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4 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | James G. Gatto |Brittany Walter
We recently wrote about the flurry of legal issues withthe social casino sweepstakes model. Now, the New York State SenateRacing, Gaming, and Wagering Committee passed S5935, a bill that, if fully approved andenacted, would prohibit in NY "online" sweepstakes gamesthat uses a dual-currency system of payment allowing the player toexchange the currency for any prize, award, cash or cashequivalents, or any chance to win any price, award, cash or cashequivalents, and simulates casino-style gaming.
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1 month ago | 
jdsupra.com | James G. Gatto |Brittany Walter
We recently wrote about the flurry of legal issues with the social casino sweepstakes model.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | James G. Gatto |Brittany Walter
Social casino games remain incredibly popular and profitable. This success has drawn attacks from plaintiffs' class actionlawyers in the form of gambling loss recovery lawsuits and otherconsumer-based actions. Some have been successful, mostly inWashington state, netting plaintiffs hundreds of millions ofdollars. This has created an incentive for more lawsuits. Somesocial casino game companies have evolved their business model toinclude a dual currency, sweepstakes model.
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1 month ago | 
jdsupra.com | James G. Gatto |Brittany Walter
March 5, 2025
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Social casino games remain incredibly popular and profitable. This success has drawn attacks from plaintiffs’ class action lawyers in the form of gambling loss recovery lawsuits and other consumer-based actions. Some have been successful, mostly in Washington state, netting plaintiffs hundreds of millions of dollars.
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1 month ago | 
lexology.com | James G. Gatto |Brittany Walter
Social casino games remain incredibly popular and profitable. This success has drawn attacks from plaintiffs’ class action lawyers in the form of gambling loss recovery lawsuits and other consumer-based actions. Some have been successful, mostly in Washington state, netting plaintiffs hundreds of millions of dollars. This has created an incentive for more lawsuits. Some social casino game companies have evolved their business model to include a dual currency, sweepstakes model.
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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | James G. Gatto |Brittany Walter
In the latest string of gambling cases involving socialcasino-style apps out of Washington state, a federal jury hasawarded a class of players nearly $25 million for injuries arising fromthe use of two of High 5 Game's mobile applications: High 5 Casinoand High 5 Vegas. The award comes after a U.S. District Court judge ruled last June that the two apps amount toillegal gambling under Washington law. Continuing a line of casesthat started with the Ninth Circuit's landmark decision in Kater v.
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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | James G. Gatto |Brittany Walter
In one of the most closely-watched copyright cases this year, aDelaware court rejected defendant, ROSSIntelligence's ("ROSS"), fair use and otherdefenses by vacating its previous stance and granting summaryjudgement in favor of plaintiff, ThomsonReuters ("Reuters"). The case stems from allegationsthat ROSS used copyrighted material from Reuters' legalresearch platform, Westlaw, to train its artificial intelligence("AI")-driven legal research engine.
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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | James G. Gatto |Brittany Walter
In the latest string of gambling cases involving social casino-style apps out of Washington state, a federal jury has awarded a class of players nearly $25 million for injuries arising from the use of two of High 5 Game’s mobile applications: High 5 Casino and High 5 Vegas. The award comes after a U.S. District Court judge ruled last June that the two apps amount to illegal gambling under Washington law. Continuing a line of cases that started with the Ninth Circuit’s landmark decision in Kater v.
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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | James G. Gatto |Brittany Walter
In one of the most closely-watched copyright cases this year, a Delaware court rejected defendant, ROSS Intelligence’s (“ROSS”), fair use and other defenses by vacating its previous stance and granting summary judgement in favor of plaintiff, Thomson Reuters (“Reuters”). The case stems from allegations that ROSS used copyrighted material from Reuters’ legal research platform, Westlaw, to train its artificial intelligence (“AI”)-driven legal research engine.
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2 months ago | 
natlawreview.com | Stuart M. Richter |Eric R. Hail |James G. Gatto |Brittany Walter
Thank you for reading the National Law Review’s legal news roundup, highlighting the latest law firm news! As the country settles into the new year, law firm news has no signs of slowing down. Please read below for the latest in law firm news and industry expansion, legal industry awards and recognition, and DEI and women in the legal field. Varnum LLP announced that Sarah Weston joined the firm’s Banking and Finance Practice Team as a partner in the Birmingham office.
