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Currently I have work authorization to work in United States and I am actively looking for a job? I would like to share a quick experience I had with a recruiter and would like to know if it constitutes discrimination or not.
I was contacted by a recruiter of a "two big to fail" company and they asked a question if ... |
Does this constitute discrimination? |
Currently I have work authorization to work in United States and I am actively looking for a job.
I was contacted by a recruiter of a "too big to fail" company and they asked whether I am authorized to work in USA without sponsorship now *and in the future*. Since I have my work authorization I am authorized to work... |
Is it legal to discriminate in employment based on needing future sponsorship? |
**Scenario:**<br />
A British artist dies and the 70 years pma rule comes into effect. However, his daughter sits on the board for the artist's foundation and does not want copyright to expire after 70 years. Can she renew copyright for his works somehow and if so, what are the limitations on this? |
Currently I have work authorization to work in United States and I am actively looking for a job.
I was contacted by a recruiter of a "too big to fail" company and they asked whether I am authorized to work in USA without sponsorship now *and in the future*. Since I have my work authorization I am authorized to work... |
Does the [Wassenaar Arrangement][1] on the transfers of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies apply to security training?
Does it apply to security training on exploitation techniques?
Is it applicable to institutions or individuals?
[1]: http://www.wassenaar.org/ |
Does Wassenaar Arrangement on the transfers of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies apply to security training? |
Does the [Wassenaar Arrangement][1] on the transfers of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies apply to security training?
Does it apply to security training on exploitation techniques?
Is it applicable to institutions or individuals?
[1]: http://www.wassenaar.org/ |
Does Wassenaar Arrangement on the transfers of arms and dual-use goods and technologies apply to security training? |
If cops are responding to a **known** fraudulent prescription, ask the pharmacist to stall the subject until they arrive so they can arrest the subject, but, instead of making the arrest, direct the pharmacist to fill the **known** fraudulent prescription in order to arrest the subject for a higher crime, is that consi... |
I am curious to know what happens if someone gives testimony in Court 2 times, and there are contradictions or discrepancies between the two statements.
As an example, how might the following two statements be reconciled or handled in Court?
> *Statement #1*: I was jogging along a trail when all of a sudden in
>... |
If cops are responding to a **known** fraudulent prescription, ask the pharmacist to stall the subject until they arrive so they can arrest the subject, but, instead of making the arrest, direct the pharmacist to fill the **known** fraudulent prescription in order to arrest the subject for a higher crime, is that consi... |
If cops are responding to a **known** fraudulent prescription, ask the pharmacist to stall the subject until they arrive so they can arrest the subject, but, instead of making the arrest, direct the pharmacist to fill the **known** fraudulent prescription in order to arrest the subject for a higher crime, is that consi... |
Reviewing some software licenses I found statements like this:
> The software code shall be treated as trade secrets and confidential information.
But the source code can be freely downloaded from the very same author's webpage, which hardly makes it a secret. Does it mean I am supposed to treat it as if no one c... |
I have a website for a fan game. We do not profit from it in any way. We don't even have ads nor donations. Do we count as a non-profit and are therefore exempt from complying with COPPA? |
Do I count as a non profit and not need to comply with COPPA? |
**Is A or B subject to Canadian employment law?**
Canada and the relevant province(s) will decide in their courts if Canadian or US law applies. The USA and the relevant state(s) will decide in their courts if Canadian or US law applies.
It would be open to the employee to bring an action in any relevant court; ... |
Is it legal to work without pay - Canada? |
A, a resident of California, wants to sue B, who works in New York, for something that happened in New York, using the federal court system. Would this matter be litigated in California or New York? Would either A or B have a choice of venue?
Suppose they settled the matter with B agreeing to make installment paymen... |
What determines jurisdiction when two people litigate in federal court? |
Hypothetical Facts
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1. U.S. company ("**A**") hires Canadian worker ("**B**") [to work as an unpaid intern][1].
2. **B** never physically leaves Canada and does all her work by telephone, computer and internet.
3. **A** has a physical presence in the U.S. only.
4. The parties enter into an ***internship agreement... |
Inspired by http://law.stackexchange.com/questions/3735/is-it-legal-to-work-without-pay; I figured I would ask the same question for a different jurisdiction.
In what circumstances is it legal to work without pay in Australia? |
Is it legal to work without pay - Australia? |
**Is A or B subject to Canadian employment law?**
Canada and the relevant province(s) will decide in their courts if Canadian or US law applies. The USA and the relevant state(s) will decide in their courts if Canadian or US law applies.
It would be open to the employee to bring an action in any relevant court; ... |
Two somewhat unrelated questions on disparagement, specifically in the context of California:
1. What is the current standing law with regard to non-disparagement clauses in contracts? I recall a recent law prohibiting them in terms of service agreements, but what about employment an other (e.g. severance) contracts... |
A lot of media, both on the web and in many other forms, offers all kind of product reviews to their readers/viewers. Obviously, they use the name of the product, which might be trademarked, to identify what they are talking about. Very often they will show images of the product, which would most likely show a logo tha... |
First and foremost, for a court to be involved there must be a *dispute*; that is something the parties cannot resolve between themselves.
Second, the federal court system is for deciding matters under US law only - it doesn't get involved in deciding matters under Californian or New York law. State courts decide ma... |
A, a resident of California, wants to sue B, who works in New York, for something that happened in New York, using the federal court system. Would this matter be litigated in California or New York? Would either A or B have a choice of venue? And how would it be decided which state's laws apply?
Suppose they settled... |
Hypothetical Facts
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1. U.S. company ("***A***") hires Canadian worker ("***B***") [to work as an unpaid intern][1].
2. ***B*** never physically leaves Canada and does all her work by telephone, computer and internet.
3. ***A*** has a physical presence in the U.S. only.
4. The parties enter into an ***internship a... |
Hypothetical Facts
-
1. U.S. company ("***A***") hires Canadian worker ("***B***") [to work as an unpaid intern][1].
2. ***B*** never physically leaves Canada and does all her work by telephone, computer and internet.
3. ***A*** has a physical presence in the U.S. only.
4. The parties enter into an ***internship a... |
I overdosed on Xanax accidentally and went to the ER to be safe. I told the nurses it was an accident and they ended up forcing me to stay in the ER for a night before sending me to a mental hospital for a mandatory 3 days.
I received my bill and am expected to pay over $800 for the mental hospital visit alone (ins... |
Was I forced into a mental hospital legally? |
I don't like citing [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Mental_Health_Act), but:
> **The Baker Act allows for involuntary examination** (what some call emergency or involuntary commitment). It can be initiated by judges, law enforcement officials, physicians, or mental health professionals. There must ... |
First and foremost, for a court to be involved there must be a *dispute*; that is something the parties cannot resolve between themselves.
**Would this matter be litigated in California or New York? Would either A or B have a choice of venue?**
In deciding the dispute the plaintiff will initially chose the venue ... |
If, after an accidental Xanax overdose, a person went to the ER to be safe, is it legal for the hospital to force them into a psychiatric hospital for three days? What if the person told the nurses it was an accident?
This scenario occurs in Florida. |
I have a website for a fan game. We do not profit from it in any way. We don't even have ads nor donations. Do we count as a non-profit and are therefore exempt from complying with COPPA under [Section 1302(2)(B)](http://www.coppa.org/coppa.htm "OPERATOR ... does not include any nonprofit entity that would otherwise be... |
a quick online search takes me to the DMZ website; [Out-of-State Replacement](http://www.dmv.org/az-arizona/replace-license.php#Out-of-State-or-Military-License-Replacement)
> **Out-of-State or Military License Replacement**
>
> You can replace a lost
> Arizona license while out of state using the online, telepho... |
My friend just lost her driver's license in California, during a road trip from Arizona to Oregon. It's an Arizona license, but she's moving to Oregon. Since she's moving, she doesn't even have an Arizona address anymore, which probably complicates things.
What does one do in such a situation? My online research ... |
What to do if driver's license is lost during road trip? |
Recently I read [this article](http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/09/16/raw-video-total-chaos-erupts-at-hungary-border-as-armed-mob-of-illegal-immigrants-clash-with-riot-police/) with the following quote:
> But Hungary acted this week to stop the huge flow of people, sealing off its border with Serbia with a razo... |
I live in an apartment building. I found an advertisement flyer on my car and I was annoyed. Inside the entrance of the building there is a "No Solicitation" sign. I'm not sure about the legality of the advertisement they did, but that isn't my question. I looked up their Facebook page and saw the same flyer posted ... |
Are Social Media Reviews Considered Defamation? |
This is about my wife's sister who is a single parent mom and lives in a different state. Not sure if it matters but I live in Massachusetts and she lives in Georgia.
Because of her life situation she has not been able to afford car payments and I for this reason have allowed her to use one of the two cars that are ... |
Is it legal to let sister-in-law drive my vehicle in another state and have her on my insurance? |
I live in an apartment building. I found an advertisement flyer on my car and I was annoyed. Inside the entrance of the building there is a "No Solicitation" sign. I'm not sure about the legality of the advertisement they did, but that isn't my question. I looked up their Facebook page and saw the same flyer posted ... |
Is it legal to "garage" my car in another state without updating my insurance? |
This is about my wife's sister who is a single parent mom and lives in a different state. Not sure if it matters but I live in Massachusetts and she lives in Georgia.
Because of her life situation she has not been able to afford car payments and I for this reason have allowed her to use one of the two cars that are ... |
Is it legal to let sister-in-law drive my vehicle in another state and have her on my insurance? |
This is about my wife's sister who is a single parent mom and lives in a different state. Not sure if it matters but I live in Massachusetts and she lives in Georgia.
Because of her life situation she has not been able to afford car payments and I for this reason have allowed her to use one of the two cars that are ... |
This is about my wife's sister who is a single parent mom and lives in a different state. Not sure if it matters but I live in Massachusetts and she lives in Georgia.
Because of her life situation she has not been able to afford car payments and I for this reason have allowed her to use one of the two cars that are ... |
This is about my wife's sister who is a single parent mom and lives in a different state. Not sure if it matters but I live in Massachusetts and she lives in Georgia.
Because of her life situation she has not been able to afford car payments and I for this reason have allowed her to use one of the two cars that are ... |
Are performance bond and sanction the same thing? |
I don't typically make a habit of asking questions when answering one, however in this case, it's almost necessary. COPPA only applies to you if you are collecting information or targeting minors for the sale of goods, it's likely COPPA does not apply to you. 1302(2)(B) is a consumer protection law; from you *very* li... |
Scenario: someone creates an excel sheet in docs.google.com. Make the document publicly visible. And post some exam questions that he/she had to write at the exam and the answers if possible. And asks other exam takers to add their exam questions they had to face at the exam as well. Suppose the exam is a international... |
Writing exam questions on docs.google.com, Legality? |
I don't typically make a habit of asking questions when answering one, however in this case, it's almost necessary. COPPA only applies to you if you are collecting information or targeting minors for the sale of goods, it's likely COPPA does not apply to you. 1302(2)(B) is a consumer protection law; from you *very* li... |
Scenario: someone creates an excel sheet in docs.google.com. Make the document publicly visible. And post some exam questions that he/she had to write at the exam and the answers if possible. And asks other exam takers to add their exam questions they had to face at the exam as well. Suppose the exam is a international... |
California has a law prohibiting non-disparagement clauses in consumer transactions.<sup>1</sup> The rule tells us that any waivers of the rule are void. We also learn that the penalty is $2500 for the first violation and $5000 for each subsequent. The consumer can bring the lawsuit.
Non-disparagement agreements are... |
Most exams are going to have an agreement that prohibits this type of thing. The main penalty is that you automatically fail the exam and perhaps be banned from taking it again. They probably also threaten copyright violations (which are civil, not criminal, meaning they will sue you for damages).
There was a case w... |
While discussing Hans Reiser's subsequent civil lawsuit to his murder conviction, [Wikipedia states](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reiser#Time_in_prison):
> "Judges ... are immune to lawsuits regarding their official conduct."
In the United States, is that true? Surely, if a judge colludes, conspires, or o... |
So, I know of a family in the US that (years ago) agreed to host a teenager from a foreign country, but later tried to kick them out without a flight home. (Thankfully the situation worked out... not great... But it worked out).
The police never became involved, but if they had what could have happened? I can't ima... |
Illegal? Kicking out a foreign child guest |
So, I know of a family in the US that (years ago) agreed to host a teenager from a foreign country, but later tried to kick them out without a flight home. (Thankfully the situation worked out... not great... But it worked out).
The police never became involved, but if they had what could have happened? I can't ima... |
What are the legal implications of evicting a foreign host child? |
Most exams are going to have an agreement that prohibits this type of thing. The main penalty is that a violator automatically fails the exam and perhaps is banned from taking it again. The exam owner may also threaten copyright violations (which are civil, not criminal, meaning they will sue for damages).
There was... |
My situation is as follows:
I signed a contract with a book publisher to write a book.
The problem is now I wish to terminate the contract early. I have not received any money from the publisher yet. The editing process has just started, they started editing one chapter (out of 10).
Normally in this kind of case, wil... |
A friend of mine was involved in a confrontation with a police officer in the UK, in which the officer basically accused him of assault. While the officer was arresting him, a bystander shouted something like, "Officer, you touched him first!" My friend immediately shouted back, "Come in and testify, there's two hundre... |
The landlord has dishonestly processed the security bond refund form without my knowledge. The landlord fraud my signature to claim the half of the bond. The landlord is not entitle to that money he claims for.
The landlord presenting himself to me as the agent of this property, and said to me the one who own the ho... |
Is it considering crime to fraud the tenant"signature in Australia? |
The landlord has dishonestly processed the security bond refund form without my knowledge. The landlord forged my signature to claim half of the bond which he is not entitled to.
The landlord dishonestly presented himself as the agent when he is in actual fact the owner of the house.
I applied to the tribunal reg... |
Is it considered crime to forge a signature in Australia? |
My landlord has dishonestly processed the security bond refund form without my knowledge. The landlord forged my signature to claim half of the bond, to which he is not entitled.
The landlord dishonestly presented himself as the agent when he is in actual fact the owner of the house.
I applied to the tribunal reg... |
Is forging a signature a crime in Australia? |
I know that I can protect my code and website if I put "Copyright [my name, surname]", but could I protect my code and website if I put "Copyright [website name or address]"? Would this practice be considered valid? |
Copyright name? |
No, you cannot.
There are probably hundreds of millions of people across the world carrying out the most popular first names, and even the rarest dictionary names are still carried out by tens of thousands of people across the globe.
You cannot expect to come down to the internet in 2015 and take a `.com` name th... |
In an novel version of "Perry Mason," the fictitious (mostly TV) lawyer called the actual perpetrator of the crime to the stand, as a direct witness because she had declined to testify for the prosecution (against Mason's client). Mason won the csae with three questions.
>Mason: Are you Martha Lavinia?
>Witness: Ye... |
Why do lawyers "never" call hostile witnesses for direct examination? |
In a novel version of "Perry Mason," the fictitious (mostly TV) lawyer called the actual perpetrator of the crime to the stand, as a direct witness because she had declined to testify for the prosecution (against Mason's client). Mason won the case with three questions:
>Mason: Are you Martha Lavinia?<br>
>Witness:... |
<h3>Lawyers lose control without leading questions</h3>
The reason Perry Mason's tactic worked in this example is because his only "real" question (*which actually wasn't a question at all as the below analysis explains*) was to read the letter. Since the contents of the letter were written, Mr. Mason knew exactly w... |
Does discovery have to proceed step-wise, or is it possible (or even routine) to combine the discovery process whenever possible? Here's a hypothetical example of what I mean:
I am suing an employer for discriminatory hiring practices against black candidates. Let us assume there is no question of law, but merely ... |
Your job as a lawyer is not to find the truth, but to present a case in a light that will make the jury find for your client.
Calling a hostile witness is a great opportunity to make the jury think you're not a good lawyer. It's also a great way for the witness to bring out information unfavorable to your side. You ca... |
I have created two images of a horse and an elephant from scratch based on a shutterstock images, I have changed some colors and added some more details but at the bottom line it looks very much the same.
I want to use those images in my website, can I do it without risking being sued for copyrights violations ? |
**Performance Bond** Definition: [Source: Duhaime's Law Dictionary][1]
> A contract wherein a third-party, in exchange for a fee, secures another's fulfillment of a contract or performance of a duty.
**Sanction** Definition: [Source: Law.com][2]
> n. 1) a financial penalty imposed by a judge on a party or attorne... |
<h3>Lawyers lose control without leading questions</h3>
The reason Perry Mason's tactic worked in this example is because his only "real" question (*which actually wasn't a question at all as the below analysis explains*) was to read the letter. Since the contents of the letter were written, Mr. Mason knew exactly w... |
After somebody creates his/her own new song, where does (s)he need to *register/verify* to be sure it's not a plagiarism?
I'm curious how these things work–who has the power to say a song is a plagiarism of another song or not? Is there any tool to verify this? |
Where can I validate my music compositions? |
<h3>Lawyers control hostile witnesses with leading questions.</h3>
The reason Perry Mason's tactic worked in this example is because his only "real" question (*which actually wasn't a question at all as the below analysis explains*) was to read the letter. Since the contents of the letter were written, Mr. Mason kne... |
I have created two images of a horse and an elephant from scratch based on Shutterstock images. I have changed some colors and added some more details but at the bottom line it looks very much the same.
I want to use those images in my website, can I do it without risking being sued for copyrights violations? |
I'm filling out a paternity affidavit right now. The instructions say,
> The parents of this child or anyone related to the parents cannot be witnesses to any of these affidavits.
This cannot be interpreted literally, as all human beings are distantly related to each other. Surely in order to claim paternity of m... |
What is the legal meaning of "related to"? |
An interesting case study/question that I have no idea about, so, I thought I'd ask on here!
Let's say a husband and a wife co-sign a mortgage or a line of credit or some type of banking product. Based on this "co-signing", is the bank officer permitted to share one spouse's credit report with the other? That is, c... |
I moved into a shared house. The landlord will be wanting a damage deposit (aka security deposit), though I know for a fact that he hasn't inspected the room after the previous tenant moved out. Is he required by law to do this before I pay for the damage deposit?
This is in B.C. Canada. |
When moving into a rental home, must a landlord inspect it before requiring damage deposit? |
Let's say a husband and a wife co-sign a mortgage or a line of credit or some type of banking product. Based on this "co-signing", is the bank officer permitted to share one spouse's credit report with the other? That is, can the bank officer show the husband the wife's credit report/history and vice-versa?
I would ... |
What must a landlord do to (legally) withhold some or all of a past tenants damage deposit (aka security deposit)? I've heard (from the tenancy office) that a landlord cannot arbitrarily withhold the damage deposit, but what does this actually mean?
I guess my first question is, when is a tenant held responsible ins... |
What must a landlord do to (legally) withhold some or all of a past tenant's damage deposit (aka security deposit)? I've heard (from the tenancy office) that a landlord cannot arbitrarily withhold the damage deposit, but what does this actually mean?
I guess my first question is: When is a tenant held financially re... |
When can a landlord withhold damage deposit? |
I wondered the "Each MP3 Downloader" is rejected from Play Store even after months of uploading the app for reasons like copyright and license.
The question is why 4shared Music is legal and it's allow you to download any MP3 music? Or what is the rules of creating app like 4 shared? |
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