Episode 4: Legalizing the Commons with Jason Wiener & Yev Muchnik

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Speakers: In this episode of OPR, Opolis Founder & Executive Steward John Paller chats with Jason Weiner, Esq. of Jason Wiener|p.c. and co-founder of “Colorado Cooperative Developers,” and Yev Muchnik, Esq. of Launch Legal, corporate counsel to one of Wyoming’s first SPDI applicants, and also acts as an advisor to a Colorado based legal tech company and a number of industry diverse blockchain companies. 

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Abstract: On this episode of Opolis Public Radio (OPR), we dig into the challenges around creating technology that supports decentralized organizations, the legal framework of The Employment Commons, what structural benevolence is and why it’s important, and collective capitalism.

This talk was recorded on June 24, 2020.

About Jason & Yev: Jason Wiener, Esq. is the Principal of the boutique law and business consulting practice Jason Wiener|p.c., and co-founder of “Colorado Cooperative Developers”. He specializes in cooperative law, shared ownership models, and cooperative finance. Yev Muchnik, Esq. is the managing partner of a boutique law firm called Launch Legal, corporate counsel to one of Wyoming’s first SPDI applicants, and also acts as an advisor to a Colorado based legal tech company and a number of industry diverse blockchain companies. She also serves on a number of Colorado government blockchain advisory steering committees in agriculture and banking, the board of Global Women in Blockchain, the Women Who Startup Foundation, Women in Voice Tech and the Lex Lead Group.

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