For anyone invested in cryptocurrencies or considering a capital raise funded through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO), it would be difficult to imagine two more diametrically different years than 2017 and 2018. As 2018 draws to a close, it is
As soon as Halloween passes, it seems, Dr. Seuss’ Grinch starts to appear, trying to steal Christmas. There’s the classic TV cartoon version, the movie version starring Jim Carrey, the Broadway musical version, and for 2018, another animated movie version,
This post is broken into two parts. The first part briefly connects the concepts of trust, branding, and privacy while viewing these abstract concepts through the Facebook lens. The second part will look at how representations can impact branding, examining
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The following analysis was written by Sarah C. Helton, Principal of Michael Best Strategies and Staff Counsel of Michael Best. Michael Best’s 2018 Technology + the Law Symposium took place in Raleigh North Carolina at Duke University.
Last week,
Michael Best Partner Evan Strassberg was featured by TheStreet in the article titled, “Cryptocurrency Markets Quiet for Now, but Catalysts for Moves Loom,” where he discussed the crypto market, the recent news from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding Exchange Traded
Yesterday, Michael Best’s Senior Counsel Justin Cruz and Brian Mangum hosted a complimentary webinar titled “Blockchain and Intellectual Property: Protecting and Harnessing a Cutting – Edge Technology,” where they discussed the protection of distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), as well as current
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