In 2008, an anonymous programmer known as Satoshi Nakamoto created bitcoin, a peer-to-peer trustless digital currency based on the blockchain, an immutable, decentralized network.[1] Since then, the market value of cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets has soared, with bitcoin’s blockchain technology serving as a catalyst for the creation of hundreds of blockchain based tokens and assets.[2] In short, the blockchain can best be conceptualized as a real time, distributed accounting ledger, where all transactions are validated and maintained by a decentralized network of computers.[3] Blockchain technology has the potential to disrupt numerous industries, particularly the banking and financial sectors.[4] However, its potential…
Author: David Adler
Corporate non-compete agreements have recently become a hotly debated issue centered around whether they are in fact effective and stimulate economic growth.[1] States are divided on this issue and have handled non-compete agreements differently; California, for example, has taken measures to prohibit all non-compete agreements on account of being invalid and unenforceable, while New York generally enforces non-compete agreements.[2] Currently, approximately thirty million employees in the U.S. are bound by non-compete agreements, which implicates the economy on a national scale.[3] Accordingly, the sheer influence of non-compete agreements on employees and the economy begs the question: what is the purpose of…
The Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet, has said his success is partly due to the fact that he only needed to compete with half the population.[i] Unfortunately, when surveying the landscape of corporate America, it appears that, as is generally the case, Buffet is correct in his assessment. While women continue to outpace men in educational achievement, this has not translated to increased representation of women in the corporate sphere. This is significant because boards of directors make important decisions to control the direction of a company. At the current rate, it will take more than four decades before women’s…