Publication
Motor Finance Redress: The Way Ahead
On August 1, 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered its long-awaited judgment in Hopcraft v Close Brothers Limited and on 3 August the FCA announced it would consult on a redress scheme.
Blockchain law: ‘In rem’ and ‘quasi’ in rem jurisdiction in digital assets disputes
New York Law Journal
The “Blockchain Law” column first began seven years ago this month with a discussion of “Personal Jurisdiction in the Age of Blockchain”, R. Schwinger, N.Y.L.J., Nov. 20, 2018, an exploration of how participating in various activities on blockchain systems can create in personam jurisdiction over those participants.
But when ordinary in personam jurisdiction is not available in a dispute about digital assets, is there room for other kinds of personal jurisdiction, such as in rem and quasi in rem jurisdiction?
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently had occasion to grapple with the application of these jurisdictional concepts in the blockchain context in Timoria LLC v. Anis, et al., and 1064.994 ETH, In rem Defendant, 2025 WL 2827657 (Del. Ch. Oct. 6, 2025), an opinion by Vice Chancellor Laster. Timoria LLC concerned a dispute over allegedly misappropriated Ether tokens in a multi-national setting. Jurisdictional issues quickly came to the fore when expedited injunctive relief was sought at the start of this action.
Robert A. Schwinger explores recent developments in this edition of his New York Law Journal Blockchain Law column.
Read the full New York Law Journal article, "Blockchain law: ‘In rem’ and ‘quasi’ in rem jurisdiction in digital assets disputes."
Partner
Email
robert.schwinger@nortonrosefulbright.com
Recent publications
Publication
Germany delivers landmark copyright ruling against OpenAI: What it means for AI and IP
The Regional Court of Munich (LG München I) has issued a landmark judgment in GEMA v OpenAI (Case No. 42 O 14139/24), holding that the use of copyrighted song lyrics for training generative AI models without a licence violates German copyright law.
Publication
Clarifying charterers’ redelivery obligations under BARECON 2001: Songa Product and Chemical Tankers III AS v Kairos Shipping II LLC
Songa Product and Chemical Tankers III AS v Kairos Shipping II LLC [2025] EWCA Civ 1227 (07 October 2025) has clarified the extent of the obligation on the Charterer to redeliver a vessel following the termination of a Barecon 2001 charter and of the Owner’s right to require it to be redelivered to a port “convenient to them”.
Subscribe and stay up to date with the latest legal news, information and events . . .