By: Moish E. Peltz, Esq. and Elizabeth E. Schlissel, Esq. KEY TAKEAWAYS A New York Federal court just held that documents generated using an AI tool (Claude) and later shared with his attorneys are not protected by...
The Block & Order Brief: Audits, State Power, Market Infrastructure, and January’s Signals of Maturity
Feb 06, 2026
By: Moish E. Peltz, Esq. and Kyle M. Lawrence, Esq. January underscored a quiet but consequential shift in the digital asset industry. Across recent Block & Order conversations and the January Weekly Dockets, the message...
By: Moish E. Peltz, Esq. and Kyle M. Lawrence, Esq. When Steven Baum joined Block & Order, he made a counterintuitive observation about digital assets: crypto is not hard to audit because it is opaque. In many cases, it...
Tokenization: The Most Anticipated, and Perhaps the Most Misunderstood, New Technology of the Decade
Feb 05, 2026
By: Kyle M. Lawrence, Esq. and Moish E. Peltz, Esq. In the early days of 2026, you can’t open your internet browser, check the news or talk to a neighbor without hearing the word tokenization. To some, it’s the dawn of a...
By: Michael L. Moskowitz, Esq. A recent decision from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York offers a stark reminder that bankruptcy is not a cure-all—particularly when unpaid tax...
Stablecoins and the Path to Legitimacy: Carlo D’Angelo on Regulation, Banks, and the FDIC’s First GENIUS Act Rule
Jan 29, 2026
By: Moish E. Peltz, Esq. and Kyle M. Lawrence, Esq. When Carlo D’Angelo joined Block & Order, he spoke with unusual confidence about where stablecoins were headed in the United States. At a time when much of crypto...
When the Automatic Stay Is Not Automatic: Bankruptcy Court Upholds Foreclosure Sale Under 11 U.S.C. § 109(g)
Jan 27, 2026
By: Michael L. Moskowitz, Esq. In a recent decision from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York, In re Frederica West (January 7, 2026; 24-44469), Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth S. Stong clarified...
By: Elizabeth E. Schlissel, Esq. and Felicia Fortel Effective December 19, 2025, New York’s Trapped at Work Act prohibits employers from requiring workers to sign agreements to repay money if they leave a job before a...
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By: Angela M. Stockbridge, Esq. For many years, employers and benefits professionals have treated voluntary benefits such as accident, critical illness, cancer, and hospital indemnity insurance, as a relatively low-risk...