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'The Law Is Trying to Catch Up': Newly Minted ShapeShift CLO Veronica McGregor on Advising a Cryptocurrency Client

"The biggest challenges are, as with any new technology, figuring out which, if any, existing laws apply to you," said the former Goodwin Procter lawyer.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Blockchain Brings Opportunities, Challenges to Legal Discovery

As more and more data is in blockchains, attorneys will have to interact with it. Blockchain will also become part of litigation without being the central focus as systems move to blockchain implementation. Attorneys will have to take note.
7 minute read

Law.com

What's Next: The EU's Showdown Between Copyright and Free Speech

Also up: AGs crack down on big tech's clandestine approach to data collection, and cryptocurrencies' big week.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Facebook Is Hit With Gender Bias Claims Over Ad Practices

“We can't let gender-based ad targeting online give new life to a form of discrimination that should have been eradicated long ago,” says Galen Sherwin, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU's Women's Rights Project.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Can a Big Law Private Equity Practice Play Matchmaker?

Holland & Knight is taking a page out of an investment banker's playbook.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

A Pharma Tech Leader Sets His Sights on Disrupting Legal

Dave Pasirstein, the former director of tech incubator lab Horizon 3 at Merck, has joined Seal Software in a bid to grow the use of AI contract review and analytic platforms in life sciences and pharmaceutical legal departments.
3 minute read

The Recorder

SF Goodwin Procter Partner Moves In-House to Crypto Company

Switzerland-based cryptocurrency exchangeShapeshift hired Goodwin Procter partner Veronica McGregor as chief legal officer last month.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Goodwin Procter Partner Now CLO at Crypto Company ShapeShift

Veronica McGregor is the latest Big Law attorney to go to see the opportunity for a career change in crypto.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Blockchain Goes to Washington: New Lobbying Group Pushes for Increased Regulatory Clarity

Look out Washington, D.C., crypto companies are coming. They want to help shape the conversation about regulating this burgeoning industry.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Vermont Continues Its Blockchain Play: A Look Inside the State's New Legislation

The bill, which became effective on July 1, is designed to stimulate economic development in Vermont through the promotion of blockchain technology.
6 minute read

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