I’m proud to announce a new webpage for IIEL–which coincides with the launch of the brand new webpage for Georgetown’s Law Center, and it’s IIEL portal. With more tools accessible in this digital era, we’re looking forward to keeping our … Continue Reading
Scholarly Pursuits
Looking forward to Chairing Panel for Worth Magazine on Financial Risk
I’m certainly looking forward to Chairing a panel for Worth Magazine on the lifecycle of financial risk, regulatory uncertainty and crypto compliance, and regtech investment opportunities. Conference speakers to include former Secretary of Homeland Security, Deputy Director of National intelligence, and … Continue Reading
Financial Times: Trade War more likely with the EU than China
By the end of the week, the European Union will be subject to new US national security tariffs on steel and aluminium, and, as the FT’s Shawn Donnan writes, “Mr Trump last week also aimed the trade equivalent of an … Continue Reading
Law Clinics Aim to Make WTO, Preferential Trade and Bilateral Investment Treaties Work for Everyone
Georgetown Law’s IIEL is proud to participate in TradeLab–an independent, Geneva-based NGO bringing together students, academics, and legal practitioners with the aim of empowering countries and smaller stakeholders to reap the full development benefits of global trade and investment rules. … Continue Reading
My Comment Letter to the SEC in Support of Listings Options for Firms Cultivating Long-Term Investment
I recently authored a comment letter in support of the creation of a new optional listing category, designed to enable more long-term investing. Quite an interesting experiment. The other letters in support are here. Brent J. Fields Secretary U.S. … Continue Reading
JIEL’s Co-Editor-In-Chief Shows Why the WTO is Busier than Ever, But Not for the Reasons You Might Suspect
Conventional wisdom has it that, in recent years, the legalized mechanism of dispute settlement before the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been “busier than ever”, “a victim of its own success”. A new CTEI Working Paper by JIEL’s Co-Editor in … Continue Reading
Another Bitcoin Pricing Theory (if you want to call it that) Debunked
According to recent reports, and see accompanying graph above, Bitcoin is trading for just over $8,500–a near $300 drop from yesterday’s price of $8,800. The performance appears to refute recent suggestions that the cryptocurrency always surges during the annual Consensus … Continue Reading
Looking forward to participating on fintech panel for Women In Derivatives (WIND) in June
I’ll be speaking on a great panel on the future of emerging technologies on derivatives at a June WIND conference, hosted by WilmerHale. Details below. Transforming Finance: The Impact of Emerging Technologies Tuesday, June 12, 2018 5:00pm – 8:00pm … Continue Reading
St. Louis Fed implies that Bitcoin and the U.S. Dollar are…Similar?
A new blog post has appeared on the St. Louis Fed website, with the not so subtle title: Three Ways Bitcoin Is Like Regular Currency. You can go to the website to read the entire analysis, but I’ll focus on … Continue Reading
My lesson for global regulators: In the US, even “unregulated” crypto assets are, well, subject to some form of regulation
I briefed global regulators today on crypto assets at the Third Annual Consumer Payments and Finance Academy. My lesson: in the U.S., even “unregulated” (i.e. non-securities) tokens are invariably subject to some form of regulation (however unevenly enforced). … Continue Reading