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Overview

The Future of Blockchain and Digital Assets: The View of Silicon Valley

Why You Should Attend

Blockchain is a fundamental technology which will dramatically transform all industries. 2021 saw the rise of non-fungible tokens ("NFT"), which will be discussed in detail.  Blockchains will also impact lawyers and law firms directly through the implementation of smart contracts. This program will provide an overview of the technology as well as the emerging legal issues lawyers need to understand to effectively assist companies with blockchain implementations. 

 

What You Will Learn

  • Learning the critical basics of blockchain technology, how different blockchains work, and their intersection with smart contracts
  • Learning about the rise of "NFT's" (non-fungible tokens), use cases and ownership issues
  • Understanding the basics of consortium governance, decentralized finance, decentralized autonomous organizations and other blockchain entities
  • Analyzing critical future issues for blockchain and digital assets

 

Who Should Attend

Lawyers from law firms and in-house counsel

 

Special Features

Cutting-edge faculty with Silicon Valley insiders



Lecture Topics [Total time 00:06:15]

Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.


  • Opening Remarks* [00:10:01]
    Mark F. Radcliffe
  • Technology Overview [01:01:22]
    Michele B. Neitz
  • Non-Fungible Tokens [01:00:12]
    Olta Andoni, Olga V. Mack
  • Consortium Governance [01:00:57]
    Natalie Furman, Dr. Stephanie Hurder
  • DeFi: Decentralized Finance and the future of Financial Services [01:01:53]
    Lewis Cohen, Rebecca Rettig
  • Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (“DAO”) and Other Blockchain Entities [00:58:28]
    Stephen Palley, Gabriel Shapiro
  • Future Legal Issues [01:00:02]
    Mark F. Radcliffe

The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online:


  • Complete Course Handbook
  • How to Regulate Blockchain’s Real-Life Applications: Lessons from the California Blockchain Working Group, 61 JURIMETRICS J. 185–217 (2021)
    Michele Benedetto Neitz
  • Mark Radcliffe and Tamar Duvdevani, Non-Fungible Tokens (“NFT”): New Opportunities for Consumer Companies
    Mark Radcliffe
  • Coindesk, The Fourth Era of Blockchain Governance (August 10, 2020), available at: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2020/08/10/the-fourth-era-of-blockchain-governance/
    Stephanie Hurder
  • Ain’t Misbehavin’: An Examination of Broadway Tickets and Blockchain Tokens, Wayne Law Review, Vol. 65, No. 1 (2019), available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3501764
    Lewis Rinaudo Cohen
  • CoinDesk, DeFi Is Not TradFi: Why FATF’s Guidance Would Stifle Growth (Updated August 24, 2021), available at: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/05/11/defi-is-not-tradfi-why-fatfs-guidance-would-stifle-growth/
    Rebecca Rettig
  • Andrew M. Hinkes, The Limits of Code Deference, The Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 46, No. 4 (2021)
    Gabriel Shapiro
  • CoinDesk, How to Sue a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (Updated August 25, 2021), available at: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2016/03/20/how-to-sue-a-decentralized-autonomous-organization/
    Stephen Palley
  • Gabriel Shapiro and Sydney Abualy, Wyoming’s Legal DAO-Saster, Lex_Node’s Official CryptoLaw Newsletter (April 9, 2021), available at: https://lexnode.substack.com/p/wyomings-legal-dao-saster
    Gabriel Shapiro
  • Official Grimoire Setting Forth the Sacred and Inviolable Pact of the Metacartelventures DAO (February 14, 2020)
    Gabriel Shapiro
  • State of Wyoming, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Bill, Senate File No. SF0038, 21LSO-0263 (2021)
    Gabriel Shapiro
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Report of Investigation Pursuant to Section 21(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: The DAO, Exchange Act Release No. 81207 (July 25, 2017)
    Gabriel Shapiro
  • The Future of Blockchain and Digital Assets: The View of Silicon Valley, Future Legal Issues (Substantive Outline) (2021)
    Mark Radcliffe

Presentation Material


  • Blockchain Technology
    Michele B. Neitz
  • NFTs Basics
    Olga V. Mack
  • NFTs: Beyond the Art Craze
    Olta Andoni
  • Blockchain Consortium Governance
    Natalie Furman , Dr. Stephanie Hurder
  • Governance: A Case Study
    Natalie Furman
  • Decentralized Finance
    Lewis Cohen , Rebecca Rettig
  • A Legal Framework for DAO
    Stephen Palley, Gabriel Shapiro
  • Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
    Stephen Palley, Gabriel Shapiro
  • Future Legal Issues
    Mark F. Radcliffe

Why You Should Attend

Blockchain is a fundamental technology which will dramatically transform all industries. 2021 saw the rise of non-fungible tokens ("NFT"), which will be discussed in detail.  Blockchains will also impact lawyers and law firms directly through the implementation of smart contracts. This program will provide an overview of the technology as well as the emerging legal issues lawyers need to understand to effectively assist companies with blockchain implementations. 

 

What You Will Learn

  • Learning the critical basics of blockchain technology, how different blockchains work, and their intersection with smart contracts
  • Learning about the rise of "NFT's" (non-fungible tokens), use cases and ownership issues
  • Understanding the basics of consortium governance, decentralized finance, decentralized autonomous organizations and other blockchain entities
  • Analyzing critical future issues for blockchain and digital assets

 

Who Should Attend

Lawyers from law firms and in-house counsel

 

Special Features

Cutting-edge faculty with Silicon Valley insiders

Credit Details