Many lawyers working remotely report difficulty reading and interpreting people’s body language in virtual hearings. But there are steps that lawyers can take to alleviate this problem.

For the first time since 2016, shareholders have passed a proposal addressing plastic pollution, according to Bloomberg data. Two other proposals on plastic packaging made it to a vote this year before being defeated. These recent actions carry weighty implications for publicly held companies in the plastics value chain.

The new National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team that the Department of Justice is forming will focus on investigating and prosecuting criminal misuse of cryptocurrency, but DOJ’s history of working with federal regulatory agencies on high-profile civil enforcement actions shows that crypto businesses willfully violating regulatory requirements should be wary of the team as well.

The legal field experienced job growth in the third quarter, with paralegals and lawyers seeing gains in employment and falling unemployment. However, some groups, including legal support roles, did not fare as well.

2021 M&A and investment data show a surge in deals involving entities with a nexus to crypto—a reflection of both the record levels of deal activity this year and the broader trend of more and more businesses taking an interest in cryptocurrencies and crypto-assets.

Better design, plainer language, and more pictograms make the written transmission of ideas easier to digest. Some forward thinkers now believe that commercial contracts can provide added value by adopting similar types of design change. And who can argue?

The relevance of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to cryptocurrency regulation has been largely overlooked. But SEC Chair Gary Gensler recently cited the importance of the 40 Act to a years-old issue in crypto finance: SEC approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) investing in Bitcoin.