Gregory Bailey
Associate
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Phone: +1 215 979 1213
- Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA
Gregory Bailey practices in the area of litigation with a focus on regulatory and compliance matters, including risk management and liability disputes. Greg serves as a member of the firm’s Gaming Industry Group where he primarily advises heavily regulated clients in gaming, casino, and sports wagering-related matters. Greg advises a broad range of clients on business and contractual disputes, gaming compliance, regulatory matters, and licensing issues.
Greg regularly works with gaming industry clients, including casinos, internet gaming operators, sports betting companies, sweepstakes and fantasy operators, gaming related vendors, and other stakeholders. Greg defends gaming industry clients facing consumer disputes, including contest promotions, compulsive gambling, and class actions and collective arbitration claims asserting rights to recover revenues under gambling loss recovery and consumer fraud statutes. Greg advises clients on sports betting and gaming regulations, as well as matters involving opinions, compliance, liability disputes, business transactions, complex licensing matters, confidential investigations, and regulatory proceedings across multiple jurisdictions. Greg also has experience in commercial disputes and various risk management issues, including real estate, representing property owners and landlords in litigation matters.
Greg is a 2020 graduate of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal. During law school, Greg held a judicial internship with the Honorable Mark A. Kearney of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He also served as a student attorney for the Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic, a member of Villanova’s National Trial team, vice president of the Pro Bono Society, and president of the Jewish Law Students Association. He is a 2015 graduate of the George Washington University.
Areas of Practice
- Gaming Law
- Corporate Litigation
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
Education
- Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, J.D., 2020
- Editor-in-Chief, Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal
- National Trial Team Member - The George Washington University, B.A., 2015
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2023-present - Blank Rome LLP
- Associate, 2021-2024 - Kane, Pugh, Knoell, Troy & Kramer LLP
- Associate, 2020-2021
Professional Activities
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Casino Law Section Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Gaming Law Committee Member
Board Memberships
- Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
- 2022-2023 Board Member of NextGen
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
- Participated in the 2022 Leadership Development Program
Selected Publications
Co-author, “Widespread Implications: Florida Litigation,” Gaming America. September 19, 2023
Co-author, “New Jersey Attorney General Speaks Out About Increased Focus on Advertising in Gaming Industry,” April 24, 2023
Co-author, “Federal District Court Sides with Prior Circuit Court Opinion on Wire Act Interpretation,” The Computer & Internet Lawyer, Vol. 39, No. 10, 2022
Co-author, “New York Court of Appeals Implements Constitutional Standard for Judging Games of Chance; Confirms Constitutionality of Interactive Fantasy Sports Law,” March 23, 2022
Co-author, New Year, New Gaming and Sports Initiatives: Bills, Launches, and Regulations,” February 2, 2022
Author, “Reshaping the Cigarette With Less Regulations and More Nicotine: How JUUL Reversed a Generation of Work Following the Cigarette Industry Playbook,” 24 Quinnipiac Health L.J. 185. 2021
Author, “Streaming is the Name of the Game: Why Sports Leagues Should Adapt to Consumers and Follow Ad Dollars Towards Live Streaming,” 26 Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports L.J. 323, 2019
Selected Speaking Engagements
Presenter, “Careers in Sports Law,” Villanova Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal Symposium, April 5, 2024
Co-author and Co-presenter, “Law 2023 - The Latest Case Law, Recent Changes, and Best Practices, Nat’l. B. Inst. July 18, 2023
Presenter, “Careers in Sports Law,” Villanova Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal Symposium, April 1, 2022
Representative Matters
Served as North American gaming regulatory counsel in the sale of an online global gaming, lottery, and technology company.
Represented an internet gaming and sports betting marketing affiliate in structuring media relationships and obtaining gaming licenses and regulatory approvals in several U.S. jurisdictions.
Assisted a foreign gaming platform provider with obtaining regulatory approvals from several U.S. jurisdictions where licensed for multiple internal reorganizations and transfers of interests.
- Advised investors on regulatory requirements and implications for ownership interests in gaming companies, including transfer of interests and SEC compliance.
Represented a technology supplier with one of its shareholders in securing a licensing waiver before the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.
Advised a payment processor with its product launch in connection to online gaming, structuring business partnerships and obtaining regulatory approvals.
Represented gaming company regarding its products and different business verticals, including obtaining regulatory approvals, compliance, and institutional investor requirements.