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DApps: A Potential Answer To On-Demand Contractor-Employee Questions?
09 February 2018
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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We have previously blogged on opportunities and challenges in
the gig economy. The myriad risks—from independent
contractor-employee misclassification to confidential information
and privacy protection missteps—are ever present because
fast-growing players in the gig economy are attractive targets for
potential plaintiffs seeking a deep pocket and a novel factual or
legal issue that might evade a fast or easy resolution.
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