Are you using Amazon, Expedia, Groupon, Wayfair, Etsy? Subscribe to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video. Listen to Spotify, Pandora, Tidal, Apple Music. When was the last time you went to a branch of your bank to deposit or withdraw cash? Instead, do you use Paypal, Zelle or Venmo and deposit checks using a mobile app. Are you using Uber or Lyft. If you actually drive, are you using an electronic toll transponder and pay your parking meter using your phone. All of the above

Last week, my law firm hosted the Emerging Technologies Symposium in Chicago. The focus of the symposium was to understand blockchain technology and its various applications. Blockchain 101 The event started with a blockchain 101 presentation by Ron Daniels, a blockchain evangelist and fintech enthusiast. Ron is one of the founders of South Side Blockchain in Chicago. For the uninitiated, blockchain is a distributed database that maintains a continuously growing list of reco

The United States Supreme Court recently decided that states can require out-of-state retailers to collect sales tax from customers, even if they don't have a physical presence in the state. Ever wondered why some websites charge sales tax and others do not? It's because in1992, the Supreme Court rendered a decision, in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, that effectively prevented states from collecting any sales tax from retail purchases made over the Internet or other e-Commerce