Can a DAO Go to Court? According to Two DAO Legal Experts… Probably Unchained

Aaron Wright, co-founder of OpenLaw and Professor at Cardozo Law, and Ross Campbell, SushiSwap core developer and LexDAO contributor, discuss the latest breakthroughs and legal implications in the burgeoning world of DAOs. Show highlights:
how Aaron and Ross fell down the crypto rabbit hole
whether a DAO, like Curve, could sue to protect its IP
when a governance token might be considered a security
who owns the copyright to a DAO
how SushiSwap handles its open-source licenses
why Ross views Uniswap’s business license as a good thing
what an DAO is and how the idea stems from Bitcoin
how Wyoming’s DAO law works
what makes a Wyoming DAO different from a DAO registered as a Delaware LLC
how an algorithmically managed DAO might work in the future
why Aaron thinks a DAO should not be allowed to be manager-managed
why wrapping a DAO into an LLC could be advantageous
the difference between private and public ordering
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Episode Links
 
People
Ross Campbell
Social
Twitter: https://twitter.com/r_ross_campbell

Medium: https://medium.com/@rosscampbell9 

Career
OpenLaw: https://www.openlaw.io/

LexDAO: https://lexdao.substack.com/people/867851-ross-campbell

SushiSwap: https://app.sushi.com/swap 

 
Aaron Wright
Social
Twitter: https://twitter.com/awrigh01


Career
OpenLaw: https://www.openlaw.io/

Cardozo Law: https://cardozo.yu.edu/directory/aaron-wright


Content
The Rise of DAOs: https://stanford-jblp.pubpub.org/pub/rise-of-daos/release/1


 
DAO Information
Basics:

https://ethereum.org/en/dao/ 

https://1729.com/daos 
Kain Warwick: DAO First Capital Formation

https://blog.synthetix.io/dao-first-capital-formation/ 
https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1287961077041393664
DAO Stats

https://deepdao.io/ 
Wyoming:
https://www.wyoleg.gov/2021/Engross/SF0038.pdf
https://lexnode.substack.com/p/wyomings-legal-dao-saster
https://twitter.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1370002015644962816?s=20

https://www.coindesk.com/wyoming-dao-llc-law-passed 
https://twitter.com/lex_node/status/1407668599205027843?s=20

https://decrypt.co/75222/americas-first-dao-approved-in-wyoming 
Delaware:

https://ricardian.gitbook.io/ricardian-llc/is-ricardian-legal 
Curve IP: 
https://gov.curve.fi/t/cip-xx-enforce-curves-ip-rights/1890
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/108561/the-first-dao-lawsuit-proposal-asks-if-curve-should-protect-its-ip

https://www.coindesk.com/curve-dao-contemplates-its-intellectual-property 
https://twitter.com/SamMiorelli/status/1405141398479847426

https://twitter.com/lex_node/status/1405251782574497799 
Uniswap V3

https://www.coindesk.com/uniswap-v3-introduces-new-license-to-spoil-future-sushis 
https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1374738548239314951
https://defiprime.com/uniswap-v3-explained

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