Gregory ScopinoAlgo Bots and the Law
Technology, Automation, and the Regulation of Futures and Other Derivatives
Gregory Scopino is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and the author of several academic articles about algorithmic trading. A former attorney with two private New York City law firms, he has more than a decade of experience as a US financial regulator in Washington, DC. His research and teaching interests focus on legal and regulatory policy related to the financial markets and artificial intelligence.
Preface
Introduction: 1. Key concepts: algorithms, artificial intelligence, and more
2. Economic definitions of common derivatives
3. Legal and regulatory definitions of derivatives and other financial instruments
4. FinTech: from science fiction to non-fiction
5. The regulatory framework for the US derivatives markets
6. Gateways to the futures markets-FCMs
7. Collective investment vehicles and investment advisors
8. Salespeople, supervisors, owners, and enumerated others
9. Trading floor denizens
10. Regulating digital intermediaries
11. States of mind: from zero to specific intent
12. Market manipulation: then and now
13. Fraud is many things (for humans and robots)
14. Disruptive trading practices
15. Spoofing: market disruption made easy by technology
16. Adequately supervising the overseers of algo bots
17. Flash events
18. Algo bots all over the world
19. Conclusion.
