On November 26, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that “immutable” smart contracts are not “property” for purposes of regulation by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...more
12/19/2024
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Resolving a question left open by its 2013 decision in Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk, as well as a split among the circuit courts, the Supreme Court on January 20, 2016 held that defendants cannot moot and defeat class...more