Insights

On March 31, 2026, Partner Matthew F. Ferraro moderated the panel “The AI Agent Advantage: Defense, Privacy, and the Future of Cybersecurity” at the IAPP Global Summit 2026 conference in Washington, DC. Ferraro was joined on the panel by Joo Chung, founder of PrivStrat LLC and former Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency; Carl Hahn, co-founder of Gentic Global Advisors PLLC and Partner at Steptoe; and Geoffrey Schaefer, Vice President, AI Strategy and Governance at Leidos. Ferraro, a former cyber and technology senior official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, led the panel in a discussion of the transformative impact of AI agents on cybersecurity defense, particularly in the national security and defense sectors, and the practical applications and legal implications of agentic AI.

On March 13, 2026, Partner Matthew F. Ferraro presented virtually on “Deepfakes: Risks and Responses” to the Tech Labs program at the Meridian International Center. Ferraro spoke of the risks and possible technical and policy mitigations to synthetic imagery, or deepfakes. Meridian is a nonpartisan center dedicated to empowering leaders to advance the next era of diplomacy, and Tech Labs is an immersive training program designed to strengthen U.S. government policymakers’ ability to engage with emerging technologies that shape national security, economic competitiveness, and global governance. Ferraro is a leading legal expert on the legal implications of deepfakes and synthetic media. He recently co-authored an article on navigating deepfakes in litigation, arbitration, and mediation, and published a book chapter in the ABA Cybersecurity Handbook (4th ed.) on “Dealing with Deepfakes: The Role for Lawyers and Law Firms.”

On February 5, 2026, Partner Matthew F. Ferraro spoke on the panel “AI Regulation Update: Getting Ahead of New U.S. State Laws” at Privado AI’s Bridge Summit 2026 virtual conference. (The discussion can be viewed here.) Ferraro was joined by Jonathan Tam, Tech & AI Partner, at Baker McKenzie. Ferraro, a former cyber and technology senior official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Tam discussed the evolving state legislative landscape relating to artificial intelligence and what companies need to know to flourish amid growing regulatory complexity.

On December 11, 2025, Partner Matthew F. Ferraro gave a virtual presentation to the New York Technology Innovation 2025 conference on “The State of AI Regulation.” He explained the current state of artificial intelligence regulation at the international, federal, and state levels, and discussed how companies can thrive in an era of varying policies and rapid technological change. Click here to view his presentation.

On October 30, 2025, Partner Matthew F. Ferraro spoke on the panel “An Interdisciplinary Approach to AI Development and Regulation in the Age of AI” at IAPP’s Privacy. Security. Risk. 2025 conference in San Diego, California. Ferraro was joined on the panel by Robyn Eckerling, Chief Privacy Officer at Tempus, Ali Jessani, Counsel at WilmerHale, and Shannon Togawa Mercer, Senior Counsel at OpenAI. Ferraro, a former cyber and technology senior official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the panel discussed how AI developers, deployers, attorneys and policymakers can navigate changing policies, advancing technologies, and evolving business goals.

On October 21, 2025, Partner Matthew F. Ferraro joined Crowell Global Advisors (CGA) President and CEO Geralyn Ritter and CGA Managing Director Monica Gorman for a panel discussion at the Society for Corporate Governance’s 2025 Eastern Regional Fall Conference in New York, NY, entitled “Keep Calm and Carry On: Crisis Management in the Second Trump Administration.” The trio discussed how the geopolitical landscape has changed in the first year of the second Trump Administration and explored the legal dimensions of crisis management in an era defined by digital disruption, trade tensions, populism, immigration challenges, and national security threats.

On October 16, 2025, Partner Matthew F. Ferraro, Partner and CHS Managing Director Jason Johnson, and Counsels Jacob Canter and Anna Z. Saber hosted a webinar on the shifting dimensions of AI governance and regulation. They discussed federal policy, state laws, international efforts, and key court cases and how these many sources of regulation serve to fragment the AI compliance environment for businesses and how firms can respond. Click here to view the webinar on demand.

On October 8, 2025, Partner Matthew F. Ferraro spoke on the panel “Info Sec: Safeguarding Bank Operations in the Digital Age” at the Risk Live North America conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Nyela Graham, U.S. Senior Reporter for Waters Technology, moderated the panel, which included Ferraro, Spruille Braden, Vice President and Head of Operational Resilience at PGIM, Inc. (formerly Prudential Global Investment Management), and Robert Francis, Senior Director at FINRA. They discussed evolving and emerging cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and data risks to the financial services industry.

On September 18, 2025, Partner Matthew F. Ferraro spoke on the panel “Cybersecurity in the Age of AI” at IAPP’s AI Governance Global North America 2025 conference in Boston, Massachusetts. Ferraro was joined on the panel by Ali Jessani, Counsel at WilmerHale, and Shannon Togawa Mercer, Senior Counsel at OpenAI. The panel discussed how developments in artificial intelligence have given rise to novel cybersecurity challenges for AI developers, deployers, and government bodies and how companies can best respond to them.

On September 9, 2025, Partner Matthew F. Ferraro joined Shane St. Hill, the Chief Legal Officer of Studs, at a networking breakfast at Crowell’s New York City offices for a discussion of artificial intelligence, data privacy, and cybersecurity and their intersection with luxury brands. The gathering was part of the Crowell Atelier series for luxury clients convened by Partner Preetha Chakrabarti and Counsels Emily Kappers and Suzanne Giammalva.