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Blockchain Developers Urge Congress – Be Bold About Data Privacy and Security

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Crypto is dead or on life support, waiting for regulation to rid it of ‘crypto contagion.’  Meanwhile, blockchain technology – the virtual, public ledger technology that records crypto transactions – is very much alive, as...more

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Kangaroo Court: Understanding Blockchain

As a thought experiment, imagine there was a base metal as scarce as gold but with the following properties: boring grey in color, not a good conductor of electricity, not particularly strong but not ductile or easily...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 2, Issue 17

China Passes Major Data Protection Law as Regulatory Scrutiny on Tech Sector Intensifies - A final version of the law has not been published but a previous draft included rules around requiring consent for data protection...more

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3 Ways That Blockchain Can Help the Healthcare Industry Focus More on Patient Care and Less on Administrative Headaches

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The healthcare industry has unique data management needs as it deals with patient information that is sensitive, personal, and confidential. However, this data is often stored and spread across different facilities and...more

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[Podcast] BakerHostetler Blockchain University: Beyond Cryptocurrency – Non-Financial Use Cases for Blockchain

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The fourth episode in the series provides an overview of how Blockchain is being used today in non-financial applications. Topics discussed include using blockchain for supply-chain management in various sectors, including...more

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BakerHostetler Blockchain University: What is Blockchain and Why Should I Care?

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Blockchain technology is widely anticipated to disrupt major industries and business operations over the next several years. But with all of the “hype” in the blockchain market, at times it can be difficult to separate fact...more

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Reflections on 2019 in Technology Law, and a Peek into 2020

t is that time of year when we look back to see what tech-law issues took up most of our time this year and look ahead to see what the emerging issues are for 2020. Data: The Issues of the Year - Data presented a wide...more

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3 KEY TAKEAWAYS: Emerging Issues & Trends: Blockchain for In-House Counsel

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Kilpatrick Townsend’s Michael Breslin recently led a panel presentation, alongside Kilpatrick attorney Joshua Benson and AT&T in-house attorney Jason Thelen, covering key concepts and trends that in-house counsel should be...more

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The European Union and the International Chamber of Commerce Work To Bring Blockchain Into The Global Trade Mainstream

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Blockchain continues to take on an increasingly important role in the mainstream of the global trade community. Recent developments indicate that stakeholders around the world, including governmental and non-governmental...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Blockchain in the Supply Chain: Stake Your IP Claims Now!

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Many companies are exploring the use of blockchain in their supply chain to make sure they are well positioned from a business perspective when blockchain use becomes ubiquitous. But another important consideration in...more

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Jones Day Presents: Data Privacy Threats to Blockchains

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In the eighth in a series of 12 Jones Day Presents: Blockchain videos, partner Jay Johnson provides examples of existential, ordinary, and human error threats to blockchains that may result in data privacy breaches and...more

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Jones Day Presents: Does Blockchain Technology Work?

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In the third installment of Jones Day's continuing series of blockchain videos, partner Harriet Territt answers the question of whether blockchain technology actually works and describes how clients are using it in their...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Our Music Festival- Empowering a Decentralized Fanbase with Blockchain

Distributed ledger technology is continuing to be thought of as the technology that can address some of the issues that plague the music and content-creation space. Our Music Festival (“OMF”) is relying on this technology to...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Litigating Blockchain: Not So Simple

Many believe that blockchain technology will revolutionize the way humans interact, in business and beyond. Though cryptocurrency is the topic du jour, blockchains can do much more than just enable digital currencies: they...more

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Blockchain Uses in Transportation

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Blockchain technology is most well-known for its use with cryptocurrencies, however, it has wider potential applications in other sectors beyond that of banking and financial services. It is being evaluated for uses in the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Early Adopter—Vanguard Announces Plan to Utilize Blockchain Technology

Top mutual fund firm The Vanguard Group, Inc. unveiled a plan last week to incorporate blockchain smart contract technology into some of its indexing operations beginning early next year. Vanguard’s initiative will be carried...more

Carlton Fields

Expect Focus - Volume III - September 2017

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EXPECTFOCUS® is a quarterly review of developments in the insurance and financial services industry, provided on a complimentary basis to clients and friends of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A. ...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Is Blockchain the Answer to Identity Management?

Considering the recent Equifax data breach which put an estimated 145.5 million American’s identity at risk, main stream media outlets are starting to ask an important question; if we can’t stop data breaches, how do we...more

Perkins Coie

Self-Sovereign Identity and Distributed Ledger Technology : Framing the Legal Issues

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Purpose - Distributed ledger technology (“DLT”), including the use of blockchain technology, has been touted as a way to create and validate digital identities that serve many of the same purposes that physical forms of...more

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