Video Game Attorney

This summer, the annual Dota 2 world championship esports tournament, ‘The Invitational’, has once again made headlines for a record-breaking prize pool. In its ninth year, the Dota 2 championship pot has grown to $33.4 million.

All new industries experience growing pains, and problems arising from legal issues are particularly common. In many cases, the legal learning curve broadly follows those of similar businesses and industries; the still young esports industry is already dealing with many issues that plague established sports, but the situation is complicated by the lack of any dominant governing body or standardized regulations.

While many video games based on traditional sports such as soccer, football, and basketball are extremely strong sellers, this has not translated into popularity as esports titles. Esports would seem…

“Tfue” v. Faze Clan Exposes Tip of the Employment Law Issues Iceberg Facing the Industry In 1956, without an agent or attorney representing him, an 18-year-old Curt Flood signed his…

2019 is predicted to be the year in which the esports industry will exceed $1 billion in size. In this article, originally prepared in January, we outline five of the…

2018 was a major year for the esports business. New events were inaugurated, the activity and scale of sponsorship and investment increased dramatically, and the profile and outlook for the…

With esports on the up-and-up, Vegas is finally starting to cater to a new audience. If the city plays its cards right, it could potentially increase visitors and revenue to…

Esports is no longer an also-ran in the world of sports, and even ESPN is starting to acknowledge the legitimacy of esports leagues around the world.

Despite what long-standing stereotypes may suggest, numerous studies have found that the ratio of male to female video game players is not heavily skewed toward males, but actually closer to…

In this week’s article we examine some of the tools that players use to cheat in major competitive video games titles and review some of the most controversial examples of…