Activision Blizzard's year of news appearances is almost unbelievable, but perhaps none more so than the announcement that Microsoft and Xbox is purchasing them for just under $70 BILLION in cash.

But with unionization efforts ongoing across ABK, what was likely to happen in the shadow of the transaction, and why have so many outlets jumped the gun on reporting the events at Raven.

Quoth the Gaming Journalists, 'nevermore'...in Virtual Legality.

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#Activision #Raven #Unions

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Discussed in this episode:

"Microsoft x Activision"

Hoeg Law Playlist

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Tweets

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https://twitter.com/A_droSegovia/status/1484569470207242245

https://twitter.com/wcselfridge/status/1484564861518503942

Statutes

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/157

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/159

NLRB Sites/Decisions

https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/employees/your-right-to-form-a-union

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/nlrb-adds-new-three-part-test-to-standard-evaluating-appropriateness-bargaining

https://www.nlrb.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/basic-page/node-3024/basicguide.pdf

Articles

https://www.polygon.com/22894041/call-of-duty-warzone-raven-software-union-activision-blizzard

https://kotaku.com/call-of-duty-union-raven-software-activision-blizzard-s-1848399505

https://www.vice.com/en/article/88g5za/qa-testers-at-activision-blizzards-studio-raven-software-are-unionizing

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-21/activision-employee-group-forms-union-a-first-in-video-games

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-21-call-of-duty-qa-workers-vote-to-unionize

"A More Pixelated Union: A Look at the Path to Unionization in the Video Game Industry under Trump’s National Labor Relations Board"

Will Selfridge - University of Miami Business Law Review

https://repository.law.miami.edu/umblr/vol29/iss1/9/

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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).

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