Fickle Friends: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

Overview

This CLE webinar is a primer on blockchain and cryptocurrency for the legal mind. Panelists introduce blockchain for attorneys, explain how it works including block contents, validation, and permissions, and discuss the relationship between blockchain and cryptocurrency and the role of different token types. They then review the state of federal and state regulation and close with the current state of cryptocurrency litigation and key cases.

What you’ll learn

• ✓Explain how blockchain works, including validation and permissions
• ✓Describe the relationship between blockchain and cryptocurrency and token types
• ✓Understand the state of federal and state blockchain regulation
• ✓Recognize key developments in cryptocurrency litigation

Curriculum

1. 1. Fickle Friends: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency for Lawyers   

   In this CLE webinar, our expert panelists begin by providing an introduction of the blockchain for attorneys. Next, they explain how blockchain works, including the information contained in individual blocks and process steps, as well as permissions and validation methods. Our speakers also discuss the relationship between blockchain and cryptocurrency, and highlight the role of different types of tokens. Following these technical explanations, our experts discuss the state of federal and state regulations for blockchains. The webinar is concluded with a review of the current state of cryptocurrency litigation and key recent cases. Topics covered in this webinar: Primer on Blockchain Overview of How Blockchain Works The Relationship Between Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, Explained

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Your instructors

Daniel B. Garrie

Founder, Law & Forensics; Neutral at JAMS; Faculty at Harvard

Law & Forensics LLC · JAMS · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare

Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a boutique cybersecurity and forensic engineering firm he co-founded in 2008. He serves as a neutral, arbitrator, and forensic special master at JAMS, focusing on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and complex technology disputes, and holds faculty appointments at Harvard and Rutgers Law School. A patented software inventor and prolific author, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and a widely cited authority on computer forensics, eDiscovery, and cyber litigation.

David A. Cass

Senior Partner, Law & Forensics; Adjunct Faculty, Harvard & Rutgers Law

Law & Forensics LLC · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Global Cyber Institute

David A. Cass is a senior partner at Law & Forensics LLC, where he leads the Cryptocurrency and Digital Banking Practice and is a member of the Cybersecurity and Forensics Practice. His background spans financial services regulation, cryptocurrency, digital assets, blockchain, and cloud, including service as a lead regulator at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and as CISO and Global Partner of IBM's Cloud Security Service unit. He teaches as adjunct faculty at Harvard and Rutgers Law School and is a faculty member at the non-profit Global Cyber Institute.

Justin Herring