Web3 & The Metaverse: Preparing Your Practice & Clients For The Newest Digital Revolution – NYSBA News

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December 16, 2022
This program is being presented by the New York State Bar Association's Task Force on Emerging Digital Finance and Currency, in partnership with the Metaverse Collaborative at New York University School of Professional Studies. This program will be livestreamed.  A link to the livestream will be posted in advance of the program.

Opening Remarks: Hon. Anthony Cannataro, Acting Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Fireside Chat: Basics of Web3: Digital Currencies, NFTs & Blockchain

Panel 1: Art in the Metaverse – Trademark or Copyright? 

Panel 2: Securities Law/Regulation on Digital Assets & Currency

Panel 3: Company/Client Legal Needs in Web3: NFTs, IP, and More

Panel 4: Why Do Lawyers Have to Care? Impacts on All Practice Areas

Thank You to our Program Sponsor: 

Perkins Coie LLP 

Thank You to our Refreshments Sponsor: 

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP 

Opening Remarks:
Hon. Anthony Cannataro
Acting Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Welcome and Introductions:
Sherry Levin Wallach, Esq.
President, New York State Bar Association
The Legal Aid Society of Westchester County, White Plains, NY 

Jackie J. Drohan, Esq.
Co-Chair, Task Force on Emerging Digital Finance and Currency
Drohan Lee LLP, New York, NY 

Dana V. Syracuse, Esq.
Co-Chair, Task Force on Emerging Digital Finance and Currency
Perkins Coie LLP, New York, NY

Fireside Chat: Basics of Web3: Digital Currencies, NFTs & Blockchain 
Marc Beckman
DMA United / NYU Stern, New York, NY

Caroline Moustakis, Esq.
SVP, Associate General Counsel
Sotheby’s , New York, NY

Panel 1: Art in the Metaverse – Trademark or Copyright? 

Moderator:
Alfred David Steiner, Esq.
Meister & Steiner PLLC, New York, NY

Panelists:

Prof. Brian L. Frye
University of Kentucky – J. David Rosenberg 
College of Law, Lexington, KY

Rhett O. Millsaps II, Esq.
Lex Lumina PLLC, New York, NY 

Panel 2: Securities Law and Regulation on Digital Assets & Currency 

Moderator:
Dana V. Syracuse, Esq.
Co-Chair, Task Force on Emerging Digital Finance and Currency
Perkins Coie LLP, New York, NY

Panelists:
Gary DeWaal, Esq.
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York, NY

Katherine A. Lemire, Esq.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY

Philip Moustakis, Esq.
Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, NY

Panel 3: Company/Client Legal Needs in Web3: NFTs, IP, and More 

Moderator:
Jackie J. Drohan, Esq.
Co-Chair, Task Force on Emerging Digital Finance and Currency
Drohan Lee LLP, New York, NY 

Panelists:
Matthew H. Feinberg, Esq.
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP, New York, NY

Jeffrey D. Neuburger, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP, New York NY

Alfred David Steiner, Esq.
Meister & Steiner PLLC, New York, NY

Panel 4: Why Do Lawyers Have to Care? Impacts on All Practice Areas 

Moderator:
Sherry Levin Wallach, Esq.
President, New York State Bar Association
The Legal Aid Society of Westchester County, White Plains, NY 

Panelists:

Howard A. Fischer, Esq.
Moses & Singer LLP, New York, NY

Prof. David J. Reiss
Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY

Jason Schwartz, Esq.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, D.C.

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