On the Second Anniversary of the DAO: The Token Universe’s Cat Food Moment
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Dror Futter ·
August 21, 2019
It has been two years since the SEC took its first formal action with respect to a token issuance. Since then there has been a great deal of regulatory activity that has provided some clarity. In this article, Rimon partner Dror Futter provides an in-depth regulatory summary of where things stand for those considering issuing a
Rimon’s Patricia Annino completes volumes 21 and 22 of the Massachusetts Practice Series on Probate Law
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Patricia Annino ·
August 21, 2019
Probate Law and Practice with Forms is a guide to probate of estates featuring forms, expert analysis, and treatment of will contests, taxation, guardians, personal representatives, trusts, sales, mortgages, and appeals and review.
Probate Law and Practice with Forms (Massachusetts Practice Series, Volumes 21 and 22) is an invaluable
Blockchain utility tokens: throwing the baby out with the (securities regulation) bathwater?
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Sam Miller ·
August 07, 2019
The digital asset roadshow continued this last week with The July 30th Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on virtual currencies and online market places, convened to hear “…how Congress should regulate digital currencies and blockchain technologies in the online financial market…”.
Just a few
Third circuit affirms plan distributions are not proceeds of collateral
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Douglas J. Schneller ·
July 29, 2019
In Energy Future Holdings Corp. v. Morgan Stanley Capital Grp., Inc., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 18458 (3d Cir. 2019) (“EFH”), the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an important, albeit nonprecedential, opinion about whether adequate protection payments and plan distributions made during a bankruptcy case should be
Facebook’s Libra, cryptocurrency and the Token Taxonomy Act: much needed blockchain innovation reform or fear of the giants?
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Sam Miller ·
July 24, 2019
Although Capitol Hill and not Mount Olympus, one could be forgiven for mistaking the Facebook Libra co-creator and Calibra CEO, David Marcus’s July 17th, 2019 testimony before the House Committee on Financial Services for a page out of Greek mythology.
If one were to be dramatic, one could say that this was no more an exercise in regulatory
The End of Fine Art Experts? A Few Lessons Learned From The Recent Agnes Martin Litigation
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Sam Miller ·
July 18, 2019
Picture this.
The Picasso that always hung in your childhood livingroom; a gift to your grandfather from a grateful gallery owner, liberated as your grandfather’s 264th Infantry Regiment worked its way through France in the dying days of World War II. As the years passed, and family generations moved on, the family puts the Picasso up for
Warhol, Prince and a Case of Vanity Perhaps Not-So-Fair: Even Fine Art Colossuses Need Inspiration
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Sam Miller ·
July 10, 2019
What could be more flattering than arguably the greatest pop fine artist of all time copying your work?
Well fine art photographer, Lynn Goldsmith, apparently wasn’t all too flattered when she saw Andy Warhol’s ‘Prince Series’ (of the singer, once known as “The Artist Formerly Known As Prince” or that
Update on EU Election Results Suggest Tougher Regulatory Climate for US Firms Doing Business in Europe
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Stephen Díaz Gavin ·
July 05, 2019
Late on July 2nd, after several days heated and extensive discussions, the leaders of the EU countries announced their choices to lead the EU institutions for the next five years:
Germany’s current Minister of Defense, Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commissioner
Belgium’s lame duck Prime Minister, Charles Michel
SCOTUS Holds Licensee May Continue Using Trademark After Rejection in Bankruptcy
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Douglas J. Schneller ·
June 11, 2019
The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the rejection in bankruptcy by a debtor-licensor of an executory trademark license does not terminate the licensee’s right to use the trademark but instead has the same effect as a breach of that contract outside of bankruptcy.[1] Consequently, the licensee may continue to use the
Limited Liability Company Considerations for Conducting Business: A Top Five List
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John J. Hanley ·
Chae Kim ·
June 04, 2019
Formation of a limited liability company (“LLC”) is a popular and viable alternative to a corporation or a partnership. An LLC features both the limited liability of a corporation and the tax advantages of a partnership. In addition, the LLC model offers great flexibility in choosing the appropriate rules to govern unique