The mobile-game industry can be lucrative. Mobile games ' which can be downloaded to cell phones and other mobile devices ' can be cheaper and easier to develop than games created for platforms like PCs or game consoles, where users expect higher production values. What also makes mobile games attractive to developers and entrepreneurs is the potential market of consumers who already carry and use cell phones ' estimated at 207.9 million nationwide and 2 billion worldwide. Mobile games present huge brand opportunities as well: Celebrities such as hotel heiress Paris Hilton, rapper 50 Cent, skateboarder Tony Hawk and poker champion Phil Hellmuth have each licensed their names and images to mobile games. Tom Cruise, notoriously shy of associating his name with videogames, lent his name exclusively to a Mission Impossible III mobile-phone game.
Can a layman's opinion on the environmental impacts of a development project serve as a basis for a court to find that a mitigated negative declaration (MND) (CEQA ' 21064.5) is inadequate? That was the question posed in <i>Landwatch Monterey County v. County of Monterey</i>, 55 Cal.Rptr.3d 34 (Cal.App 76 Dist., 1/23/2007) (Rushing, P.J.), when plaintiff offered opinions from two people who, at first glance, appeared to have some expertise on the subject of water resources.
The California Supreme Court, in its recent 6-1 decision in <i>Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth Inc. v. City of Rancho Cordova</i>, 2/1/2007, concerning the Sunrise Douglas Community Plan, raised the number of hoops developers must leap through to ensure that their large-scale developments' future water needs will be met without too great an impact on the environment. The decision in <i>Vineyard Area Citizens</i> not only put a hold on a huge development planned for Rancho Cordova, but also placed other developers in the state on notice that certain shortcuts in water-use planning will not be accepted by the courts when challenged.
On Aug. 9, 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced New York's inaugural comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. In sum, the plan aims to update government networks, bolster county-level digital defenses, and regulate critical infrastructure.
In this exclusive interview with International Franchise Association (IFA) chairman Steve Siegel, Associate Editor Kevin Adler, asks about policy priorities for 2003, and other legislative and regulatory developments that affect the franchise industry.
The abuse of the chargeback option has resulted in a "friendly fraud" epidemic harming not only merchants, but the very consumers the programs were designed to help.
Due to the high volume of electronically stored information, document review and production is often the most expensive part of the discovery process. In an effort to lower the costs of litigation discovery, Squire Sanders invested in an assessment of next-generation intelligent discovery tools and processes.
Questions of Fact About Whether Tenant Exercised Renewal Option
Hearing Necessary to Determine Whether Landlord Can Remove Tenant to Complete Restoration Work
Questions of Fact About Landlord Fraud
Additional Security Deposit Constitutes Source of Income Discrimination
