What relevance does a tort doctrine from the late Middle Ages hold for modern electronic forms of property like digital assets? Quite a bit, it turns out. Recent court rulings show the venerable common-law tort of conversion providing an effective vehicle for relief in a number of cryptocurrency and NFT disputes.

Robert A. Schwinger explores recent developments in this edition of his New York Law Journal Blockchain law column.

Download the full New York Law Journal article, "Ancient torts and modern assets."



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