New York FinTech lawyer Robert A. Schwinger is a featured columnist for the New York Law Journal, writing the "Blockchain Law" column.

A partner in our FinTech group, Robert is an experienced litigator who focuses his practice on complex, high stakes business litigation, and has represented both domestic and international clients in matters involving media and technology, private civil antitrust, financial fraud, securities and intellectual property, including copyright and trademark litigation, trade secrets and theft of ideas. He also advises clients on risk issues surrounding FinTech.

Review his latest columns.

September 23, 2025 Blockchain law: Gaming the system
July 28, 2025 Blockchain law: Policy versus process in effecting crypto reform
May 27, 2025 Blockchain law: No virtual causation for virtual assets?
March 25, 2025
 Blockchain law: New administration’s crypto whirlwind marks significant shifts for digital assets
January 28, 2025
 Blockchain law: Blockchain’s Fourth and Fifth Amendment privacy paradoxes
November 26, 2024
 Blockchain law: Will England accept that digital assets are ‘property’?
July 23, 2024
 Blockchain law: When blockchain analytics meet the ‘Daubert’ test
May 28, 2024
 Blockchain law: Beyond our borders: Recent blockchain developments outside the United States
March 26, 2024 Blockchain law: Watch your mouth: Liability for statements and omissions about digital assets
January 29, 2024 Blockchain law: Ancient torts and modern assets
November 28, 2023 Blockchain law: Going after blockchain coders—and perhaps even the code?
September 26, 2023 Blockchain law: Crypto, the SEC and a tale of two judges
July 25, 2023 Blockchain law: The British are coming — to the aid of crypto scam victims
May 23, 2023 Blockchain law: Can the autonomous remain anonymous?
March 28, 2023 Blockchain law: Stop thinking great thoughts and just read the contract
January 24, 2023 Blockchain law: Can there be law without people?
November 22, 2022 Blockchain law: What’s at stake in ‘Proof of stake’?
September 26, 2022 Blockchain law: Serving process by airdropping NFTs: The next frontier?
July 26, 2022 Blockchain law: Meta-claims from the metaverse
May 25, 2022 Blockchain law: Anonymous no more: Blockchain analytics in the courts
March 23, 2022 Blockchain law: DAOs enter the spotlight
January 25, 2022 Blockchain law: No longer underground: Emerging issues for miners
November 23, 2021 Blockchain law: Out to sea? Extraterritoriality challenges in US crypto litigation
September 28, 2021 Blockchain law: The regulators rear their heads
July 20, 2021 Blockchain law: When plaintiffs raise claims of platforms behaving badly
May 25, 2021 Blockchain law: Can blockchain participants act in restraint of trade?
March 9, 2021 Blockchain law: Cryptocurrency offers no escape from international sanctions
January 19, 2021 Blockchain law: DOJ's 'Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework'
November 24, 2020 Blockchain law: The fork not taken
September 29, 2020 Blockchain law: Lawyers accepting virtual currency: New money, old rules
July 28, 2020 Blockchain law: A little less privacy: Cryptocurrency transactions under the Fourth Amendment
May 26, 2020 Blockchain law: A 'telegram' to SAFTs: 'Beware!'
March 17, 2020 Blockchain law: Property and contract in the digital world
January 14, 2020 Blockchain law: Laying down the law for digital assets
November 19, 2019 Blockchain law: Redressing cryptocurrency losses through negligence claims
September 24, 2019 Blockchain law: Can cryptocurrency issuers get 'backed' into a corner?
July 15, 2019 Blockchain law: Liability rumblings along the blockchain
May 28, 2019 Blockchain law: What is it we're talking about when we talk about crypto?
March 19, 2019 Blockchain law: Changing securities laws and regulations for the digital token age
January 18, 2019 Blockchain law: SEC takes aim at digital tokens and smart contracts
November 20, 2018 Blockchain law: Personal jurisdiction in the age of blockchain


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Robert A. Schwinger
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Recent publications

Commercial division update: Forming binding agreements through email

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Commercial division update: Forming binding agreements through email

New York courts treat emails as valid for forming contracts if they show mutual agreement, clear terms and meet formal requirements.

United States | October 22, 2025

Litigation and disputes
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Joint Commission’s new nursing requirements effective January

Joint Commission will accredit healthcare institutions using new National Performance Goals replacing former National Patient Safety Goals for Hospital and Critical Access Hospital accreditation programs.

United States | October 20, 2025

Healthcare
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Supplementary reforms to the hydrocarbons sector

This Mexico decree issuing the LSH Regulations was published earlier this year.

Global | October 15, 2025

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