Episode 3 of Season 2 picks up where the kickoff episode https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dcbar/episodes/Securities-Regulation-and-Enforcement-Series-Insights-on-SEC-Transition-and-Policy-Priorities-with-Pete-Driscoll-e2tps9i/a-abo6453 with Pete Driscoll left off. A few weeks after the Presidential Transition 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 about recent events. Valerie and William discuss key Executive Orders, Congressional actions, SEC developments, and the agency’s new rule revoking delegated authority.

Whether you’re a compliance professional, attorney, or SEC registrant (broker-dealer, investment adviser or dual), this conversation provides valuable insights into the shifting regulatory landscape.

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]

Join D.C. Affairs Community Co-Chair Angela Parsons and Kathryn Ray, librarian, historian, and past president of the League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia, as they discuss the early 20th century leadup to the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished voting discrimination on the basis of sex. The conversation highlights luminaries of the American Womens’ suffrage movement, including Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt, Ida B. Wells, and others, and details the historic 1913 March on Washington on the eve of President Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration.

The D.C. Affairs Community is proud to present this podcast in celebration of Womens’ History Month, and a reminder that the history of D.C. is the history of our Nation.

In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Human Rights and Immigration Subcommittee of the International Law Community is spotlighting exciting recent developments in international women’s rights. Among other topics, our conversation will explore historic efforts to hold the Taliban, the de facto authorities in Afghanistan, accountable under international law in connection with the extreme and pervasive infringement of Afghan women’s and girls’ fundamental rights and freedoms.

Guest: Natasha Arnpriester, Senior Legal Counsel at the Open Society Foundations and a specialist in the use of strategic litigation to protect and affirm women’s rights, civil and political rights, and democratic practices. Ms. Arnpriester litigates transnational human rights cases across numerous jurisdictions, including United Nations treaty bodies, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the European Court of Human Rights, and various U.S. courts.