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DAO Legal Canon

Here is a list of publications and other content relating to legal aspects of decentralized autonomous organizations ("DAOs"). This is a living document that will be updated from time to time. Sign up to receive biweekly updates. If we miss something cool, feel free to email us.

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CFTC Imposes $250,000 Penalty Against bZeroX, LLC and Its Founders and Charges Successor Ooki DAO for Offering Illegal, Off-Exchange Digital-Asset Trading, Registration Violations, and Failing to Comply with Bank Secrecy Act [Press Release]

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Precedent
September 22, 2022

Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger Regarding Enforcement Actions Against: 1) bZeroX, LLC, Tom Bean, and Kyle Kistner; and 2) Ooki DAO

Commissioner of the CFTC Summer K. Mersinger
Precedent
September 22, 2022

Federal civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California charging the Ooki DAO—a decentralized autonomous organization and successor to bZeroX, LLC

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Precedent
September 22, 2022

The order against bZeroX, LLC and its founders Tom Bean and Kyle Kistner for illegally offering leveraged and margined retail commodity transactions in digital assets; ...

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Precedent
September 22, 2022

Sufficient Decentralization: A Playbook for web3 Builders and Lawyers

Marc Boiron
Publication
August 2, 2022

Illegible Enterprises: DAOs, Unwrapped (Part 2)

Mike Wawszczak
Publication
May 25, 2022

Illegible Enterprises: The Problem of DAO Legal Structuring (Part 1)

Mike Wawszczak
Publication
May 24, 2022

Class Action against bZx DAO

Lawsuit
May 2, 2022

Trustless Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Agreement ("TUNAA")

69420 DAO
Agreement
April 20, 2022

About LeXpunK Legal Defense Protocol for DAOs/Multisigs

LeXpunK_Army
Agreement
April 18, 2022

Principles & Models of Web3 Decentralization

Miles Jennings, a16z
Publication
April 7, 2022

Sushi Legal Structure

Tangle
Governance Discussion
March 20, 2022

Defining Real and Fake DAOs

Gabriel Shapiro
Publication
March 15, 2022

Legal Framework for Non-U.S. Trusts in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

dYdX Foundation
Publication
March 15, 2022

Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) as Data Trusts: A General-purpose Data Governance Framework for Decentralised Data Ownership, Storage, and Utilisation

Kelsie Nabben
Publication
February 9, 2022

Uniform Partnership Act 1997

Uniform Law Commission
Regulation
January 10, 2022

Crypto Legal Check List

@Silkenoa, @Fatalmeh
Publication
January 10, 2022

Governance Minimization Guide

Reflexer
Publication
January 1, 2022

PwC Annual Global Crypto Tax Report 2021

PwC
Publication
January 1, 2022

DAO Representation Agreement

z0r0z
Agreement
January 1, 2022

Decentralization, Governance Structures, LeXPunk, Updating the VC Model and DAOs

Gabriel Shapiro, Sarah Brennan
Talk
December 13, 2021

API3 Year 0 Wrapped: DAO and Legal Structure

Erich Dylus
Publication
December 11, 2021

API3 Cayman Bylaws

Erich Dylus
Agreement
December 6, 2021

One-Page Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (OP-SAFT)

Brandon Ferrick
Agreement
November 14, 2021

Today, CityDAO is officially the first DAO to own land, using the new Wyoming DAO LLC law. This is just the beginning.

City DAO
Publication
November 1, 2021

ENS Foundation Memorandum of Association

ENS
Agreement
October 26, 2021

Legal Structures for DAO

0x954888B7a5C6736F4955dF18B556D8328FD02f61
Publication
October 25, 2021

The DAO Needs A Serious Discussion about Legal Structure

PaperImperium
Governance Discussion
October 5, 2021

DAO Contributor Agreement

Larry Florio
Agreement
October 1, 2021

MakerDAO & Societe Generale Tokens Refinancing Deal

SylvFromSG-Forge
Governance Discussion
September 30, 2021

Legal structure for the Idle DAO

Treasury League of the Idle DAO
Governance Discussion
September 25, 2021

A Legal Framework for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

Miles Jennings, David Kerr
Publication
August 6, 2021

Voting Power Delegation Disclosure

Erich Dylus
Agreement
July 27, 2021

Can a DAO Go to Court? According to Two DAO Legal Experts… Probably

Aaron Wright
Talk
July 13, 2021

A Decision Model for Decentralized Autonomous Organization Platform Selection: Three Industry Case Studies

Elena Baninemeh, Siamak Farshidi, Slinger Jansen
Publication
July 7, 2021

The Rise of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: Opportunities and Challenges

Aaron Wright
Publication
June 30, 2021

Flamingo DAO – What You Should Know About Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

Priyanka Desai, Aaron Wright
Talk
May 18, 2021

Wyoming's Legal DAO-Saster

Gabriel Shapiro
Publication
April 10, 2021

Wyoming House Bill 142 (Prior Session Legislation)

Wyoming Legislature
Regulation
April 7, 2021

A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs

Wulf A. Kaal
Publication
March 9, 2021

Measuring DAO Autonomy: Lessons From Other Autonomous Systems

Steven A. Wright
Publication
January 27, 2021

Aaron Wright: The LAO – DAOs From a Legal Perspective #376

Aaron Wright
Talk
January 26, 2021

Deconstructing The Dao: The Need for Legal Recognition And The Application of securities Laws to Decentralized Organizations

Laila Metjahic
Publication
January 1, 2021

DAO Model Law

COALA
Regulation
January 1, 2021

Decentralized Autonomous Organization to Automate Governance

Christoph Jentzsch
Publication
January 1, 2021

The ENS Foundation

The ENS Foundation
Publication
January 1, 2021

LexDAO Constitution

Ross Campbell
Agreement
December 3, 2020

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) in the Swiss Legal Order

Sven Riva
Publication
December 1, 2020

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance And External Legal Design

Wulf A. Kaal
Publication
July 17, 2020

SCoDA – Simple Code Deference Agreement

Gabriel Shapiro
Agreement
June 3, 2020

Simple Code Deference Agreement

Gabriel Shapiro, Ross Campbell, Matthew Cantor
Agreement
June 3, 2020

The DAO Controversy: The Case for a New Species of Corporate Governance?

Robbie Morrison, Natasha Mazey, Stephen C Wingreen
Publication
May 1, 2020

The Foundation Company as a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) in the Cayman Islands

Ogier
Publication
March 31, 2020

MetaCartel Ventures Legal Documents

MetaCartel Ventures
Agreement
February 18, 2020

Official Grimoire of the Sacred & Inviolable Pact of the Metacartel Ventures DAO

MetaCartel Ventures
Agreement
February 14, 2020

Towards Enhanced Oversight of “Self-Governing” Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: Case Study of The DAO and Its Shortcomings

Kyung Taeck Minn
Publication
January 24, 2020

The LAO: A For-Profit, Limited Liability Autonomous Organization

The LAO
Publication
September 3, 2019

The Decentralized Legal System: The First Framework for Decentralized Law

Wesley Thysse
Publication
August 27, 2019

The Era of Legally Compliant DAOs

OpenLaw
Publication
June 6, 2019

Framework for “Investment Contract” Analysis of Digital Assets

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Publication
April 3, 2019

The Tao of The DAO: Taxing an Entity That Lives on a Blockchain

David J. Shakow
Publication
August 13, 2018

Dash Core Group Legal Structure Details

Ryan Taylor
Governance Discussion
August 1, 2018

Dash Deed of Settlement

Dash Core Group
Agreement
December 22, 2017

Law and Blockchain: A Legal Perspective on Current Regulatory Trends Worldwide

Stéphane Blemus
Publication
December 11, 2017

Report of Investigation: The DAO

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Precedent
July 25, 2017

The Foundations Companies Law (Cyaman Islands), 2017

Cayman Islands
Regulation
April 25, 2017

Legal Aspects and Distributed Character of The Decentralized Network Organization

Aleksei Gudkov
Publication
February 1, 2017

A Legal Analysis of The DAO Exploit And Possible Investor Rights

Drew Hinkes
Publication
June 6, 2016

How to Incorporate a DAO

Stephen Palley
Publication
March 8, 2016

Creation of Smart-Contracting Collaborations for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

Alex Norta
Publication
August 1, 2015

Decentralized Blockchain Technology and the Rise of Lex Cryptographia

Aaron Wright, Primavera De Filippi
Publication
March 10, 2015

Unincorporated Associations Can Protect Unregistered Trademarks Under The Lanham Act

Nossaman LLP
Publication
August 18, 2014

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