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National Law Journal

NFTs: What Lawyers Need to Know to Help Clients Navigate This Emerging Space

Some call it hype. Others see limitless potential. Either way, it is critical for lawyers and advisers to understand NFTs from a business, technical and legal perspective.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Legal Tokenization: Emerging Legal Issues Surrounding NFTs

As NFT issues continue to be tested in court, regulators and legislators will be watching, waiting, and perhaps advocating for changes in the regulation of crypto.
5 minute read

International Edition

The Crash of Terra Luna and Looming Lawsuits: Is This the Price of Innovation?

The founders of Terraform Labs, the company that created Luna, have become targets of the crypto industry's ire after the stablecoin crashed last month. But some lawyers are still bullish, saying cryptocurrency serves a purpose and could transform finance.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Lawsuit Slams US Labor Dept.'s Crypto Guidance as 'Paternalism,' Overreach

Investors argue that the agency rushed the release with the explicit intent to combat crypto's success following Super Bowl ads aimed at promoting digital currency.
5 minute read

International Edition

The Digital Asset Revolution: 'A Massive Opportunity' for Lawyers

Nick Abrahams, Norton Rose Fulbright's global co-leader of digital transformation, is an expert on NFTs and crypto, a futurist and an entrepreneur.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fed's Brainard Sees Need for Regulation Around Crypto Assets

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard alluded to the recent collapse of algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD as well as Tether's dipping below its intended one-to-one peg to the dollar, saying "these events underscore the need for clear regulatory guardrails."
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Terra Blockchain Will Split, Abandon Collapsed UST Stablecoin

Terra's unraveling, which started earlier this month with the implosion of the algorithmic stablecoin Do Kwon, above, the crypto entrepreneur behind Terra, had touted relentlessly, marked one of the biggest busts in the crypto industry's history.
4 minute read

International Edition

Can Law Firms Keep Up With Crypto?

Digital currencies and blockchain technology offer large law firms plenty of possibilities, but many in the UK are struggling to meet client demand either due to a lack of lawyers or a fear of the unregulated nature of the sector.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Crypto Assets: Explored and Explained

For tax purposes, cryptocurrency is treated like property. However, it is recommended that attorneys consider applying contract and tort law (not property law) to resolve crypto-asset legal difficulties.
9 minute read

International Edition

Withers Secures Injunction on Sale of Bored Ape NFT in Singapore

The Singapore High Court's injunction to protect an NFT is the first in Asia and the first globally in a commercial dispute.
2 minute read

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