By: Noelle Henry
Bitcoin took the world by storm in 2009 as a peer-to-peer cash system. Over time, this system evolved and attracted investors who saw bitcoin as a “store-of-value currency, comparable to gold.” Today, the excitement
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The Comeback of SPACs: Wall Street’s Hottest Investment Vehicle and its Potential Liability Risks
By: Charles Jenkins
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”) have become one of Wall Street’s most favored investment vehicles. In the first half of 2021, there has already been an unprecedented number of SPACs formed. These investment vehicles offer private companies
Mandatory Patent Waivers: A Debate Gone Viral
By: Carli Berasi
A conversation regarding patent rights has entered the international pharmaceutical stage as the World Trade Organization has debated requiring a temporary waiver of patent protections granted to companies for their COVID-19 vaccines. Patent waivers temporarily suspend protection for
Tokyo Olympics: Japan’s No-Good-Alternatives Dilemma
Progress or Impediment? Global Privacy Law’s Impact on the Data-Driven Music Industry
SPACs: A Double-Edged Sword
Wyoming Built a Home for DAOs—Why They Won’t Come
By: Joshua Durham
Wyoming’s so-called “slack-jawed” Decentralized Autonomous Organizations “(DAO”) Supplement bill will take effect July 2021. It grants DAOs the opportunity to register as limited liability companies (“LLCs”) in the state. This bill is fitting for the
Se[a]ttle for Better: Learning About Health Outcomes from the City that Sparked the Higher Minimum Wage Movement
By: Katherine Brock
Nearly eight years ago, fast food employees in Seattle marched out of work and into the streets, launching a strike—and ultimately a movement—for a $15 minimum wage. Within two months, the strike spread to more than fifty
Finders Keepers? New York’s Discharge for Value Doctrine May Lead to a Big Loss for Citigroup
By: Evan Federico
In August of 2020, Citigroup Inc. inadvertently wired almost $900 million to a group of hedge funds to pay off a syndicated loan for the struggling multinational cosmetics company Revlon, Inc. However, the money had come from