Blockchain and The Law: How a Simple Project can get Complicated Quickly Evan Abrams, Associate, Steptoe & Johnson LLP Evan Abrams, Associate, Steptoe & Johnson LLP Blockchain technology is advancing rapidly with new use cases emerging on a seemingly weekly basis. A particular area of growth has been so-called enterprise applications with ideas ranging from records storage to event tickets to supply chain management and more. While blockchain technology has a reputation of being unregulated, the reality is that a number of complex legal regimes can apply to blockchain technology and government agencies have pursued both civil and criminal penalties against persons operating in this space.