Top Global Law Firm: Virtual Currency is Here to Stay
"Virtual currency is here to stay", according to a partner at one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the US. Judith Alison Lee, partner in the Washington, DC, office of global law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, was a panellist in the company's webinar on virtual currencies, which took place earlier this week. Lee, who is also co-chair of the firm's International Trade Practice Group, said she isn't putting all her faith in bitcoin as the virtual currency that succeeds over any other, but she does believe digital currency isn't just a fad. "We think this type of technology,....
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