This course provides an introduction to blockchain and smart contracts and examine how smart contracts use computer code to execute actions within the contract when conditions are met. The Global Cyber Institute and Thomson Reuters have brought together a seasoned panel of renowned cyber experts to discuss how smart contracts can increase efficiency, save time and costs and discuss their limitations, and the associated legal issues, including cross-border legal issues.
This webinar will cover:
1. Overview of how smart contracts operate
2. Review of how smart contracts are being applied in various sectors
3. Discussion of legal and regulatory response to date around smart contracts
4. Impact smart contracts on the legal practice itself.
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