by JP | Dec 3, 2019 | Banks, CBDCs, Central Banks, Digital Money, Uncategorized
By JP Schnapper-Casteras and Misha Guttentag Recent weeks have seen a surge of interest in Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), starting with China’s public plans to launch its own and culminating in the Federal Reserve Chairman’s letter to the Hill on the...
by JP | Oct 16, 2019 | Banks, Developers, Digital Money
Yesterday, several current and former U.S. officials announced support for a digital version of the U.S. dollar. The prior CFTC Chairman and CIO, J. Christopher Giancarlo and Daniel Gorfine, penned an oped in the Wall Street Journal advocating for a...
by JP | Sep 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
After nearly two years of litigation, we are pleased to have reached a favorable resolution in a constitutional challenge involving the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Schnapper-Casteras PLLC represents Mr. Richard Kammen, a prominent member of the Indiana Bar, who...
by JP | Apr 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am thrilled to announce that Professor Carolyn Shapiro is joining the firm as Of Counsel. As the former Solicitor General of Illinois, a constitutional law scholar, and a former Supreme Court clerk, she shares her tremendous appellate experience and acumen....
by JP | Jan 16, 2019 | Bitcoin, Digital Money
By JP Schnapper-Casteras and Misha Guttentag This season’s steep decline in the price of bitcoin and other digital assets has rekindled a fierce debate about their role in the global economy: opponents lambast them as a Ponzi scheme about-to-collapse and proponents...
