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Daily Business Review

Risk to Reputation? What Law Firms Need to Know About Buying Metaverse Property

For law firms, real estate companies and corporations, buying property in the metaverse so early on could go one of two ways: giving them a crucial advantage in an increasingly digital economy, or becoming a decision they'll regret if the concept fails to take off.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

'Wave of the Future': $3.6B Bitcoin Seizure Shows DOJ Is Ready for the Blockchain

"For anyone who still thinks that, bitcoin in particular, but blockchain transactions in general, are an anonymous world, they should be disabused of that notion at this point," one cryptocurrency lawyer said.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Bitfury Taps Regulatory Vet to Lead Crypto Company's Legal Team

"Blockchain technology represents a generational opportunity to not only build stronger financial services systems, but fundamentally reshape a number of industries globally," Bitfury CLO Jonathan Gould said.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Cahill, Gordon & Reindel Represents Couple Accused of Laundering Billions in Stolen Bitcoin

The defense team includes a former Manhattan federal prosecutor with experience in cryptocurrency cases.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Don't Get Too Far Over Your Skis': What Lawyers Need to Know About Cryptocurrency

"There's this uncertainty and the industry feels that they can't come to the regulator to work with the regulator to adjust the regulatory framework, but instead they end up seeing only enforcement actions coming out of the agency, and I think that has not been a healthy or helpful situation," one U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner said, stressing that her views aren't necessarily that of her fellow commissioners.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Another Napster? Brown Rudnick's Peter Willsey Expects NFTs to Fuel New IP Disputes

"Every time there is a new technology that can be used by people to sell things that gives rise to new trademark and copyright issues," says Willsey, the global chair of the trademark, copyright and advertising practice group at Brown Rudnick.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Investment Fund Work, Crypto Cash-In Helps Drive Return to Double-Digit Gains For Lowenstein Sandler

"The deal activity was robust throughout the year and it's actually continuing into 2022, even if the markets were a bit rocky in January," managing partner Gary Wingens said.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

What Role Can Attorneys Play in Miami's Tech Boom? Entrepreneurs Want 'Thought Partners'

"Some of the attorneys that I've dealt with in the Valley and even in New York really don't know how to wrap their heads around it [cryptocurrency], and so I think there's a real opportunity for our younger lawyers to distinguish themselves and differentiate themselves and become leaders in this space," said entrepreneur Felice Gorordo.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Foley & Lardner Sign on to Represent Defendants in Cryptocurrency Case

The MCO2 cryptocurrency at the center of the case is described in promotional materials as a carbon credit token aimed at "democratizing carbon offsetting."
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Digital Renaissance' and Pushback: NFTs Offer Opportunity to Bypass Laws Around Physical Art

"The restrictions are a lot less because we are now freeing ourselves of the power structures that have been in place for thousands of years in the physical art world," said Vivek Jayaram, president at Jayaram Law.
4 minute read

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