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Blockchain
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Law of The Ledger
The Blockchain-based Supply Chain Adoption Tipping Point?
By James Gatto
Blockchain has long been touted as having transformational potential. Yet, the commercial adoption has been slow. As with any cutting-edge technology, commercial adoption usually requires some tipping point. For adoption…
Blockchain Legal Resource
The Promise of Blockchain Technology in Annual Meetings and Corporate Governance
For many public companies, the annual meeting voting process is littered with intermediaries and inefficiencies that can result in a lack of shareholder engagement. Blockchain technology has several potential applications…
Israel Global Gateway
The Big Legal Issue Blockchain Developers Rarely Discuss
By Israel Group
If blockchain projects seek adoption by enterprises, their open-source license will have a material impact on the rate of adoption. DLA Piper partners Victoria Lee and Mark Radcliffe share their insights…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
New Patent Looks to Blockchain for Drone Security
According to recent documents made public by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) IBM has applied for a patent for a system that would use distributed ledger technology to…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Walmart Will Use IBM Blockchain to Track Spinach and Lettuce
By Peter Vogel
The New York Times reported that Walmart announced “After a two-year pilot project, …that it would be using a blockchain, the type of database technology behind Bitcoin, to keep track…
Blockchain Legal Resource
Recent Congressional Action Involving Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology
Interest in the crypto economy continues to grow in Congress with the introduction of roundtables, hearings and new legislation.
Internet Newsletter for Lawyers
Copyright and the blockchain
Whilst I have written extensively about the blockchain in the past, copyright itself has not really been of much interest to the research community, perhaps because the use cases have…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Banks Wary of Blockchain-based Payment Systems
By Peter Vogel
Computerworld.com reported that while “blockchain-based payment networks could help eliminate central authorities and their accompanying fees for cross-border transfers, banks and other enterprises see risks.” The September 25, 2018 article…
Market Intelligence for Strategic Advantage
Today in Legal Artificial Intelligence
"Seven members of the US Congress have sent letters to the Federal Trade Commission, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asking whether the agencies have vetted the potential biases of artificial…
Market Intelligence for Strategic Advantage
Today in Legal Artificial Intelligence
From Shearman & Sterling: “Shearman & Sterling today launched “the FinTech Foundry,” a program dedicated to supporting the FinTech-related activities of their clients and the wider global FinTech ecosystem…