Silicon Valley Lawyer Sees Cloudy Crypto Future as Opportunity

The regulatory cloud looming over cryptocurrency and other digital assets is good for business at law firm Winston & Strawn, according to the new leader of its Silicon Valley office.

“There is a lot of uncertainty and disruption going on and so we are trying to stay ahead of the legal issues in that space,” said Kelly Hunsaker. The intellectual property litigator was tapped June 1 to run the outpost, after managing partner Kathi Vidal was sworn in as director of the US Patent and Trademark Office.

“There’s a lot going on concerning lack of regulation or new regulation and ...