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UK Law Commission Gives Smart Contracts The Green Light
The UK’s Law Commission has today confirmed that ‘the existing law of England and Wales is able to accommodate and apply to smart legal contracts, …
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Smart + Digital Contracts: What Are The Use Cases?
LawtechUK, the taxpayer-funded legal tech group, is asking for market feedback on what are the use cases for ‘smart’ and digital contracts. The call for …
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AXA Scraps Fizzy Insurance Smart Contract…But Still Interested in the Tech
Insurance giant AXA has scrapped its Fizzy flight delay smart contract platform – one of the first mainstream commercial uses of the technology. The product, …
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Clause/Plaid Link Allows Credit Checks Via Smart Contracts
Smart contract pioneer Clause has formed an integration with bank data-sharing platform Plaid – which also now is being acquired by credit card giant VISA …
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HSF’s Digital Law Group – Making Smart Contracts A Reality
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is one of a growing number of major law firms that believe smart legal contracts are going to eventually become a …
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Smart Contract-Based $2.5m LAO Fund Seeks Investors
The LAO or Legal Autonomous Organisation, a blockchain- and smart contract-based investment vehicle that seeks to redefine the joint-stock company, is calling for investors in …
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Gartner Shows Strong Support for Smart Contracts
Gartner, the influential research organisation often looked to by the legal tech community for validation, has come out with strong support for smart contracts. They …
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Thomson Reuters Links With OpenLaw For ‘Smart Contract Express’ Project
OpenLaw, the smart contract pioneer from New York, has partnered with Thomson Reuters to conduct a proof of concept (POC) that tests how Contract Express …
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Can Smart Contracts Save India’s Legal System From Overload?
India has a contract problem – one where the use of smart contracts could play a significant role in providing greater trust and massively increasing …
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Jur Takes Aim At Smart Contract Market, Offers Arbitration, Sells $2m in Tokens
As smart contract pioneers such as Clause and OpenLaw steadily move into the mainstream of the legal sector, one new player, Jur, is now seeking …