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Blockchain Blog
Alan Cohn Quoted on the Recent Blockchain Regulatory Guidance
The Street quoted Alan Cohn in an article on August 20 titled "How Federal Regulators Are Playing Catch-Up With Bitcoin Craze." The article looks at the most recent enforcement actions and regulatory…
LawSites
Consortium Formed to Drive Blockchain Adoption in Legal Industry
Bob Craig, chief information officer at Baker Hostetler, has a vision of a technology that will transform the business of law. That technology is blockchain. Craig and his firm are…
FinTech Update
Suitability of Swaps Documentation to the Blockchain Considered by ISDA
By Kari Larsen, Brett Hillis, Michael Selig, Alex Murawa
On August 3, 2017, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”) released a whitepaper that considers whether derivative contracts could operate on a blockchain (the “Whitepaper”).[1] The Whitepaper, titled “Smart…
China Law Insight
10 Things You Need to Know about Ethereum
By King & Wood
By Scott Farrell, Eli Han, Urszula McCormack, Stanley Zhou King & Wood Mallesons Ethereum uses blockchain technology … Ethereum relies on a blockchain — a transaction record that is independently verified by others…
International Trade Law
Supply Chain Corner: Blockchain and Your Supply Chain, U.S. Forced Labor Update, and North Korea and Forced Labor
By Jeffrey L. Snyder, Jenny E. Cieplak
Blockchain and Your Supply Chain Since our previous Client Alert, distributed ledger technology (DLT), also known as "blockchain," has continued to find new applications in supply chain security and documentation. DLT…
Cleary FinTech Update
Key Takeaways: Blockchain and FinTech Opportunities
We were happy to see many of you at our “Blockchain and FinTech Opportunities” conference on Thursday, July 13. If you were unable to attend or would like to review…
Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch
Key Takeaways: Blockchain and FinTech Opportunities
We were happy to see many of you at our “Blockchain and FinTech Opportunities” conference on Thursday, July 13. If you were unable to attend or would like to review…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Delaware Authorizes Stocks on Blockchain
By Trevor Dodge
On July 21st, Delaware Governor John Carney Jr. signed SB 69 into law. SB 69 amends the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) to explicitly authorize the use of distributed ledger…
Banking, Finance and Securities
SEC determines US securities laws apply to capital-raising via blockchain
On July 25, 2017, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an investigative report stating that US securities laws apply to sales of securities in the United States purchased…
Socially Aware Blog
Delaware Governor Signs Groundbreaking Blockchain Legislation into Law
By Spencer D. Klein, F. Dario de Martino
On July 21, 2017, following last June’s announcement that the Delaware House of Representatives had passed (with near unanimity) blockchain-related provisions proposing to amend several sections of the Delaware General…