Video Game Law for the Non-Game Lawyer
Zachary Strebeck is a California video game and board game lawyer, and founding attorney of Legal Moves PC, a game-centric law firm. Zachary has represented game clients for more than a decade, from solo indie game studios to film to video game licensing deals with budgets approaching $100 million.
Jacob Vela graduated from Willamette University College of Law and has focused his practice, Argo Law, on supporting game developers and other creatives with questions on intellectual property, contract, business, and other issues. He is also a game developer, so he aims to use his understanding of the practical needs of game developers to help with their legal and business needs.
Live Video-Broadcast: January 7, 2026
2 hour CLE
Tuition: $195.00
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Program Summary
As the video game industry continues to grow year over year, the need for counsel familiar with the specific issues game developers and publishers face is also growing. This CLE program will give an in-depth analysis of video game legal concepts and dive into some of the nuances that make the industry unique. The perfect guide for the practitioner who wants to represent game clients but doesn't know where to begin.
Key topics to be discussed:
- Video game studio formation issues
- Intellectual property basics for games, from concept to registration to enforcement
- Game contracts analysis and negotiation points for clients on both sides of typical deals
- eSports, gambling, privacy, and other games industry issues
This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.
Date / Time: January 7, 2026
- 1:00 pm – 3:10 pm Eastern
- 12:00 pm – 2:10 pm Central
- 11:00 am – 1:10 pm Mountain
- 10:00 am – 12:10 pm Pacific
Closed-captioning available
Speakers
Zachary Strebeck | Legal Moves PC
Zachary Strebeck is a California video game and board game lawyer, and founding attorney of Legal Moves PC, a game-centric law firm. Zachary has represented game clients for more than a decade, from solo indie game studios to film to video game licensing deals with budgets approaching $100 million. He’s appeared on his own Legal Moves podcast and has been featured in the LA Times and other media, as well as being a featured speaker at Gen Con and numerous game conventions and podcasts.
Jacob Vela | Argo Law
Jacob Vela graduated from Willamette University College of Law and has focused his practice, Argo Law, on supporting game developers and other creatives with questions on intellectual property, contract, business, and other issues. He is also a game developer, so he aims to use his understanding of the practical needs of game developers to help with their legal and business needs. He has been a guest on the Freaking Cool Indies podcast as well as presented with Oregon Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.
Agenda
I. Video game studio formation issues | 1:00pm – 1:30pm
II. Intellectual property basics for games, from concept to registration to enforcement | 1:30pm – 2:00pm
Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm
III. Game contracts analysis and negotiation points for clients on both sides of typical deals | 2:10pm – 2:40pm
IV. eSports, gambling, privacy, and other games industry issues | 2:40pm – 3:10pm
Credits
Alaska
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Alabama
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Arkansas
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Arizona
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
California
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Colorado
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Connecticut
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
District of Columbia
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Delaware
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Florida
Approved via Attorney Submission
2.5 General Hours
Georgia
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Hawaii
Approved for CLE Credits
2.4 General
Iowa
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Idaho
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Illinois
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Indiana
Approved For On-Demand Credits
2 General
Kansas
Pending CLE Approval
2 Substantive
Kentucky
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Louisiana
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Massachusetts
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Maryland
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Maine
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Michigan
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Minnesota
Approved for Self-Study Credits
2 General
Missouri
Approved for CLE Credits
2.4 General
Mississippi
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Montana
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
North Carolina
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
North Dakota
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Nebraska
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
New Hampshire
Approved for CLE Credits
120 General minutes
New Jersey
Approved for CLE Credits
2.4 General
New Mexico
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Nevada
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
New York
Approved for CLE Credits
2.4 General
Ohio
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Oklahoma
Pending CLE Approval
2.5 General
Oregon
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Pennsylvania
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Rhode Island
Pending CLE Approval
2.5 General
South Carolina
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
South Dakota
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Tennessee
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Texas
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Utah
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Virginia
Not Eligible
2 General Hours
Vermont
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Washington
Approved via Attorney Submission
2 Law & Legal Hours
Wisconsin
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
West Virginia
Pending CLE Approval
2.4 General
Wyoming
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
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