I am not a fan or Ver either, but I don't think it has any "legal implications". He runs a pool, according to the TOS he can redirect the hashrate at will, the users of the pool are being paid in BTC anyways (out of his own pocket) and he even clearly stated in advance his intention to do so. No case there.
On the other hand it is probably the SV side is also running rented hashpower on top of their own.
So we have both sides burning money each day.... but my bet is ABC will win as expected. BITMAIN has much more on stake here.
Also probably both will LOSE (in terms of short term loses and ticker price) the more the longest this ridiculous "war" goes on without one of the sides folding or coming to an agreement.
Too bad that I don't have a newer ASIC to help Ver redistribute his BTC wealth my way.
I suppose that I could rent hash, but I'm not going to dump my precious BTC to weigh in on this mess.
The thing is... as much as I dislike Ver, Wright has made him the "good" one. Almost funny.
After showing their way higher hashrate Ver/WU are now signaling SV camp that they can both now lower their hashrates to reduce losses and more harm but Wright, being the insane egomaniacal guy he is, will probably interpret that as a signal of weakness and try to step up the game.
It is Wright who said he wouldn't accept other chain to survive and will commit every resource to kill it even for months/years. He has already lost the hashwar, now let's see if he go on guerrilla war and commit his threats of attacking the ABC chain... Something which could have clear legal implications btw.
Currently both chains are at 50% hashrate. WU/Ver are waiting for Wright/Ayre to step down before going lower themselves. The ball is on SV camp now.