Virtual Currency: Emerging Legal and Regulatory Framework Under the Banking, Commercial and Securities Laws
With an estimated market capitalization of more than a half a trillion dollars and counting, virtual currency has exploded into a financial ecosystem composed of non-government based, virtual legal tender. The unique nature of digital currency and its underlying blockchain technology are raising significant issues for regulators, counsel, courts, investors and companies engaging in such activities as relates to existing legal and regulatory frameworks governing three major areas of financial activities: banking, commercial and securities transactions. A distinguished WCL faculty panel present analysis and discussion of the unique, novel and complex legal and regulatory issues emerging under these various laws and rules.
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- Open To Alumni, Students AND
The Most Important Thing: Stress, Happiness, and Thriving
In the face of massive disruption and change, some people thrive while others struggle. Why is that? In this special webinar Andy Bernstein will share with you: • What matters most for happiness in the face of change according to data from the world’s longest study, and why it’s not money, health, or even family • A new way to understand where stress comes from, and why traditional stress management is based on a fundamental flaw • The role of “crucibles” or crisis in making or breaking us as leaders and as human beings • A 7-step process that helps you eliminate stress and lead change more effectively with no blame, stigma, or “touchy-feeliness” • Free access to a special online platform to continue applying this toolkit after the webinar ends Andrew Bernstein is the author of The Myth of Stress and creator of ActivInsight, a new process that changes the way people approach stress, conflict, and change. He is the founder of the Resilience Academy, which makes this revolutionary process available online. His corporate clients include Merrill Lynch, U.S. Trust, Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola, Genentech, and many others.
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- Open To Alumni AND Faculty/Staff
WCL Update with Acting Dean Robert Dinerstein
Join Acting Dean Robert Dinerstein for an update on American University Washington College of Law. Learn about the Acting Dean and his plans for the coming year.
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- Open To Alumni
Alumni, Careers, & COVID-19. WCL Virtual Community Meeting.
Opportunity to participate in special pandemic-related WCL Virtual Community, hosted by the Office of Development and Alumni Relations.
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- Open To Alumni AND Faculty/Staff