A new Second Life-based broadcasting company, “MetaNetwork Media, Inc.” recent announced that it has hired a Second Life-based law firm, “The MetaLegal Firm” as “primary counsel.” I’ve had this in my in-box for a few days, and I just haven’t been able to figure out what to do with it. On one hand, the core [...]
Posted in Blizzard, Civil Procedure, Contract Law, Hernandez v. IGE, International Law, Lawsuits, Property Law, Providers, RMT/RCE, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games, World of Warcraft on January 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
2008 starts with two developments in the Florida-based federal class action lawsuit against virtual property dealer IGE. First, the court has granted (.pdf) plaintiff Hernandez’s motion (.pdf) to drop Hong Kong-based defendant Internet Gaming Entertainment Ltd. because plaintiff was not able to serve the complaint on that defendant in the allotted time (U.S.-based IGE U.S. [...]
Posted in Civil Procedure, Contract Law, Criminal Law, International Law, Second Life, Securities Law, Tax Law, Virtual Law, Virtual Law Practice, Virtual Worlds & Games on January 1st, 2008 10 Comments »
Welcome to 2008! I’m not sure if it’s my inner litigator telling me to avoid going on the record with things that can make me look foolish, my inner philosopher telling me that the calendar change from December to January is a pretty arbitrary construct, or my inner skeptic telling me that predictions are just [...]
