Virtual Legality

About Virtual Legality

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).

Publisher

Richard Hoeg

Category

leisure · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Nov 2018

Latest episode

20 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

31 of 781 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   20 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Legal Analysis | Executive Orders, Politicized Debanking, and the Cost of Steam's Surrender (VL)

   Lawyer Richard Hoeg explores the legal complexities surrounding an executive order on fair banking. He clarifies misunderstandings about US government branches and examines challenges in implementing objective banking standards. The episode explores the concept of politicized debanking, its implications, and the roles of federal regulators and the SBA. Hoeg discusses legislative and regulatory responses, the SBA's 7(a) loan program, and FTC Act Section 5's implications. He addresses legal challenges to FTC authority and executive order limitations, concluding with Steam's response and broader legal implications.

2. 

   5 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   CREDIT DECLINED | Mastercard, Steam, and the Importance of What Corporations *Don't* Say (VL)

   Lawyer Richard Hoeg interviews himself on "Virtual Legality" discussing how Mastercard's policies impact platforms like Steam and the crucial difference between corporate rules and actual legality.

3. 

   25 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   WE DO NOT ACCEPT | Stopping Payment Processors and the End of Freedom (VL)

   Lawyer Richard Hoeg interviews himself about how payment processors influence digital platform censorship and game removals, revealing the impact on free speech.

Inside a recent episode

Legal Analysis | Executive Orders, Politicized Debanking, and the Cost of Steam's Surrender (VL)

Published 20 Aug 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] That's our first kind of commentary. Executive orders cannot control the citizenry. They cannot actually order mastercard or visa or PayPal or anyone else to do anything. What they can do is tell the people that already work in the executive branch, the agencies and what not, what it is that the president wants to see them do. So first we start out with what we might call recitals in a legal document here where we establish what the problem is. We talk about what issue we're trying to address with this executive order. Section one, purpose. Financial institutions have engaged in unacceptable practices to restrict law abiding individuals and businesses access to financial services on the basis of political or religious beliefs or lawful business activities. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

10,776,966

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

89 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

76 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

99

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

96

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