Gaming Law

Womble Carlyle’s multi-disciplinary Gaming Law Team assists clients in the gaming industry with a broad range of legal concerns, including legal compliance, criminal defense, civil litigation, intellectual property protection and government contracting.

The firm’s gaming clients include operators of video lottery systems for government lotteries, gaming machine and software inventors, electronic sweepstakes operators, manufacturers of gaming equipment, and operators of gaming machines and gaming locations.
Representative Services:

• Compliance with evolving state and federal laws regarding online/Internet gaming
• Lobbying and public relations to support gaming projects
• Compliance programs for gaming laws and regulations
• Economic Impact Studies on new gaming initiatives
• Government contracts for gaming businesses with government entities in the U.S. and around the world
• Patents and patent prosecution; gaming-related patent litigation
• Trademarks and Copyrights prosecution advice and litigation
• Real estate, including zoning and permits for gaming businesses
• Federal, state and local law enforcement issues
• Civil Litigation
• Criminal Defense
• Corporate matters
• IPO/merger/acquisition of gaming companies
• Gaming legislation drafting and regulatory drafting
• Gaming tax advice and tax advocacy
• Advise clients on Indian Gaming Regulatory Act compliance including Class II, Class III distinctions

Contacts
Mark N. Poovey
(202) 857-4591
mpoovey@wcsr.com

Jason C. Hicks
(202) 857-4536
jahicks@wcsr.com