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A business directory listing website scraped old data for their listings. They use random contact information, personally identifiable information (PII), logos/banners to falsely represent those business listings and individuals.
That directory listing website presents itself as a self submission service but those ... |
I bought a dryer in the EU. I destroyed its packaging and used it once. It was terrible and now I want to return it. Does the right of withdraw need the product returned with the original packaging? Also is it ok if I used it once? |
Does right of withdrawal need the original packaging? |
I just learned that scraping the web is not always as legal as I thought it was. Apparently a website can prohibit the use of web scrapers for their website in its Terms Of Service.
The translator deepl.com has a API which costs money. However, on GitHub one guy published a tool that allows everyone to implement the... |
The relevant [EU rule][1] doesn't specify a anything along those lines. Instead, it says that "The seller must deliver goods which are in conformity with the contract of sale to the consumer", and that "The seller is liable to the consumer for any lack of conformity which exists at the time when the consumer goods are ... |
Something recently happened to me that I'm not sure was legal. To give a high level overview I was accused of something I didn't do in a class. An internal investigation found me guilty. The investigation was unfair and they banned me, but to my understanding this isn't technically illegal. They wrote a report that I t... |
Something recently happened to me that I'm not sure was legal. To give a high level overview I was accused of something I didn't do. An internal investigation found me guilty. The investigation was unfair and they banned me, but to my understanding this isn't technically illegal. They wrote a report that I think would ... |
> Could their more concise and plainly worded article claiming to not use your phone number for any purposes beyond account verification be legally enforceable over their disclaimer in their privacy policy allowing them to share personal information (which would normally include phone number) with "advertising and mark... |
Alice and Bob, both unmarried adults, engage in consensual intercourse. Alice lies to Bob about her use of contraception or sabotages Bob's use of contraception, and as a result, Alice becomes pregnant.
Alice and Bob, both unmarried adults, engage in consensual intercourse. Bob lies to Alice about his use of con... |
[tag:united-states]
> In either case, could there be any criminal or civil liability?
No. Not in any U.S. jurisdiction of which I am aware. One or two states (including California) have recently considered passing laws to that effect, but to the best of my knowledge they have not done so. |
Is there criminal or civil liability for sabotaging or lying about the use of contraception, which then results in a pregnancy? |
I have been thinking of below scenario for some time, I hope this Community could clarify to me.
Mr.X is on H1B status with Company A. Company A pays Mr.X regular monthly salary, as standard H1B Employer/Employee relationship.
Mr.X actually works as a Contractor for an end client, let's say End Client 1, who pays o... |
let s say a minor calls police or goes to them and reports that she got a sexual text on snapchat,but1) she has no proof ,is that enough probable cause for police to seek warrant to snapchat to view all chats?2)if she has a sexual text as proof , is that enough evidence for probable cause?3)if they get warrant for snap... |
How much power does fbi or police have in this case? |
The concept of filling a motion to compel arbitration in response to a lawsuit is well known. Less known is the option of filling court proceedings to compel arbitration as a complaint - even when no lawsuit is pending.
The benefit of this approach is that one need not wait for the Plaintiff to bring a suit in cou... |
What is the procedure of filing a complaint / petition (**not a motion**) to compel arbitration in Special Civil court in NJ? |
What is the procedure of filing a complaint to compel arbitration? |
When two parties disagree whether an arbitration agreement is binding, the party seeking to compel arbitration does not need to wait for the other party to bring a suit against them in court to file a motion. Rather, they can file a **petition** (or complaint) in court to compel arbitration to preempt any lawsuit.
W... |
Let's say a minor calls the police or goes to them and reports that she got a sexual text on snapchat, but she has no proof. Is that enough probable cause for police to seek warrant to snapchat to view all chats?
If she does have a sexual text as proof, is that enough evidence for probable cause?
If they get warr... |
A friend of mine owns an apartment complex in NJ with multiple rentable units and is having difficulty with a particular tenant who insists on paying his rent in coins (pennies, nickels and dimes - but mostly pennies).
I was asked to provide my two cents on the matter. My quandary is as follows:
Generally a ... |
A Penny for Your Thoughts: Can a Tenant be Evicted for Paying Rent in Pennies? |
A friend of mine owns an apartment complex in NJ with multiple rentable units and is having difficulty with a particular tenant who insists on paying his rent in coins (pennies, nickels and dimes - but mostly pennies).
I was asked to provide my two cents on the matter. My quandary is as follows:
Generally a ... |
A friend of mine owns an apartment complex in NJ (USA) with multiple rentable units and is having difficulty with a particular tenant who insists on paying his rent in coins (pennies, nickels and dimes - but mostly pennies).
I was asked to provide my two cents on the matter. My quandary is as follows:
Genera... |
Mr.X is on H1B status with Company A. Company A pays Mr.X regular monthly salary, as standard H1B Employer/Employee relationship.
Mr.X actually works as a Contractor for an end client, let's say End Client 1, who pays on hourly rate basis
to Company A. Then Company A pays Mr.X a monthly regular salary after payroll p... |
Lets say that I want to take a picture or record a video of a city I am visiting in Europe and like its inevitable people will appear in the picture or video. I cannot do this before asking permission to everyone that appears on the picture? If I witnessed or I am the victim of any type of agression or abuse on the str... |
How restrictive is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe? |
Does any other federal country use a US-like system of having both a local and federal court systems, applying different rules of procedure and enabling the equivalent of double jeopardy, i.e where someone can be tried in parallel in the two systems for the same acts ? |
Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights requires criminal trials to be fair and speedy. What is the time threshold for a trial to transpire is for it to be deemed "speedy" or insufficiently so as to be violative? |
How speedy must a trial be to for the purposes of article 6, ECHR? |
A Penny for Your Thoughts: Can You Evict a Tenant for Paying Rent in Pennies? |
Is it legal to sell money for a profit in the United States? For example:
- Selling 100 rolls of pennies for $100 ($50 profit)
- Selling 1,000 rolls of quarters for $12,000
- Selling 1,000 dollar bills for $1,200
- etc
Would one violate any laws by doing so? |
Is it legal to sell money? |
You have raised two broad questions. The question about reasonable suspicion asks: **when is evidence illegally obtained?** That's difficult to answer, because it depends on the nature of the evidence and any statute which controlled the way in which it should have been collected. However, the focus of your question se... |
## What does the contract say? ##
I write that so often I should get a stamp made.
If the contract is silent, then it is implied that payment in US currency is acceptable, as is any other method of payment the parties agree to. As you have correctly quoted, there is no limit to the number of US coins that are val... |
Let's say a minor calls the police or goes to them and reports that she got a sexual text on snapchat, but she has no proof. Is that enough probable cause for police to seek a warrant directed to snapchat to view all chats?
If she does have a sexual text as proof, is that enough evidence for probable cause?
If th... |
How much power does the FBI or the police have in this case? |
Is there any reason why the prosecution and defense are able to know who the jurors are?
Quite frankly, it just seems like the judicial system is exposing participants to unnecessary risk. |
What is the point of a known jury? Why not make them all anonymous by default? |
Can a system include such information? it is surely technically possible. Would it be a violation of copyright? That depends.
First of all, any such information can be included if the copyright holder has granted permission, probably in the form of a license. But in that case this question would probably not have be... |
How much evidence of sexual harassment do the FBI or the police require in order to get a search warrant for the servers of a company? |
Some companies are giving employees what they call an "inflationary lump sum" to help them cope with cost of living issues caused by high inflation.
See for example:
https://www.incomesdataresearch.co.uk/resources/news/nearly-one-in-five-employees-awarded-lump-sum-payments
Under UK law what kind of payment is it... |
What kind of reward is an "inflationary lump sum"? |
>Under UK law what kind of payment is it? Is it the same thing as a bonus?
Essentially yes
>What rules apply?
Assuming the employee is standard PAYE then the money will be subject to tax and NI the same as any other lump sum salary payment.
>For example, can an employer do as they wish? is it entirely depen... |
In the England & Wales jurisdiction, at a Crown Court, I have heard that the judge has the power to overrule a jury's guilty verdict. I assume, as an example, this would happen if the jury convicted the defendant for theft, despite CCTV showing the defendant could not have possibly committed the theft as their hands we... |
Until what stage can a judge overrule a jury's verdict? |
Of course I know it's otherwise protected by the new *Respect for Marriage Act* and *Obergefell*, but I happened to be reading about the rather demure P&I Clause in Article 4. and it seemed relevant. IIUC, it's been used to guarantee that "fundamental" rights for a citizen of state A are recognized when travelling to a... |
Why isn't a gay marriage established in one state protected in other states by the Privileges and Immunities Clause? |
So, Louisiana is a bit of an odd-ball state in that it observes civil law (Napoleonic law). The big difference between common law and civil law is that in civil law, the judge is expected to base his choice on his interpretation of the law, and not based on the decisions made by previous judges in other similar court ... |
Do civil law cases hold precedent in common law states? |
Can an operating system/desktop environment include a fictional map from a 3rd party IP? |
In a defamation case, can the defendant not prove statement to be true and still win the case? |
[tag:canada]
> applying different rules of procedure
Each province in Canada may have its own civil procedure, but the criminal procedure is unified on the federal level. Unless specifically provided, all civil and criminal cases are heard in courts established by provinces.
Under [section 92 of the Constituti... |
In a purely hypothetical question...let's set the hypothetical in Arizona in the United States as a default jurisdiction for the question, although other U.S. jurisdictions would be useful and of course around the world would be interesting.
Let's posit an individual is crowdfunding an organized effort to compel t... |
Is there any way to penalize fundraising that is based in part on frivolous lawsuits? |
If an otherwise-legitimate contract was written in a way that its text was obscene under the Miller test, would that affect the enforceability of the contract? |
Would an obscene contract be enforceable? |
Pretend somebody committed two different acts that were considered crimes in their country. This person then fled to another country, where only one of their acts is considered a crime.
In the above example situation, would an extradition be allowed to bring the offender back to their home country? Would there perha... |
How would an extradition work when only one of two actions was criminal? |
[tag:united-states]
> In either case, could there be any criminal or civil liability?
No.
Not in any U.S. jurisdiction of which I am aware. One or two states (including California) have recently considered passing laws to that effect, but to the best of my knowledge they have not done so.
The [answer to th... |
## Vexatious litigant
The organization and its members risk overstepping a very thin but highly visible line very quickly: If the Courts believe they are just wasting the court's resources, they - and all their agents - can be declared a [vexatious litigant][1]. Once they are vexatious litigants, they can't sue anybod... |
## Vexatious litigant
The organization and its members risk overstepping a very thin but highly visible line very quickly: If the Courts believe they are just wasting the court's resources, they - and all their agents - can be declared a [vexatious litigant][1]. Once they are vexatious litigants, they can't sue anybod... |
I know someone might commit infant abuse. For example, I might learn this from internet posts or observing my neighbor.
Do I also commit a crime if I choose not to help the infant out or not to report it? |
I know someone might commit infant abuse. Do I also commit a crime if I choose not to report it? |
### The Main Question
> when a court case is decided in Louisiana, can it establish precedent
> in other states that follow common law?
Yes.
The court decisions of a sister state are always persuasive authority. This applies even to trial court rulings and rulings from other countries that are not precedents... |
If an otherwise-legitimate contract was written in a way that its text was obscene under the [*Miller* test](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_test) would that affect the enforceability of the contract? |
What are a person's legal responsibilities if they know someone might commit infant abuse. For example, they might learn this from internet posts or observing my neighbor.
Do they also commit a crime if they choose not to help the infant out or not to report it? |
If you know someone might commit infant abuse, do you also commit a crime if I choose not to report it? |
> If an otherwise-legitimate contract was written in a way that its text
> was obscene under the *Miller* test would that affect the enforceability
> of the contract?
It is virtually inconceivable that a contract with erotic language setting forth a legitimate set of contract terms could violate *Miller*.
As no... |
### The Main Question
> when a court case is decided in Louisiana, can it establish precedent
> in other states that follow common law?
Yes.
The court decisions of a sister state are always persuasive authority. This applies even to trial court rulings and rulings from other countries that are not precedents... |
If you know someone might commit infant abuse, do you also commit a crime if you choose not to report it? |
What are a person's legal responsibilities if they know someone might commit infant abuse right now. For example, they might learn this from internet posts or observing my neighbor.
Do they also commit a crime if they choose not to help the infant out or not to report it? |
What are a person's legal responsibilities if they believe that someone is currently committing infant abuse, but are not certain that they are doing so.
For example, they might learn this from internet posts or observing my neighbor. The person who believes that this is occurring is not in a profession that specifi... |
If you know someone is committing infant abuse, do you also commit a crime if you choose not to report it? |
Are civil law cases precedents in common law states? |
[tag:new-south-wales]
## Reporting child abuse is mandatory for everyone ##
[s316a][1] of the *Crimes Act* 1900 defines the offence of “Concealing child abuse offence” which has a maximum sentence of 2 years or 5 years imprisonment depending on the nature of the child abuse offence.
The elements are that you k... |
[tag:united-states]
There are many different sets of laws in the United States. This post is not a comprehensive survey of every U.S. state and district and territory's laws on the subject. I also do not identify every single federal law reporting requirement that applies nationally.
**Child Abuse Specific Duties... |
[tag:united-states]
There are many different sets of laws in the United States. This post is not a comprehensive survey of every U.S. state and district and territory's laws on the subject. I also do not identify every single federal law reporting requirement that applies nationally.
**Child Abuse Specific Duties... |
[tag:united-states]
There are many different sets of laws in the United States. This post is not a comprehensive survey of every U.S. state and district and territory's laws on the subject. I also do not identify every single federal law reporting requirement that applies nationally.
**Child Abuse Specific Duties... |
[tag:united-states]
There are many different sets of laws in the United States. This post is not a comprehensive survey of every U.S. state and district and territory's laws on the subject. I also do not identify every single federal law reporting requirement that applies nationally.
**Child Abuse Specific Duties... |
Say you and spouse signed a joined (agreed) property and divorce petition, no notice required, in April, but it did not get filed until December, 8 months later. This time-frame exceeds the 90 day cut-off between summons and filing for civil cases... would the petition still be valid?
So the joined petition sign-da... |
What is the time limit between signing a joioned petition for divorce and the actual filing of it in WA? |
What is the time limit between signing a joined petition for divorce and the actual filing of it in WA? |
Say you and spouse signed a joined (agreed) property and divorce petition, no notice required, in April, but it did not get filed until December, 8 months later. This time-frame exceeds the 90 day cut-off between summons and filing for civil cases... would the petition still be valid?
So the joined petition sign-da... |
Say you and spouse signed a joined (agreed) property and divorce petition, no notice required, in April, but it did not get filed until December, 8 months later. This time-frame exceeds the 90 day cut-off between summons and filing for civil cases... would the petition still be valid?
So the joined petition sign-da... |
Say you and spouse signed a joined (agreed) property and divorce petition, no notice required, in April, but it did not get filed until December, 8 months later. This time-frame exceeds the 90 day cut-off between summons and filing for civil cases... would the petition still be valid?
So the joined petition sign-da... |
> Does using the courts in this way violate any law other than the
> individual sanctions for improper suits?
Not really. Such an organization would probably have to be classified as some form of non-profit other than a 501(c)(3) in most cases, however, since politically motivated litigation usually doesn't qualify... |
I've wrote a game's code for this guy, he have paid half of the agreed amount when the code was delivered, but when the game was published and I asked for the rest of my payment, he denied and blocked me.
The agreement was verbal (discord chat) and I've kept a record of the whole conversation in it's original format... |
Can I claim copyright if my code is used in a game without full payment? |
Something recently happened to me that I'm not sure was legal. To give a high level overview I was accused of something I didn't do. An internal investigation found me guilty. The investigation was unfair and they banned me, but to my understanding this isn't technically illegal. They wrote a report that I think would ... |
As a business owner, is it within my rights to refuse to sell products to other businesses that I personally view as unethical, such as Facebook, due to their alleged questionable or harmful practices?
Is it possible that this decision could result in any negative consequences for my business, such as legal issues?... |
Can you refuse services to businesses you deem unethical? |
As a business owner, is it within my rights to refuse to sell products to other businesses that I personally view as unethical, such as Facebook, due to their alleged questionable or harmful practices?
Is it possible that this decision could result in any negative consequences for my business, such as legal issues?... |
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(US CBP) are made publicly available, [e.g.](https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2022-Jun/6%20-%20FOIA%20Log%20June%202019.pdf):
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
Sometime the information is redacted, ... |
How can I request that my FOIA request to the US CBP is not made publicly available? |
As the title.
Does it matter if the addiction is legal (say gambling,alcohol) or illegal (drugs , theft ~ Kleptomania) ? |
Is adiction a disability? |
Last summer, I drove past RAF Spadeadam in the north of England. I passed the following rather foreboding sign:
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
> Ministry of Defence
>
> This is a prohibited place within the meaning of the Official Secrets Act. Unauthorised persons entering this area may be arrested and... |
What exactly is prohibited in a 'prohibited place' under the Official Secrets Act? |
The SDNY seems to hear a lot of high-profile civil and criminal cases that many might argue verge on jurisdictional overreach or extraterritorial jurisdiction. In any case they certainly see a lot of "juicy" matters, and seem to be especially powerful as a branch of the judiciary, and to like to throw their weight arou... |
What is it about the SDNY that results in the phenomenon captured by the slang name "Sovereign District of New York"? |
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