Massachusetts Uniform Law Commissioner and Partner at Morgan Lewis; (6) Tiffany Smith, Partner at WilmerHale; and (7) Jerome Walker, Task Force Co-Chair and Partner at Jerome Walker PLLC.

On February 20, 2025, the Task Force Subcommittee on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Finance released an analysis titled Reflections on US Treasury Department Report on AI in Financial Services This analysis and these reflections were drafted by the Task Force Subcommittee on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Finance (AI in Commerce and Finance Subcommittee) and approved by the Task Force Subcommittee on Articles and Blogs. The AI in Commerce and Finance Subcommittee analyzes the use of artificial intelligence in banking; insurance; securities; commodities; payments; trade; and related global issues for artificial intelligence in commerce and finance. Current members of the AI in Commerce and Finance Subcommittee include (1) Azish Filabi, Executive Director at American College Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics in Financial Services; (2) Stuart Levi, Partner at Skadden Arps; (3) Corey Goldstein, Senior Associate at Paul, Weiss; (4) Adam Marchuck, Managing Director and General Counsel at Citi; (5) Muyiwa Odeniyide, Director & Associate General Counsel at Nasdaq Regulation; (6) Jordan Miner Romanoff, Senior Director and Senior Managing Counsel, Co-Head Intellectual Property Legal, Head of Marketing & Communications Legal at BNY Mellon; (7) Peggy Tsai, Chief Data Officer at BigID; and (8) Kiran Yalavarthy, Executive Vice President and Head of Enterprise Model Risk Management at Wells Fargo. The Task Force Subcommittee on Articles and Blogs serves as a peer review for Task Force writings, especially articles, blogs, reports, statements and other writings. Current Subcommittee members include (1) Angelena Bradfield, Head of Policy and Government Affairs at Financial Technology Association; (2) Robert Mahari, Harvard Law School and MIT Media Lab; (3) Lorraine McGowen, Task Force Co-Chair and Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; (4) Robert Schwinger, Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP; (5) Edwin Smith, Massachusetts Uniform Law Commissioner and Partner at Morgan Lewis; (6) Tiffany Smith, Partner at WilmerHale; and (7) Jerome Walker, Task Force Co-Chair and Partner at Jerome Walker PLLC.

On April 15, 2025, the Task Force released a blog titled City Bar Presidential Task Force on AI and Digital Tech Continued Fast and Productive Pace During the 4th Quarter 2024 and the 1st Quarter 2025 available at https://www.nycbar.org/blogs/city-bar-presidential-task-force-on-ai-and-digital-tech-continued-fast-and-productive-pace-during-the-4th-quarter-2024-and-the-1st-quarter-2025/, which highlights three months of Task Force activities during the first quarter 2025.

On May 28, 2025, the Task Force released a report titled Current Ethics Opinions and Reports Related to Generative Artificial Intelligence available at https://www.nycbar.org/reports/current-ethics-opinions-and-reports-related-to-generative-artificial-intelligence/?back=1 The summaries were drafted by the Task Force Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Legal Ethics (AI and Legal Ethics Subcommittee) and approved by the Task Force Subcommittee on Articles and Blogs. The AI and Legal Ethics Subcommittee’s primary mission includes analyzing and reporting on the Rules of Professional Conduct; bar association ethics opinions; case law; and the laws and regulations governing the unauthorized practice of law. The current members of the AI and Legal Ethics Subcommittee include (1) Matthew K. Corbin, Managing Director at Aon; (2) Margaret Darin Hagan, Executive Director of the Legal Design Lab and Lecturer at Stanford Law School and the Stanford Institute of Design; (3) Subcommittee Co-Chair David Keyko, Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and City Bar Professional Ethics Committee Chair; (4) Subcommittee Co-Chair Tyler Maulsby, Immediate Past President of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers and Partner at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC; (5) Lucian T. Pera, Partner at Adams & Reese LLP; (6) Alison Roffi, Deputy General Counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; (7) Roy D. Simon, former Professor and Director at Hofstra Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics, Hofstra University School of Law; and (8) Kaylin L. Whittingham, Managing Attorney at Whittingham Law. The Task Force Subcommittee on Articles and Blogs serves as a peer review for Task Force writings, especially articles, blogs, reports, statements, and other writings. Current subcommittee members include (1) Angelena Bradfield, Head of Policy and Government Affairs at Financial Technology Association; (2) Robert Mahari, Harvard Law School and MIT Media Lab; (3) Lorraine McGowen, Task Force Co-Chair and Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; (4) Robert Schwinger, Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP; (5) Edwin Smith, Massachusetts Uniform Law Commissioner and Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP; (6) Tiffany Smith, Partner at WilmerHale; and (7) Jerome Walker, Task Force Co-Chair and Partner at Jerome Walker PLLC. The analysis highlights key requirements from American Bar Association (ABA) ethics opinions, formal ethics opinions from California, Washington, D.C., Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, New York (i.e., the New York City Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association), Pennsylvania (e.g., the Philadelphia Bar Association), Minnesota, Missouri, West Virginia, and the Massachusetts Attorney General and the New York Attorney General. The analysis also summarizes ethics opinions, bar association reports, and other resources and covers how the legal profession is currently using AI.

On June 12, 2025, the Task Force released a report titled The Impact of the Use of AI on People with Disabilities This analysis was drafted by the Task Force Subcommittee on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on People with Disabilities and Underserved Communities (AI and People with Disabilities Subcommittee) and approved by the Task Force Subcommittee on Articles and Blogs. The AI and People with Disabilities Subcommittee’s primary mission includes addressing the implications and impact of the use of artificial intelligence on people with disabilities and underserved communities and the response of the judiciary and policymakers at the federal, state and local levels on enacting or modifying laws to take into account people with disabilities and underserved communities. The current members of the AI and People with Disabilities Subcommittee include (1) Cynthia Bennett, Senior Research Scientist, Responsible AI, Human-Computer Interaction, Disability, Accessibility at Google; (2) Michael Bervell, Founder and CEO at TestParty; (3) Co-Chair Larry Goldberg, former Head of Accessibility at Yahoo; (4) Co-Chair Jutta Treviranus, Director and Professor, Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD, University, Toronto, Canada; and (5) Sakeena Trice, Senior Staff Attorney at the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. The Task Force Subcommittee on Articles and Blogs serves as a peer review for Task Force writings, especially articles, blogs, reports, statements and other writings. Current subcommittee members include (1) Angelena Bradfield, Head of Policy and Government Affairs at Financial Technology Association; (2) Robert Mahari, Harvard Law School and MIT Media Lab; (3) Lorraine McGowen, Task Force Co-Chair and Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; (4) Robert Schwinger, Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP; (5) Edwin Smith, Massachusetts Uniform Law Commissioner and Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP; (6) Tiffany Smith, Task Force Co-Chair and Partner at WilmerHale; and (7) Jerome Walker, Task Force Co-Chair and Partner at Jerome Walker PLLC.

5. Task Force In-Person Programs and Subcommittee Presentations

On March 11, 2025, the Task Force hosted its annual Crypto Institute. This was the first City Bar Crypto Institute and included a keynote address by Ryan VanGrack, Vice President of Legal and Global Head of Litigation at Coinbase and five panels: (1) Reading the 2025 Tea Leaves from Washington, D.C. (e.g., actions taken by Congress and the Trump Administration during the first quarter 2025), moderated by Task Force Co-Chair Jerome Walker and panelists included Lewis Cohen: Partner at Cahill Gordon and Co-Chair of the Task Force Subcommittee on Web3 and Matthew Solomon: Partner at Cleary Gottlieb; (2) Understanding the Crypto Market (e.g., crypto business models; crypto products and services; and crypto assets), moderated by Beth Haddock: Independent Director to GMO-Z.com and the Stable Standard; Chief Legal Officer at AdvisorEngine and Co-Chair of the Task Force Subcommittee on Web3 and panelists included Matthew Beville: Partner at WilmerHale; Lewis Cohen; Thomas Cowan: Vice President of Tokenization at Galaxy; and Ronak Daya: Head of Product at Paxos; (3) Understanding the Regulation of Crypto (e.g., federal regulation; state and local regulation; and international regulation) moderated by Jeremy Moorehouse: Chief Legal Officer at Lionsoul Global and panelists included Christine Parker: Deputy General Counsel at Circle; Anthony Tu-Sekine: Partner at Seward & Kissel LLP; and Yvette Valdez: Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP; (4) Understanding Problems that Might Arise (e.g., adverse claims and insolvency; litigation; and enforcement actions) moderated by Task Force Co-Chair Lorraine McGowen; and panelists included Mark A. Renzi: Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group, LLC; Robert Schwinger: Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP and Co-Chair of the Task Force Subcommittee on Distributed Ledger Technology and Blockchain; Allyson B. Smith: Partner at Kirkland & Ellis; and Edwin Smith: Massachusetts Uniform Law Commissioner, Partner at Morgan Lewis and Member of the Task Force Subcommittee on Crypto Products and Services; and (5) Understanding Potential Game-Changing Possibilities (e.g., banks actively engaging in crypto activities with support from banking agencies; law enforcement embracing the benefits of crypto; and the crypto industry embracing regulation), moderated by Task Force Co-Chair Jerome Walker and panelists included James Lee: Global Head of Capacity Building at Chainalysis, former Chief at the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division and Member of the Task Force Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and National Security; Jonathan Scharf: Deputy Bureau Chief & Cryptocurrency Investigations and Coordinator Major Economic Crimes Queens District Attorney’s Office and Co-Chair of the Task Force Subcommittee on Law Enforcement and Regulatory Agency Digital Technologies Activities; Tara La Morte: Chief Illicit Finance & Money Laundering Unit and Asset Forfeiture Coordinator, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York; and Kristen Spaeth: Global Intelligence Manager at Coinbase and Co-Chair of the Task Force Subcommittee on Law Enforcement and Regulatory Agency Digital Technologies Activities.

On June 16, 2025, the Task Force hosted its annual Artificial Intelligence Institute at the City Bar. The Fireside Chat Keynote Speaker was Moiz Khan, Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Co-Chair and Head of Engineering and AI Market Development at MathWorks and the Luncheon Keynote Speaker was Katherine B. Forrest, Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice Member, Partner at Paul, Weiss, and former U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York.  The Artificial Intelligence Institute included four panel: (1) Panel on Generative Artificial Intelligence and Legal Ethics, which was moderated by Tyler Maulsby, Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Legal Ethics Co-Chair and Deputy Managing Partner at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC and the panelists included Mehdi Ansari, Subcommittee on Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Law and Partner and Co-Head of Sullivan Cromwell’s Intellectual Property and Technology Group and Artificial Intelligence Practice; Aegis Frumento, Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Legal Ethics Member and Partner at Stern Tannenbaum & Bell LLP Ethics;  Robert Mahari, Subcommittee on Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Law Co-Chair and Associate Director at CODEX, Stanford University Center for Legal Informatics; Melissa Morrison, Director of Segment, Large Language Markets at Lexis/Nexis; and  John Paul Oleksiuk, Subcommittee on Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Law Member and Partner at Cooley LLP; (2) Panel on Artificial Intelligence, Commerce and Finance, National Security, and Liabilities and Remedies: Opportunities and Challenges, which was moderated by Clark Abrams,  Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and National Security Co-Chair and Chief, Money Laundering and Financial Investigations Unit, Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York and the panelists included Stuart Levi, Subcommittee on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Finance Co-Chair and Partner at Skadden Arps; David Lisson, Subcommittee on Liabilities and Remedies Related to the Use of Artificial Intelligence Co-Chair and Partner at Davis Polk;  Evan Abrams, Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and National Security Member and Partner at Steptoe; Azish Filabi, Subcommittee on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Finance Co-Chair and Executive Director, American College Cary M. Maguire, Center for Ethics in Financial Services; and Clinton Morrison, Subcommittee on Liabilities and Remedies Related to the Use of Artificial Intelligence Co-Chair and Partner at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler;  (3) Panel on Artificial Intelligence, the Judiciary and Access to Justice, which was moderated by Harut Minasian, Subcommittee on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Judiciary Co-Chair and Associate at Paul, Weiss and the panelists included Rodrigo Camarena, Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice Member and Director at Justicia Lab and Interim Co-Executive Director, Product and Technology, Pro Bono Net; The Honorable Angela Iannacci, Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice Member and Associate Justice, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department; and McGregor Smyth, Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice Co-Chair and Executive Director, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest; and (4) Panel on Artificial Intelligence, Neurotechnology, Robotics, and People with Disabilities and Underserved Communities, which was moderated by Jerome Walker, Task Force Co-Chair and Partner at Jerome Walker PLLC and the panelists included  Michael Bervell, Subcommittee on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on People with Disabilities and Underserved Communities Member and Founder and CEO of TestParty;  Larry Goldberg, Subcommittee on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on People with Disabilities and Underserved Communities Co-Chair and Former Head of Accessibility at Yahoo; Margot Hanley PhD, Subcommittee on the Convergence of Artificial Intelligence and Neurotechnology Co-Chair and Research Director, Cognitive Futures Lab, at Duke University;  Dirk van der Merwe, Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Member and Autonomous Robotics Lead at DEKA Research & Development; and Sakeena Trice, Subcommittee on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on People with Disabilities and Underserved Communities Member and Senior Staff Attorney at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.

6. Task Force Podcasts

On January 16, 2025, the Task Force released a podcast titled Should Lawyers and Judges Be Required to Disclose Their Use of AI. The podcast was moderated by Task Force Subcommittee on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Judiciary Co-Chair and Baker McKenzie Partner David Zaslowsky and panelists included Task Force Subcommittee on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Judiciary Members Maura Grossman, Research Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo and Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and the Honorable Xavier Rodriguez, U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Among other things, David, Professor Grossman, and Judge Rodriguez discussed proposed legislation in New York that would have imposed a certification requirement on lawyers who used generative artificial intelligence in their court submissions.

On February 6, 2025, the Task Force released a podcast titled Liabilities and Remedies for AI: Charting New Territory. The podcast was moderated by Task Force Subcommittee on Liabilities and Remedies Related to the Use of Artificial Intelligence Co-Chair and Davis Polk Partner David Lisson and panelists included Task Force Subcommittee on Liabilities and Remedies Related to the Use of Artificial Intelligence Co-Chair and Partner at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Clinton Morrison; Task Force Subcommittee on Liabilities and Remedies Related to the Use of Artificial Intelligence Member and Senior Director for Society and Intellectual Property, Society Panel, Special Competitive Studies Project Rama G. Elluru; Task Force Subcommittee on Liabilities and Remedies Related to the Use of Artificial Intelligence Member and Davis Polk Partner Matthew J. Bacal; and Task Force Subcommittee on Liabilities and Remedies Related to the Use of Artificial Intelligence Member and Director & Associate General Counsel and Head of Strategic Transactions, Licensing and Open Source at Meta Shayne O’Reilly. The podcast covers (1) The EU AI Act; (2) New York Senate bill 9640 sponsored by New York State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal; (3) California AI laws, including SB-1047; and (4) Other states (e.g., Colorado) and Federal Non-statutory remedies.

On February 20, 2025, the Task Force released a podcast titled Analyzing President Trump’s Executive Order on Digital Financial Technology. The podcast was moderated by Task Force Co-Chair Jerome Walker and panelists included Task Force Subcommittee on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Finance Co-Chair and Skadden Arps Partner Stuart Levi and Task Force Subcommittee on Crypto Products and Services Co-Chair and WilmerHale Partner Tiffany Smith.

On March 6, 2025, the Task Force released a podcast titled Analyzing President Trump’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence. The podcast was moderated by Task Force Co-Chair Jerome Walker and panelists included Task Force Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and National Security Member and Deloitte Managing Director, Risk and Financial Advisory Nikhil Aggarwal; Task Force Subcommittee on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Judiciary Co-Chair and Paul, Weiss Associate Harut Minasian; and Task Force Subcommittee on the International Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Co-Chair and BakerHostetler Partner Nichole Sterling.

On April 17, 2025, the Task Force released a podcast tilted How Microsoft AI Is Expanding Capacity for DACA Clinics with the North West Immigrant Rights Project. The podcast was moderated by Task Force Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice Members and Albany Law Professor Ray Brescia and panelists included Malou Chávez, Executive Director of the Northwest Immigrants Rights Project (NWIRP); Microsoft’s Global Pro Bono Manager Adrian Palma and UX/UI designer Amae Kurre. The podcast discussed the access to justice gap that inspired the Microsoft project, the role of tech in making legal services more efficient, and the essential nature of human oversight in AI-driven legal processes. Microsoft is mobilizing generative artificial intelligence technology to address the access to justice gap in the United States. In partnership with NWIRP, they have built a collaborative initiative called LUZ to streamline and scale the DACA renewal process for Dreamers.

On June 12, 2025, the Task Force released a podcast titled AI in Commerce and Finance.  The podcast was moderated by Task Force Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Finance Co-Chair and Executive Director of the American College Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics in Financial Services and the Charles Lamont Post Chair of Business Ethics and Associate Professor Azish Filabi and the panelists included Task Force Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Finance Member and Director & Associate General Counsel at Nasdaq Regulation Muyiwa Odeniyide; Task Force Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Finance Member and Managing Director and General Counsel at Citi Adam Marchuck; Task Force Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Finance Member and Senior Director and Senior Managing Counsel, Co-Head Intellectual Property Legal, Head of Marketing & Communications Legal at BNY Mellon Jordan Romanoff; Task Force Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Finance Co-Chair and Skadden Arps Partner Stuart Levi; and Task Force Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence in Commerce and Finance Member and Paul, Weiss Senior Associate Corey Goldstein. They share best practices for integrating artificial intelligence governance and the specific risks associated with third-party artificial intelligence vendors, underscoring the importance of cross-functional collaboration and continuous learning for lawyers navigating the rapidly changing artificial intelligence ecosystem.

On June 13, 2025, the Task Force released a podcast titled AI and Accessibility  The podcast was moderated by Task Force Subcommittee on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on People with Disabilities and Underserved Communities Co-Chair and former Yahoo Head of Accessibility Larry Goldberg and panelists included Task Force Subcommittee on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on People with Disabilities and Underserved Communities Member and Project Lead, Disability Rights in Technology Policy at the Center for Democracy & Technology Ariana Aboulafia; Task Force Subcommittee on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on People with Disabilities and Underserved Communities Member and Senior Research Scientist, Responsible AI, Human-Computer Interaction, Disability, Accessibility at Google Cynthia Bennett; Task Force Subcommittee on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on People with Disabilities and Underserved Communities Member and Founder and CEO at TestParty Michael Bervell; and  Task Force Subcommittee on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on People with Disabilities and Underserved Communities Co-Chair and Director and Professor, Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University, Toronto, Canada Jutta Treviranus. A June 2025 Task Force report highlights the harmful effects of artificial intelligence on people with disabilities, and the harm likely to occur for them in the future. The Task Force  Subcommittee on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on People with Disabilities and Underserved Communities continues the conversation in this podcast episode featuring attorneys, researchers, and technology leaders. They talk about the current challenges and opportunities artificial intelligence presents for people with disabilities, emphasizing the importance of inclusive design and representation.

7. Task Force Webinars

On March 27, 2025, the Task Force hosted a free webinar on The Role of Regulation in Artificial Intelligence: A Global Perspective. The webinar was moderated by Task Force Subcommittee on Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Law Co-Chair and Harvard Law School and MIT Media Lab Robert Mahari and included Task Force Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and National Security Member and Manager, Forensic Technology Forensic Risk Alliance Rim Belaoud; Task Force on Subcommittee on Liabilities and Remedies Related to the Use of Artificial Intelligence Member and Senior Director for Society and Intellectual Property Society Panel Special Competitive Studies Project Rama G. Elluru; Task Force on Subcommittee on Liabilities and Remedies Related to the Use of Artificial Intelligence Co-Chair and Davis Polk Partner David Lisson; Task Force Subcommittee on Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Law Member and Connection Science Fellow MIT Connection Science and former Chief Architect EU AI Act European Commission Gabriele Mazzini; Task Force Subcommittee on Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Law Co-Chair and Senior Counsel, IBM Consulting and Global Generative AI Lead IBM Diana Santos; and Task Force Subcommittee on the International Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Member and Partner at Simmons & Simmons and Global AI Lead Minesh Tanna.