The Law of Esports Podcast

In this week's episode, Jake and Nefi discuss the most recent crypto and NFT news involving streamers and content creators and take a dive into the civil and criminal dangers of these digital tokens. The guys discuss the legal implications of getting into business with NFT or crypto developers and what it could mean for you and your business. 

In the second installment of The Law of Esports Podcast: Pro-Ops series, Nefi & Jake sit down with Mutahar, the man behind extremely successful YouTube channel: SomeOrdinaryGamers & SomeOrdinaryPodcast. In this interview, we discuss Mutahars background and very early involvement with YouTube and his growth to over 3 million subscribers. In this episode, we discuss the business side of YouTube, sponsorships, and brand deals along with all of the risks and dangers that come along with those lucrative deals.

In the first installment of The Law of Esports Podcast: Pro-Ops series, Jake and Nefi interview Hayden Oberg who is a Halo investigative journalist for Dexerto and runs the HCS Intel twitter page where you can find the latest breaking news in Halo esports. In this interview, we get a deep dive into the life of Hayden Oberg, what brought him to esports and how he continues to be the leader in breaking stories for Halo and its teams, orgs and players. 

As part of the live event update series, in this episode, the guys of The Law of Esports Podcast retell their experience from their visit to Dallas for Dreamhack and the ESL CS:GO quarter-million dollar IEM tournament. The guys also discuss their experience at the Complexity Industry Mixer that was hosted by Complexity Gaming at their headquarters in Frisco, Texas. They talk about the people they met and the amazing time they had in Dallas that weekend.

In this episode, Jake and Nefi discuss all the noise (or lack thereof) around the settlement of the Dr. Disrespect lawsuit against Twitch. The guys give a crash course on arbitration and discuss the reasons why the settlement details surrounding the two time's lawsuit have been kept under wraps. 

In an untraditional move, this week's episode features Jake and Nefi's first hand experience at the first live major event since the start of the pandemic. The Law of Esports Podcast took a road trip to Arlington, Texas to the Esports Stadium to experience the first in person Call of Duty League Major since 2020. Jake and Nefi also discuss their experience at the OpTic x Razer party at SXSW in Austin, Texas the week after.  

In today's episode, Nefi and Jake give a quick summary of antitrust laws and how they will play a role in the $70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft.

On this week's episode, Nefi and Jake discuss and give a general overview of what a Player's Union is and whether or not it is achievable in today's esports scene. We take a cursory look at what a union is and the pros and cons of having one (or something similar) in North America.

During this episode Jake and Nefi discuss and explain what ESIC (Esports Integrity Commission) is,  it's purpose and why Esports players and organizations should care about it. 

In this week's episode, Nefi and Jake discuss Jake's recently published article in the Esports Observer, the complications the pandemic has caused to Esports tournaments and how the ever growing gambling market in Esports will play a role in prosecuting individuals who intervene and illegally try to affect tournament outcomes.