On January 1, 2019, a new California law will take effect that will require lawyers to make sure their clients understand the implications of California’s legal protections for mediation communications, BEFORE the client agrees to mediation. Note: If the client has already agreed to mediation before seeking counsel then informed consent will be required as […]
“Ripple” was a low-end fortified wine produced by E & J Gallo Winery that was popular in the United States, particularly in the 1970s and that’s how many people know the term. But blockchain firms Ripple and R3 have decided to raise a fortified glass together and put an end to an ongoing legal dispute concerning tokens. In […]
Wanna hear something really scary? What if (in the very near future) our newfangled blockchain networks actually developed enough intelligence to make human-like dumb mistakes? Adam Kolber, a Brooklyn Law School professor, has shared a chilling vision of a not-so-distant future, in which humans live under threat of blockchain-based overlords. He even coined a […]
When you’re a kid, you have all sorts of different dreams and ideas about what you want to be when you grow up. For California Reps. Jeff Denham and Devin Nunes, clearly, it was to be a farmer. After all, they do say they’re farmers, and that’s how they’re going to be described on this fall’s California […]