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Workplace Stress in Mexico: 7 Considerations and Strategies for Employers

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Workplace stress affects millions globally, and Mexico has one of the highest rates of work-related stress in the world. Given this context, companies doing business in Mexico have become acutely aware of the significant...more

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How HR Technology Drives Organizational Success

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Ask any long-time HR professional what the most significant change of the last few years has been, and they’ll all tell you the same things: the use of HR technology and the investment in human capital. The two are...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Legal Concerns of Real Estate in the Metaverse: Navigating the Virtual Frontier

The concept of the metaverse, a virtual world where users interact with digital environments and each other in immersive ways, has gained significant attention in recent years. With advancements in virtual reality (VR) and...more

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Media & Entertainment: 10 Legal Challenges for Companies in 2023

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With the start of the new year, the ArentFox Schiff Media & Entertainment Industry team reviews 10 of the most pressing legal issues for companies in 2023. 1. Sweeping Impact of Generative AI - The gale wind roaring into...more

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In the Metaverse, Existing Healthcare Rules Apply

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Providers and platforms should know that healthcare in the metaverse — which may involve telepresence, digital twinning, and blockchain — is subject to ‘real life’ regulations. The metaverse uses technologies such as...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Expanding Uses for NFTs Lead to New Legal Frontiers

Despite the ongoing “Crypto Winter,” the use of NFTs continues to rise. NFTs are associated most often with pictures, videos, and music, but developers have been finding many new and useful applications for them. As the...more

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Metaverse Primer

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The term “metaverse” first appeared in 1992 as an abstract concept in Neal Stephenson’s dystopian novel Snow Crash. Two decades later, the Metaverse has since evolved from a mere idea to a figment of everyday reality, as it...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Key Privacy Considerations for Launching Your Presence in the Metaverse

Over the past few years, several technology companies have touted the potential of new interactive and immersive augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) worlds which individuals can join to socialize, learn, work,...more

World Law Group

[Webinar] NFTs and Brands in the Metaverse - December 6th, 9:00 am - 10:00 am EST

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Metaverse, NFTs, and virtual reality are buzzwords that not only shed a light on an exciting technological future, but also on the immense challenges right owners are facing in this new virtual world. How does the use of...more

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Antitrust & Competition Life Sciences Quarterly Update - Q3 2022

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The third quarter in the life sciences space showed that business is generally proceeding as usual, with large pharma players successfully acquiring or licensing in clinical stage assets without running into antitrust delays....more

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The Future of NFTs in the Metaverse: Utility and Liability

With NFT sales taking a nosedive in recent months amid rank speculation, scams, and hacks, many are justifiably wondering whether NFTs have any value or utility or whether they’re just a passing gimmick. The answer is...more

Morgan Lewis

What’s Driving the Future of Asia’s Tech Scene: Key Trends and Regulatory Updates

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Heading into 2023, Asia’s tech scene is well-positioned for strong growth potential. As with any industry where advancement and innovation are outpacing regulation, the complex landscape can be difficult for businesses to...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Future has Arrived – New Technologies in Construction

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The construction industry has traditionally been slow to adapt to new technologies, but things are changing. Construction companies are keen to control costs (including increased costs due to supply chain issues), improve...more

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Protecting Data in the Metaverse: Do Avatars Dream of Privacy?

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The metaverse will bring many benefits, but it is also likely to multiply and compound privacy issues, particularly given its global nature. With the advent of the commercial internet in the 1990s, organizations were...more

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Trademarks and Source Identifiers in the Metaverse: Practical Considerations for Brand Owners in a Newly Emerging Virtual...

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​​​​​​​As technology and the physical lives of consumers continue to converge, businesses active in metaverse and blockchain technologies will need to think about how their brands and source identifiers might evolve or change...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Metaverse Casinos: A Regulatory Wild West

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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Modeling the Privacy Catwalk: Practical Steps Forward

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What’s Trending? (Privacy a la Mode) - Notable fashion brands have been engaging in a “trial period” of new technologies as privacy laws and privacy enforcement are trending – for example, exploring integrating branding...more

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EU, South Korea, Japan Announce Metaverse Regulation Plans

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Every dramatically new technology, from cryptocurrency to drones to artificial intelligence, poses a regulatory challenge. Governments must decide how to characterize the technology within existing laws, how those existing...more

Clark Hill PLC

Trademarks in the Metaverse

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The USPTO has shared new insights concerning Metaverse-based trademark applications. As brand owners attempt to expand their digital footprint, they are facing feedback from examining attorneys due to the likelihood of...more

Morgan Lewis

Metaverse: A Jumpstart Guide to Intellectual Property, Antitrust, and International Considerations

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The term “metaverse” first appeared in Neal Stephenson’s dystopian novel Snow Crash in 1992. Two decades later, the metaverse has evolved from a concept in print into an interactive and immersive reality. Its hyper-realistic...more

Venable LLP

Branding the Future: Advertising Law, the Metaverse, and NFTs - Part 1

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​​​​​​​In his 1992 sci-fi thriller Snow Crash, author Neal Stephenson allowed his characters to escape from a dystopian Los Angeles into a completely virtual realm he called the metaverse. Thirty years later, in the age of...more

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Trademark Protection in the Metaverse Perspective

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In recent years, “metaverse” is a trending topic in the high-tech field. On October 28, 2021, the famous social media company “Facebook” officially announced its change of name to “Meta” and vowed to stake all its future to...more

Morgan Lewis

Introduction to the Metaverse: Regulatory Outlook in China and Singapore

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“Metaverse” is generally used to describe any virtual world where users can interact using digital avatars. There are seven layers to any metaverse: infrastructure, human interface, decentralization, spatial computing,...more

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Antitrust + Competition Technology Quarterly Update - Q2 2022

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​​​​​​​In July 2022, the FTC brought an enforcement action to enjoin Meta’s acquisition of virtual reality app maker Within. The FTC’s approach in that complaint could have implications for Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of...more

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Are the SEC and FINRA Moving to the Metaverse?

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​​​​​​​Are the SEC and FINRA setting up shop in the metaverse? Not quite yet, but we stress yet! Like private sector businesses, U.S. financial services regulators are increasingly exploring what the metaverse, augmented...more

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