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Navigating The Non-Fungible Token, Kimberly A. Houser, John T. Holden
Navigating The Non-Fungible Token, Kimberly A. Houser, John T. Holden
Utah Law Review
$91.8 million, $69 million, and $52.7 million. These are the amounts associated with the three most sought after Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) sold in 2021. Although NFTs were first created in 2014, 2021 saw a massive rise in their global popularity. In fact, Google reported that in 2021, “How to buy an NFT?” was one of its most searched questions.
NFTs can alternatively represent a collectible, a financial instrument, or a permanent record associated with a person, physical or digital object, or data—each presenting an entirely distinct set of legal issues. The lack of governmental expertise in emerging technologies accompanied by …
Consumer Law’S Equity Gap, Vijay Raghavan
Consumer Law’S Equity Gap, Vijay Raghavan
Utah Law Review
This Article is about the views that shape and constrain the development of consumer law. Consider the market for short-term, highcost loans. Policymakers tend to justify intervening in these markets on inefficiency grounds (consumers exhibit present bias) and rarely on equitable grounds (these loans cost too much). Why? One recent explanation suggests that policymakers may focus on inefficiency because they believe access to credit is essential for social and economic development. In this Article, I offer an alternative explanation. The lack of equity in consumer law is not just a function of narrow conceptions internal to consumer law but the …
The Materiality Of Morality: Conflict Minerals, Alexandrea L. Nelson
The Materiality Of Morality: Conflict Minerals, Alexandrea L. Nelson
Utah Law Review
Shareholder activism is not a privilege—it is a right and a responsibility. When we invest in a company, we own part of that company and we are partly responsible for how that company progresses. If we believe there is something going wrong with the company, then we, as shareholders, must become active and vocal.