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NY Federal Court Orders Dispute With Digital Currency Exchange to Arbitration
February 11, 2019
The Eastern District of New York has ordered a negligence case that was filed against a digital currency exchange...
February 11, 2019
The Eastern District of New York has ordered a negligence case that was filed against a digital currency exchange...
Lex Machina’s 2018 Securities Litigation Report Reveals Securities Litigation Is at an All-Time High
September 17, 2018
New case filings have increased, but fewer cases proceed to trial as more defendants win by judgment on the pleadings Among its key findings, the report reveals that during the 18 months following the nomination of Jay Clayton as SEC Chairman in January 2017, securities case filings were at an all-time high (2,622 cases — a 60% increase over the prior 18 months) with Q1 2018 recording the most case filings to date (485 cases). During the same period, plaintiff losses on judgments...
September 17, 2018
New case filings have increased, but fewer cases proceed to trial as more defendants win by judgment on the pleadings Among its key findings, the report reveals that during the 18 months following the nomination of Jay Clayton as SEC Chairman in January 2017, securities case filings were at an all-time high (2,622 cases — a 60% increase over the prior 18 months) with Q1 2018 recording the most case filings to date (485 cases). During the same period, plaintiff losses on judgments...
What Happens To Cryptocurrencies When You Die?
April 22, 2018
After death or at incapacity, an individual’s appointed executor, guardian, or agent may temporarily step in to manage...
April 22, 2018
After death or at incapacity, an individual’s appointed executor, guardian, or agent may temporarily step in to manage...
FINRA Issues Warning on Bitcoin and Digital Currency
March 23, 2014
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued an investor alert this week about the risks of buying and speculating...
March 23, 2014
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued an investor alert this week about the risks of buying and speculating...
Bitcoin Values in Wolfram|Alpha
February 15, 2014
Over the last several months, one of the most-requested features for Wolfram|Alpha has been to add information about the cryptocurrency...
February 15, 2014
Over the last several months, one of the most-requested features for Wolfram|Alpha has been to add information about the cryptocurrency...
Overstock.com Becomes Largest U.S. Retailer to Accept Bitcoin
February 5, 2014
If you want some cheap linens or towels, you can’t pay in Club Med beads, but you can pay in Bitcoin. Overstock.com just became the largest U.S. retailer to accept the futuristic currency, according to a post by Jacob Farber on Perkins Coie’s Virtual Currency Report. “Overstock.com struck a deal with Coinbase for the processing of Bitcoin payments last Tuesday and has been working around the clock since to prepare to go live,” he says. But while there is a new Bitcoin story every day,...
February 5, 2014
If you want some cheap linens or towels, you can’t pay in Club Med beads, but you can pay in Bitcoin. Overstock.com just became the largest U.S. retailer to accept the futuristic currency, according to a post by Jacob Farber on Perkins Coie’s Virtual Currency Report. “Overstock.com struck a deal with Coinbase for the processing of Bitcoin payments last Tuesday and has been working around the clock since to prepare to go live,” he says. But while there is a new Bitcoin story every day,...
So How Does Bitcoin Work, Anyway?
January 21, 2014
Bit-what? It’s the world’s largest digital currency, and it’s confusing. To clarify how the “currency” could be monopolizing your business in the future, Lata Nott on Chadbourne & Parke’s TMT Perspectives Blog has written a primer on what, exactly, is a Bitcoin. The futuristic currency was created in 2009 by a person or group with the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto with “the goal of creating a currency that could run independently from banks and governments,” explains Nott. Written...
January 21, 2014
Bit-what? It’s the world’s largest digital currency, and it’s confusing. To clarify how the “currency” could be monopolizing your business in the future, Lata Nott on Chadbourne & Parke’s TMT Perspectives Blog has written a primer on what, exactly, is a Bitcoin. The futuristic currency was created in 2009 by a person or group with the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto with “the goal of creating a currency that could run independently from banks and governments,” explains Nott. Written...
Am Law Lawyers Help Bring Bitcoin to the Masses
August 31, 2013
It may be awhile before Kathleen Moriarty lets clients pay her in bitcoin, but the Katten Muchin Rosenman partner is doing...
August 31, 2013
It may be awhile before Kathleen Moriarty lets clients pay her in bitcoin, but the Katten Muchin Rosenman partner is doing...
