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CFPB Report Targets Games and Virtual Worlds - What Blockchain Game and Metaverse Companies Need to Know

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a report on Banking in Video Games and Virtual Worlds (“Report”) that warns of greater scrutiny of and enforcements against the financial services offered in games...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Splinterlands and Blockchain Gaming With Aggroed Lighthacker, CEO, Splinterlands

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In the final “Lawyers With Game” episode of the season, host Darius Gambino from Saul Ewing’s Video Gaming and Esports Practice talks with Aggroed (Aggy) Lighthacker, the CEO of Splinterlands. Splinterlands is one of the...more

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Metaverse Casinos: A Regulatory Wild West

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A New World of Gaming - The metaverse is an immersive online universe on the blockchain where users interact with a multitude of digital worlds and with each other. As in the real world, the metaverse offers a wide variety...more

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Virtual goods and NFTs – IP protection of digital assets in gaming, social media and the metaverse

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Digital assets and NFTs being all the rage, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is increasingly receiving trademark applications covering virtual goods and NFTs, the regulatory classification of which is...more

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Electronic Gaming Podcast | The Wild West of Gaming NFTs - Adam Shevell

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Join Wilson Sonsini Partner Adam Shevell as he takes us through the wild, wild west of the NFT world. Adam's passion for video games has been prevalent throughout his life and that passion carries over into his career today....more

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Video Gaming / E-Gaming Law Update – September 2021

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Main Quest - ‘Mint’ Conditions: NFTs and Video Games - Over the course of the past year, nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have transformed from a relatively niche product for those in the cryptocurrency sector to an increasingly...more

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Esports: A Dynamic, Fast-Growing Industry

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From its infancy the 1980s in the form of arcade video gaming, electronic sports (or “esports”) has seen rapid growth in recent years with the advancement in technology and the internet. Briefly, esports are competitive...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Taming Unikrns? The SEC’s Recent Digital Asset Offering Enforcement Actions

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So far in 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has brought fifteen enforcement actions in the offerings of digital assets space. Three of these actions do not involve fraud; rather, they allege solely...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

Betting Big on Blockchain

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Blockchain and sports gambling seem to be a natural fit. Sports gambling has been at the forefront of the news cycle since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal statute that banned states from authorizing sports...more

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All Bets are On! Gambling and Video Games - How the Evolution of Games Has Led to a Rise in Gambling Concerns

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Recently, there has been a frenzy of legal activity with U.S. gambling laws and the number of gambling-related legal issues with video games. U.S. gambling laws have changed more in the past few years than they have in a long...more

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