The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of the video game industry, declaring unconstitutional a California law restricting minors' access to violent video games. While the original sponsor sees a possibility of revisiting the issue if the court's composition changes, industry representatives and legal experts believe the decision provides strong precedent and it is unlikely and difficult to envision the issue being revisited in the near future. The decision was seen as a major victory for free speech rights in media.
Both sides were upbeat after the Supreme Court oral arguments in the case regarding California's law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. While it was difficult to predict how the court would rule based on the questions and comments from the justices, representatives from both sides felt their attorneys effectively made their cases. The justices raised concerns about the vagueness of the law and whether it could apply to other forms of media. The court will make a ruling in the coming months.
This document summarizes the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, which struck down a California law restricting the sale of violent video games to minors. The Court found the law violated the First Amendment for two reasons: 1) it was not supported by a compelling government interest, as the video game industry's voluntary rating system already addressed the concerns, and 2) it was not narrowly tailored as it was both underinclusive and overinclusive. The decision established that video games are a protected form of speech and new restrictions on violent content would face a very high bar to overcome strict scrutiny.
The document summarizes recent developments in criminal antitrust enforcement and investigations. It discusses sentencing recommendations in cases involving price fixing of LCD screens and auto parts. It also summarizes investigations and settlements in various industries such as real estate auctions, pharmaceuticals, banking/finance, and technology. Additionally, it discusses the U.S. Justice Department's opposition to "no contest" pleas in antitrust cases and how such pleas could impact enforcement policies.
This document summarizes recent developments in antitrust enforcement and investigations. It notes that in 2012, the DOJ obtained over $1 billion in criminal antitrust fines, driven by large fines against companies involved in price fixing for auto parts and LCD screens. It predicts that the investigations into auto parts and alleged rigging of LIBOR interest rates will remain active areas in 2013 and potentially yield further prosecutions and penalties. While 2012 saw record fines, fewer new criminal antitrust cases were actually filed compared to 2011.
Personal Jurisdiction, Civil Proceedure, UNH Law (November 2011)Kevin O'Shea
The Supreme Court ruled that North Carolina courts did not have general personal jurisdiction over foreign subsidiaries of Goodyear Tire. While a small percentage of the subsidiaries' tires ended up in North Carolina through third parties, the subsidiaries were not incorporated in North Carolina and did not have extensive contacts there, such as property, employees, or business operations. The Court found that for general jurisdiction to exist, a corporation's affiliations with the forum state must be so continuous and systematic as to render them essentially at home there.
Life After Escobar – Recent Developments In False Claims Act LitigationPolsinelli PC
This document summarizes recent developments in False Claims Act litigation and Department of Justice guidance after the Supreme Court's ruling in Escobar. It discusses trial court decisions applying the Escobar materiality standard and challenges in determining materiality. It also summarizes DOJ memos providing guidance on dismissing qui tam cases and limiting the use of agency guidance documents in FCA enforcement actions.
While there are increasing signs of a recovery from the Great Recession, years of economic progress have vanished for many African Americans and Hispanics in particular, and home ownership remains largely out of reach. That has put new energy into efforts to ensure that the economic turnaround is more inclusive.
“The CFPB’s work in the area of fair lending is a priority and has only just begun,” the agency declared. In this presentation, we walk you through some of its biggest impacts.
To learn how you can stay current in today’s rapidly changing banking and financial industries, visit http://www.lexisnexis.com/banking.
For more topics that are transforming the legal industry,
visit http://www.thisisreallaw.com.
The CFPB has filed an administrative enforcement action against Integrity Advance, LLC alleging unfair and deceptive practices in payday lending from 2008 to 2012. This is only the third contested administrative proceeding brought by the CFPB. By choosing an administrative forum, the CFPB may seek to pursue claims that would otherwise be time-barred or pre-date the agency's formation in 2011. The CFPB director has previously ruled that statutes of limitations and the effective date of the agency do not apply to administrative proceedings. This case could signal increased assertiveness by the CFPB in using its administrative authority without restrictions on when conduct occurred. The implications of the case will be influenced by any appeals.
Both sides were upbeat after the Supreme Court oral arguments in the case regarding California's law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. While it was difficult to predict how the court would rule based on the questions and comments from the justices, representatives from both sides felt their attorneys effectively made their cases. The justices raised concerns about the vagueness of the law and whether it could apply to other forms of media. The court will make a ruling in the coming months.
This document summarizes the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, which struck down a California law restricting the sale of violent video games to minors. The Court found the law violated the First Amendment for two reasons: 1) it was not supported by a compelling government interest, as the video game industry's voluntary rating system already addressed the concerns, and 2) it was not narrowly tailored as it was both underinclusive and overinclusive. The decision established that video games are a protected form of speech and new restrictions on violent content would face a very high bar to overcome strict scrutiny.
The document summarizes recent developments in criminal antitrust enforcement and investigations. It discusses sentencing recommendations in cases involving price fixing of LCD screens and auto parts. It also summarizes investigations and settlements in various industries such as real estate auctions, pharmaceuticals, banking/finance, and technology. Additionally, it discusses the U.S. Justice Department's opposition to "no contest" pleas in antitrust cases and how such pleas could impact enforcement policies.
This document summarizes recent developments in antitrust enforcement and investigations. It notes that in 2012, the DOJ obtained over $1 billion in criminal antitrust fines, driven by large fines against companies involved in price fixing for auto parts and LCD screens. It predicts that the investigations into auto parts and alleged rigging of LIBOR interest rates will remain active areas in 2013 and potentially yield further prosecutions and penalties. While 2012 saw record fines, fewer new criminal antitrust cases were actually filed compared to 2011.
Personal Jurisdiction, Civil Proceedure, UNH Law (November 2011)Kevin O'Shea
The Supreme Court ruled that North Carolina courts did not have general personal jurisdiction over foreign subsidiaries of Goodyear Tire. While a small percentage of the subsidiaries' tires ended up in North Carolina through third parties, the subsidiaries were not incorporated in North Carolina and did not have extensive contacts there, such as property, employees, or business operations. The Court found that for general jurisdiction to exist, a corporation's affiliations with the forum state must be so continuous and systematic as to render them essentially at home there.
Life After Escobar – Recent Developments In False Claims Act LitigationPolsinelli PC
This document summarizes recent developments in False Claims Act litigation and Department of Justice guidance after the Supreme Court's ruling in Escobar. It discusses trial court decisions applying the Escobar materiality standard and challenges in determining materiality. It also summarizes DOJ memos providing guidance on dismissing qui tam cases and limiting the use of agency guidance documents in FCA enforcement actions.
While there are increasing signs of a recovery from the Great Recession, years of economic progress have vanished for many African Americans and Hispanics in particular, and home ownership remains largely out of reach. That has put new energy into efforts to ensure that the economic turnaround is more inclusive.
“The CFPB’s work in the area of fair lending is a priority and has only just begun,” the agency declared. In this presentation, we walk you through some of its biggest impacts.
To learn how you can stay current in today’s rapidly changing banking and financial industries, visit http://www.lexisnexis.com/banking.
For more topics that are transforming the legal industry,
visit http://www.thisisreallaw.com.
The CFPB has filed an administrative enforcement action against Integrity Advance, LLC alleging unfair and deceptive practices in payday lending from 2008 to 2012. This is only the third contested administrative proceeding brought by the CFPB. By choosing an administrative forum, the CFPB may seek to pursue claims that would otherwise be time-barred or pre-date the agency's formation in 2011. The CFPB director has previously ruled that statutes of limitations and the effective date of the agency do not apply to administrative proceedings. This case could signal increased assertiveness by the CFPB in using its administrative authority without restrictions on when conduct occurred. The implications of the case will be influenced by any appeals.
The document discusses the differences between mediation confidentiality and privilege. While most states have strong mediation privilege laws, federal courts take differing approaches. Some federal district courts recognize a mediation privilege based on local rules, while circuit courts have declined to adopt a uniform federal privilege. This can lead to situations where materials protected by state privilege laws may be disclosed in federal court or vice versa. The lack of uniformity creates uncertainty around mediation confidentiality when cases involve both state and federal issues or proceedings.
David Campbell earned law degrees from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and the University of Windsor Faculty of Law through a joint JD/LLB program in 2004. This allowed him to be licensed to practice law in both the U.S. and Canada. After graduating and passing both the Michigan and Ontario bar exams, Campbell worked at the Toronto law firm McCarthy Tétrault and then returned to Bowman and Brooke in Troy, Michigan as an associate attorney. Campbell's dual licensure allows him to represent corporate clients in product liability, commercial litigation, and other cases on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border.
Justices Scalia and Kennedy have consistently voted in favor of authorities in cases involving alleged governmental abuse of prosecutorial powers. This document analyzes their votes in 5 such cases, including Canton v. Harris in 1989, to determine if their vote in that case suggested a different ideological stance. Through a statistical analysis, the document finds their Canton dissent was consistent with their pro-prosecutorial ideology in prior and subsequent cases. It concludes their voting patterns are predictable given Scalia's conservative reputation but Kennedy's pattern is less explainable by his background.
This document provides a summary of recent developments in three industries - energy, technology, and banking - regarding criminal antitrust enforcement actions and investigations. In the energy industry, the DOJ has created a working group to monitor oil and gas markets for potential price manipulation or collusion. In technology, the DOJ approved Google's acquisition of ITA Software but required conditions to promote competition. In banking, the EU is investigating several major banks for potential collusion in the credit default swap market. The document also provides a compliance tip on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and comments on defending global antitrust investigations, particularly regarding the appropriate scope of affected commerce used to calculate criminal fines.
Commercial bail works - An Ongoing Research ReportDerek Nelson
Research and history shows that the commercial bail bond industry has been proven to be the most effective means of accountable pretrial release, at no cost to the tax payer and provides greater success towards the reduction of habitual criminal behavior.
The document summarizes recent developments in criminal antitrust enforcement. It discusses fines and sentencing for price fixing in various industries such as electronic books, health care, freight forwarding, and LCD panels. Regulators have increased litigation efforts and obtained convictions and sizable fines in recent cases, showing a stronger commitment to deterring anticompetitive conduct through criminal prosecution.
As the Boy Scouts of America goes through a contentious bankruptcy, dozens of lawyers are working on the case. Many are charging more than $1,000 an hour.
The Obama administration announced that it will stop deporting younger undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children and grant them work permits. Approximately 800,000 young people, known as DREAMers, will qualify for deferred action from deportation if they meet certain criteria. While not providing a path to citizenship, the policy change will allow eligible youth to legally work and remain in the U.S. without fear of deportation. The administration stressed this is not amnesty or immunity, but a temporary measure until Congress passes comprehensive immigration reform.
El documento lista varios lugares y sitios históricos de interés en Valladolid, incluyendo palacios como el Palacio de Fabio Nelli, el Palacio de Santa Cruz y el Palacio Marqués de Valverde; iglesias como la Iglesia de San Martín, la Catedral, la Iglesia de San Pablo y la Iglesia de las Angustias; calles como la Calle Duque de la Victoria y la Calle Fray Luis de León; edificios como la Estación del Norte, la Real Chancillería, la Universidad, el Palacio Arzobis
Este documento presenta diferentes opciones de cámaras fotográficas para diferentes tipos de fotografía, junto con sus especificaciones y precios. La primera opción es una cámara compacta de 250 euros adecuada para fotografía de vacaciones. La segunda es una cámara sin espejo de 600 euros apropiada para fotografía callejera. La tercera es una cámara profesional de 4000 euros para reportajes sociales.
Christoph Stoettner - Save my time using scriptsLetsConnect
This document discusses using scripts to simplify administration tasks for IBM Connections. It covers:
1. Using wsadmin scripts to manage configuration settings, user profiles, and security roles for Connections applications. Scripts are provided for tasks like backing up roles.
2. Leveraging Jython scripts to configure WebSphere Application Server settings, like data source parameters for performance. Example scripts are provided.
3. Scripting with DB2 commands to automate maintenance tasks and run queries across multiple databases. A script is demonstrated to check user IDs across Connections applications.
4. Additional topics covered include obtaining root certificates for LDAPS and resources for downloading example administration scripts.
El documento presenta una carta de Codelco rechazando su presunta responsabilidad en la contaminación del Río Aconcagua. Codelco indica que sus operaciones se han realizado normalmente sin incidentes ambientales y que ha estado monitoreando sus operaciones sin detectar anomalías. La empresa reitera su compromiso con el medio ambiente y la optimización de sus procesos de acuerdo a su Carta de Valores.
Este documento resume las actividades y logros del consorcio Lima Actividades Comerciales (LAC) durante el año 2013. LAC cumplió con todos sus objetivos para Sedapal, como el mantenimiento de medidores y la implantación de nuevos medidores. LAC también superó las metas de actividades persuasivas. El documento resalta que LAC es reconocido como el mejor consorcio por Sedapal y tiene buenas perspectivas para 2014, centrándose en mejorar la calidad del servicio.
This document provides information on special offers and promotions from various restaurants in South Africa. It lists the restaurant names, contact details, locations and descriptions of their winter specials which include discounted meals and food and drink packages. The document encourages readers to check restaurant websites and calendars for more details on events.
Asterisk at the Heart of Interactive Media (AstriCon 2014)Sebastien Couture
Digital media is in the midst of a revolution. As social media, smart phones, and smart TVs become more ubiquitous, they also allow for countless new and inventive ways for consumers to experience and engage with content such as TV shows, advertisement or art.
As an open source toolkit, Asterisk is the perfect engine to an interactive media framework where technologies such as telephony, text messaging and voice recognition are needed.
This presentation will showcase "Emilie", a Canadian interactive web series that went on to win several awards, including one for Best TV Series, Web & Transmedia at the Geneva International Film Festival, as well as a nomination at the SXSW Interactive Awards.
Este documento describe los diferentes tipos de medios de transmisión guiados y no guiados. Los medios guiados incluyen cable de par trenzado, cable coaxial y fibra óptica. Los medios no guiados incluyen radiofrecuencia, microondas, infrarrojos y Bluetooth. Se proporcionan detalles sobre las características y aplicaciones de cada uno.
Presentación realizada por Víctor Bendimez, Business Consulting de Genesys, en el marco del Contact center Day 2013, organizado por e-Contact. Se refiere a la Experiencia Cliente, su importancia, cómo afecta a las empresas, el viaje del cliente y los diferentes puntos de contacto, la evolución de la experiencia cliente, canales de interacción, tendencias, desafíos, consistencia en la conversación,
Modernizr is a JavaScript library that detects which CSS and HTML5 features are supported by the user's browser. It allows for progressive enhancement by applying features when supported and providing alternatives when not. This helps websites work on a wide range of browsers while still taking advantage of newer features for supported browsers.
Este documento describe la muerte celular programada (apoptosis) y su papel fundamental en el desarrollo embrionario y la homeostasis de los tejidos. Resume que la apoptosis es un proceso genéticamente regulado que elimina células de forma ordenada sin causar inflamación, a diferencia de la necrosis. Explica que durante el desarrollo embrionario y en el adulto, millones de células mueren diariamente por apoptosis para moldear los órganos y mantener el equilibrio entre la proliferación y muerte celular. Además,
It is a certified organic product, which can address all the needs of the farmers. The product enables the farmers to get higher yields and better quality at reduced costs. At the same time the natural resources are conserved at all times, thereby bringing in sustainability.
The document discusses the differences between mediation confidentiality and privilege. While most states have strong mediation privilege laws, federal courts take differing approaches. Some federal district courts recognize a mediation privilege based on local rules, while circuit courts have declined to adopt a uniform federal privilege. This can lead to situations where materials protected by state privilege laws may be disclosed in federal court or vice versa. The lack of uniformity creates uncertainty around mediation confidentiality when cases involve both state and federal issues or proceedings.
David Campbell earned law degrees from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and the University of Windsor Faculty of Law through a joint JD/LLB program in 2004. This allowed him to be licensed to practice law in both the U.S. and Canada. After graduating and passing both the Michigan and Ontario bar exams, Campbell worked at the Toronto law firm McCarthy Tétrault and then returned to Bowman and Brooke in Troy, Michigan as an associate attorney. Campbell's dual licensure allows him to represent corporate clients in product liability, commercial litigation, and other cases on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border.
Justices Scalia and Kennedy have consistently voted in favor of authorities in cases involving alleged governmental abuse of prosecutorial powers. This document analyzes their votes in 5 such cases, including Canton v. Harris in 1989, to determine if their vote in that case suggested a different ideological stance. Through a statistical analysis, the document finds their Canton dissent was consistent with their pro-prosecutorial ideology in prior and subsequent cases. It concludes their voting patterns are predictable given Scalia's conservative reputation but Kennedy's pattern is less explainable by his background.
This document provides a summary of recent developments in three industries - energy, technology, and banking - regarding criminal antitrust enforcement actions and investigations. In the energy industry, the DOJ has created a working group to monitor oil and gas markets for potential price manipulation or collusion. In technology, the DOJ approved Google's acquisition of ITA Software but required conditions to promote competition. In banking, the EU is investigating several major banks for potential collusion in the credit default swap market. The document also provides a compliance tip on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and comments on defending global antitrust investigations, particularly regarding the appropriate scope of affected commerce used to calculate criminal fines.
Commercial bail works - An Ongoing Research ReportDerek Nelson
Research and history shows that the commercial bail bond industry has been proven to be the most effective means of accountable pretrial release, at no cost to the tax payer and provides greater success towards the reduction of habitual criminal behavior.
The document summarizes recent developments in criminal antitrust enforcement. It discusses fines and sentencing for price fixing in various industries such as electronic books, health care, freight forwarding, and LCD panels. Regulators have increased litigation efforts and obtained convictions and sizable fines in recent cases, showing a stronger commitment to deterring anticompetitive conduct through criminal prosecution.
As the Boy Scouts of America goes through a contentious bankruptcy, dozens of lawyers are working on the case. Many are charging more than $1,000 an hour.
The Obama administration announced that it will stop deporting younger undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children and grant them work permits. Approximately 800,000 young people, known as DREAMers, will qualify for deferred action from deportation if they meet certain criteria. While not providing a path to citizenship, the policy change will allow eligible youth to legally work and remain in the U.S. without fear of deportation. The administration stressed this is not amnesty or immunity, but a temporary measure until Congress passes comprehensive immigration reform.
El documento lista varios lugares y sitios históricos de interés en Valladolid, incluyendo palacios como el Palacio de Fabio Nelli, el Palacio de Santa Cruz y el Palacio Marqués de Valverde; iglesias como la Iglesia de San Martín, la Catedral, la Iglesia de San Pablo y la Iglesia de las Angustias; calles como la Calle Duque de la Victoria y la Calle Fray Luis de León; edificios como la Estación del Norte, la Real Chancillería, la Universidad, el Palacio Arzobis
Este documento presenta diferentes opciones de cámaras fotográficas para diferentes tipos de fotografía, junto con sus especificaciones y precios. La primera opción es una cámara compacta de 250 euros adecuada para fotografía de vacaciones. La segunda es una cámara sin espejo de 600 euros apropiada para fotografía callejera. La tercera es una cámara profesional de 4000 euros para reportajes sociales.
Christoph Stoettner - Save my time using scriptsLetsConnect
This document discusses using scripts to simplify administration tasks for IBM Connections. It covers:
1. Using wsadmin scripts to manage configuration settings, user profiles, and security roles for Connections applications. Scripts are provided for tasks like backing up roles.
2. Leveraging Jython scripts to configure WebSphere Application Server settings, like data source parameters for performance. Example scripts are provided.
3. Scripting with DB2 commands to automate maintenance tasks and run queries across multiple databases. A script is demonstrated to check user IDs across Connections applications.
4. Additional topics covered include obtaining root certificates for LDAPS and resources for downloading example administration scripts.
El documento presenta una carta de Codelco rechazando su presunta responsabilidad en la contaminación del Río Aconcagua. Codelco indica que sus operaciones se han realizado normalmente sin incidentes ambientales y que ha estado monitoreando sus operaciones sin detectar anomalías. La empresa reitera su compromiso con el medio ambiente y la optimización de sus procesos de acuerdo a su Carta de Valores.
Este documento resume las actividades y logros del consorcio Lima Actividades Comerciales (LAC) durante el año 2013. LAC cumplió con todos sus objetivos para Sedapal, como el mantenimiento de medidores y la implantación de nuevos medidores. LAC también superó las metas de actividades persuasivas. El documento resalta que LAC es reconocido como el mejor consorcio por Sedapal y tiene buenas perspectivas para 2014, centrándose en mejorar la calidad del servicio.
This document provides information on special offers and promotions from various restaurants in South Africa. It lists the restaurant names, contact details, locations and descriptions of their winter specials which include discounted meals and food and drink packages. The document encourages readers to check restaurant websites and calendars for more details on events.
Asterisk at the Heart of Interactive Media (AstriCon 2014)Sebastien Couture
Digital media is in the midst of a revolution. As social media, smart phones, and smart TVs become more ubiquitous, they also allow for countless new and inventive ways for consumers to experience and engage with content such as TV shows, advertisement or art.
As an open source toolkit, Asterisk is the perfect engine to an interactive media framework where technologies such as telephony, text messaging and voice recognition are needed.
This presentation will showcase "Emilie", a Canadian interactive web series that went on to win several awards, including one for Best TV Series, Web & Transmedia at the Geneva International Film Festival, as well as a nomination at the SXSW Interactive Awards.
Este documento describe los diferentes tipos de medios de transmisión guiados y no guiados. Los medios guiados incluyen cable de par trenzado, cable coaxial y fibra óptica. Los medios no guiados incluyen radiofrecuencia, microondas, infrarrojos y Bluetooth. Se proporcionan detalles sobre las características y aplicaciones de cada uno.
Presentación realizada por Víctor Bendimez, Business Consulting de Genesys, en el marco del Contact center Day 2013, organizado por e-Contact. Se refiere a la Experiencia Cliente, su importancia, cómo afecta a las empresas, el viaje del cliente y los diferentes puntos de contacto, la evolución de la experiencia cliente, canales de interacción, tendencias, desafíos, consistencia en la conversación,
Modernizr is a JavaScript library that detects which CSS and HTML5 features are supported by the user's browser. It allows for progressive enhancement by applying features when supported and providing alternatives when not. This helps websites work on a wide range of browsers while still taking advantage of newer features for supported browsers.
Este documento describe la muerte celular programada (apoptosis) y su papel fundamental en el desarrollo embrionario y la homeostasis de los tejidos. Resume que la apoptosis es un proceso genéticamente regulado que elimina células de forma ordenada sin causar inflamación, a diferencia de la necrosis. Explica que durante el desarrollo embrionario y en el adulto, millones de células mueren diariamente por apoptosis para moldear los órganos y mantener el equilibrio entre la proliferación y muerte celular. Además,
It is a certified organic product, which can address all the needs of the farmers. The product enables the farmers to get higher yields and better quality at reduced costs. At the same time the natural resources are conserved at all times, thereby bringing in sustainability.
Presentación de las características de las exclusivas Piscinas de Arena® de la empresa Piscinas de Arena S.A. que tiene la patente de la construcción y marcas de Piscinas de Arena® y NaturSand®.
Lorenzo Martínez - Welcome to your secure /home, $user [Rooted CON 2012]RootedCON
El objetivo de la conferencia es exponer cómo se puede llevar a cabo, de forma lo más sencilla y estructurada posible, la coexistencia de diversos elementos cotidianos en las casas actuales, controlados por un único sistema, con la finalidad de mejorar la seguridad del lugar donde más tranquilos deberíamos estar: nuestra propia vivienda. Se explicará cómo diseñar un mecanismo de seguridad física casero basado en:
Mecanismos de monitorización mediante cámaras web genéricas, con técnicas de reconocimiento facial de los habitantes de la casa, así como detección por bluetooth.
Grabación de videos a sospechosos
Interacción con una alarma controlable vía TCPIP
Reconocimiento facial de personas clasificadas como “buscadas por las autoridades”, en modo lista negra, integrado con el aviso teléfonico a la policía mediante una centralita basada en VoIP, indicando la ubicación de qué persona de dicha lista, se encuentra en el domicilio.
Sistema de notificaciones de las alertas a Twitter, correo y mensajería instantánea.
Asimismo, se hablará de automatización de mecanismos de control de aire acondicionado/calefacción, robots dedicados a la limpieza y estaciones meteorológicas, demostrando que cualquier elemento casero con interfaz de red, puede ser un sistema SCADA. Además de implementar un sistema de autenticación biométrica, aprovechando el reconocimiento facial de quien entra en la casa, se podrá disponer de una lista blanca de usuarios, sobre los que poder personalizar un mensaje de bienvenida para cada usuario, pudiendo avisarle de diversos aspectos.
Ciencia y videojuegos (versión Extracción de Información) [UCA 05/2015]Antonio Mora
Este documento presenta una introducción a la relación entre ciencia y videojuegos. Explica el crecimiento del mercado de videojuegos y la inclusión de nuevos grupos de jugadores. También describe diferentes sistemas y plataformas de videojuegos actuales, así como la inclusión de asignaturas y grados relacionados con los videojuegos en las universidades.
Este documento describe la Medicina 2.0 y cómo las herramientas de la Web 2.0 pueden usarse en el campo médico. Explica que la Medicina 2.0 facilita la interacción entre pacientes, médicos e investigadores a través de blogs, wikis y otras herramientas. También discute cómo los médicos pueden mantenerse actualizados y educar a pacientes utilizando estas herramientas como buscadores médicos, RSS y podcasts.
El documento habla sobre los tipos y partes de una entrevista. Explica que una entrevista es un diálogo entre un entrevistador y un entrevistado, y describe las partes clave de una entrevista como la introducción, el cuerpo con preguntas y respuestas, y la conclusión. También discute los roles del entrevistador y el entrevistado y diferentes tipos de entrevistas.
O documento lista sites e emails de empresas e consultorias de recursos humanos no Brasil. Fornece uma lista extensa de contatos para quem procura vagas de emprego ou recrutamento de profissionais.
The Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision finding that a California law restricting the sale of violent video games to minors violates the First Amendment. The Court held that video games are a protected form of speech and that new categories of unprotected speech cannot be created by legislatures. Since violence is not included in the limited categories of unprotected speech like obscenity, and there is no long tradition of restricting minors' access to violent depictions, the law created a new category of restricted speech based only on its content and was thus unconstitutional.
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that barring same-sex couples from civil marriage violates the state constitution. The court found that denying the protections, benefits, and obligations of civil marriage to same-sex couples who wish to marry deprives them of equal dignity and creates second-class citizens. However, the court stayed its ruling for 180 days to allow the legislature to take any action it deems appropriate. Three justices dissented, arguing that the definition of marriage is a policy decision for the legislature.
This document analyzes how judicial rulings regarding Exemption 1 of the Freedom of Information Act have affected journalists' ability to obtain government documents over the past decade. It finds that while more FOIA requests are being approved initially by agencies, success rates in lawsuits have declined from 7.7% in 2008 to 6.2% in 2014. Exemption 1, involving national security, continues to be frequently claimed and rarely overturned by courts. However, a few notable cases found in favor of transparency, like the New York Times obtaining drone targeting documents. Overall, journalists still face challenges in litigation but some progress has been made in initial request approvals.
The document discusses perspectives on how and when the US may regulate online gambling. It summarizes the views of various experts and professionals in the online gambling industry. There is no consensus on whether regulation will occur at the federal or state level, but most agree that some regulation is inevitable and will likely begin at the state level. Opinions vary on timing, with estimates ranging from regulation in some states within a year to the possibility of no federal legislation ever being passed.
Provided by Darren Chaker, this is an excellent publication concerning obtaining police records. Booking photographs to police report for all 50 states.
14th Amendment Equal Protection Discrimination Various Crite.docxherminaprocter
14th Amendment Equal Protection: Discrimination
Various Criteria:
Basic assumption that government acted lawfully: victim has burden of proof, common law
- “simple rationality test”
- typical merit requirements
“Suspect classifications”: race, alien status, religion brings “strict scrutiny”: government must have at least a “compelling interest”: constitutional law
Middle ground: reasonableness: gender, age, minor interests, disabilities: statutory law
- Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: pay discrimination due to gender can be contested long after initial pay decision was made if lower pay is ongoing
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Public Employment: Equal protection
de jure v. de facto discrimination
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Public Employment: Equal protection
Evolving race criteria:
Adarand v. Pena (1995): compelling interest needed for affirmative action. Narrowly tailored remedy expected
Ricci v. DeStefano (2009): City of New Haven violated Title VII by refusing to certify test results when no black firefighters passed. Cannot reject open fair process solely on disparate results
Comcast v. National Association of African-American Owned Media(2020) : “But for cause”:
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Public Employment: Equal protection
Equal Protection in College admission indicates court’s continual evolution:
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (2014)
States can ban consideration of race in college admissions or other public programs
But already the court had banned any form of affirmative action that created any sort of quotas or operated mechanically.
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin(2016): left basic law
race-based preferences inherently suspect but legal if schools -- and by extension, employers -- provide strong evidence their affirmative-action programs are narrowly tailored to achieve the goal of diversity.
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Recent notable movement on discrimination(not administrative law)
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & Sch. v. EEOC (2012)
Courts cannot tell religious organizations who can they can fire as ministers: “ministerial exception”
In hiring and firing of Sunday school teacher, first amendment trumps employment laws
The Hobby Lobby case (2014): cannot require private employees to provide birth control
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Public Employment: Equal protection: Gender
Title VI of 1964 Civil Rights Act: forbids discrimination based on race, sex, religion, and national origin
Title VII: applies Title VI to state and local governments
- Retirement programs cannot discriminate
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Public Employment: Equal protection: Gender
Feeney v. Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts (1979)
- veteran’s preference challenge – public interest in rewarding veterans outweighed gender impact
Supreme Court has struck down discrimination of gays/lesbians if there was no public purpose
United States v. Windsor (2013) : Federal Defense of Marriage Act overturned
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Employment: Equal protection: Gender
Harassment: Harris v. Forklift Systems (1993): “hostile environ.
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Fourteen years after the Patriot Act gave sweeping spy powers to the government in
its war against terrorism, a consensus is finally emerging in Congress that the
government needs to be reined in—at least a bit. The next two weeks could
determine whether that consensus will yield a new law.
A Long-Awaited Reform to the Patriot Act
A bipartisan bill passed by the House on Wednesday would end the NSA’s bulk-
data-collection program.
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MAY 14, 2015 | POLITICS
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In a bipartisan vote of 338-88, the House on Wednesday afternoon passed the USA
Freedom Act, which seeks to restrain the nation’s surveillance state while extending
other key parts of the 2001 Patriot Act that are set to expire at the end of the
month. At its core, the House measure ends the NSA’s bulk collection program first
exposed two years ago by Edward Snowden, and requires the government to be
more transparent about the data it seeks from citizens. The vote comes just a week
after a federal appeals court ruled that the Patriot Act’s controversial Section 215
did not authorize the bulk collection program, which allowed the NSA to access
domestic telephone metadata. The ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
didn’t end the program, which the Freedom Act would.
The House measure represented a rare and genuine bipartisan compromise,
drawing support from the original author of the Patriot Act, conservative
Representative James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, along with liberal Democrats
like John Conyers of Michigan and Jerrold Nadler of New York, staunch civil
libertarians. The White House has said that President Obama would sign it. Yet it
faces an uncertain fate in the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
wants to extend the entire Patriot Act, untouched, for another five years.
Democrats have vowed to block that effort and are hoping that the strong House
vote and the chance that the surveillance programs could expire altogether on June
1 will force McConnell to accept the reform bill. A short-term extension, giving the
Senate more time to debate, is also possible. (The Senate has a recess scheduled
after next week.)
“Today, we have a rare opportunity to restore a measure of
restraint to surveillance programs that have simply gone
too far.”
The bill’s supporters say it’s the most far-reac ...
SCOTUS Launches New Economy with Legalized Sports BettingMSL
In a 6-3 decision in the case Murphy vs. National Collegiate Athletic Association, SCOTUS ruled that because Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when it passed PAPSA. In essence, Congress tried to prohibit state legislatures from repealing their existing statues that outlawed sports betting. Under a line of Supreme Court precedent known as the anti-commandeering doctrine, federal efforts to coerce states into enforcing federal law are unconstitutional violations of the Tenth Amendment.
To say this is just the beginning would be cliché, but what SCOTUS has wrought with its decision will have lasting consequences that go far beyond sports betting.
Patent litigation isn’t what it used to be.
Monumental changes to U.S. patent law have changed the rules of the litigation game. Basic assumptions about patent law that existed just a few years ago no longer apply. The changes have raised new questions about venue, costs and validity. The shifts in the patent landscape are forcing companies and their counsel to re-evaluate their intellectual property portfolios. Some in the patent bar are calling it a “brave new world.”
14th Amendment Equal Protection Discrimination Various Critedrennanmicah
14th Amendment Equal Protection: Discrimination
Various Criteria:
Basic assumption that government acted lawfully: victim has burden of proof, common law
- “simple rationality test”
- typical merit requirements
“Suspect classifications”: race, alien status, religion brings “strict scrutiny”: government must have at least a “compelling interest”: constitutional law
Middle ground: reasonableness: gender, age, minor interests, disabilities: statutory law
- Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: pay discrimination due to gender can be contested long after initial pay decision was made if lower pay is ongoing
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Public Employment: Equal protection
de jure v. de facto discrimination
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Public Employment: Equal protection
Evolving race criteria:
Adarand v. Pena (1995): compelling interest needed for affirmative action. Narrowly tailored remedy expected
Ricci v. DeStefano (2009): City of New Haven violated Title VII by refusing to certify test results when no black firefighters passed. Cannot reject open fair process solely on disparate results
Comcast v. National Association of African-American Owned Media(2020) : “But for cause”:
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Public Employment: Equal protection
Equal Protection in College admission indicates court’s continual evolution:
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (2014)
States can ban consideration of race in college admissions or other public programs
But already the court had banned any form of affirmative action that created any sort of quotas or operated mechanically.
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin(2016): left basic law
race-based preferences inherently suspect but legal if schools -- and by extension, employers -- provide strong evidence their affirmative-action programs are narrowly tailored to achieve the goal of diversity.
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Recent notable movement on discrimination(not administrative law)
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & Sch. v. EEOC (2012)
Courts cannot tell religious organizations who can they can fire as ministers: “ministerial exception”
In hiring and firing of Sunday school teacher, first amendment trumps employment laws
The Hobby Lobby case (2014): cannot require private employees to provide birth control
5
Public Employment: Equal protection: Gender
Title VI of 1964 Civil Rights Act: forbids discrimination based on race, sex, religion, and national origin
Title VII: applies Title VI to state and local governments
- Retirement programs cannot discriminate
6
Public Employment: Equal protection: Gender
Feeney v. Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts (1979)
- veteran’s preference challenge – public interest in rewarding veterans outweighed gender impact
Supreme Court has struck down discrimination of gays/lesbians if there was no public purpose
United States v. Windsor (2013) : Federal Defense of Marriage Act overturned
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Employment: Equal protection: Gender
Harassment: Harris v. Forklift Systems (1993): “hostile environ ...
14th Amendment Equal Protection Discrimination Various Critelauvicuna8dw
The document discusses equal protection and discrimination in public employment under the 14th Amendment. It covers the different levels of scrutiny courts apply to discrimination based on various personal characteristics like race, gender, age and disability. Strict scrutiny applies to suspect classifications like race, requiring the government to have a compelling interest. Middle-tier scrutiny applies to classifications like gender and age, requiring the government interest be important. The rational basis test applies to typical merit requirements and other non-suspect classifications. The document also discusses evolving case law around affirmative action, harassment, leave policies and other public employment issues.
blind justice a case for judiciary impartiality in the philippine supreme courtAnthony Duenas
This study examines whether the wealth and resources of litigants influences outcomes in the Philippine Supreme Court. It analyzes 350 public and private law cases from 2008. The study finds that a litigant's wealth and ability to harness resources does not significantly impact whether their appeal is granted. This contradicts previous research that found Filipino judges favored poorer litigants during the Marcos regime. The results imply that Supreme Court justices make decisions based on the legal merits of cases rather than being swayed by litigants' resources or backgrounds.
Avoiding Surprises in Cost Shifting DecisionsEva Harte
This document summarizes the circuit split regarding whether e-discovery costs can be shifted to the losing party under 28 U.S.C. § 1920(4). Courts interpret the language of "copies" and "exemplification" differently, leading to uncertainty over what e-discovery costs are recoverable. This divergence creates unfairness and can deter litigation or push parties to settle regardless of merits. The document recommends amending rules to make discovery agreements binding and create a cost-sharing process reflecting parties' own agreements to reduce surprises and enhance fairness.
The document discusses the appeals process in criminal court cases. It explains that an appeal is when a case is brought before a higher court to review a lower court's decision, in order to argue that the sentence was incorrect or that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute. Both the defense and prosecution can appeal for various reasons, such as lack of evidence or errors in the trial. Appellate courts play an important role in ensuring due process and "checks and balances" were followed in the lower courts. However, pursuing an appeal also carries the risk that the higher court could determine an even harsher sentence was deserved. The document uses the example of Scott Peterson's appeal of his death penalty conviction for murdering his wife, arguing he did
This document provides information about laws governing public access to police records in the United States. It discusses recent movements aimed at restricting access to criminal records and arrest information. It also outlines the different types of records maintained by police departments and strategies for obtaining information from law enforcement, including cultivating relationships with police and invoking state open records laws. The document serves as a state-by-state guide for journalists seeking information from police.
Using Comparative Foreign Law In Constitutional And Other Adjudications By Na...guestc2745c
This document discusses a US Supreme Court case, Roper v. Simmons, regarding whether imposing the death penalty on juvenile offenders between the ages of 15-18 is constitutional. The author argues that referencing foreign law in this case was proper to help resolve uncertainties in US law. While some argue foreign law references undermine national sovereignty or risk biased selection, the author believes considering relevant experiences from other countries can help clarify legal doubts, especially on universal issues like prohibiting juvenile death penalty. Foreign law is not binding but can provide useful context when national laws are unclear.
Legal Analytics versus Empirical Legal Studies - or - Causal Inference vs Pre...Daniel Katz
This document provides an overview of legal analytics and empirical legal studies, comparing their methods and goals. Legal analytics uses machine learning and predictive modeling to predict outcomes, while empirical legal studies uses social science methods like regression analysis to determine the causal impact of policies. Both aim to improve legal rules and institutions but use different tools - prediction vs. causal inference. Prediction is important for tasks like litigation strategies, while causal inference is best for evaluating policy interventions. Recent work has shown growing interest in both rigorous predictive modeling of legal data as well as combining predictive and causal techniques.
Study: Millions of Americans Go To Court Without a LawyerMark_Carnell
Countless movies and TV shows include a scene where a police officer arrests an alleged criminal and reads them the Miranda warning. Actors playing the role of police officers say, “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed.”
FilmOn X CEO Alkiviades David says that regardless of the Supreme Court's decision in the Aereo case, FilmOn X's business will survive because only 3% relies on free-to-air TV and most relies on licensed content and social video features. David plans to file a motion for FilmOn X to intervene in the Aereo case to argue their separate position that their technology is more evolved than Aereo's. Experts debate whether Congress anticipated how new technologies could impact terms like "performance" in copyright law, and what the implications may be of the Supreme Court's upcoming decision in the Aereo case.
Sony cut prices on select LCD TVs by up to $500 and launched new scan down promotions to close the gap with rivals like Samsung. Specific models saw price cuts of $200 to $500, and some TVs were paired with $100 to $300 scan down promotions running through early August. Sony appears to be most aggressively promoting its Z5100 TV series, which are paired with $300 scan downs in July reducing to $200 in August. The moves aim to make Sony more competitive against manufacturers such as Samsung.
Sony owns dozens of recent patents on 3-D technology covering auto-stereoscopic displays that don't require glasses as well as those that do. Sony's work includes screens that use piezoelectric drivers or switch light sources to create parallax effects for glasses-free 3D. Other patents describe 3D projection systems and a way to deliver stereoscopic images to the PSP handheld device.
Vic Pacor is leaving his role as CEO of D&M Holdings after only two months in the position. Pacor's decision to leave was his own and he will be pursuing other entrepreneurial opportunities. Yvonne Hao, an executive from Bain Capital which acquired D&M last year, will replace Pacor as CEO. Pioneer is exiting the plasma TV business and will focus more on audio products, relying more heavily on independent dealers and specialty retailers for sales. Pioneer halted plasma TV production this month and will sell through remaining inventory over the next 6-7 months.
The document discusses issues surrounding the digital television transition that were raised at an FCC meeting. Commissioners expressed concerns about potential reception problems as analog and digital coverage areas diverge for some viewers. While the early February analog shutoffs went smoothly overall, some viewers may lose stations and need to adjust antennas or take other steps. The FCC and NTIA will focus outreach efforts on the estimated 5 million households that remain unprepared.
Qualcomm is seeing strong demand from device makers for its new Snapdragon 805 Ultra HD mobile processor. Several manufacturers have already committed to using the new processor in 2014. Qualcomm sees growth opportunities in Ultra HD displays and wearable devices like smart watches. While Qualcomm plans to sell its Toq smart watch, its ultimate goal is to sell smart watch components to other manufacturers.
Sony announced that all PS3 systems will be upgradeable through firmware updates to play 3D content from 2010 onward. This positions the PS3's 3D compatibility as a key advantage over other consoles. There has been some debate about whether current PS3 and Blu-ray player hardware can handle 3D with just a firmware update. Sony says it can for the PS3, while Panasonic says it's not possible for their Blu-ray players. Sony is looking to establish 3D formats for Blu-ray discs, HDMI and broadcast TV as it rolls out 3D gaming and movie content on the PS3.
Hundreds of consumers turned out for PS4 launch events in New York on Thursday night and Friday morning. GameStop stores had limited quantities of PS4s available for customers who did not pre-order the console, with some stores only having around 100 units. Popular launch games for the PS4 included Killzone: Shadow Fall, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Madden NFL 25, and NBA 2K14. Customer demand was similar for the PS4 and upcoming Xbox One launch, but PS4s tended to have a slight edge in sales at some GameStop locations.
Camera manufacturers are shifting their product mixes away from point-and-shoot cameras towards interchangeable lens cameras like SLRs due to declining point-and-shoot sales driven by smartphone proliferation. They are emphasizing features like long zooms, WiFi connectivity, and weather-sealing in compact cameras to differentiate from smartphones. Canon announced new full-frame DSLRs including the EOS 6D, its lowest priced full-frame model to date, while Pentax is seeing demand for its recently announced K-5 II and K-5 IIs models. Fujifilm is expanding its X-Series mirrorless line.
NATM retailers are surviving but not thriving in 2010 due to a challenging business environment with slow sales, weakening margins, and overuse of scan-down rebates and bundles by manufacturers. While NATM sales increased in 2010 due to members like P.C. Richard joining, overall consumer electronics sales are flat and inventory levels are high. Scan-down deals further reduce retailer margins and bundled items impact profits on goods they normally make good margins on. The introduction of 3D TVs also poses challenges without much 3D content available.
P.C. Richard & Son plans to continue opening new stores, even as it waits for the economy to improve. It recently opened two more stores, including one in a former Circuit City location. P.C. Richard also renovated its existing stores and expanded its product offerings, such as video games, which have been very successful. The company's president said opportunities from Circuit City's exit allowed them to enter new markets. He is hopeful supplies of popular products will be adequate for the holidays.
The document provides an overview of the consumer electronics industry outlook according to NPD analyst Stephen Baker. While there are challenges in 2010, Baker says there are more reasons for hope than despair, including growing demand for 3D TVs and digital SLR cameras. Baker notes opportunities for CE retailers in the shift to large-screen TVs, importance of knowledgeable salespeople, and ability to sell accessories and peripherals through multimedia devices. However, consumer confidence remains weak and many consumers are waiting for lower prices before purchasing new products.
- Car Toys is considering expanding into new markets but did not specify which ones. It has no current plans to open or close stores in its existing markets.
- E-commerce sales have grown double-digits each year for Car Toys and allow it to reach new customers outside its existing markets.
- Android smartphones are dominating sales at Car Toys currently, with Samsung and HTC models selling particularly well. Car Toys is also looking to enter the tablet category.
NBCUniversal will soon make its TV content available to stream on set-top streaming devices like Apple TV and Roku. Jennifer Pirot of NBCUniversal said they are working to finalize negotiations with set-top box makers and plan to have their content available on devices by the end of the year. Currently, NBCUniversal content is only available via apps on mobile devices. HBO has seen more success in making its content widely available across devices because it started earlier with its HBO Go app and has a larger library of content to choose from compared to broadcast networks like NBC.
Voxx International's first aftermarket mobile DTV tuner for automotive use will be delayed from its planned May launch until at least September due to chipset delays from supplier Mobile Content Venture. The tuner may not launch until December. Voxx CEO Patrick Lavelle remains optimistic that mobile DTV tuners could generate $30 million annually for Voxx once available. Voxx is also incorporating Roku's streaming technology into an over-the-air antenna launching in the third or fourth quarter, allowing both live broadcast TV and access to hundreds of streaming channels.
- Guzu, an electronics recycling company, is focused on growth over profitability for now. It plans to launch an enhanced website with more product categories and move to a larger facility.
- The CEO said iPhones are currently the most popular items and they offer $80-200 for used ones. Guzu aims to process more consumer orders daily and expand its recycling services nationally within a few years.
Amazon launches new streaming device called Fire TV for $99 that supports streaming video and games. While initial analyst reaction was mixed, several game publishers expressed strong support and said they will provide game titles compatible with Fire TV. Amazon is also offering a dedicated game controller for $39.99 to enhance the gaming experience on Fire TV.
ESPN executive Chuck Pagano says that videogames will be a major driver of 3D TV adoption, as gamers buy 3D TVs to use with game consoles like the PS3. He and Anthony Bailey believe that the need to wear 3D glasses will not deter consumers from buying 3D TVs. DirecTV plans to launch three dedicated 3D channels in June, including one for live sports and concerts, one for movies and documentaries, and one for video-on-demand content like the 2010 MLB All-Star Game in 3D.
Several consumer electronics companies, including RadioShack, Sonos and Microsoft, ran TV ads during the Super Bowl, reminding viewers that CE is about both content and hardware. An analyst said the ads help show that hardware is still important to the CE industry and can help RadioShack update its image. RadioShack's ad featured 1980s celebrities and was meant to position the company as reinvented and focused on today's technology needs.
Wicked Pictures president Steve Orenstein says the company has no plans to produce 3D porn titles as 3D has not gained significant traction in the porn market. He notes several challenges with the 3D format for porn, including whether viewers want to wear glasses for porn viewing and added production costs. Orenstein also says Blu-ray never took off for the porn industry, with Wicked releasing only about 15 Blu-ray titles, and that DVD continues to account for around 50% of Wicked's revenue despite an overall decline in the DVD market.
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Dish Network launched its new satellite-based broadband internet service, dishNET, at Cowboy Maloney's Electric City store in Jackson, Mississippi. dishNET will provide internet speeds of up to 10Mbps download and 2Mbps upload to rural US homes that currently have slow or no broadband access. The service starts at $39.99 per month when bundled with Dish TV packages. Dish aims to close the "digital divide" and bring high-speed internet to the millions of rural US residents who are currently underserved or unserved. Cowboy Maloney's was selected for the launch event due to its role in previous launches of DirecTV and Sirius Satellite Radio.
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opinion leaves the court, there is no way to know now how that justice’s replacement would rule on the
issue. But Smith said "this is a very strong opinion," issued Monday, and "the court does not over-rule
itself very readily." Therefore, he said, he didn’t think it was likely that a return to the issue with a new
Supreme Court justice would happen "at any time in the near future." Alito and Roberts also "didn’t ex-
actly suggest how you would write a law that could pass constitutional muster," Smith said: "It’s my
view, having worked on these cases for a decade, that it is not possible using the tools of the English lan-
guage to write a law" that would accomplish that.
Gallagher said that "just because it’s possible to do something ... doesn’t mean it’s wise to do it."
It would take "a substantial period of time" before "the circumstances ... would come about" where a re-
turn to the issue by the Supreme Court may be possible, he said. In the meantime, he said, ESA was
"very, very pleased with the broad win" on Monday.
If another state opts to introduce another similar law that tries to regulate games "based on content"
in the face of the court’s majority opinion, it’s "just asking to be paying my legal fees in the long run,"
Smith said. "That door has been slammed shut," Gallagher said about the passage of more such laws.
Calling the court’s decision "a big win," Sean Bersell, EMA vice president of public affairs, indi-
cated his group also had little concern about a return to the issue in the future. He told us, "The court
agreed with practically all of our arguments and closed the door on this type of legislation — not only
closed it, but nailed it shut. The majority opinion is now the law of the land and is controlling Supreme
Court precedent."
Other legal experts agreed with the game industry that a return by the Supreme Court to the issue
was unlikely. "It is difficult to imagine a new state law regulating violent video games that would survive
First Amendment review after" Monday’s decision, Robert Corn-Revere, a First Amendment lawyer with
Davis Wright, told us. The court "applied strict scrutiny and found the state's justifications for the law to
be seriously deficient," he said. It was "a bit fanciful to hope for a different outcome based on future hy-
pothetical changes in the composition of" the Supreme Court, he said. Robert Schwartz, a partner at the
law firm Constantine Cannon, said "this is about as ‘settled’ as things get and unlikely to be revisited in
the foreseeable future." His firm was one of many that had filed amicus briefs on behalf of the game in-
dustry in the dispute.
Monday’s decision "effectively closes the door on any similar legislation for the foreseeable fu-
ture," said Steven Shapiro, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. But he said that because
Alito and Roberts "would have left that door ajar, it is always possible that the Court could reconsider its
position if one of the five justices in today’s majority leaves the Court." That "is equally true in any deci-
sion with a five person majority," he said. But he said the court "has a strong institutional presumption
against overruling its own cases unless there are very persuasive reasons for doing so."
Yee conceded at a news briefing in San Francisco that the decision leaves little room for California
lawmakers to write a new bill that could stand up to judicial review. "With the existing court, if we craft
the bill differently, we may be able to get another hearing," he said. He pointed to the two dissenting and
two concurring judges as evidence that there may be an opening to exploit. The concurrence may provide
a path to writing a new law, he said. But with a majority of the court joining Justice Antonin Scalia’s
opinion striking down the law, the prospects for a new law surviving a constitutional challenge narrow.
"When you get a new justice and a new vote, that may be enough," Yee said. If that opportunity arises,
Lee said he expects his colleagues in the California legislature to again support similar legislation
"protecting children."
3. TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2011 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DAILY—3
For now, Yee and advocates for restricting children’s access to violent videogames said they are
taking consolation in the fact that the law and the challenge to it have raised the awareness of parents
about the contents of videogames their children play. The game industry will probably increase its vigi-
lance for self-regulating its games in the wake of the court's decision, said George Fouras, a psychiatrist
and member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Francisco Medical Soci-
ety, after the San Francisco news briefing. "My concern is over time that will lapse and people will be-
come complacent," he said. "A ratings system is fine, but on the sales floor," children are still able to buy
games with graphic depictions of violence, he said.
The Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the California law that would have made it illegal to
rent or sell violent, M-rated games to kids. The law had provided a penalty of up to $1,000 per violation.
Writing for the majority, Scalia said the 2005 law was unconstitutional on First Amendment
grounds, upholding prior decisions by U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte in San Jose, Calif., and the 9th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Court rulings "have been clear that the obscenity exception to the First
Amendment does not cover whatever a legislature finds shocking, but only depictions of ‘sexual con-
duct,’" Scalia said in the ruling. California was looking "to create a wholly new category of content-based
regulation" that was designed only for speech directed at kids with its game law, and "that is unprece-
dented and mistaken," he said. The U.S. doesn’t have a tradition of specially restricting kids’ access to
depictions of violence, and California’s claim that games presented special problems due to their interac-
tive nature was "unpersuasive," the majority opinion said. Such a law would be "invalid" unless Califor-
nia could demonstrate that it passed "strict scrutiny" — such as "a compelling government interest" — and
California didn’t meet that standard, the court ruled.
The majority also ruled that any "demonstrated effects" from a connection between exposure to
violent games and harm to kids were "small and indistinguishable from effects produced by other media."
California also failed to show that the law’s restrictions met any alleged need of parents who wished to
restrict their kids’ access to violent games, the court ruled. The game industry’s voluntary Entertainment
Software Rating Board system "already accomplishes that to a large extent," the ruling said. As a method
of helping parents, the law was also "greatly overinclusive" because "not all of the children who are pro-
hibited from purchasing violent video games have parents who disapprove of their doing so."
The majority opinion contained echoes of some of the comments made by the justices in Novem-
ber, during oral argument (CED Nov 3 p1). For example, the majority opinion compared the violence in
games to the violence in classic children’s books. Grimm’s Fairy Tales "are grim indeed," the ruling said.
Scalia had made the same argument during oral argument. Breyer and Alito were among the justices who
pressed Smith especially hard during oral argument. Breyer asked Smith why it wasn’t "common sense to
say that if a parent wants his 13-year-old child" to have an extremely violent game with "no social or re-
deeming value," a state should have the right to tell that parent to "go buy it yourself." In his dissenting
opinion, Breyer said he believed the First Amendment "does not disable government from helping par-
ents" to make sure their kids can’t buy violent games. He said the case was "less about censorship than it
is about education."
Thomas was the only justice who made no comment during oral argument. In his dissenting opin-
ion, he said he didn’t agree that the law was "facially unconstitutional under the First Amendment" be-
cause the right to freedom of speech, "as originally understood, does not include a right to speak to minors
without going through the minors’ parents or guardians" or for minors to access such speech.
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The MPAA and various other groups praised Monday’s ruling. MPAA Chairman Chris Dodd said
"we applaud the Supreme Court for recognizing the far-reaching First Amendment implications posed by
the California law."
But the Parents Television Council slammed the court’s decision and pledged to "continue holding
irresponsible video game retailers publicly accountable." The ruling "proves" that the Supreme Court
"heard the video game industry loud and clear, but turned a deaf ear to concerned parents," PTC President
Tim Winter said. He claimed the "carefully-worded California statute would not have interfered in any
way with the rights of the creators of adult games or the adults who wish to buy them." He called on the
EMA "to redouble its efforts for increased enforcement of the industry’s age-based vending restrictions."
A House Republican who once introduced videogame violence legislation said it’s wrong to im-
pose regulations like those California proposed. Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., a senior member of the Com-
merce Committee, had a videogame bill in 2006 that would have required the FTC to make rules requiring
more thorough review of videogames by content raters. But Monday, Stearns said the high court decision
“reminded us that it is the role of parents to select what video games their children purchase and play, not
the government." While Stearns grows “increasingly concerned with the intensifying violence in video
games,” he believes “it is inappropriate to impose on industry broad regulations such as those created in
the California law. ... Instead, I hope the industry will work together to create their own standards so that
minors are protected and parents are educated in what they are purchasing.”
The court’s decision is a big win for media companies in general and may bode well for broad-
casters’ challenge to the FCC’s indecency rules, said Kevin Goldberg, an attorney with Fletcher
Heald. “This may make it very difficult for the FCC to win the indecency case the court also granted
cert on,” he said. The court’s decision to hear the videogame case puzzled some court watchers be-
cause it came on the heels of a similar First Amendment ruling where justices “very emphatically said
they were not going to carve out new categories of speech” that aren’t subject to the First Amendment,
Goldberg said. The California videogame law appeared to be asking the court to do just that, he said.
“But what the court appears to have done is, rather than open that up, it perhaps has even closed other
areas of regulated speech,” he said. — Jeff Berman, Josh Wein, Adam Bender
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Wimbledon to Get First 3D Treatment in Theaters And On ESPN 3D
Tennis fans at cinemas around the world, along with ESPN 3D TV viewers, can see 3D versions of
Wimbledon semifinal and final matches this weekend either on TV or at a smattering of RealD theaters
showing BBC coverage of the events.
ESPN 3D's coverage, which is not live, begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Friday with a delayed tele-
cast of the first men's semifinal match from earlier that day. The second men's semifinal match is to fol-
low at 1 a.m. EDT Saturday . The taped ladies' final match is to show a day later, Monday morning at 7
a.m. Eastern, and the men's taped final will follow at 9 a.m. Eastern Monday, according to an ESPN
schedule. Re-airings of semifinals and finals will run throughout Monday, said the ESPN website.
ESPN's 3D window coverage mirrors its rights on 2D, a company spokeswoman told us. There's no
match coverage of Wimbledon for ESPN on Sunday, she said. ESPN is not producing the Wimbledon
coverage but is using a feed provided by BBC, she said.
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SuperVision Media, Sony's distribution partner for Wimbledon, said Monday that Wimbledon
men’s semifinals will be broadcast live on Friday beginning at 1 p.m. British Summer Time (8 a.m. EDT)
to RealD theaters in Europe, Asia, North America and South America. The women's final is scheduled
for broadcast on Saturday at 2 p.m. BST (9 a.m. EDT) and the men's final will be broadcast on Sunday at
2 p.m. BST (9 a.m. EDT), it said.
We counted roughly 50 theaters on a Sony theater finder posted on the Wimbledon website that
directed tennis fans to theaters in their countries showing the semifinal and final matches in 3D. In the
U.S., AMC, Cinemark, National Amusements, Regal and Rave are the primary chains listed for Wimble-
don showings in a diverse range of cities including many smaller markets such as West Des Moines, Iowa;
Destin, Fla.; and Spring, Texas. There were no cinemas listed for major cities including New York,
Washington, Atlanta, St. Louis, Detroit or Minneapolis. The states with the highest penetration of 3D
cinemas set to show Wimbledon matches were California, Florida and Texas. RealD operates more than
8,600 3D screens in North America, according to its website.
RealD spokesman Rick Heineman said movie theaters set their own prices for the Wimbledon
event that's scheduled for a four-hour run. A spokeswoman at the AMC River East 21 cinema in Chi-
cago said all Wimbledon tickets for Saturday and Sunday viewings would be $15 each, compared with
standard ticket prices of $11.50 for adults, $10.50 for seniors and $8.50 for children. Tickets are also
available for $15 at the Garden State AMC theater in Paramus, N.J., where the event begins at 9 a.m. A
Wimbledon 3D ticket will cost fans $16 at the Cinemark Mesa in Mesa, Ariz., for a 6 a.m. showing.
The priciest ticket we found was at Edward's Long Beach Stadium 26 in Long Beach, Calif.: $18, ac-
cording to the website. In comparison, "Cars 2" in IMAX 3D at the same theater runs adults $18.50,
kids $15.50, according to the website.
A retractable roof was installed at Wimbledon's Centre Court in 2009, after the men's finals match
the previous year between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer had been delayed twice by rain. But other
courts at Wimbledon aren't protected and are subject to washouts. We asked RealD's Heineman what con-
tingency plans are for theaters planning to show the events live in 3D in case of a schedule change caused
by weather delays during the course of the week. "While rain delays are a possibility, the expectation is
that these events will be shown live at participating theaters," he said. — Rebecca Day
Final Rule Published
Active-Mode Testing Among Changes To DOE Battery Charger Test Procedure
The Department of Energy made changes to its test procedures to measure energy use of battery
chargers and external power supplies, incorporating in some cases elements from the California test proce-
dure. In a final rule published in the Federal Register, the department introduced an active-mode energy
consumption test procedure for battery chargers, which it said is needed to develop energy conservation
standards for the devices. The department also modified portions of its existing standby- and off-mode
battery charger test procedure by decreasing the testing time.
The DOE’s 2009 battery charger test procedure didn’t measure energy use in all modes. It ex-
cluded the energy consumed by the device while charging a battery, measuring only the energy use in
standby mode, when no battery was charged, and off mode or inactive mode. With the introduction of the
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active mode, the inactive-mode testing will be removed, the department said. The DOE’s active-mode
testing is based "in large part" on the test procedure adopted by the California Energy Commission (CEC),
it said.
But the DOE changed the CEC’s active-mode testing to "decrease the overall testing burden faced
by manufacturers," it said. It has done that by "increasing the procedure’s clarity," using terms "consistent
with other DOE rulemakings and dividing more complex procedures into simpler, discrete steps for test-
ing technicians to follow," the department said.
The DOE is now requiring a 30-minute warmup period followed by a 10-minute energy measure-
ment time for battery chargers. The earlier measurement period was one hour. This change harmonizes
the DOE’s methods with the CEC test procedure, it said, with the aim of producing "a less burdensome
procedure while preserving testing accuracy."
The DOE changed the single-voltage external power supply test procedure to accommodate
power supplies with USB outputs and other supplies that can’t be tested with the current procedure, it
said. The department debuted a test procedure for multiple-voltage external power supplies. The new
test procedures for battery chargers and power supplies are effective July 1, the DOE said. After Nov.
28, "manufacturers may not make any representation regarding battery charger or external power supply
consumption of efficiency unless" the devices concerned are tested under the new procedures, the de-
partment said. — Dinesh Kumar
Narrowing Margins
Some Front Projector Suppliers Pulling Back from Brick and Mortar Retail
The field of business-oriented front projector suppliers selling product at brick and mortar retail is
narrowing with the departures of NEC, Sanyo and Sharp amid shrinking profit margins. All three manu-
facturers were early promoters of the technology at retail, with Sharp being among the first to field a sub-
$1,000 model at Costco, while NEC models were once Black Friday promotional fodder for Best Buy.
But the suppliers have pulled back from retail amid narrowing margins brought on by increases in market-
ing expenses, leaving the field open for Epson, Optoma, Viewsonic and others.
Some manufacturers like Sanyo have moved their retail business online (CED June 17 p3) to deal-
ers like CDW, while Sharp hasn’t ruled out a return to store shelves if conditions change. Part of the rea-
son for the shifting strategies has been pricing, with an entry-level front projector with 800 x 600 resolu-
tion dropping below $400. TigerDirect.com Monday was promoting a Viewsonic PJD5123 3D-ready
front projector with 800 x 600 and 2,700 lumens at $349. It had a Viewsonic PJD5223 front projector
with 1,024 x 768 resolution and 2,700 lumens at $449.
"It’s a very tough place to make a profit, and right now it is a declining area, but things could
change in the future," said Bruce Pollack, Sharp assistant marketing director in the professional display
division. "We still have a lot of things at retail and maybe at some point our factory will come up with
something that is new and unique that fits right there and we will still have the contacts."
Some retailers recently brought on business-oriented front projectors, including Abt Electronics,
which started selling Optoma models online two months ago, General Manager Philip Hannon said. But
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Abt didn’t add conventional business front projectors, opting instead for the PK301 pico-projector ($399)
and the Neo-I, which combines a projector with an iPod docking station ($449). "It’s rounding out that
service and a lot of customers want to be able power the projector off their laptops and make it very port-
able," Hannon said. "The way the Internet business is it makes sense to venture into this category."
As Sharp pulled back from bricks and mortar retail, it introduced two new front projectors for busi-
ness distribution with a built-in ceiling swivel mount, allowing it to rotate 180 degrees to allow for
changes in room configurations. At the recent Infocomm trade show in Orlando, Sharp demonstrated the
models with 109-inch and 96-inch screens installed in opposite directions. The projectors rotated between
the two screens within 30 seconds every four minutes, using keystone correction and lens settings saved in
the model’s flash memory. Up to eight settings can be saved, company officials said. The XG-SV100
features a 0.7-inch DLP chip with 1,280 x 800, 4,500 lumens, 2,000:1 contrast ratio and 10-watt audio
system, while the XG-XV200X has a 0.65-inch DLP chip with 1,024 x 768 resolution and delivers 5,000
lumens. The models, which have USB 2.0 and RS-232C connectors, ship in Q3.
On the business side, Sharp has no immediate plans for a model similar to the company’s XV-
Z17000 home theater projector (CED Sept 24 p1) that features a 0.65-inch DLP chip with 1,920 x 1,080
resolution, but has 1,600 lumens, well short of commercial requirements for 4,000 to 5,000 lumens, said
Les Burger, senior product planning manager. A high-brightness version of the projector isn’t expected
on the business side for about a year, Burger said. The XV-Z17000 has so far sold in "small" quantities,
he said.
"The projector is expensive to build and until the price of the chipsets comes down, it is over-
priced for our market," Burger said. "The 1,600 lumens range is fine for home theater, but no one would
accept that" for business applications. — Mark Seavy
Industry Notes
The FCC should allow further CE advances by implementing the 21st Century Communications
and Video Accessibility Act in a way that "balances" increased advanced communications service (ACS)
accessibility with companies' needs, CE manufacturers said. Congress intended to "narrow the scope of
the statute" in the actual legislation, from what was in the originally proposed bill, CEA said in a filing
Friday in docket 10-213. It asked the commission to "narrow the proposed informal complaint process" to
focus on dealing with complaints. Amazon.com, Apple, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony were represented
at one or both meetings last week with aides to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and to Commissioner
Michael Copps, CEA recounted in an ex parte filing. Advocates for people with problems seeing want
ACS exemptions to be few and narrow, they said in replies in the docket (CED May 25 p5).
Components & Devices
Porsche Design Group and LaCie added aluminum-wrapped mobile and desktop hard drives to
their electronics line. The aluminum regulates heat for "guaranteed performance" and is 100-percent recy-
clable, the companies said. The mobile drive comes in 500-gigabyte and one-terabyte capacities, and a
750-gigabyte model will be available exclusively in Porsche Design Stores. The desktop drives come in
one-terabyte and two-terabyte capacities, the companies said. Products will be available through LaCie's
online store, Amazon, B&H Photo, Best Buy and Micro-Center starting at $104.99, LaCie said.
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Companies
The ZigBee Alliance said it opened two offices in China to drive greater ZigBee adoption there
and to address ZigBee standards to meet needs of the China market. Jerry Huang was named director of
ZigBee Asia Pacific and will oversee the offices in the Sensing China Center in Wuxi and in Zhongguan-
cun Science Park in Beijing, the alliance said. According to Bob Heile, ZigBee Alliance chairman, Zig-
Bee's standards for wireless sensor networks will be key enablers for China's future RFID-based Internet
of Things.
Trends
E-reader ownership since last November doubled and tablet ownership growth slowed, said a
study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The share of American adults who own an e-reader
doubled to 12 percent in May 2011, from 6 percent in November 2010, the study said. “In May 2011, 8
percent of adults report owning a tablet computer such as an iPad, Samsung Galaxy or Motorola Xoom.”
About 7 percent of adults reported owning tablets in January, the study said. E-book reader and tablet
computer adoption levels among U.S. adults “are still well below that of other tech devices that have been
on the market longer.” Cellphones are the most popular digital device, followed by desktop and laptop
computers, DVRs, and MP3 players, it said. Pew did the survey April 26-May 22, and more than 2,200
adults completed it, Pew said.
Videogames
The core gamer segment of the market is "facing rising competition" from the digital gamer seg-
ment for the amount of time spent playing games and the number of games acquired, NPD said Monday.
Core gamers have been considered the leading gaming segment within the videogame industry and, at 18
hours a week, they still spend the most time gaming, NPD said. But it said digital gamers are also heavy
gamers, spending 16 hours a week gaming. The average number of games bought or downloaded for free
by core gamers in the past three months was 5.4, while digital gamers were the heaviest game acquirers,
reporting an average of 5.9 games acquired for any system or device over the same time period, NPD said.
Among those who acquired at least one digitally downloaded game, digital and core gamers "stand out
with the highest number of digital games purchased," NPD said. In both segments, more than 33 percent
of the total games acquired were digital, it said. Core gamers represented the largest number of gamers, at
23 percent, followed by family and kids (22 percent), avid PC gamers and light PC gamers (15 percent
each), mobile gamers (13 percent) and digital gamers (12 percent), NPD said. "Gamers are increasingly
branching out to methods of play other than those that the industry has traditionally expected them to use,"
said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. "Fueled by the growth of smartphones and new tablet devices, mobile
gaming continues to accelerate," she said. The data was based on a U.S. survey in February and March,
with 8,214 people ages two and older responding to NPD’s survey, it said. Responses from kids under 13,
as well as some 13-15 year olds, were captured via "surrogate reporting, where the parent answers on be-
half of the child," NPD said.
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Zumba Fitness for the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 remained the best-selling game in the U.K. its 13th
week available as sales grew 33 percent from the prior week (CED June 21 p7), according to the Associa-
tion for U.K. Interactive Entertainment (UKIE) Games Charts compiled by GfK Chart-Track for the week
ended Saturday. The vast majority of sales for the Majesco Entertainment title, published by 505 Games