Written by Richard Wee, Low May Ping and Wong Zi Ying Introduction Esports has been rapidly growing in recent years and this has attracted many investors to enter into this industry. Due to the unorthodox…
The Asian Legal Business (ALB) annual Malaysia Law Awards was held on 14th August 2020. Due to the current Covid-19 concerns, the ceremony (for the first time) was held online with the tremendous help of…
On 8 November 2019, RWC was invited to speak at the “Income Tax, Audit and Company Reg for Esports” talk hosted by Benny Teh and Ipohnex at The Pantheon. RWC’s Bryan Boo shared with the attendees the…
On 10 November 2019, RWC was invited by Esports Malaysia to speak about “Esports Law and Legislation” at Level Up Play 2019. RWC’s Richard Wee and Bryan Boo were on the panel of speakers. The session, which was…
Esports Law Meta: Edoping – The Plague in Esports (Part 2) By Richard Wee, L.Lim, Bryan Boo & Vincent Lim (First published here) In the previous article, we introduced edoping and looked at a few examples of it. For…
Esports Law Meta: Edoping – The Plague in Esports (Part 1) By Richard Wee, L.Lim, Bryan Boo and Vincent Lim (First published here) With esports tournaments having massive prize pools, it is no wonder that some…
Esports Law Meta: 3 Grappling Legal Issues in Esports By Richard Wee, L.Lim, Bryan Boo & Vincent Lim (First published here) The evolution of esports from its inception to a world-wide phenomenon is truly fascinating. What…
RWC had on 14 August 2019 held its inaugural RWC Teh Tarik Talk, colloquially referred to as RWC TTT, entitled “Esports Professionals & Players – Rights, Regulations & Representation”. RWC TTT is a way of…
Esports Law: Minor Issues at the KL Major By Richard Wee, L.Lim & Bryan Boo (First published here) MWKA had the privilege of attending the recent KL Major held at Axiata Arena from 16 – 18 November 2018. Coined…
ESPORTS LAW: Mini comment on the Mobile Legends Southeast Asia Cup 2018 controversy By Richard Wee, L.Lim & Bryan Boo (First published here) Photo Credit: AirAsia Saiyan One of the largest annual mobile gaming tournaments in Southeast Asia, the…