SLBA Press Release – The Second Life Bar Association (SLBA), an informal professional association for attorneys and legal scholars in the virtual world of Second Life, recently concluded its first-ever elections. The SLBA’s new President-Elect is U.K. lawyer David Naylor. Naylor participates in Second Life as the avatar ‘Solomon Cortes,’ and is a partner at [...]
Posted in Commentary, Contract Law, Criminal Law, Ginko Financial, Linden Lab, Providers, Second Life, Securities Law, VB Features, VB Series, Virtual Government, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games on July 31st, 2007 74 Comments »
[Editor's Note, August 5, 2007: VB is providing ongoing coverage of the Ginko collapse in the comments to this article. I probably won't run further standalone articles unless criminal charges are brought, a lawsuit is filed, or Linden Lab takes action.] One more post on this and I’m punching the clock at the financial desk [...]
Well, here’s the big news: [20:05] Nicholas Portocarrero: The IPO is part of the process of a deal I have worked out with Allen, in order to acquire AVIX. Good luck, everyone.
Posted in Contract Law, Criminal Law, Ginko Financial, Interviews, Second Life, Securities Law, VB Features, VB Series, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games on July 30th, 2007 22 Comments »
I spoke with ‘Nicholas Portocarrero’ tonight at length, on the record. I am going to do something I rarely do and run this transcript exactly as it occurred, without cleaning it up or editing it into something more reader-friendly. I’m not really in top form here, but I feel that this is a very honest [...]
