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Blockchain
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Proskauer on Privacy
Blockchain, Personal Data and the GDPR Right to be Forgotten
The effective date of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is fast approaching (May 25, 2018), and its impacts are already being felt across various industries. Specifically, the conflicts…
Keeping It Real Estate
It’s just not cricket (but it is Blockchain)
By Laura Oliver
Last week, the property press ran the tantalising story that parcels of Lord's cricket ground were up for sale by New Commonwealth, an enterprise which describes itself as a "new…
Antitrust, Competition and Trade
FCA speech – Blockchain: considering the risks to consumers and competition
On 26 April 2018, the FCA published a speech given by Mary Starks, Director of Competition, FCA. The speech is entitled Blockchain: considering the risks to consumers and competition. Highlights…
Law of The Ledger
Legal Issues with Blockchain-Based Crypto Games and Collectibles
By James Gatto
Read the full article here. An excerpt: "The use of blockchain technology for crypto games and token-based digital collectibles is on the rise. One of the first crypto games of…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Watch Out! Russian Spies Plan to Take Control of Blockchain (Which Means Cryptocurrencies)!
By Peter Vogel
The New York Times reported that an agent of the Russia’s F.S.B (successor to the K.G.B.) boasted: “Look, the internet belongs to the Americans — but blockchain will belong to…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Blockchain podcast interview: “The taxman cometh” to cryptocurrency transactions
By Theodore J. Mlynar, Ira Schaefer
Ted Mlynar and Ira Schaefer from our Blockchain-Smart Contract IPMT Working Group return to the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal podcast series following their first episode in November 2017. Ted and…
InsureReinsure
Illinois Legislature Considering Legislation Recognizing Legality of Smart Contracts
By Christopher Barth, Troutman Pepper Locke
The Illinois state legislature is considering a bill which would put the state among the select few specifically granting legal recognition to blockchain “smart contracts” by placing smart contracts on…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Blockchain Technology and Delaware Corporate Law
The Delaware General Corporation Law was amended last summer to allow companies to maintain their corporate records using blockchain technology. The purpose of this short post is to provide a high-level…
LawSites
Blockchain Email Encryption and Version Control to be Unveiled Tomorrow
Two blockchain applications being unveiled tomorrow could be the first blockchain applications to gain widespread use in the legal industry, their developer says. One enables automatic, blockchain-based PGP email encryption…
Editorial Team
Top 10 in Law Blogs: LMA 2018, Equal Pay, and Open Doors
Congratulations, dear reader! If you're reading this, it means that Friday has come, the end of the work week is nigh, and we have another batch of our top blog…