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Does a birth certificate list the baby's legal or biological father?
Suppose a married woman has a child whose biological father is someone other than her spouse (e.g. due to an affair, rape, or because she is in a same-sex marriage), but she and her spouse want the ...
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Which professions require a state approval?
In most countries I'm aware of, practicing as lawyer requires taking a state exam or a similar test. If someone practices as lawyer without actually being one (and being approved as one) is a fellony ...
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Does the personal data use required to distribute software online make activity "commercial"?
The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) has an exception for non-commercial/open source software. As an exception to the exception, commercial activity seems to explicitly include "the use of personal ...
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What is the source of the legal stigma to returning items to shops for refunds to different cards than were used to buy them?
A consumer purchased an item from a ship using a bank card as payment. Almost all shops when processing returns will at least make a token gesture or pretence of ensuring that the card which is ...
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Can an American sue their own state directly in the federal Supreme Court?
According to Article III, Section 2 of the constitution,
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties ...
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Is a private individual shopping for personal goods from companies "non-commercial"?
Suppose Alice is interested in buying something for her personal use, completely unrelated to her work or making money. She investigates the products produced by Bob Inc. and Charlie Corp., both for-...
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Prior to the insertion of Section 10(A1) to the Criminal Law Act 1977, was it a crime to obstruct the enforcement of a high court writ of possession?
Prior to the insertion of section 10(A1), what was the legal status of obstructing a high court enforcement officer who was on official business in the course of evicting a former tenant against whom ...
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Are we entitled the reward? And what do I do since they are refusing to pay?
I’m going to use Person a,b,c….. so on so forth as the people during this question. This actually happened… less than 5 days ago.
So some random stole a truck. $90,000 truck at that about 2 weeks ago (...
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Can federal courts overturn state court decisions on matters of state law?
If a state court rules, for example, that a particular state law is unconstitutional under the state constitution, can this decision be overturned by a federal court?
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What are the procedures in the United States for important people staying in the same place?
What are the procedures in the United States for important people staying in the same place? Who can and who cannot fly together, etc. Where is this written down?
I referring to government practices ...
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Lack of mens rea defence to robbery
Rob forcibly grabs an item from Bob's hands, genuinely believing that it is his (Rob's) item and that Bob is possessing it unlawfully. Rob does so while knowing that Bob contends that the item is his (...
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Is it illegal to publish a screenplay of a movie without the copyright holder's permission?
Is it legal to publish screenplays of popular movies online? I've seen other websites doing it, but I am not sure if it is illegal or not.
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Web scraping of an online dictionary
1.I made a web scraper of an online dictionary. It scrapes and saves to a text file definitions and examples of sentences of words in a list. I want to make this scraper publicly available on GitHub. ...
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Jury and Witness intimidation
Let's say in this hypothetical scenario you have an extremely devout Christian man on trial for a crime where he could be executed.
He gets called to the stand and under examination makes a speech in ...
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Alcohol purchase refusal
In my county alcohol sales are until 2am Monday-Thursday, Friday-Sunday 3am. I was recently at a local convenience store and was refused service due to the franchise owner having a lock on computers ...
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Copyright Timeline Question
Imagine the following sequence of events . . .
You finish a book and submit a copyright application on November 1, 2023.
You publish the book and begin selling it on November 15.
Someone pirates the ...
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Spending overpaid stipend instalments
Bob was a student and received a stipend grant for his living expenses whilst doing research at an academic institution for post-graduate studies. He came to rely on these for his monthly living ...
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Can you ever be certain that you will not be tried for an alleged crime?
Suppose someone is involved in a self-defense altercation where the other party ends up dead. As far as I understand this could result in one of the following outcomes:
The police investigate and a ...
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Where can I read detailed sequence of events in court cases?
I am a graduate student but not a lawyer, so I have access to databases that might be needed for this through the university library website.
I am looking for fun reading, mostly. I was once told that ...
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Good Samaritan / Bad Samaritan
While I know that in common law countries there's no legal requirement to provide assistance, is there any liability for failing to do so once you've volunteered to?
I'm interested both in a general ...
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software copyright for microservice using frameworks in cloud environment
I am trying to work on a new web software project, using the same web framework and tech stack that I used for previous project where its copyright has been granted to someone else.
The problem is ...
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If issuers have to file Form D to easily sell shares of private company registered in USA , then are private company investments not "confidential?"
If issuers of securities have to file Form D to easily sell shares or make private placements of private company registered in USA , then are private company investments not "confidential? ...
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Can a person be convicted for violating a law that had been ruled unconstitutional by a lower court but was later reinstated?
Suppose that the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that a federal law is unconstitutional. Because I live in the Ninth Circuit, I am now allowed to "violate" the law.
What if ...
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Is a Discord server owner required to ask for ID for adult content in the UK?
Consider somebody is running a Discord server that allows for NSFW content. They use the NSFW tag on the relevant channels, so as to defer to Discord's own "I am over 18" button for ...
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Are (or would) Reddit's 2023 API changes considered anticompetitive?
Earlier this year, the website Reddit has announced API changes, that include making the API paid on a way that forced 3rd party clients for Reddit to shut down. More details can be seen on these news ...
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Can an employer legally help a line manager at an English Employment Tribunal but not tell their employee (claimant) they will do this?
The background
After enduring months of a stressful and toxic work environment marked by harassment, the employee then attended a probationary review (PR) meeting with their line manager.
During the ...
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Would the US Marshals have concurrent jurisidction to arrest January 6 protesters with active federal warrants along with the FBI?
I have family members who work in the US Marshals that I will be seeing soon for Thanksgiving.
While I can certainly submit tips to the FBI, such process is rather impersonal and is just more ...
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is it legal for a body shop to waive my deductible
I'm in Colorado (USA)... in case it varies by state, which I suspect it does.
Long story short is that I have 2 options for repairing the hail damage done to my car in a recent storm, for which I have ...
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Is a non-exclusive and revocable license valid consideration for a legal agreement/contract?
This question pertains to U.S. law, and California law specifically, if it matters.
The motivation behind this question is the scenario where a company has supplied parts or equipment usage to a non-...
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Why are US convicts sent to prison with a public "rap sheet" detailing the charges against them?
I watched a documentary where it was stated that US convicts would be sent to prison with a piece of paper detailing what they have been convicted of. Many other inmates would try to steal this ...
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Does an independent constable officer have a choice not to arrest someone they encounter who is subject of a warrant?
Collin the Constable holds the Office of Police Constable making him an independent servant of the crown who is said to be individually and independently responsible for all of his conduct carried out ...
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Delete facebook account but unable to login? [closed]
Unfortunately I visited facebook after a longtime to permanently delete my account and did a password reset. It flagged the action as suspicious and I cannot go back but 'Upload photo ID'.
I then ...
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Can meeting of the minds be premised on a dialog with an agent even though terms are accepted on a webpage?
Bob missed his flight from London Stansted, which he explained upon arriving at the airport to staff of an airline by its check in counter. The employee tells him his options for the order departures ...
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A person from different country has been harassing and threatening me because I reviewed his course negatively, what can I do? [closed]
Series of events:
I reviewed his course on one of the "not so popular" online platform. It has just few 100s of views so far. But most course buyers take that review seriously.
I was from ...
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Is it legal to punch someone in the face if they ask to buy your daughters and wife at a fancy restaraunt?
Imagine you are eating dinner at a fancy restaraunt with your wife and three daughters, aged 7, 11, and 16…
A patron at the table behind you shoves himself in between you and your wife. He boasts in a ...
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In U.S. is there any IP concern when my own company pays expenses for prototype development? [closed]
This question pertains to U.S. law, and California specifically if that matters.
Suppose person A founds a company that is owned by themselves and a trusted partner person B. Person A has a majority ...
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Can a student who is 18 but still in highschool leave their parents house [closed]
I have a friend who is in an abusive household and we were just double checking before I let him live with me but he is 18 and still in highschool. We were just making sure the parents can’t get me ...
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Given the success of asbestos and tobacco lawsuits, would one against producers of leaded gasoline potentially succeed?
It is well known that lead and in particular tetraethyl lead (the antiknock compound added to gasoline) can profoundly affect the central nervous system -- indeed, if people are worried about water ...
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Pressing charges for an unlawful car seizure
I was given a 28 day to proceed with a civil complaint against the local police force due to an unlawful vehicle seizure. Preparing for the worst, I have recorded all my communication with them, which ...
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Could my son get in legal trouble for a poor taste joke he made on social media?
My son is 16 and runs a meme page on Instagram. A couple of hours ago, he posted a photograph of Lord Mountbatten with the caption "hey British people, the IRA made Lord Mountbatten go boom, how ...
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I was asked to leave a store for no reason,then employee snatched item out my hand that belonged to me, I was the ordered out of the store,legal?
I went to the store to return a item but I didn't have the correct receipt,so continued into the store to purchase other items.The Mgr came up to me and told me to leave the store, I asked him why?He ...
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Null and voided [closed]
I have a title loan, I made a payment on 11/2. I left the business location, they made a new contract without any changes on it, the same day without my consent neither my knowledge they also signed ...
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Copyright risks for code contributed by generative AI
Suppose a company is developing software, and an engineer/coder uses some code generated by Code LLaMA or some similar generative AI.
Microsoft has brought out copilot, which does a similar thing and ...
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Is it fair use to include unpurchased media in a website that is still under development?
When a new website is being built for a client, it often begins as a "development" site that uses one or more methods to make sure that it is not accessible by normal and customary means. ...
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Legality around a low scale sport prediction betting website in Norway [closed]
I have been trying to research if there is a room for a sport prediction website on a small scale. From what I understand I have found that it is a room under a certain limit on profits ,but not ...
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Which EU country's regulation is applied when doing direct marketing from country A to a legal or natural person in country B?
So I'm wondering which country's legislation is used when, for example, a company from Sweden would do electronic direct marketing to another company in, say, Germany.
Assuming that Sweden and Germany ...
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How does copyright apply to rules, eg ISO standards?
As I understand it, copyright applies to creative expression and not for examples rules of games. Does this also apply to the ISO standards (example, costs CHF 158)? For example, could one re-write ...
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I've bought a truck from a guy and i noticed that it was an ID title & said salvage damaged or not specified &the person sell sign as buyers
Can an individual in Missouri sell a vehicle without giving purchaser a title, when the advertisement stated it was a free and clear title. Can the seller sell the vehicle without owning it.
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Would a user of the Stack Exchange API be liable for re-publishing copyright infringing data?
Data obtained from the Stack Exchange API is cc-wiki licensed.
This license explicitly encourages the user of the API to copy, redistribute, remix and transform the data obtained from the API for any ...
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Is just embedding YouTube thumbs GDPR conform?
Is it GDPR compliant if you just embed YouTube thumbnails via URL in a content blocker preview situation. Are user data already being collected in this situation?
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