Tag Archives: blockchain

Legal Counsel Hear About Blockchain

SHARE: The participants in the 2018 NASBA Conference for State Board Legal Counsel once again praised the event for enabling the attorneys to interact with their peers serving other Boards of Accountancy. This year 34 attendees exchanged information and reviewed the implications of recent legal cases impacting the State Boards of Accountancy. A presentation by…

Allen Spotlights Blockchain Laws

SHARE: State Board Report November States that have already passed laws and/or commenced studies pertaining to blockchain were pointed out by NASBA outside legal counsel Noel Allen. These included: Vermont – “Blockchain enabling” law (2015, 2016, 2017); Hawaii – Legislation to establish blockchain technology and digital currency working group (February 2017); Arizona – “Blockchain Technology”…

Tackling Technological Changes

SHARE: State Board Report November We are in the fourth industrial revolution, NASBA Regulatory Response Committee Chair W. Michael Fritz said as he introduced an Annual Meeting panel looking at how technology is currently changing the profession. A. Michael Smith, national leader of PricewaterhouseCooper’s US Internal Technology Audit Services Practice, commented, “The use of blockchain…