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Yulia Makarova and Alistair Maughan authored an article for The Computer & Internet Lawyer discussing a recent legal statement from the U.K.

Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts: A Step in the Right Direction

Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts: A Step in the Right Direction/resources/insights/200414-legal-statement-cryptoassets

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Yulia Makarova and Alistair Maughan authored an article for The Computer & Internet Lawyer discussing a recent legal statement from the U.K. Jurisdiction Taskforce — one of the six taskforces of the LawTech Delivery Panel, an industry-led group that is supporting the digital transformation of the U.K. legal services sector — on the status of cryptoassets and smart contracts under English Law, a “development which will help to move English law towards a clearer basis of recognition for cryptoassets and smart contracts as an asset class.”“The statement is a welcome step forward in developing the legal thinking for the new advance technology that will hopefully continue in other professional, expert, and judicial fora,” the authors wrote.Read the <a target="_blank" href="http:https://media2.mofo.com/v3/assets/blt5775cc69c999c255/blt323e04f1f6dacf7d/6273ee38b5ad5f2863c5aca5/200414-legal-statement-cryptoassets.pdf">full article</a>.

Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts: A Step in the Right Direction