Law360 included Matt Savare’s article “Exploring Publicity Rights For Virtual Avatars” in its list of top guest articles about the metaverse in 2022. Savare addressed the intellectual property issues raised by advertising in the virtual world, and whether a right of publicity claim could one day be brought for the unauthorized use of an avatar.

In S&P Global Market Intelligence, Laura Fraedrich discusses the Canadian government’s recent directive to Chinese companies to sell their interests in Canadian mineral firms, and whether the U.S. may be expected to follow suit. "Canada is far less aggressive and conservative than CFIUS [and] the U.S. are,” says Fraedrich. "For them to go and kick the Chinese out of a mine, that's fairly unusual in Canada, but absolutely that would happen [in the U.S.]." She adds: "You're not going to see a Chinese company come in and try to buy a lithium mine [in the U.S.]”