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Kim Conroy on Unleashing Litigation’s Maximum Potential in High-Stakes Cases
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June 29, 2026
Kim Conroy on Unleashing Litigation’s Maximum Potential in High-Stakes Cases
By: Ifrah Law
With first-chair trial experience and a record of success in complex disputes across federal and state courts and in arbitrations, Kim Conroy is Ifrah’s cross-firm coach for crafting and executing complex litigation strategies. She teams up with both senior and junior lawyers to strengthen their cases with procedural insights and time-tested tactics. Kim also is called upon to assist with bet-the-company cases involving institutional and individual clients, including iGaming operators facing novel legal onslaughts. Macro Moves: Exercising Key Levers to Gain an Advantage Kim’s knowledge of the breadth of critical litigation factors lets her immediately add value to U.S. and overseas client matters across the firm. Playing a unique role at Ifrah Law, she shapes how the firm handles the…
Massachusetts Explores iGaming Legalization: Opportunities, Risks, and Next Steps
June 26, 2026
Massachusetts Explores iGaming Legalization: Opportunities, Risks, and Next Steps
By: Katie Kovalsky
Massachusetts Explores iGaming Legalization: Opportunities, Risks, and Next Steps As states consider legalizing iGaming, legislatures must consider not only whether to legalize but also how the industry should be regulated. While legalization presents opportunities for increased tax revenue and consumer protections, it also raises concerns about responsible gaming, youth exposure, and enforcement against illegal operators. Massachusetts is one state currently evaluating this decision. A bill…
Sunshine, Strategy, and Handshakes: Reflections on SBC Summit Americas 2026
June 23, 2026
Sunshine, Strategy, and Handshakes: Reflections on SBC Summit Americas 2026
By: Amanda Holi
There is something irreplaceable about the energy of a live industry event, and this year’s SBC Summit Americas in Fort Lauderdale delivered. From June 9–11, the Broward County Convention Center became the epicenter of the gaming, sports wagering, and iGaming worlds. While the South Florida sunshine was a welcome backdrop, the real heat was inside the convention center, where industry professionals gathered to discuss everything…
Sports Betting Operators Find Opportunities and Challenges in New Artificial Intelligence Tools
May 2, 2023
Sports Betting Operators Find Opportunities and Challenges in New Artificial Intelligence Tools
By: Jacob Grubman
For bookmakers, who have honed their tools of prediction since the dawn of sports betting, artificial intelligence seems like a natural fit. With a diverse array of AI and AI-adjacent products reaching the market, sports betting operators are primed to exploit these technological developments to offer new and better products to their users. As these two frontier industries meet, regulatory hurdles and obligations are likely…
Ifrah Law at NFT.NYC: Web3 Gaming’s Growing Pains and Maturity
April 26, 2023
Ifrah Law at NFT.NYC: Web3 Gaming’s Growing Pains and Maturity
By: Jake Gray
From April 12th to April 14th, NFT.NYC held its fourth inaugural event since its launch in 2019, boasting more than 1,500 speakers across seven different categories and a featured section. Moving from an array of venues spread throughout Times Square to a centralized location North Javits, Hudson Yards, the event was significantly less well attended than the previous year. Official attendance numbers have not been…
Ifrah Law on Web3: Web3.0’s Solutions
April 19, 2023
Ifrah Law on Web3: Web3.0’s Solutions
By: Jake Gray
At issue in Web2.0 was the centralization of web platforms and protocols under a user-independent authority, and therefore users’ inability to meaningfully exert control over their web experience, interactions, and data. While such a dynamic provided significant benefits in making the web accessible to a much wider population by lowering the technical barrier to entry, a concomitant effect was that large technology companies retained much…
Ifrah Law on Web3: Origins of the Web
April 17, 2023
Ifrah Law on Web3: Origins of the Web
By: Jake Gray
In parts (1) and (2) of this series, we’ll cover the basics of the Web and aspects of its technical history up to the present, and then discuss how Web3 technologists are trying to revolutionize the Web in its current iteration by solving its characteristic problems, respectively. In the following parts, (3) and (4), we’ll survey a popular Web3 sub-industry—gaming—and learn more about an entity…
Critical Crypto-Securities Issue May Soon Come to a Head in SEC v. Ripple
February 8, 2023
Critical Crypto-Securities Issue May Soon Come to a Head in SEC v. Ripple
By: Jacob Grubman
This work was originally published in Business Law Today for the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section. A lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) against Ripple Labs, Inc. (“Ripple Labs”), creator of the popular cryptocurrency token known as XRP, represents a turning point for the cryptocurrency and wider blockchain-technology industries in their relationship with regulators. As a significant part of the SEC’s…
