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[The US Embassy](http://ukraine.usembassy.gov/nonimmigrant-visas.html) has a page on Ukrainian visitors to the US:
> **Who needs a visa?**
> Ukrainian citizens require a visa to enter the United States. Citizens of countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program do not need a visa if their passport meets cert... |
How can I know which nationality would have a baby born from parents from different nationalities?
* The baby would have the nationality of the mother.
* The baby would have the nationality of the father.
* The baby would have the nationality of both mother and father.
* The baby would have the nationality of the... |
Multi nationality couple, which nationality the baby would have? |
[The US Embassy](http://ukraine.usembassy.gov/nonimmigrant-visas.html) has a page on Ukrainian visitors to the US:
> **Who needs a visa?**
> Ukrainian citizens require a visa to enter the United States. Citizens of countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program do not need a visa if their passport meets cert... |
I have an LLC (in New Jersey) that I created about 8 years ago purely for tax purposes. I was self-employed at the time, and I thought by having an LLC, I could write off a bunch of expenses, and save on self-employment taxes. Anyway, I almost never used it, and it's just been sitting there, useless. I just got a certi... |
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 for attempt to obtain by fraud, direct the pharmacist to fill the **known** fraudulent prescription in order to arrest the subject fo... |
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 for attempt to obtain by fraud, direct the pharmacist to fill the **known** fraudulent prescription in order to arrest the subject fo... |
How can one start a class-action lawsuit? |
If I host government forms or any other free forms on my website just for consolidation or ease-of-access, could I face any legal issues?
I live in India. |
Can I host free government or bank forms on my website? |
Imagine you have come up with a novel algorithm to solve a problem, and have implemented it in, e.g., javascript, and have put its src, along with an appropriate copyright, on a publicly available code repository, e.g, bitbucket.
Now my question is, can the copyright alone be enough to keep another entity (let's cal... |
Does copyrighted code protect intellectual property rights on novel algorithms it implements? |
Imagine you have come up with a novel algorithm to solve a problem, and have implemented it in, e.g., javascript, and have put its src, along with an appropriate copyright, on a publicly available code repository, e.g, bitbucket.
Can the copyright alone be enough to keep another entity (let's call it Evilsoft) from ... |
As the title suggests, I would like to know if it would be legal under Australian law, I am not too sure about the law and Halftracks.
Also, would and Sd.kfz 222 be legal too? This vehicle unlike the above does have four wheels. |
Would it be legal to drive/own an Sd.kfz 250 in Australia? |
As the title suggests, I would like to know if it would be legal under Australian law, I am not too sure about the law and Halftracks.
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sd.Kfz._25... |
In general I expect it would be legal for a landlord to only share the details of the rental contract with genuinely interested prospective tenants. Paper and toner to copy the contract isn't free. The landlord may even be using a "legal self-help" kit or a contract otherwise under copyright, for which he incurs a per-... |
As the title suggests, I would like to know if it would be legal under Australian law, I am not too sure about the law and Halftracks.
I would also like to add, this vehicle is capable of the speeds you would see commonly in most suburbs of Australia, it's just not capable of highway speeds, though the road layouts ... |
As the title suggests, I would like to know if it would be legal under Australian law, I am not too sure about the law and Halftracks.
I would also like to add, this vehicle is capable of the speeds you would see commonly in most suburbs of Australia, it's just not capable of highway speeds, though the road layouts ... |
No.
I can't give a more detailed answer without reference to a specific statute. But just about every state anti-bullying statute in the U.S. restricts the definition to...well, bullying. There is a good summary of state bullying and cyberbullying statutes [here][1].
The laws are varied, but they invariable conta... |
If I understand your question, you're asking the difference between something like this:
> "You shouldn't do business with Bob; he's a child molester. Raped a whole bunch of kids. Everyone knows about it."
and this:
> "You're thinking of doing business with Bob? Huh. That's your call, of course. I won't say an... |
I have signed a contract with a German company, and one of the clauses says that if I am unable to start working for them, in the case of intentionally resigning, then they would charge me one month of payed salary.
I didn't even work one day for them, and they only have my emails and Address in Argentina, but they ... |
I have signed a contract with a German company, and one of the clauses says that if I am unable to start working for them, in the case of intentionally resigning, then they would charge me one month of paid salary.
I didn't even work one day for them, and they only have my emails and physical address in Argentina, b... |
You are confusing two separate concepts: trademark and copyright. I'll give you a broad overview of both of these, although the details will differ depending on what country's law we're talking about.
A copyright is held by the creator of a work of artistic expression. It gives the creator certain exclusive rights, ... |
In the English legal system, a "tipstaff" was a wooden stick with a metal tip; it was carried by certain officials as a badge of office. The OED has citations with this meaning dating back to the sixteenth century.
Because these staffs were most often used by bailiffs, the word came to be used to describe them as we... |
Is there some reason you think they can't?
In general, anyone is free to do business, or refuse to do business, with anyone else.
There are a few restrictions on this. For example, certain businesses can't refuse to serve clients based on their membership in a protected class such as race or sex. I don't know how... |
In Massachusetts, USA, can a physician refuse to see patients that are not referred by their primary care physician? (Even patients whose health insurance does not require a referral for the appointment to be covered?) |
I have signed a contract with a German company, and one of the clauses says that if I am unable to start working for them, in the case of intentionally resigning, then they would charge me one month of paid salary(5000 EUR).
I didn't even work one day for them, and they only have my emails and physical address in Ar... |
I am not a lawyer: If they sue you it will probably be for fraud, then the DA will investigate and can easily find out who you are. If they can proove that you signed the contract is another story. If the clause in the contract is valid yet another.
Getting a lawyer might be wise, especially if your visa depends on ... |
I am not a lawyer: If they sue you it will probably be for fraud, then the DA will investigate and can easily find out who you are. If they can prove that you signed the contract is another story. If the clause in the contract is valid yet another.
Getting a lawyer might be wise, especially if your visa depends on a... |
In [*Regina v. Ojibway*][1] (8 *Criminal Law Quarterly* 137 (1965-66)), a Canadian case, a member of the *First Nations* of Canada had relieved a wounded pony of his suffering by gunshot and was accused pursuant section 2 of the *Small Birds Act* (R.S.O.). The case was initially dismissed and went on appeal. Blue, J., ... |
R. v. Ojibway: impact of the "pony bird" on case law? |
If I wanted to analyze a YouTube video and display some products from the video would it be illegal?
Does this follow the fair use act? |
Analyze a YouTube video, show products from video? |
I own a semi successful proxy website. It was created initially to assist co workers in the web hosting industry for troubleshooting propagation of new websites.
Recently I have been receiving DMCA complaints through Google. From what I see sometimes my proxy is used to access illegal content like a movie website and... |
There are many lyrics videos and other audio visualizer videos using songs they clearly don't have ownership own. Many of these receive a copyright strike on Youtube and are subsequently taken down, but many also do not.
Additionally, there are many songs on Youtube in which you will get the message "The copyright ... |
What is the "area" of copyright claims and fair use of songs? |
[This blog post][1] discusses the duties of a "tipstaff" as a role that still exists in Pennsylvania (US) courts, which includes clerical duties such as ordering motions and announcements etc. The post closes with a question, raised on Law.SE here: ***Why*** does Pennsylvania still call this position by the name tipst... |
[This blog post][1] discusses the duties of a "tipstaff" as a role that still exists in Pennsylvania (US) courts, which includes clerical duties such as ordering motions and announcements etc. The post closes with a question, raised on Law.SE here: ***Why*** does Pennsylvania still call this position by the name tipst... |
>How do you know if the copyright claimant or owner of them material you are using is allowing their content on Youtube?
You don't.
>... does fair use automatically cover you for anything related to this?
No
>Is it illegal to share the music experience of a legally purchased MP3 ... or to provide services t... |
If I am stopped by the police for questioning on the street, would I be within my rites to record the conversation on my phone to avoid any looseness with accounts of what was said on either side? Would the police officer be aloud to refuse my request to record the conversation, and what if my phone just happened to be... |
Is it legal to record official conversations with police? |
I've recently discovered that when opening an email with a link in Outlook.com the link is being crawled by Microsoft. It seems to me that this is a severe breach of privacy -- such links can often be used to automatically sign you into your account on some site which contains sensitive information.
Is this legal? I... |
If I am stopped by the police for questioning on the street, would I be within my rites to record the conversation on my phone to avoid any looseness with accounts of what was said on either side? Would the police officer be allowed to refuse my request to record the conversation? And what if my phone just happened to ... |
Is it legal to record conversations with police? |
I've recently discovered that when opening an email with a link in Outlook.com the link is being crawled by Microsoft. It seems to me that this is a severe breach of privacy – such links can often be used to automatically sign you into your account on some site which contains sensitive information.
Is this leg... |
I have signed a contract with a German company, and one of the clauses says that if I am unable to start working for them, in the case of intentionally resigning, then they would charge me one month of paid salary(5000 EUR).
I didn't even work one day for them, and they only have my emails and physical address in Ar... |
If I am stopped by the police for questioning on the street, would I be within my rights to record the conversation on my phone to avoid any looseness with accounts of what was said on either side? Would the police officer be allowed to refuse my request to record the conversation? And what if my phone just happened to... |
In the English legal system, a "tipstaff" was a wooden stick with a metal tip; it was carried by certain officials as a badge of office. The OED has citations with this meaning dating back to the sixteenth century.
Because these staffs were most often used by bailiffs, the word came to be used to describe them as we... |
[This blog post][1] discusses the duties of a "tipstaff" as a role that still exists in Pennsylvania (US) courts, which includes clerical duties such as ordering motions and announcements etc. The post closes with a question, which I'm asking here: ***Why*** does Pennsylvania still call this position by the name tipst... |
[This blog post][1] discusses the duties of a "tipstaff" as a role that still exists in Pennsylvania (US) courts, which includes clerical duties such as ordering motions and announcements etc.
There are reasons against using the term, such as perception of corruption and/or courtroom novices (e.g. jurors) getting th... |
I have signed a contract with a German company, and one of the clauses says that if I am unable to start working for them, in the case of intentionally resigning, then they would charge me one month of paid salary (5000 EUR).
I didn't even work one day for them, and they only have my emails and physical address in A... |
Mr. X has been convicted of stealing $1 million, sentenced and ordered to pay restitution. What is the status of his estate under the following scenarios:
1) Mr. X has spent all the money and is broke. He can't possibly pay the $1 million. When he gets out of jail and (presumably) starts working again, how much of h... |
What's the status of the estate of someone that has been convicted of stealing, and ordered to pay restitution? |
I have signed a contract with a German company, and one of the clauses says that if I am unable to start working for them, in the case of intentionally resigning, then they would charge me one month of paid salary (5000 EUR).
I didn't even work one day for them, and they only have my emails and physical address in A... |
Let's say you're talking on the phone with someone in California, would it be legal to record just your part of the conversation without having approval from the other party?
For example, could you set up a recording device on the desk and have it recording what you're saying during the whole conversation assuming ... |
Would it be legal to record only yourself on a phone call without the other party giving consent in California? |
Let's say you're in California talking on the phone. Would it be legal to record just your part of the conversation without having approval from the other party?
For example, could you set up a recording device on the desk and have it recording what you're saying during the whole conversation assuming it's not sen... |
Probable cause is defined as: "a reasonable amount of suspicion, supported by circumstances sufficiently strong to justify a prudent and cautious person's belief that certain facts are probably true" (See Wikipedia citing Handler, J. G. (1994). Ballentine's Law Dictionary (Legal Assistant ed.). Albany: Delmar. p. 431.)... |
**Here are the opinions I found which do not *explicitly* state that Regina is fictitious.**
[University of Utah Hospital and Medical Center v. Bethke][1], 611 P.2d 1030, 101 Idaho 245 (Idaho, 1980)
> ...in my judgment, the majority seriously errs in using an esoteric,
> artificial and strained construction of t... |
The background on this is that I sold my first motor vehicle to a scrap yard to be disassembled for parts and/or sold. Unfortunately for whatever reason the V5 form (official document providing proof of registration of a motor vehicle) must not of found its way to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and as such i h... |
How would I conduct myself in a UK magistrates court? |
The background on this is that I sold my first motor vehicle to a scrap yard to be disassembled for parts and/or sold. Unfortunately for whatever reason the V5 form (official document providing proof of registration of a motor vehicle) must have not found its way to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and as such I... |
How should I conduct myself in a UK magistrate's court? |
The background on this is that I sold my first motor vehicle to a scrap yard to be disassembled for parts and/or sold. Unfortunately for whatever reason the V5 form (official document providing proof of registration of a motor vehicle) must have not found its way to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and as such I... |
I have signed a contract with a German company, and one of the clauses says that if I am unable to start working for them, in the case of intentionally resigning, then they would charge me one month of paid salary (5000 EUR).
I didn't even work one day for them, and they only have my emails and physical address in A... |
I own a semi successful proxy website. It was created initially to assist co workers in the web hosting industry for troubleshooting propagation of new websites.
Recently I have been receiving DMCA complaints through Google. From what I see sometimes my proxy is used to access illegal content like a movie website a... |
I am not a lawyer: If they sue you it will probably be for fraud, then the DA will investigate and can easily find out who you are. If they can prove that you signed the contract is another story. If the clause in the contract is valid yet another.
Getting a lawyer might be wise, especially if your visa depends on a... |
Are there clear rules on when to use subpoenas for discovery as opposed to requests? E.g., is it correct that subpoenas are supposed to be served for discovery from third parties to a legal action, whereas discovery on a counterparty is supposed to be through requests?
My current understanding of *custom* is that a... |
Is it legal for a business to refuse to give you a receipt when you pay them? For example a property management company refused to give someone a receipt for rent because they had not yet signed a lease but they have been living their and have paid rent (which the property management company accepted).
Also, if a pe... |
Is it legal for a business to refuse to give you a receipt when you pay them? For example a property management company refused to give someone a receipt for rent because they had not yet signed a lease but they have been living there and have paid rent (which the property management company accepted).
Also, if a pe... |
Is it legal for a business to refuse to give you a receipt when you pay them? For example a property management company refused to give someone a receipt for rent because they had not yet signed a lease but they have been living there and have paid rent (which the property management company accepted).
Also, if a pe... |
I once took a psychology course where the prof pointed out the word "discrimination" can be more broad than the way it is generally used. For example it can be considered discrimination that only people above a certain height are hired as firefighters. Athletes may not make the team because they can't lift a certain am... |
What types of "discrimination" are illegal? |
So I've figured out how to [read a case citation](http://law.stackexchange.com/q/579/58) and find the text of the judgement - maybe [using some of the online resources](http://meta.law.stackexchange.com/q/261/58).
As a novice, I'm trying to decide when the judgement actually applies. Does it support my argument? |
How do I interpret a court judgement? What does it mean? |
Congratulations, intrepid legal enthusiast or learner!
### What you'll need
* A legal dictionary, especially if you're just getting started.
If you don't own one, you can try [Black's Law Dictionary](http://thelawdictionary.org/)
* A little bit of patience and time.
Or maybe a lot, depending on the parti... |
I once took a psychology course where the prof pointed out the word "discrimination" can be more broad than the way it is generally used. For example it can be considered discrimination that only people above a certain height are hired as firefighters. Athletes may not make the team because they can't lift a certain am... |
I've recently discovered that when opening an email with a link in Outlook.com the link is being crawled by Microsoft. It seems to me that this is a severe breach of privacy – such links can often be used to automatically sign you into your account on some site which contains sensitive information.
Is it legal... |
If I wanted to analyze a YouTube video and display some products from the video would it be illegal?
Is this fair use?? |
Prompted by http://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/304/can-i-take-bsd-licensed-code-and-distribute-it-under-gpl.
The OP asks:
> **Can I take code which is licensed under a permissive open source license (like the BSD license) and distribute it under a copyleft free software license (like the GPL)?**
Spe... |
Can one take BSD licensed code and distribute it under GPL? |
**No, you cannot.**
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A licence is a way for a copyright holder to grant certain rights to others that are otherwise reserved. You don't own any copyrights to any stuff you just download from the internet, unless someone specifically transfers their copyright to you (e.g., what IEEE requires for scientific papers ... |
This doesent have to be minecraft eula specific. My question is that in the minecraft EULA it forbids you from doing certain things. Now to run a minecraft server the well known server softwares force you to accept the EULA but what if this bit of code was removed where you no longer had to accept the eula when you sta... |
In the USA, once the sentence is firm (there are no more appellation instances left), why are prisioners kept for some long in the death row?
My personal opinions on death penalty aside, I would expect that once the sentence is firm, it (the sentence) should be execute without much further delay. |
In the USA, once appeals have been exhausted, why do prisoners spend so much time on death row?
My personal opinions on death penalty aside, I would expect that once the sentence is final, it should be carried out without much further delay. |
Why do prisoners spend so long on death row? |
Because of appeals, *habeas* proceedings, and a growing backlog.
In California, for example, since 1978, approximately 20-40 people have been added to death row per year, while less than 10 per year are executed. (*[California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice Final Report](http://digitalcommons.law.s... |
Because of *habeas* proceedings, and a growing backlog.
In California, for example, since 1978, approximately 20-40 people have been added to death row per year, while less than 10 per year are executed. (*[California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice Final Report](http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cg... |
The time spent on death row is largely due to appeals, *habeas* proceedings, and a growing backlog. The time between an actual *final appeal* is not astonishingly long. (However, "final" appeal is hard to pinpoint because a death row inmate can file successive *habeas* petitions at the federal level).
In California,... |
The time spent on death row is largely due to appeals, *habeas* proceedings, and a growing backlog. The time between an actual *final appeal* and execution is not astonishingly long. (However, "final" appeal is hard to pinpoint because a death row inmate can file successive *habeas* petitions at the federal level).
... |
The issue with disappearing ink on receipts is [notorious](http://www.wfla.com/story/25849028/sales-receipts-have-ink-that-fades-away-in-heat). Are sellers required to make the receipt visible at least X number of days?
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I am mostly interested in the following locations:
- California, United States
... |
Is it legal for a business to refuse to give you a receipt when you pay them?
For example a property management company refused to give someone a receipt for rent because they had not yet signed a lease but they have been living there and have paid rent (which the property management company accepted).
Also, if a... |
Can a company refuse to give a receipt for payment? |
I have recently developed a medical application. One of my previous employers (from 4 years ago) also sells similar application. (You can see where it is going)
The employer is now alleging that I might have stolen the code and created my own version but that is truly not the case. Every line of code has been writte... |
This doesent have to be minecraft eula specific. My question is that in the minecraft EULA it forbids you from doing certain things. Now to run a minecraft server the well known server softwares force you to accept the EULA but what if this bit of code was removed where you no longer had to accept the eula when you sta... |
>The employer is now alleging that I might have stolen the code and created my own version but that is truly not the case. Every line of code has been written from scratch.
This should be easy to demonstrate if it comes to that. There are automated tools which can measure similarity of source code pretty reliably (u... |
> Is it legal for a business to refuse to give you a receipt when you pay them?
I assume this is legal as long as there is no agreement which stipulates that they must give you a receipt upon payment.
> Also, if a person initially doesn't ask for a receipt, and comes back later, can they say it's too late to give... |
I have recently developed a medical software application. One of my previous employers (from 4 years ago) sells a similar application. (You can see where this is going.)
The employer is now alleging that I might have stolen the code and created my own version but that is truly not the case: Every line of code has be... |
I have recently developed a medical software application. One of my previous employers (from 4 years ago) sells a similar application. (You can see where this is going.)
The employer is now alleging that I might have stolen the code and created my own version but that is truly not the case: Every line of code has be... |
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