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Is it illegal to enter illegally one's own country?

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GDPR/right of erasure and online marketplaces/payment platforms

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Can a Grievance/Complaint Be Retracted?

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Detaining a suspect with a knee to the neck

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Which US states penalize an employer if they withhold taxes for the wrong state for one of the employees?

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Can I legally sell merchandise with the face of a celebrity without their permission?

copyright

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Can my former employer come after me for developing software after I left them?

software open-source-software employer

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Does collaboration with branded products need permission?

copyright business

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Would the classic South Park song describe incest in Virginia?

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Publishing a game based on a famous movie to AppStore

copyright

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Trespassed on accident, was told they weren’t pressing charges

trespass

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Product experience in 3D VR/AR

internet

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Does a patient have a right to obtain a copy of documents verifying a physician's claims of his qualification?

health confidentiality

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Why some fraud is more easy to convict than others?

fraud

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When moving from abroad, can a US citizen ship his belongings to the US before purchasing his plane tickets?

customs-law

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Ohio Lease Firearms Clause Eviction

landlord tenant lease

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Other tenant is unreasonably complaining about my use of shared spaces and landlord is siding with him

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Downloading free software directly from my website

internet

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Does installing or removing software legally constitute modifying a device?

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copyright

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Copyright limits of a Collective Work

united-states copyright

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Is any attempt to access restricted information on the web considered an attack?

data-protection security

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Joking about sponsors

youtube

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GDPR - Personal data

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What does it mean for a patent to be subject to the provisions of Public Law 96-517?

patents

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Is it true that only people who own properties in Karnataka can make an agreement of sale in Karnataka?

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Possible problems with obtaining F-1 visa [closed]

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