The video game industry is readying itself for a battle over free speech to take place November 2 - when the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association. The case examines the constitutionality of a California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. Earl Mellott, a Boston-based partner in the law firm Foley Hoag LLP and member of the firm’s Video Games and Interactive Media practice, notes that such a ban could have a chilling effect on the video game industry.