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Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Blockchain Corporate Governance

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Wyoming’s DUNA Law – A Legal Framework for Non-Profit DAOs and Open-Source Blockchain Networks - Hot Topics in International Trade...

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are a novel form of governance for blockchain-based protocols. Unlike traditional companies or non-profits, DAOs are member-controlled organizations that operate without a central...more

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Hong Kong Court Compels Disclosure in Novel Crypto Case Involving DAO

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The case involves substantive litigation that could yield important legal principles for the treatment of decentralised projects. Decentralised autonomous organisations (DAO) are unique structures that operate...more

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DAOs in English law: another (but not final) step forward

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With so much focus on the regulatory treatment (and mistreatment) of blockchain related businesses, the benefits of commercial legal certainty for choosing a country or territory as a home of choice for these businesses is...more

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California Bill Would Create Decentralized Nonprofit Association Law

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As discussed in this recent post, Judge Larry Alan Burns recently ruled that the plaintiffs in class action had adequately pled that a distributed autonomous organization (DAO) was a partnership under California law.  Sarcuni...more

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DAOs, Procedural Perversity and the Metaverse

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It is said that in the course of studying for his citizenship test, the mathematician, logician and philosopher Kurt Gödel discovered an "inner contradiction," or loophole, in the U.S. Constitution, whose discovery threatened...more

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Judge Orrick Rules A Decentralized Autonomous Organization May Be Sued As An Unincorporated Association

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Gertrude Stein is famously quoted as having written, "There is no there there".  Although Ms. Stein intended a different meaning to the expression, the same statement might be used to describe a "decentralized autonomous...more

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CFTC Delivers Notice to Ooki Via Chat Box: Important Legal Questions for DAOs

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of California (the “Court”) recently held that a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) could be served via its online forum. If upheld, this decision will have...more

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