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Is A DAO A General Partnership, Unincorporated Association, Or Nothing At All?

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According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, a DAO is a "term used to describe a 'virtual' organization embodied in computer code and executed on a distributed ledger or blockchain".  That does not answer the...more

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Court Finds FAC Adequately Pled DAO Was A Partnership Under California Law

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A Decentralized Autonomous Organization, or DAO, is a governance structure popular with devotees of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.  It is decentralized because holders of tokens, rather than a board of...more

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Bill Would Allow Acceptance Of Virtual Currency

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Nearly nine years ago, I observed that Section 107 of the California Corporations Code forbids a corporation, social purpose corporation, association, or individual from either issuing or putting in circulation "as money,...more

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Federal Reserve Hints at Government-Backed Cryptocurrency

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Federal Reserve Hints at Government-Backed Cryptocurrency; Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Fraud Class Action Against Shutterfly Inc. Regarding Allegedly Misleading Financial Projections; Ninth Circuit Holds...more

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Northern District Of California Denies Motion To Remand Putative Class Action Asserting Both Securities Act And State Law Claims

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On August 10, 2018, United States District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied a motion to remand to state court a putative securities class action...more

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