Security and other interests in digital assets
A report on the progress of the Uniform Law Commission and American Law Institute Committee on the Uniform Commercial Code and Emerging Technologies, with comparative law remarks from a European point of view.
Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 17:00–19:00 CET or 11:00–13:00 ET
Welcome and introduction
Spyridon Bazinas
IACPIL, Board Member
Observer, ULC/ALI Committee on the Uniform
Commercial Code and Emerging Technologies
Progress report
Edwin E. Smith
Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York and Boston
Uniform Law Commissioner from the Common-wealth
of Massachusetts currently serving as chair of the ULC/ALI
Committee on the Uniform Commercial Code and Emerging Technologies
Comparative law remarks from a European point of view
Andrea Tosato
Associate Professor in Commercial Law, University of Nottingham Law School
Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania Law School Observer,
ULC/ALI Committee on the Uniform Commercial Code and Emerging Technologies
Discussion
The Joint Committee on the Uniform Commer-cial Code and Emerging Technologies, with members from the American Law Institute and the Uniform Law Commission, is drafting amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code to accommodate emerging technological develop-ments. The committee is addressing, among other issues, distributed ledger technology, virtual currency, electronic notes and drafts, other digital assets, payments, and bundled transactions.
The event is conducted via Zoom.
Please register by 1 June 2021 via office@igkk.org to receive the zoom-link.