Questions tagged [legal-research]
For questions about methods and sources for determining what the law is, or to find support for a legal argument.
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Arizona laws regarding ownership of ground glassware for chemistry usage
I was watching a YouTube video that included an interview with a Clandestine Chemist, and at the 8:50 mark, he states:
In Arizona, mere possession of ground glassware is a felony, if you're not a ...
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Suing a Cellular Company that Charged Me for Years Without My Knowledge
I am planning to sue a cellular company for charging me (for two phone numbers) for 10 years after a cutoff request. I contacted the company, and they admitted to wrongly charging me but only for one ...
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How to find commercial litigation in state of California?
In the state of California, how could one find out if a commercial company had ever sued another company? How could one get the records of that litigation?
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Example of a real-world (sophisticated) NDA (perhaps in the technology field)
In reading cases such as these:
LEADFACTORS, LLC v. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
Space Data Corp. v. X
I am wondering what the NDA exactly looks like. I would like to know if, generally, there is a way to ...
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if I use a meme in a video game can I legally profit off of it
If were to be building a video game that I would be profiting off of (through ads or some buying feature), could I use memes that are derivative of copyrighted materials.
For example,
There is a ...
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Does a licensed driver need to be present while riding in the back seat of a fully autonomous car?
I have a friend that I fear will never have her driver's license. Now with the back seat type of fully autonomous cars does she have to be licensed to be able to use one?
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Is it legal to charge a percentage service fee?
The example is ACME Company has a payment processing system that companies X, Y, and Z can use. It enables more features than just "payment" processing, and it enables more than just "credit card" ...
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Is it IP infringement if I fabricate an object from a publicly available research paper?
I have tried searching for succinct answers to the following but that which I have found is ambiguous and murky. I am after black and white answers as many of us have probably come across this tricky ...
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Is email verification for account creation in violation of GDPR?
Is email verification for account creation in violation of GDPR?
I am creating a new website, and my account creation is incredibly simple, consisting of username, password (stored as hash), and ...
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Does the United States legally not recognize phds from any specific country?
For example, If I got a PhD from a school in Pakistan or North Korea would the United States still legally recognize it?
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Can records of custody court cases be searched in NYC? If so by whom?
Person A has a need to find person B.
They do not know person B's name or other identity, but know they are somewhere in New York City, New York, USA.
But they know the following about B: within ...
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Motion or Demand for Discovery (NY) (Family Law) [closed]
First appearance; I am not using a private nor public attorney.
In a family court case, can I "motion for discovery" prior to a first appearance? Should I be "motioning for discovery" or "demanding ...
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Non-ERISA Fiduciary Responsibility for New York State
I would like to know ERISA equivalent for a government organization in New York State
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Can a paratransit company refuse to reimburse you even if you had a medical situation?
I'm asking on behalf of a friend of mine who is not on this site. They are blind and have a guide dog. We are both in Oregon, and we sometimes take the TriMet Lift paratransit service.
Last Sunday, ...
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Can I sue for an poor appriasl that cost me an investment deal profit? [duplicate]
First off, I'm a Realtor that specializes in residential sales and rehabs 2-3 homes a year for sale. For 3 years I did BPO's (Broker Price Opinions) for large banks. I've never missed a value that I'...
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Do lawyers actually use big bookshelves filled with texts?
Both on TV and in the offices of lawyers I've been in, they always have huge bookshelves with numerous volumes of law, rules of procedure, references, and I have no idea what else.
Why do attorneys ...
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USC / MPEP / Guidance Docs / Cases
I'm new to the world of law and trying to get a high level picture of things. Am I right to think of the structure of information (at least in the patent realm) as:
USC title 35 = high level source, ...
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Vagueness of copyrights & licensing of artwork
I'm having some serious hurdles to jump in my work, and can't find a clear answer besides talking to a specialist lawyer about it - can you create parodies inspired by already existing artwork? I have ...
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Contractor - incomplete, ineffective and a mess left with a huge bill
I hired a contractor to redo some drainage in my yard, simple straightforward with a contract.
Verbal estimate 1500-1800 complete all in. After day one I knew he didn't know what he was doing and ...
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Why don't YouTube take legal actions on YouTube downloader sites/applications?
if they don't/won't do,then why does some youtube downloader apps thrown out of the PlayStore (Tubemate, Vidmate etc ..)?
if they do, why there are plethora of web sites/apps doing still doing it?
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High value domain taken by registrar
I registered a domain name with a large domain registrar.
The domain is very unique.
The transaction went through. My credit card was billed. I received an invoice.
I set up the domain with my ...
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Is this a proper Bluebook citation for a Court of Federal Claims case?
I am a forensic psychologist who happens to prefer Bluebook citation style over APA style. I mention this fact because while I have some experience using Bluebook citation style, it pales in ...
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Where can one find authoritative answers and explanations of traffic laws?
Who can answer US traffic law questions authoritatively?
Does someone in the government answer questions about laws or do we only find out in court?
For example, can we expect answers from someone ...
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Creating image sharing app, worried about illegal image uploads [closed]
I am thinking of creating an image file sharing app. My biggest concern, is people uploading child porn. Is there any way, I can prevent this?
I don't want any of my users, ever getting exposed to ...
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What are the standard references for reviewing case histories involving lawsuits against school districts in Texas?
I am not a lawyer and am just learning the very basics of legal research. My county court has an extensive library open to the public, but I have no idea which books I should consult to read the ...
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Where can I find barristers' or Solicitor Advocates' documents to courts in England and Wales, ideally online and for free?
I ask NOT about court opinions. The UKSC doesn't publish them, but what of lower courts?
Can I get a copy of a party's 'skeleton argument' or case?
The UKSC does not publish parties' cases. [.....
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Where can I get example injunctions for inclusion in a pleading?
In legal guide books on making civil pleadings, they give example forms for the pleading itself, but they just say that the attorney should "include a sample injunction", but they don't give any ...
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Have there ever been examples of public school's restriction of community service being unlawful?
My school's community service policy (while ambiguous throughout the whole thing) Seems to me to discriminate against not only religions, but my religion specifically. The particular clause I'm ...
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How can one validate an assertion that “X” is not legal?
How can one determine if an alleged legal requirements in the form of "this is not legal" or the "law requires this" is valid? Is there a quick and effective spot-check similar to Google that would ...
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Germany Vs EU Parliament, Case C-233/94: summary of the case
I am studying this case but I am only able to find the judgment of the court and the opinion of the general advocate. Where I can find a summary of the facts of the case?
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How do I find a specific case in Delaware?
I've been reading about a patent case between BT and Valve Corp.
From my reading I've found this complaint: https://search.rpxcorp.com/litigation_documents/12085257
I'd like to know more about this ...
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How to research tax law?
I have done legal research before, but mostly on criminal law and civil claims/torts.
Tax law is a whole nother beast. First of all, most of it is not actually laws at all, but regulations. And it is ...
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Was my house legally searched?
A couple of months ago, I overdosed on an illegal drug and called an ambulance. I was honest and told them what I took. Two cops came with them and while I was in the ambulance and also in the ER 20 ...
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How to verify a US based company?
I have been recently hired by a US based company to code on their platform. Living in a different country, how can I verify that the company is legit and how do I find any information regarding the ...
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How to Cite Unpublished Court Orders
I have looked for this online, but have come up with inconsistent results. Here is one example from California:
Tsukroff v. Hedgeside Property & Inv. Co., California Superior Court, Napa County,...
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Meaning of Florida statute history abbreviations
I'm trying to find out how to read the following abbreviations found in the short "history" section at the bottom of a Florida statute website. For example:
"s. 54, ch. 88-1; s. 30, ch. 88-277; s. 36, ...
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How to find case law for a particular subject
How can I find case law for a particular subject in my state (Massachusetts)?
I have access to Lexis/Nexis, but my experience is that subject searches rarely work. For example, one topic I need to ...
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Need computer forensic case citation (urgent)
My mother is about to attend court over a car which was written off by a lorry.
The CCTV video recording of the accident was mishandled, such as the storage SD card not being imaged, it was also ...
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What is the legal limit of alcohol concentration in a person's sweat?
What is the legal limit of alcohol in the sweat of a person, so that it is deemed illegal for him to drive? Im more concerned about the legal limit in the UK, but any other country is also appreciated....
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Where can I find lawyers' submissions to courts in the US?
I ask NOT about court opinions. Downloading or online reading is more convenient and favoured than physical copies.
Where can I read submissions to the court for both sides of a case, written by ...
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Where can I find actual UK law paragraphs?
In case I want to try to check plain English interpretations of the law against the actual law.
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Where can one go to find caselaw of US federal criminal statutes?
I'm interested in a website or other starting point where I can see an index of all the high level prosecutions undertaken under USC XX s.s. YYYY over the course of the given law's history on the ...
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Punitive Damage awards against a State in Federal Court
I'm prosecuting a federal Whistleblower action Pro Se against a Texas state agency charged with regulation of Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Operations in the state. This agency has been ...
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What is the best way to search through session laws?
I've done a lot of digging through the codified statutes, at least in my jurisdiction. I'm wondering if there is an efficient way to search through the session laws to find where the related session ...
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Publish a paper on ligation support analytics
I am lead developer on the server side of some litigation support software. I want to publish a paper as an individual. I have talked to my company and they will review the paper and they have the ...
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What are the different kinds of rules/procedures that describe what counts-as/constitutes a rule change and what kinds of problems can they cause?
This is a question about legislation, including constitutive rules and administrative law
To give some context, I am interested in legal reasoning (as in a logic of law), but I am not a legal-expert. ...
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Is there a website that describes how to (or actually does) search small claims court cases?
I would like to search small claims court cases by name of defendant in several locations in the USA. Is this possible? How could I go about doing that? Is there a website (free or paid) that does ...
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Can a person be prosecuted for their thoughts?
Let's assume I'm thinking about ___ [1] - am I liable to prosecution?
I assume that having thoughts of any kind is not illegal and therefore cannot be prosecuted. We are not in "Minority Report" - ...
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How do I interpret a court judgement? What does it mean?
So I've figured out how to read a case citation and find the text of the judgement - maybe using some of the online resources.
As a novice, I'm trying to decide when the judgement actually applies. ...
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Relationship between PL (Public Law) and USC (US Code)
I am learning about taxes. In discussing the jurisdiction to tax citizens, my course cites:
P.L. 86-272, Section 101(b)(1)
When I search for this text, I only find this:
5 U.S. Code § 381 - ...
