The Future of Virtual Reality in Sports with Bob Tetiva, Founder & CEO, Sense Arena
Designing Video Games: The Artist’s Perspective, With Chris Perna, Digital Artist and Former Art Director at Epic Games
The Current State of Live Esports with Rebecca Longawa, Founder & President at Happy Warrior and Chief Operating Officer at Native Gaming
Welcome to the Major League: An In-House Counsel Perspective with Mandy Petrillo, Assistant General Counsel, Fenway Sports Group Boston
Emerging Technology Issues in the Music Industry with Aarash Darroodi, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Fender Musical Instruments
Splinterlands and Blockchain Gaming With Aggroed Lighthacker, CEO, Splinterlands
College Esports and Title IX With Jeffrey Levine, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Sport Business and Program Lead – Esport Business BSBA, Drexel University
Employment and Workplace Discrimination Issues In Esports With Ruth Rauls and Lisa Koblin
The Esports Trade Association With Megan Van Petten, Founder, ESTA
Peer-To-Peer Sports Betting Exchanges With Joe Caputi, Director of Compliance, Prophet Exchange
Worlds Collide: Traditional Sports & Technology With Hakeem Onafowokan, Vice President, Corporate Legal, Oklahoma City Thunder
College Sports, Video Games & the Right of Publicity With Guest Michael McCann of Sportico
Starting an Esports Franchise With Guests Brett Diamond and Annie Scott Riley of Version1 and the Minnesota ROKKR
Loot Boxes in Video Games (and Jordan vs. Kobe)
College Esports Programs: What You Need To Know
The Social Impact of Video Games With Guest Ryan Johnson of Social Cxmmunity
The Rise of Mobile Gaming and Esports Gambling With Guest Anthony Gaud of G3 Esports
Game On: College Sports, Video Games & the Right of Publicity With Guest Michael McCann of Sportico
Leading in a Lonely World Podcast: Meet Dr. Marc Williams
The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more
In recent years, the world of esports has transformed from a niche subculture of competitive video game players into a global phenomenon of international tournaments, attracting millions of fans and generating substantial...more
In this episode of “Lawyers With Game,” hosts Darius Gambino and Brian Landry from Saul Ewing’s Video Gaming & Esports Practice talk to Bob Tetiva, Founder and CEO of Sense Arena, a virtual reality training platform for elite...more
In this episode of “Lawyers With Game,” host Darius Gambino from Saul Ewing’s Video Gaming & Esports Practice chats with Chris Perna, Digital Artist and former Art Director at Epic Games. Chris explains how his lifelong love...more
In this episode of “Lawyers With Game,” hosts Darius Gambino and Leah Leyendecker from Saul Ewing’s Video Gaming and Esports Practice sit down with Rebecca Longawa to discuss live esports events such as Halo and Rocket...more
In this special episode, Wilson Sonsini corporate partner Jonathan Chan interviews Justin Woodward, co-founder and creative director of Interabang Entertainment, co-founder of the Media Indie Exchange, the founder of Black...more
In this episode of “Lawyers With Game,” hosts Darius Gambino and Brian Landry from Saul Ewing’s Video Gaming and Esports Practice sit down with Mandy Petrillo, Assistant General Counsel at Fenway Sports Group Boston. They...more
Host Mary O'Brien is joined by Wilson Sonsini technology transactions partner Barath Chari as she interviews Parth Naidu, founder and CEO at SIDO, an e-sports research group, to discuss the legal issues in e-sports gaming....more
In this episode of “Lawyers With Game” host Darius Gambino from Saul Ewing’s Video Gaming and Esports Practice sits down with his colleagues Ruth Rauls and Lisa Koblin from Saul Ewing’s Employment Group to talk about the...more
Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Scramble presented by Wilson Sonsini’s Electronic Gaming Group. The Scramble is an annual publication that showcases highlights from Wilson Sonsini’s work in the e-gaming industry...more
There is no need to say that online gaming has conquered the world and certainly will shape the future. It is an industry with one of the quickest product launches, rise of new market players and key drivers for new...more
The emergence of legalized sports gambling in more than half the states across the country appears destined to coincide with the rise of competitive video gaming or “esports”—a wildly popular sphere within the entertainment...more
Whether it’s through mobile gaming or live streaming, young people are spending more time than ever participating in the virtual world. Yet, in-game chat functionality, online trolls, loot boxes and advertising are posing...more
The heated video game wars—Xbox Series X vs. PlayStation 5, PC vs. console vs. mobile, AMD vs. Nvidia—show that no one has a monopoly over video games. The hotter question is whether there are monopolies over video game...more
The end of 2020 marked a major turning point for the video game industry on numerous fronts: The precipitous rise in popularity of — and participation in — esports (bolstered, in part, by stay-at-home orders due to the...more
Fortnite streamer Soleil “Ew0k” Wheeler signed on as a brand ambassador for HyperX on April 29, a sponsorship deal that will see the female gamer exclusively use the manufacturer’s products while streaming. The pact...more
In this podcast, Carlton Fields attorneys Steve Blickensderfer and Nick Brown examine the trends behind the explosive growth enjoyed by the mobile gaming industry, as well as some of the legal and practical issues that come...more
In May 2019, the esports industry was rocked when Turner Tenney – the famed Fortnite player and streaming star known as “Tfue” – sued the well-known esports and media company FaZe Clan in California state court. The suit...more
In this special episode, recorded live in Atlanta during DreamHack and the Esports Summit, join Steve and Nick as they interview Allie Young, founder and CEO of Axis Replay. Learn about the legal challenges involved in...more
Earlier this month, a set of gaming industry representatives agreed upon and released a set of unifying esports principles. These representatives include the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), as well as associations...more