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What determines whether or not legislation is re-printed (or digital equivalent) to integrate added or modified provisions? |
So I ordered a package with a company (a Chinese company), after it not arriving and reaching the deadline I got a full refund (490 USD). The day after I received the money, I bought the same product locally for more money.
2 weeks after the refund I received the package that I got a refund for anyway.
I alread... |
Indian penal code defines "force" as
> A person is said to use force to another if he causes motion, change of motion, or cessation of motion to that other, or if he causes to any substance such motion, or change of motion, or cessation of motion as brings that substance into contact with any part of that other’s b... |
Similarly to how a party's representative is often referred to in the third person as "solicitors," it seems often that in legal submissions and other correspondence, individual solicitors will use a first-person plural as well, a kind of "legal 'we'."
What is the basis and significance of it, and when is it appropr... |
Legal "we": when is it appropriate to use "we" in legal correspondence? |
Post 9/11 "Real I.D." laws say that driver's licenses issued by states cannot be used for "federal identification" unless they have certain enhancements, for which one must bring in a birth certificate or other proof of U.S. citizenship when applying for the license; thus when boarding a commercial passenger flight, on... |
Must "Real ID" be used when applying for a Canadian passport while residing in the U.S.? |
A company named Blackboard exists, with trademarks on the name. I would like to use the brand name "Greenboard." Is there any possibility of trademark infringement if I use this name?
- I don't think it would cause confusion among consumers
- I did not know the company existed when I came up with the name
- I ... |
Is a similar name and synonym to existing brand a trademark infringement? |
Post-9/11 "Real I.D." laws in the U.S.A. say that driver's licenses issued by states cannot be used for "federal identification" unless they have certain enhancements, for which one must bring in a birth certificate or other proof of U.S. citizenship when applying for the license; thus when boarding a commercial passen... |
[Planned Parenthood's major point](https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion) against abortion bans has been the mother's health. Specifically, where pregnancy could risk an early-pregnancy death of both the kid and the mother.
If a mother was not able to get an abortion, and both died in, say, a feder... |
Generally speaking, the TOS of social media platforms share certain common features.
They do not give the user the right to any "due process." If the platform wishes to cancel, block or suspend the user, they can do so with impunity. The platform can exercise its sole discretion and the user has no right to due proc... |
I have heard of some sex workers or escorts signing a non disclosure agreement with the person who is hiring them. Or their agency already has a policy in place. Since paying for sex isn't legal in Canada, would such policies or NDAs be enforceable? For example would it be breach of contract if a escort signed an NDA t... |
Is an NDA binding for sex workers or escorts? |
The American Bar Association has a [nice distillation of the state of the law with respect to terms of service][1], and I reproduce the most relevant portions of that analysis below:
> Are my terms and conditions enforceable?
>
> Courts are now regularly enforcing so-called "click wrap" agreements,
> where a use... |
> Are social media TOS invalid because lack of due process and mutuality
> creates an unenforceable illusory contract?
No.
The American Bar Association has a [nice distillation of the state of the law with respect to terms of service][1], and I reproduce the most relevant portions of that analysis below:
> Ar... |
[Planned Parenthood's major point](https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion) against abortion bans has been the mother's health. Specifically, where pregnancy could risk an early-pregnancy death of both the kid and the mother.
If a mother was not able to get an abortion, and both died in, say, a feder... |
Two people are partnering to purchase a business deal. A lawyer is representing Partner A. The lawyer knows that Partner A is being screwed over by Partner B, i.e. Partner B has no money to contribute, etc. Is the lawyer ethically allowed to represent Partner A? |
Can a Lawyer represent a client in a business deal where he knows that his client is being screwed over? |
My child is 12 and has a long documented disability. The (public) school district has not provided appropriate support and has even mislead me on qualifications of the Para educator assigned to him. She is assigned to support him with behavior and deescalation but she has no training or professional certification in be... |
## Not secretly.
Washington is a Two Party Consent state. **Unless all parties agree,** you can not legally make a recording of any telephone call, in-person conversation or otherwise digital conversation. The exceptions for emergency services, phone stalking, and hostage-taking don't apply. Neither are you a news rep... |
## Not secretly.
Washington is a Two Party Consent state. **Unless all parties agree,** you can not legally make a recording of any telephone call, in-person conversation or otherwise digital conversation. The exceptions for emergency services, phone stalking, and hostage-taking don't apply. Neither are you a news rep... |
## Not secretly.
Washington is a Two Party Consent state. **Unless all parties agree,** you can not legally make a recording of any telephone call, in-person conversation or otherwise digital conversation. The exceptions for emergency services, phone stalking, and hostage-taking don't apply. Neither are you a news rep... |
## Not secretly.
Washington is a Two Party Consent state. **Unless all parties agree,** you can not legally make a recording of any telephone call, in-person conversation or otherwise digital conversation. The exceptions for emergency services, phone stalking, and hostage-taking don't apply. Neither are you a news rep... |
My child is 12 and has a long documented disability. The (public) school district has not provided appropriate support and has even mislead me on qualifications of the paraeducator assigned to him. She is assigned to support him with behavior and de-escalation but she has no training or professional certification in be... |
## there's only few rules against representation
### What means representing a client?
The lawyer is retained to represent **only the interests Partner A**. His obligation is **to do that to the best of his capacity.** That's exactly what he is paid for.
If he notices that Partner B tries to screw Partner A over, ... |
In February 2023, [a German ballet director forcibly smeared dog feces into the face of a journalist][1] after disagreeing with her.
While this is certainly despicable behavior, would it count as a crime? The attack, while disgusting, did not cause bodily harm, since feces can be washed off. It is really an attack e... |
Is forcibly smearing someone with feces a crime, and which one? |
Who owns copyright of a translated text?
Person A wrote a text. Person B translated the text to a different language, as requested by a person A, as a paid translation service. Does the person A need to buy copyright or some other right of the translated version from the person B in order to edit or use for commerci... |
If a contract includes multiple and/or statements, how are these generally interpreted?
For example when defining the competing fields in a hypothetical non-compete clause as
> in the field of automation and/or design of cars and/or trucks
what would be the common interpretation?
Option 1:
- automation,... |
How are multiple and/or clauses in contracts interpreted? |
This comes from the movie [Guilty Conscience][1], which may be one of the best movies of the past 20 years in Hong Kong and its box office is the highest ever.
**Movie Spoiler Warning**
What if the defendant's lawyer obtained some evidence that can prove the defendant not guilty, but he obtained it illegally (suc... |
If the Jury considers evidence that should be discarded in the US, what would the result be? |
A person is thinking about leaving his money to four people. I will call them p1,p2,p3 and p4. When he dies he wants his money to go into a trust. In addition, he wants p1, p2 and p3 to be able to take out a small percentage of the trust every year. When three of the following people are dead: p1,p2,p3 and p4 ; he want... |
> Is there any problem doing this?
This is not a problem. This is a typical and plain vanilla testamentary trust.
> Would this be considered a QTIP trust?
No. QTIP stands for "qualified terminable interest property". A QTIP trust is a trust for the benefit of a surviving spouse that is allowed to qualify for t... |
This comes from the movie [Guilty Conscience][1], which may be one of the best movies of the past 20 years in Hong Kong and its box office is the highest ever.
**Movie Spoiler Warning**
What if the defendant's lawyer obtained some evidence that can prove the defendant not guilty, but he obtained it illegally (suc... |
> Is there any problem doing this?
This is not a problem. This is a typical and plain vanilla testamentary trust.
> Would this be considered a QTIP trust?
No. QTIP stands for "qualified terminable interest property". A [QTIP trust][1] is a trust for the benefit of a surviving spouse that is allowed to qualify ... |
For example, consider the phrase "bodies corporate." Would the more natural English construction not simply be "corporate bodies"? Why is the former form so often used? |
Why do adjectives sometimes follow nouns in legal phrases? |
sources claim it is still under copyright yet Artists continue to simply borrow from it or copy the piece.
Does this mean that the fragment stolen by giazotto is copyright free?
is it safe to cover giazotto's work without getting sued for it?
I am composing a piece that uses this but I refuse to continue becau... |
For example, consider the phrase "bodies corporate." Would the more natural English construction not simply be "corporate bodies"?
Why is the former form so often used? |
Lets say a Man and a Women agree to have a child. But the Man want's to make sure that before they have a child the man is granted full custody over the child and that the women can never file for child support.
Can this be done via a contract and maybe a NDA? |
Lets say a Man and a Women agree to have a child. But the Man want's to make sure that before they have a child the man is granted full custody over the child and that the women can never file for child support.
Isn't this already kind of done in practice by sperm donors or women that birth a baby for a couple that ... |
[tag:united-states]
Sports betting is authorized by specific state and federal statutes that apply only to within their scope. Gambling is generally illegal in most jurisdictions otherwise.
> I haven't seen any references where a parimutuel betting system is
> used for political or economic events.
The main w... |
[tag:united-states]
Sports betting is authorized by specific state and federal statutes that apply only to within their scope. Gambling is generally illegal in most jurisdictions otherwise.
> I haven't seen any references where a parimutuel betting system is
> used for political or economic events.
The main w... |
> The postpositive adjectives in many legal noun phrases in English—attorney general, fee simple—are a heritage from Law French.
>
> [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_French)
See also the [Norman Conquest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Conquest) of England
And also see [section 69](https://www.... |
I'm watching Better Call Saul right now and I'm at the bit where Jimmy is suspended and Kim gets in a car accident.
It got me thinking: if someone were disbarred, would it be legal under US law for them to do act as a disabled lawyer's eyes or hands? Or would this in effect be practising law without a license even i... |
I rent a room with a few other housemates, and I was wondering if I can record myself in the kitchen cooking and not be in violation of 9.73.030.
I understand that Washington State is a two party consent state, and that it would be a violation of 9.73.030 to record audio or a private conversation of a person without... |
Can I record myself cooking on camera, in the kitchen community space of the house that I rent a room at, and not be in violation of 9.73.030? |
Indian penal code states that
> physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures
is guilty of sexual harrasment. likewise POCSO act section 7 and 11 states
> Whoever, with sexual intent touches the vagina, penis, anus or breast of the child or makes the child touch the vagi... |
Wire transfers sometimes [fail](https://money.stackexchange.com/q/155051/5656). Is there any legal maximum amount of time that a bank may take to refund a customer's account following a failed wire transfer?
I'm interested in the following jurisdictions: France, Lithuania and USA (WA state).
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Example of fai... |
Is there any legal maximum amount of time that a bank may take to refund a customer's account following a failed wire transfer? |
[RCW 19.230.330(3)][1] says that
> Every money transmitter licensee and its authorized delegates shall
> refund to the customer all moneys received for transmittal **within ten
> days of receipt of a written request** for a refund unless any of the
> following occurs:
>
> (a) The moneys have been transmitted a... |
> Does this mean that the fragment stolen by giazotto is copyright free?
No. If people are using the work, they may be paying a license fee for the privilege, or they may be violating the copyright. The behavior of others is not a good way of judging how you should behave. For example, in many cities in Europe yo... |
Considering I am the founder of Instagram, it means I have written 100% of the application code by myself, then found an investor and they put some money into the startup and got 30% of the new established company's shares.
Then I decided to make some modifications and change some of the ideas and create another app... |
Do investors have any copyrights on the application they invest on? |
This comes from the movie [A Guilty Conscience][1], which may be one of the best movies of the past 20 years in Hong Kong and its box office is the highest ever.
**Movie Spoiler Warning**
What if the defendant's lawyer obtained some evidence that can prove the defendant not guilty, but he obtained it illegally (s... |
In reality there is **always** a delay from when you push the button to when the shutter goes off--with a cheap camera I've had the delay be long enough that my target moved out of frame (admittedly, flying erratically.) Why should the duration of the delay have any bearing on the copyright? |
First of all being the "founder" of a startup in no way implies that one wrote all the code of the startup's primary or signature app. The founder could have hires coders, or had partners, or used open source code.
But let's make some assumptions. Suppose Alice has created a startup, and wrote the code for an applic... |
First of all being the "founder" of a startup in no way implies that one wrote all the code of the startup's primary or signature app. The founder could have hires coders, or had partners, or used open source code.
But let's make some assumptions. Suppose Alice has created a startup, and wrote the code for an applic... |
Considering I am the founder of Instagram, it means I have written 100% of the application code by myself, then found an investor and they put some money into the startup and got 30% of the new established company's shares.
Then I decided to make some modifications and change some of the ideas and create another app... |
The Budapest memorandum and the Istanbul document are two important documents thought to guarantee security & stability in the regions of the former Soviet Union. [1]
The Instanbul documents states:
> "We reaffirm the inherent right
of each and every participating State to be free to choose or change its securi... |
I'm watching Better Call Saul right now and I'm at the bit where
> ! Jimmy is suspended and Kim gets in a car accident.
It got me thinking: if someone were disbarred, would it be legal under US law for them to do act as a disabled lawyer's eyes or hands? Or would this in effect be practicing law without a license e... |
Numerous drug databases indicate that the information they provide about drugs is free for educational use, but their copywrite policies indicate that the use of any material for commercial use impedes their copywrite policy.
I am building an app that may use snippets of information, for instance, side effects of a... |
Is drug information copyright protected in Canada. Example: drug brand name, side effects etc. Is licensing actually required for commercial use? |
Numerous drug databases indicate that the information they provide about drugs is free for educational use, but their copywrite policies indicate that the use of any material for commercial use impedes their copywrite policy.
I am building an app that may use snippets of information, for instance, side effects of a... |
Numerous drug databases indicate that the information they provide about drugs is free for educational use, but their copyright policies indicate that the use of any material for commercial use infringes their copyright.
I am building an app that may use snippets of information, for instance, side effects of a drug... |
Your first sentence already says that these databases don't consider their information "open source". You may consider it open source, but that will only get you into court.
Are you using the data for educational or for commercial use? Extracting bits that you are interested in from _all_ database entries and using... |
Is drug information copyright protected. Example: drug brand name, side effects etc. Is licensing actually required for commercial use? |
Follow up from:
https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/16579/can-information-about-a-drug-trade-name-interactions-etc-be-copyright-pro
Numerous drug databases indicate that the information they provide about drugs is free for educational use, but their copyright policies indicate that the use of any material fo... |
Follow up from:
https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/16579/can-information-about-a-drug-trade-name-interactions-etc-be-copyright-pro
Numerous drug databases indicate that the information they provide about drugs is free for educational use.
I am building an app that may use snippets of information, for ins... |
I have purchased several "Internet of Things" devices that, by default, come with an app that lets you turn it on and off. They use normal WiFi to communicate and are screwed into the walls so are now awkward to replace.
The default app communicates with the server that is provided by the British seller, *S*. The di... |
Do companies have a legal right to force you to use their server when you have purchase their hardware? |
I have purchased several "Internet of Things" devices that, by default, come with an app that lets you turn it on and off. They use normal WiFi to communicate and are screwed into the walls so are now awkward to replace.
The default app communicates with the server that is provided by the British seller, *S*. The di... |
I have purchased several "Internet of Things" devices that, by default, come with an app that lets you turn it on and off. They use normal WiFi to communicate and are screwed into the walls so are now awkward to replace.
The default app communicates with the server that is provided by the British seller, *S*. The di... |
Do companies have a legal right to force you to use their server after you have purchased their hardware? |
I have purchased several "Internet of Things" devices that, by default, come with an app that lets you turn it on and off. They use normal WiFi to communicate and are screwed into the walls so are now awkward to replace.
The default app communicates with the server that is provided by the British seller, *S*. The di... |
Are there any countries where ex post facto amnesty laws are a thing? |
I have searched the web but couldn't find cases related to trademark infringement when the name was used *inside* a software. E.g a video game containing a location named using a trademarked name. Are there such cases, if any? |
Are there legal cases related to trademark infringement for using names inside a software (e.g. video games)? |
It seems so pervasive but, still confusing that we don't simply use French altogether for legal purposes, which I suppose was done at one time. But why were certain terms kept from French, while the rest of the language used reverted to English? It would make a bit of sense if there had been no terms available in Engli... |
Why did French have such a lasting influence on the English legal lexicon? |
In Romeo and Juliet (1968), the actress playing Juliet (age 16 at the time iirc), had her bare chest exposed for a bit after sleeping with Romeo. Romeo's actor (who was also underage) had his naked bottom exposed in the same scene. Basically, two underage actors were shown nude after a (presumed) sexual encounter.
W... |
Does Romeo & Juliet (1968) constitue as Child Porn? |
What is the minimum sentence for murder in Japan? |
## 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... |
Are there any legal cases regarding trademark infringement when a name is used *inside* a work? E.g a video game containing a location named using a trademarked name. |
Are there legal cases related to trademark infringement for using names inside a work? |
I recently noticed that local news sites are terrible in that they transfer ludicrous amounts of data, never stop transferring data, and load an obnoxious number of ads and pop ups. As a result they are often very slow to load and reading the articles can be a challenge and is hardly pleasant. Disabling JavaScript he... |
>Would this make the film constitute as child porn, and would possession of it be cause for arrest?
Since the film was made in Italy, Italian law would apply.
The Italian Penal Code, for Articles 528 and 529 contains the word **Obscene** in conection of shows/activities.
It is not clear which Articles covers *... |
>Would this make the film constitute as child porn, and would possession of it be cause for arrest?
Since the film was made in Italy, Italian law would apply.
The Italian Penal Code, for Articles 528 and 529 contains the word **Obscene** in conection of shows/activities.
It is not clear which Articles covers *... |
I recently noticed that local news sites are terrible in that they transfer ludicrous amounts of data, never stop transferring data, and load an obnoxious number of ads and pop ups. As a result they are often very slow to load and reading the articles can be a challenge and is hardly pleasant. Disabling JavaScript he... |
## 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... |
[tag:england-and-wales][tag:northern-ireland]
After reading [this guidance from The Crown Prosecution Service](https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/offences-against-person-incorporating-charging-standard), I'd say this constitutes 'unlawfully and maliciously administer[ing] to or caus[ing] to be administered to or ... |
You also asked:
> Can I freely distribute the code publicly on, say, GitHub so that
> other people can download it and use/run it themselves without any
> party facing any sort of legal action?
Yes you can. It's not illegal or against the news site's TOU to post or distribute code that you have the rights to t... |
## Because the Normans spoke French.
The English Nobility didn't speak English till the 14th century at all. Why? Because [the Norman Nobility spoke **French**][1] till the whole debacle of the [Hundred Years' War][2] was halfway through.
William The Bastard left only **very** few nobles from before in power when... |
## Because the Normans spoke French.
The English Nobility didn't speak English till the 14th century at all. Why? Because [the Norman Nobility spoke **French**][1] till the whole debacle of the [Hundred Years' War][2] was halfway through.
[William The Bastard][3] left only **very** few nobles from before in power... |
In Romeo and Juliet (1968), the actress playing Juliet (age 16 at the time iirc), had her bare chest exposed for a bit after sleeping with Romeo. Romeo's actor (who was also underage) had his naked bottom exposed in the same scene. Basically, two underage actors were shown nude after a (presumed) sexual encounter.
W... |
Does Romeo & Juliet (1968) constitue Child Porn? |
In Romeo and Juliet (1968), the actress playing Juliet (age 16 at the time iirc), had her bare chest exposed for a bit after sleeping with Romeo. Romeo's actor (who was also underage) had his naked bottom exposed in the same scene. Basically, two underage actors were shown nude after a (presumed) sexual encounter.
W... |
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