Analysis and original writing on election law, cryptocurrency regulation, and constitutional litigation.
Co-authored with Bryan Tyson and Diane LaRoss. Bryan authored the section on Georgia constitutional standing — examining who has standing to bring constitutional challenges to Georgia's election statutes in state court, a question of growing significance as election litigation expands statewide.
Read the Article →The infrastructure bill's broker provision threatened to classify Bitcoin miners as brokers subject to strict IRS reporting requirements. The Lummis amendment attempted a fix — but its language may inadvertently miss the mark due to a misunderstanding of how Bitcoin's protocol actually assigns roles.
Paying your employees in Bitcoin can be fraught with peril under U.S. law. The FLSA, IRS guidance, and a patchwork of state wage laws create a compliance landscape that is complicated, inconsistent, and in many respects simply unresolved. Originally published in Bitcoin Magazine.