Jones Day Presents: Advantages of Blockchain in Trade Finance
Harriet Territt talks about the advantages of using blockchain in sectors and transactions where security, transparency, and traceability are important. She explains why blockchain is particularly valuable in trade finance,...more
Last week, the Vermont Supreme Court in Rainforest Chocolate, LLC v. Sentinel Insurance Company, 2018 VT LEXIS 240 (Vt. Dec. 28, 2018), held that the “False Pretense” exclusion in a business-owner policy did not exclude loss...more
Fraud has a long history. In a recent blog in the Orchestrating Real Estate Series, New Things to Consider in Section 1031 after the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, I discussed how famous violin maker Jean-Phillipe...more
As was reported in detail by the New York Times and others earlier this week, artist Peter Doig prevailed in what most agree was the strangest art related trial in many years. In a nutshell, Doig was accused by a former...more
A seller extends $90 million in credit to a customer, secured by letters of credit. When the debtor can’t pay, the seller discovers the instruments are fakes, forged by its own employee. Can the seller recover under a...more