The ABA is presenting a free CLE webinar in their Business Law Basics series called Blockchain Technology and Smart Contracts for the Business Lawyer. PS&H partner and co-chair of the Cyberliability practice, John Ottaviani, is serving as a panelist for this webinar.
This program will explain the technical and legal fundamentals of blockchain technology and smart contracts, including a grounding in common terminology that business lawyers should understand. Panelists will introduce a range of uses for the technology and discuss related legal issues impacting security, privacy, jurisdiction and liability.
Panelists include:
- William R. Denny, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE
- Carla L. Reyes, Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, MI
- Ryan Rist, American Family Insurance, Madison, WI
- John E. Ottaviani, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP, Providence, RI
