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 now that unionization is officially something Activision has to consider, is the reorganization of QA across Raven Software really as benign as the company is suggesting? QA and Raven both are now embedded in a Warzone of their own making, literally...in Virtual Legality. #Activision #Raven #Unions *** WANT TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/VirtualLegality STREAMLABS - https://streamlabs.com/richardhoeg STORE - https://teespring.com/stores/hoeg-law-store *** Discussed in this episode: "Microsoft x Activision" Hoeg Law Playlist    • Microsoft x Activision   TWEETS https://twitter.com/sweetpotatoes/status/1485799764033740805 https://twitter.com/LarkingOut/status/1485811381966413835 https://twitter.com/verge/status/1486108114617257990 LAWS https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/157 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/158 NLRB SITES 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 "THE PATH TO UNIONIZING HAS BEEN ROUGH FOR RAVEN SOFTWARE, AND IT’S ABOUT TO GET ROUGHER" The Verge - January 25, 2022 https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/25/22901563/raven-software-union-game-workers-alliance-activision-blizzard *** "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). CHECK OUT THE REST OF VIRTUAL LEGALITY HERE:    • Virtual Legality   DISCUSSION IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE LEGAL TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDEO SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN COUNSEL. *** Twitter: @hoeglaw Web: hoeglaw.com *** DESIGN WORK Joe Ellis (Logo Design) Chris Leroux (Motion Graphics) For more information: contact Chris at @Chrisleroux on Twitter. PODCAST VERSIONS ALSO AVAILABLE