Gibson Dunn's Media, Entertainment & Technology practice group presents a panel discussion featuring senior lawyers from Facebook, Electronic Arts and Rock You!. The speakers will discuss challenging and novel legal issues arising from the meteoric rise of "social gaming" as the hottest segment of the electronic games market, including:

• Protecting intellectual property rights in a quickly evolving and highly competitive market
• Privacy and data sharing concerns amidst rapid innovation and intense regulatory scrutiny
• Risks with in-game advertising and marketing
• Challenges in building and acquiring companies in an industry growing at warp speed
• Managing risks associated with virtual currency and emerging business models
• Platform integration and dependency

This program is valuable to legal and business professionals in the gaming, media and technology industries who have an interest in the fast evolving social gaming and applications space.

Moderators:

Ashlie Beringer, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

David Hernand, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Speakers:

Colin Stretch, Deputy General Counsel, Facebook

Kirsten Daru, IP Legal Counsel, Electronic Arts

Allyson Willoughby, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, RockYou!

Barb Izzo, Strategic Business Advisor and former General Counsel, Digital Chocolate

MCLE Credit Information:

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP certifies that this activity has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 1.0 hour.

 California attorneys may claim "self-study" credit for viewing the archived version of this webcast.  No certificate of attendance is required for "self-study" credit.

Please contact Jeanine McKeown (National Training Administrator) at 213-229-7140 or jmckeown@gibsondunn.com with any MCLE questions.