James Holbein, Author at Braumiller Law Group

Evolving Legal Issues for NFTs

April 10, 2022

By: Justin Holbein and James Holbein, Of Counsel, Braumiller Law Group

Throughout 2021 and 2022, Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have increasingly grown into public awareness. People often hear about NFTs through collectible projects like Bored Ape Yacht Club, CryptoPunks, and World of Women. Usually, people then encounter the hype, interest, and indignation about what exactly NFTs are along with the corresponding potential use cases. Why have NFTs exploded into the zeitgeist?

Executive Order on Digital Assets a Welcome Start to Responsible Regulation

April 10, 2022

By: James Holbein, Of Counsel, Braumiller Law Group, and Justin Holbein

The President issued an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets on March 9, 2022. The value of the cryptocurrency and digital assets sector exceeds $3 trillion and has the potential to grow much larger with proper regulation. No country has taken a lead role to develop regulation that will foster innovation while simultaneously protecting consumers, investors and businesses from criminal activity related to digital assets.

Legal Issues Confronting Formation and Operation of a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)

December 6, 2021

By: James Holbein, Of Counsel, Braumiller Law Group, and Justin Holbein

“A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), is an organization represented by rules encoded as a computer program that is transparent, controlled by the organization members and not influenced by a central government.”

Approaches to Regulation for Decentralized Finance

October 5, 2021

By: James Holbein, Of Counsel

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a term describing the assortment of different financial applications enabled by blockchain technology and cryptocurrency with the aim to decentralize financial services that are currently intermediated by financial institutions.

Developing Digital Approaches to Trade Finance

August 4, 2021

By: James R. Holbein, Counsel to Braumiller Law Group PLLC

The digital revolution affecting so much change across the world is coming to international trade processing and logistics. The transition to all digital documentation and processing from formerly inefficient analog systems is well underway.

Digital Blockchain Services Bolster Supply Chains

June 7, 2021

By: James R. Holbein, Of Counsel, Braumiller Law Group Introduction: Blockchain is a transformative new technology, like artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, machine learning

Recourse for USMCA Environmental Issues

April 5, 2021

By James Holbein, Braumiller Law Group

This article seeks to assist potential users of the provisions of the Agreement Between the U.S., the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) to understand the multiple layers of review required for an issue to wend its way through the environmental review bodies.

Trade in the New Digital World

March 7, 2021

By James Holbein, Braumiller Law Group

This article describes how digitization of information and development of new tools and equipment is expanding to improve efficiency, productivity, safety and almost every aspect of the movement of goods.

USMCA and Chapter 84, What You Need to Know

August 5, 2020

By: Jim Holbein, Of Counsel, Braumiller Law Group USMCA entry into force The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) entered into force on July 1, 2020. The

Solving Trade Problems Under the New USMCA

May 20, 2020

By: James Holbein, Of Counsel, Braumiller Law Group This article outlines the various mechanisms available to companies that encounter problems with the implementation and operation