Webinar: Regulation of Crypto: A Guide for the Practitioner

This webinar will present an overview of the efforts to regulate crypto.  There are a number of basic principles behind the efforts at regulation.  There are also a number of players involved in the regulation of crypto.  The States and various agencies of the Federal Government have regulated and are considering further regulation of crypto.  There are also foreign efforts afoot by the Governments of other countries and international organizations.

Presented by the International Law Section.

About the Presenters

Moderator: David Wemhoff, Founder and Principal Attorney, Wemhoff Law
David is the Chair of the International Trade and Customs Law Committee of the International Law Section, and the incoming Vice Chair of the International Law Section of the Federal Bar Association. His practice is centered in South Bend, Indiana where he practices primarily in Federal Courts.  Mr. Wemhoff taught undergraduate courses in Procedural Criminal Law, Criminal Justice in America, Business Law, Employment Law, and American Constitutional Government at two universities.

Dr. Frank Emmert, Professor of Law and Executive Director, Center for International and Comparative Law, Indiana University
Dr. Emmert is a John S. Grimes Professor of Law and the Executive Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, as well as being a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.   Dr. Emmert teaches a number of courses to include European Union Law, International Business and Trade Law, Comparative Law, Public International Law, International Protection of Human Rights, and a number of Interdisciplinary Courses and Methodological Courses.  He has presented on a variety of private and public international law topics around the globe during the last thirty years to include a presentation on Blockchains and Smart Contracts; The Importance of High Quality Dispute Settlement Options for Business and Trade, and the Contribution of ADR; Choice of Law and Choice of Forum in International Business Contracts and its Consequences; World Trade, National Interests & International Governance; The Restatement of the Law Third – The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration – an Introduction; The Past, Present, and Future of EU Enlargement; How and Why to Become an International Lawyer; The Long Arm of the SEC in the Regulation of Digital Currencies; Smart Money for the People – Using Financial Innovation and Technology to Promote ESG; Crypto-currencies:  the Impossible Domestic Law Regime?  Dr. Emmert has coached and mentored international mock trial teams, and judged international mock trials.  He has earned a number of prestigious awards to include a Fulbright Scholarship and the John S. Grimes Research Fellowship.  He is the author of more than two dozen books and over sixty scholarly articles.  Dr. Emmert has advised a number of international corporations and foreign countries on the structuring of their laws and activities in the realm of international business.

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• Nonmember: $75

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