When a virtual asset transaction is claimed to cause injuries to a plaintiff, what kind of causation must be shown between the injury and persons having some relationship to the transaction in order for the plaintiff to get relief from them? 

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, "No virtual causation for virtual assets?"



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