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In this piece1, members of Mayer Brown's Digital Assets Initiative break down a digital-native form of business—the Decentralized Autonomous Organization, or DAO—and examine one of the first DAO mergers. We also take a look ahead at ways that DAOs may become increasingly relevant to established technology and financial services businesses. Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – A Primer DAO...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Robert Boland, athletics integrity officer at Penn State, announced today (Feb. 4) that he will step down from that position, effective March 1, 2022. Boland indicated he plans to return to the practice of sports law and to devote his time to other professional interests, including his teaching position at Penn State Law and the College of the Liberal Arts. Boland has h...

Shahd Abukhdeir, MLSA president Shahd Abukhdeir says she couldn’t fully find her space at Mitchell Hamline during her 1L year. So this year, a group of students and she “decided to create one.” The result was the school’s newest student organization, the Muslim Law Students Association, which recently debuted with an online event on building awareness of the Muslim community. “Our voices are ...

I find odd that Alsea School District Superintendent Marc Thielman publicly advocates ignoring state law while simultaneously running to be our state’s next governor (“Benton County school district drops mask mandate; state responds by withholding federal relief funds,” Jan. 26). I have visited his website, and although I do not agree with many of his stances, he is clearly a caring and dedic...

Seven judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois Thursday ruled that claims against employers for statutory damages under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) were not barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (WCA). In the 2017 case of Marquita McDonald v Symphony Bronzeville Park, LLC, the plaintiff filed a putative class action against her employer. She all...

The Murphy Smith Bungalow built at 278 Ocean Ave. in 1923 is an example of the architectural style that historic preservationists want to see maintained in perpetuity. Firebrand File Photo By Megan Miller, Special to the Independent The California Coastal Commission is set to hear Laguna Beach’s new historic preservation law next Thursday, spurring action from opponents who fear this change c...

I teach technology and information systems courses at Northeastern University in Boston. The two most popular laws that we teach there—and, one presumes, in most other academic departments that offer these subjects—are Moore’s law and Metcalfe’s law. Moore’s Law, as everyone by now knows, predicts that the number of transistors on a chip doubles every two years. One of the practical values of...

The Supreme Court Building in Jefferson City pictured on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (Colter Peterson, [email protected]) JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a case challenging a new gun law opponents say bars police from helping enforce certain federal firearms laws. The Second Amendment Preservation Act, which went into effect in August, declare...

Commentary Violators of state rules regarding elderly residents are even offered discounts Nursing home resident. Photo from https://www.pxfuel.com/ The Wisconsin Department of Health Services, charged with enforcing administrative code in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, has issued just two enforcement actions in the past three years for discharge-related violations in th...

Austria's sweeping measures will see those without a vaccine certificate or an exemption potentially slapped with fines. (CNN)Austria became the first country in Europe to introduce a national Covid-19 vaccine mandate for adults on Friday after President Alexander Van der Bellen signed it into law. Austria's sweeping measures will see those without a vaccine certificate or an exemption potent...