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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New Frontier: Ten Tips for Navigating Brand Protection in the Metaverse

Advances in technology have taken the world by storm in recent years and brand owners must adapt to new forms of expression and brand awareness. Enter the metaverse: an online virtual world where users can interact with each...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

Wiley Rein LLP

Top Five 5G Spectrum and Use Takeaways from #MWC22 Day 2 – Insights from Keynotes and Panels

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Day Two of Mobile World Congress 2022 did not disappoint, delivering additional key takeaways about the 5G present and future. Leading stakeholders from the private sector and government shared insights on making the 5G value...more

BakerHostetler

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

Holland & Knight LLP

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

Venable LLP

Takeaways from NAD 2022: The FTC’s Enforcement Priorities, New Technologies, Dark Patterns, and the Usual Suspects

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​​​​​​​Last week, the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau National Programs (NAD) held its annual conference. The wide array of speakers covered a broad range of topics, from the metaverse to dark...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

FTC Enters the Metaverse with Meta Merger Lawsuit

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On July 27, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 to sue in federal district court to block Meta Platforms, Inc.’s (“Meta”) acquisition of Within Unlimited, Inc. (“Within”), a virtual reality (“VR”) app...more

Holland & Knight LLP

The Metaverse: Building a Fairer World in Virtual Reality

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You strap on a bizarre-looking headset that blankets your ears and eyes, pick up a controller in each hand, and within seconds are transported to a three-dimensional, virtual world inhabited by other people who are sharing...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

What Can Litigators Expect From the Metaverse?

No doubt you’ve heard about the metaverse. To many people, the metaverse is an online destination that the world’s largest technology companies are spending billions of dollars to colonize. It’s reportedly the “next big...more

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