texts: Can Indian Company file a Civil Suit against a Foreigner

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A common foreign client is simultaneously in discussion with Company A and Company B in India. The so called client states that Company B product is a copy of Company A's product during the demo session of Company A. The only loop the client had was that Company A employee who presented the demo of Company B's product a week before.
Actually the said employee had already quit from company A but the company A's website had the photo & details of former employee who is now associated with Company B. The so called client takes demo with Company B and later finds ex employee's details in Company A's website and told the company A that their employee had given demo of Company A's product under the domain name of Company B.
In this case, except the demo session the client didn't have access to live application of Company B but he is very much confident about his allegation.
In this case, except the demo session the client didn't have access to live application of Company B's product, the so called client didn't state its similar or identical but very confident that Company B's product is the copy of Company A's product.
What action can Company B take against the foreign client if they're innocent.


texts: What happens if the inhumanity crimes conducted between two counties border when the citizen of country A kills a citizen of country B then leave to country A,what country has power of arest and which law directs?


texts: Does creating YouTube tutorials on how to solve questions from textbooks infringe copyright?

texts: When the answer to a problem is not provided by the textbook (or even in the case that it is), would creating a YouTube or text-based tutorial on how to solve it infringe the copyright of the textbook writer, or be fair use?


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The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea contains the clause:

  Rocks which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of their own shall have no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf.

In Philippines v. China (2016), the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that Taiping Island is such a rock. However, Taiping Island has an area of .45 sq. km., its own fresh water supply, and a population of 600 Taiwanese personnel.

Is this rather liberal interpretation of the word "rock" consistent with the other case law or guidance?


texts: How does a requirement to wear a mask infringe civil liberty?

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I come from a scientific background, so wearing a mask is second nature in a laboratory & clinical settings: I am biased because I do not want to infect patients or inhale pathogens.
That being said, I am trying to understand the viewpoint as to exactly what liberty and how the requirement to wear a mask infringes upon anything.  For context Google return major news outlets with keywords COVID Mask protestor
Any reference to a statute or case law is appreciated.
UPDATE: if it helps: assume that the governing law is the United States.  I am not a lawyer: the closest I have come to the legal field is patent prosecution


texts: Signing an NDA not on Behalf of a Company

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I have been provided an NDA that I need to sign. I am not affiliated with a company, however, and am just a freelancer with a fulltime job.

At the top of the NDA, I need to fill out my 'company/party'. Should I just use my name, or the name of my full-time company?
The bottom has a blank line, again for party/company. Should I just fill in my name, sign next to the "By" line and leave the "Its" line blank?


texts: Would it be legal for bookmakers to take bets on someone being assassinated?

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Background: My colleague just told me that he reckons Donald Trump's presidency is most likely to end in assassination. My first thought was: "Why not put money on it then?"; my second thought was "Would that be legal?".

From the bookmaker's point of view, taking such a bet would be stupid: if a person stands to win £100,000 from Trump being assassinated, it would give them motivation to pay someone up to that figure to carry out the killing. Further than that, I wonder whether giving someone motivation to kill someone could legally count as inciting someone to murder, which is illegal. Hence why I wonder whether it would be legal for a bookmaker to take such a bet.

As I'm from the UK, I'm mainly interested from the UK legal perspective, but any other international perspective is welcome.


texts: Publishing copyrighted material on GitHub for phishing

texts: I want to publish some demo code on github that deals with a new type of phishing attack. However, I've used a Google-branded sign-in page for the demo. Will this be a problem with copyright or any legal issues?


texts: Is it legal to have a "Create custom x" in your D&D program, if that can result in the enduser violating the copyright?

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First an introduction to what i am doing! I am creating a tool for players and DMs of D&D. The reason i've been trying to understand the copyright law in regards to this issue is that upon using any information from the books created by WotC you'd violate their copyright. Luckily, WotC has a "Open Gaming License" that you can use, to have much of the rules, items and monsters in your book, program, etc. for free (Link to the link of the SRD-OGL: http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/systems-reference-document-srd)

My issue is that WotC has intentionally left out some of the unique monsters that they themselves has created over the years. Which in itself is fine, but i have no idea if i would violate their copyright for these unique monsters if i were to create a module in my program where the enduser would be able to build a custom monster from a blank template (name: input here, armor class: input here etc. - you can look at an example on, say, page 279 with the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Here name would be Tyrannosaurus Rex and Armor class would be 13 (natural armor))

If the enduser were to create a totally custom, madeup creature i'd imagine that tool would be fine, but i can also see the scenario where a enduser could copy letter for letter the information of a copyrighted monster into my custom monster template and essentially adding a copyright-violating item into the program.

So. I guess in essence what i am asking is: By making a tool in my program that can enable the user to create their own monsters, will i then be in trouble because i've also, if the user is malicious, by extension enabled the user to violate the copyright of WotC?

I am from Denmark if that makes any difference, which i'd guess it doesn't.
I have no real legal experience which is why i thought it'd be a good place to ask such a question. Thanks for your time!


texts: Inactive account deleted under GDPR (data retention) laws. Should the credit on it have been refunded to the account holder?

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I have a situation where a UK utility (mobile phone) account has been inactive for more than 7 years.
The account was deleted under data retention laws (GDPR) but had a positive credit balance at the time. No attempt was made to contact the account holder and refund the credit on it.
Are the company entitled to do this, or is the account holder entitled to a refund?
In the latter case, is there any point in pursuing the case in the absence of verifiable records?


texts: Does the UK regulate the height of calf hutches relative to the calves living in them?

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In a 2017 story this photo was circulated:

with the text:

Welfare legislation says that calves should only be held in solitary pens until they are eight weeks old, but Animal Equality claims that the battery calves it photographed at Grange Dairy in Dorset are up to six months old – too large for their hutches– and say that some have grazes on their backs. But trading standard officers say there is no evidence of any breach of animal welfare requirements.

I'm specifically not asking about the EU regulations because on many animal welfare issues (especially on bovines) the UK has had stricter or sooner-adopted standards, e.g. it banned "veal crates" before the EU did and also I read that

Older UK calves have greater space allowance than stipulated in EU law.

So, is the height of the hutches regulated in the UK at least relative to the calves inside them?


texts: Can a US cop ask a land owner if a person is trespassing if no complaint has been made? i.e. can they ask a shop owner if a person is trespassing in their car park or outside the shop?


texts: Use of the words "losses" and "damages" in an indemnity clause in a medical education course participation form

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I'm a pharmaceutical translator, and I'm proofreading a Russian-to-English translation of a form to be signed by a participant of a medical education course. The text includes the following sentence:

Accordingly, I undertake to indemnify the Company,  the local distributor , other companies of the Group, their consultants, agents and representatives for their damages, as well as to prevent occurrence of the latter due to any  losses, liabilities, claims, injuries, lawsuits, costs and expenses (including sanctions) resulting from any violations of the Protocol, the norms of best medical and professional practice, as well as of any applicable laws and regulations in accordance with the foregoing.

I looked up the legal meaning of damages:

At common law, damages are a remedy in the form of a monetary award to be paid to a claimant as compensation for loss or injury.

In my original Russian text, it's clearly not this kind of "damages". It is убытки - plural of убыток.
Isn't it better to use lossess instead of damages, since in legal texts "damages" seems to differ in meaning from "losses"? Or maybe in this context the meaning is the same for both words?
Original paragraph in Russian:

Соответственно, я обязуюсь возместить компании,  местной дистрибьюторской компании , иным компаниям Группы, их консультантам, агентам и представителям убытки, а также не допустить возникновения последних в результате любых потерь, ответственности, претензий, ущерба, исков, затрат и расходов (включая санкции), возникающих вследствие любых нарушений Протокола, положений передовой медицинской и профессиональной практики, а также любого применимого законодательства и норм регулирования согласно вышеизложенному.


texts: Will the next Congress (2021) be sworn in on a Sunday?

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The 20th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states

Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Section 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.

Section 1 says that the term of the new Congress begins on January 3rd, but that is not the same thing as actually meeting and being sworn in.  Section 2 makes January 3rd the default date for that to happen, but also allows that date to be changed by law.
January 3, 2021 is a Sunday.  Will the new Congress be sworn in on that day, or have they already designated a different day to be sworn in?


texts: Do I have a right to an inventory as a new tenant in a student let?

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I have just moved into a rental (Assured Shorthold Tenancy) student flat. Three of the tenants carried over the tenancy from the previous year and I am coming in as a fourth tenant to fill an empty bedroom. The tenancy was organised properly through the letting agency who manage the entire student block and correctly checked my eligibility to reside in the UK (I'm a UK citizen). The previous three person rental contract came to an end in July and I signed a new contract with all four of our names on it. I did not sublet the room from another tenant - I am a full tenant in my own right.

However, the letting agency has not taken an inventory of the house or conducted a recent check-in report. They say that, since I am joining an existing tenancy, I am therefore one-quarter liable for all damages which have occurred since July 2016 despite the fact I only moved in two days ago. This triggered so many red flags in my head, in particular as some of the damages are significant (e.g. the sofa arm was snapped off when I arrived which won't be cheap to replace or fix).

My contract makes no mention of what happens in the event of tenancy partial occupancy change. I did not sign anything which says I should be liable for damages a year before I moved in. The contract does not mention being a continuation of the previous contract. It's just a July 2017 to July 2018 AST fixed term contract with all four tenant names on it stating the usual stuff about being responsible for putting out recycling at the correct times & reporting maintenance issues quickly.

So...

Am I right in thinking this situation is a huge red flag?
Is it too late to deal with now given that the contract started in July and I moved in two days ago?
Do I have to compile the inventory myself if the letting agency won't?
Do I have a right to force the letting agency to agree & countersign a fair and accurate inventory?


texts: Is there a fixed amount of time in which a copyright infringement must be ignored even if the creator realizes it?

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I shared a derivative book I made without authorization just to share a concise version of the original book with my students. This was plenty of years ago, approximately six years from now. I recently realized that the students published my summary version of the book, which has my name all over it in websites like Slideshare and Scribd. Since then I've been concerned about a possible legal demand coming from the editorial if they realize that there's a summary copy of their book online with my name on it.
Is there a fixed amount of time in which the crime must be ignored even if the editorial realizes it?. The illegal derivative work was made six years ago, I've read that after ten years the offense cannot be considered for trial. Is that true?


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Person 1 harasses Person 2 for three days.
Person 2 dumps Person 1's personal belongings onto floor.
Person 1 attacks Person 2 with wrestling, hair pulling, hitting and kicking.
Person 2 responds, wrestling, hair pulling, hitting and kicking.
Finally, Person 2 hits hard enough to make Person 1 quit.

Person 1 calls the police and Person 2 is arrested for assault.

Can Person 2 press charges on Person 1 since they harassed and assaulted first?


texts: Legality of different bit representations of copyrighted material

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Say I've made a photograph.

I am now the copyright holder of that particular image. I am using this picture on a personal website where I am talking about plants. Now somebody else wants to create a database with pictures of plants in it. Instead of making a picture themselves or paying for the right to use a picture they simply use mine without permission.

As far as I understand this would be a copyright violation and I would be able to use the law against them. At the very least force them to stop using my picture.

But what if they do not actually use my picture in any way that is viewable to human beings? They may very well decide to store the image data in a textual representation equal to the binary string of the original file. This is what it might look like:

11111111 11011000 11111111 11100000 00000000 00010000 01001010 01000110
01001001 01000110 00000000 00000001 00000001 00000001 00000000 01100000
00000000 01100000 00000000 00000000 11111111 11100001 00000000 00100010
01000101 01111000 01101001 01100110 00000000 00000000 01001101      ...
...      ...      ...      ...      ...      ...      ...           ...
...      00111001 00011100 11010100 10001110 11000111 11111111 11011001

Their database is being read by computer algorithms that can easily read the binary representation and transform it back into a format that can be used for image searches and similar procedures.

I would assume this is still a copyright violation, but is the law actually smart enough to understand this? Is every possible pattern of bits that could somehow be transformed back into my original image protected under copyright? Does it matter how the data is being used?

I am most interested in what the law would look like in both the united states and the EU.


texts: Does entering a photo in a competition qualify as commercial usage?

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I would like to know if I need to have the rights for commercial usage for a photo that I want to enter in a photo competition. Consider this scenario: I take a photo of someone (e.g. a model) and they grant me a non-exclusive, non-commercial right to use/distribute the photo online and in other media. If I want to enter this photo in a photo competition (where prizes can be won). This way, I'm not directly making money off the photo, but if I win a prize I would potentially have a monetary benefit. Does this qualify as commercial usage of the photo? Does it matter if there are no prizes? And if there are prizes, does it matter if they are monetary or material prizes (e.g. photo equipment)? I live in Germany, I'm interested in the situation for both national and international competitions.

I know that some competitions ask the participants to grant the host commercial usage rights as well, so those competitions are out of the question.


texts: In a disclaimer of liability, does the order of sentences matter?

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Supposing that a "disclaimer of liability" is phrased in such a way that the meanings of sentences are independent of each other - would the order of presentation of the sentences have any impact on its legal standing as a document?

For example, given the disclaimer here, I produce a few permutations here , here , and here.

Are all the permutations equivalent in terms of legal meaning?


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If I made an image that includes a pattern that comes with CorelDraw X4 and attempted to sell it printed on a T-shirt online, would that be a copyright violation? This is from the CorelDraw license agreement, but it seems contradictory and I don't understand it:

  COREL GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF CLIPART, STOCK PHOTO IMAGES AND SAMPLE CONTENT:

  Corel products may contain clipart, photo images and sample content such as forms, templates, “tubes” or similar items (collectively referred to as the "Images") which are either owned by Corel or licensed from a third-party. As a user of Corel products you are free to Use, modify and publish the Images as you wish subject to the restrictions set out below. If you are uncertain as to whether your intended Use is in compliance with the Guidelines set out below, Corel recommends that you seek the advice of your own attorney or legal counsel. Corel will not provide you with an opinion as to whether your Use is in compliance with these Guidelines.

  2.1  YOU MAY, subject to any restrictions set out in Sections 2.2 and 2.3 below:

  (i) incorporate any Image(s) into your own original work and publish, display and distribute your work in any media, provided you include a copyright notice in your work reflecting on the copyright ownership of both you and Corel as follows:

    "Copyright (c) 200__ [your name] and its licensors. All rights reserved."

  and

  (ii) make one (1) copy of the Image(s) for backup or archival purposes.

  2.2  YOU MAY NOT:

  (i) resell, sublicense or otherwise make available the Image(s) for Use or distribution separately or detached from a product or web page. For example, the Image(s) may be Used as part of a web page design, but not be made available for downloading separately or in a format designed or intended for permanent storage or re-use by others;

  (ii) provide the Image(s) to third parties or permit the Use of the Image(s) by third parties separately or as  part of any other product, however, third parties may be provided with copies of the Image(s) (including digital files) as part of a work product;

  (iii) create scandalous, obscene, defamatory or immoral works using the Image(s) nor Use the Image(s) for any other purpose which is prohibited by law;

  (iv) Use or permit the Use of the Image(s) or any part thereof as a trademark or service mark, or claim any proprietary rights of any sort in the Image(s) or any part thereof;

  (v) Use any of the Images which contain identifiable individuals or entities for any commercial purpose including, without limitation, in a manner which suggests their association with or endorsement of any product or service;

  (vi) Use the Image(s) in electronic format, on-line or in multimedia applications unless the Image(s) are incorporated for viewing purposes only and no permission is given to download and/or save the Image(s) for any reason;

  (vii) rent, lease, sublicense or lend the Image(s), or a copy thereof, to another person or legal entity. You may, however, transfer all your license to Use the Image(s) to another person or legal entity, provided that (i) you transfer the Product, including the Image(s), and this License, including all copies (except copies incorporated into your work product as permitted under this License), to such person or entity, (ii) that you retain no copies, including copies stored on a computer or other storage device, and (iii) the receiving party agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this License; or

  (viii) Use any Image(s) except as expressly permitted by this License.


texts: What would the Blues Brothers have been charged with?

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In the 1980 comedy film The Blues Brothers, brothers Jake and Elwood Blues commit a seemingly endless series of crimes over the course of about eleven days. They evade arrest for Elwood’s invalid license, destroying a mall in the process, evade a bar charge from their first gig, destroy an unknown number of police cars (edit: a bit of research shows that 103 cars were destroyed in the film and my memory indicates that all of at least almost all of those were police), and almost run over probably hundreds of people. And that’s just the stuff I could remember offhand. So my question is as follows:

With (approximately) what would the Blue Brothers have been charged with, whether federally or in state? Secondarily, approximately what might the associated sentences have looked like?

Obviously it’s impossible to tally exactly what they did over the course of the movie, not least because of how much time they spend off camera, so I’m just looking for a range. Either contemporary or present law is fine, but I imagine there won’t be a huge difference either way. And I know sentencing is greatly affected by who is the judge- again, I only want a range.
I also note that Elwood, usually doing the driving, seems to commit most of the actual crimes, so maybe Jake would mostly get charges of aiding and abetting Elwood. Also, I recognize many of you may have never seen the film or at least not recently, so you can also consider this question a directive to go watch a very funny movie.


texts: Using copyrighted content as a profile image in the European Union

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In online communities such as the StackExchange network, many people use images of their favorite movie or comic characters as profile images/avatars.
In the US, this is apparently legal due to the "fair use policy" (cf. Is it legal to use movie frames or actor images as online avatars?). However, "fair use" is a US concept for which (to the best of my knowledge) nothing similar exists in the European Union.
I remember researching this particular question with respect to the legal situation in Austria, and came to the conclusion that the right of Privatkopie ("private copy") does not apply, since making the copy available publicly is explicitly forbidden (§ 42 Abs. 5 UrhG).
This, however, was many years ago, and, in the meantime, a lot of EU legislation on copyright has been passed, which might override national legislation. Hence my question:
In the EU, is it (currently, 2021) legal to use a copyrighted image as a "profile image" (i.e., a low-resolution image shown next to your user name for illustration purposes) in online communities without permission from the copyright holder?


texts: Is it legal to include Apple emoji in a commercial printed book?

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Could I sell a printed work, say a book, which included Apple's emoji characters?  Also if I redrew them in the same style only for purposes of providing a higher resolution version of the emoji would that be legal as well?

Is using a specific implementation of emoji carry the same legal implications as licensing a font?


texts: May dogs run around without leash in Schleswig-Holstein?

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A website tells me that a general leash force isn't legal:

  Entgegen landläufiger Meinungen ist eine generelle Leinenpflicht für
  Hunde in Deutschland nicht rechtmäßig (Beschluss OVG Lüneburg
  27.01.05, Az. 11 KN 38/04).

Shz writes that you may not let your dog run free in Schlewsig-Holstein.

What is true? May my dog run free in the German forest? And what would the consequences be if I do it and it's forbidden?


texts: If the law specifically disallows a criminal charge under a condition, does it still go before a jury if the condition is met?

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I have a friend who has been charged with criminal threatening. This kind of law is not supposed to be applied when a person makes a threat against someone attacking them. In NH the phraseology is as follows:

  631:4:IV. A person who responds to a threat which would be considered
  by a reasonable person as likely to cause serious bodily injury or
  death to the person or to another by displaying a firearm or other
  means of self-defense with the intent to warn away the person making
  the threat shall not have committed a criminal act under this section.

The situation was that the accused had his house broken into by the police doing a "wellness check", and he was unaware that they were police and he threatened them verbally thinking they were intruders. The case would clearly seem to be covered by the exception to the law above.

So, the question is: when an exception like this is explicitly called out in the statute, is it still necessary for the case to be heard by jury, or can a judge simply dismiss the charges on the grounds of IV above?

If such a dismissal is moved by the defendant's attorney, does it need to be done at the arraignment or can it be done later, for example, in a pre-trial brief?


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What happens if you commit two murders in two different countries (not your own) and is apprehended in a third country?

How will the countries most likely come to an agreement, and how long might the total duration of sentencing become?

More specifically referring to the Makaveli Linden case, where the apprehended, a citizen from Sweden, killed a person in Norway, then maybe in Belgium (ongoing investigation), then fled to France.
I believe all the countries in question have extradition treaties. Three of the countries are in the EU. Norway is in the EEA.


texts: Is criticizing a public figure on a private chat libel?

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X is currently involved in a legal battle with said ex-wife regarding child abuse by parental alienation of his child. X, with a friend in a similar position, created a private support group on WhatsApp mostly consisting of close friends. The content of the group is mostly banter, updates on the situation and venting, some of which was directed towards the religious leader of their community, his apathy and lack of support.
Recently, this religious leader has threatened legal action and damages through loss of charity donations, claiming malicious falsehood. Below are a sample of the publications:
"[he] has sinned greatly"
"He has done nothing ... anyone who remains silent is playing a role in the abuse"
"He is unfit to be a leader .. he is a liar ... he should resign"
Additional a complaint was filed to his superiors claiming that he was violating safeguard protocols, which is being used as evidence of harassment.
The group is private and there is a confidential code of conduct, meaning either there is a mole or the group was illegally accessed.

Does criticizing public figures constitute libel especially in a private group?

Does X have a counterclaim for illegally accessing the data?


texts: What is "sufficient cause" for USPTO regarding filing extension?

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I read on the USPTO website the following:

a first request for an extension of time will generally be granted if a sufficient cause is shown. [...] The requests will be favorably considered where there is a factual accounting of reasonably diligent behavior by all those responsible for preparing a response within the statutory time period.

What is "sufficient cause" from the USPTO point of view?


texts: A clause in my employment contract is impossible to fulfill due to covid 19. Does this render the other bindings invalid?

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Without revealing exactly what clause in my employment contract is now impossible to fulfill, does anyone know what kind of implication it has on the rest of my contract? Is my entire contract null and void as I can no longer possibly abide by the thing in its entire?
Details: I physically can not do what I am supposed to do as set out in my contract due to the effects of a nationwide Covid-19 lockdown. 90% of my colleagues are currently in the same position and breaking this clause too.
Shouldn't my company revise all of our contracts to bring it to speed with the current climate? I feel like we're all liable to being fired as we're all in breach.
I'm interested in this because I've begun doing something else forbidden by the terms as a direct result of my situation/Covid. I know there's a difference between choosing to break a contract and being forced to break one by the pandemic. But do you think I will be as severely punished as would've been the case under "normal" circumstances?
Looking forward to seeing your opinions!


texts: Do SEC regulations require funds of funds to include in the expense ratio of the parent fund the weighted sum of the expense ratios of the holdings?

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I have read:

I believe SEC regulations also require a "fund of funds" to publish the expense ratio of the parent fund to include the weighted sum of the net expense ratios of the holdings.

Do SEC regulations require a "fund of funds" to publish the expense ratio of the parent fund to include the weighted sum of the net expense ratios of the holdings?

For example, Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund (VFIFX) has an expense ratio of 0.15% and contains:

Fund
Composition

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares
54.30%

Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund Investor Shares
36.60%

Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund Investor Shares**
6.30%

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund Investor Shares
2.80%

Total
100.00%

Must the expense ratio of the Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund (VFIFX) of 0.15% include the expense ratio of the 4 funds it contains?


texts: Volunteer work while on F1 visa in the USA

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Can an F1 international student in the United States who is employed 20 hours per week as a teaching assistant or research assistant perform some volunteering work that potentially grant him/her some privileges? I know that (s)he isn't allowed to perform paid work as the F1 visa doesn't allow him/her to work over 20 hours per week, but I am blurry regarding "semi" (i.e. granting privileges as in the example below) and fully volunteer work.

Example:
Bob is an F1 international student in the United States. He wants to say in the same dorm next year. The dorm administration propose him to perform some dorm duties (e.g. organizing social events in the dorm, watering the plants, etc.) and in exchange he will be guaranteed to stay in the same dorm next year. Can Bob do that without violating his F1 visa?


texts: If Congress tried to eliminate judicial review by jurisdiction stripping, can state courts step in?

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My question is whether state courts have the authority to enjoin federal officials, either on the basis that their actions violate federal law, or because the federal officials are attempting to enforce a federal law that violates the US constitution. (Presumably, such an injunction would only apply within the state in question, but it would be better than nothing.)
I understand that normally, a lawsuit seeking such injunctive relief would be filed in a federal court, not a state court. However, I would not be surprised if there is already some precedent where such cases have been filed in state courts. In addition,  there is the concept of jurisdiction stripping. If a situation ever arose, where Congress was frustrated that the federal judiciary was striking down many of its laws, Congress could go as far as abolishing the lower federal courts and replacing them with Article I courts in order to handle most types of cases and controversies; these Article I courts would not have the ability to strike down legislation. In that case, a private citizen could normally not seek to have their constitutional rights, which are being infringed by an act of Congress, vindicated in a federal forum, because the types of cases that can be filed with the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction are fairly limited. So in such a situation, it would seem that, if state courts could not enjoin the federal government, then the system of checks and balances would basically be destroyed.
I became interested in this question because of a quote from law professor Henry M. Hart that was given in the linked article:

In the scheme of the Constitution [state courts] are the primary guarantors of constitutional rights, and in many cases they may be the ultimate ones.

My question is effectively whether state courts may, in fact, be effective guarantors of constitutional rights.


texts: Can you be convicted based on the testimony of the victim alone?

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I am reading a book called "Gender Stereotyping - Transnational Legal Perspectives", which says that:

  The second case, R. v. Ewanchuk36 (“the Ewanchuk case”), concerned the
  role of sexual stereotypes in the adjudication of a case related to
  the sexual assault of a seventeen-year-old female complainant. The
  complainant alleged that Mr. Steve Brian Ewanchuk, the respondent, had
  sexually assaulted her. Specifically, she claimed that following a
  job interview in Ewanchuk’s van, she accepted an invitation to see
  some of his work in the attached trailer. Upon entering the trailer,
  the complainant deliberately left the door open, but Ewanchuk
  reportedly closed and appeared to lock it when he followed her inside.
  Ewanchuk then allegedly initiated several incidents involving
  touching, each more intimate than the last.

  [...]

  In the trial decision, the complainant was found to be a credible and
  intelligent witness who had given reliable testimony regarding her
  nonconsensual encounter with Ewanchuk. Notwithstanding, Ewanchuk was
  acquitted based on the defense of “implied consent,” a decision later
  upheld by the Alberta Court of Appeal

My question is: can a conviction be based only and solely on the testimony of the victim alone, without any further corroborating evidence?

In which jurisdiction is that permissible?


texts: Is the 14th amendment restriction on apportionment applied to women after the 19th amendment?

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Part of the second clause of the 14th amendment reads:

  when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.

However, in light of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote, this seems to now be a weird restriction based on a criterion of male-ness that is no longer applicable to voting rights.

Has the 19th amendment had any effect on how this section of the 14th amendment is interpreted?


texts: How does rental income garnishment work?

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I am a former tenant and never received my deposit. The small claims court ordered my deposit be paid in full. I understand I can garnish rental income from my landlord who still refuses to pay. My question is how does the garnishment actually work if he receives his rent payments via paper check?

Note I’m not asking how to file a garnishment writ of execution. I’m asking how the money is actually intercepted if he is payed in paper checks. I live in Southern California if that makes a difference.


texts: Is it legal to videotape a payment at a business?

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I went to my doctor's office in order to pay my copay for the federal government's stupidity for following their requirement to get a physician's statement, and I recorded it. Is this legal to do so since HIPAA is to protect a patient, not an employee.

I paid it in pennies because they should be paid by the federal government, not the patient when they're the ones who screwed up because I mentioned to the doctor it was just dotting an i for following their request to the letter.


texts: Can I face swap for a video I shot where an individual doesn't consent to using their likeness?

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Say I'm shooting some video of an interview, and one of the people in frame claim that they do not consent to the use of their likeness in any film or derivative (or some similar phrasing). Can I face swap their face with an animated gender-neutral face (with a purple skin color or something) to capture their natural facial reactions to questions, etc. Of course, I'd have to distort their voice too.

The whole idea here, if it's not obvious, is that I want the facial expressions in relations to questions, etc., while also preserving the non-consenter's right to privacy.

Update: This is what I'm talking about:

https://images.apple.com/media/us/iphone-x/2017/01df5b43-28e4-4848-bf20-490c34a926a7/overview/primary/truedepth_animoji/large.mp4


texts: Why some US software companies ban their free products for some countries?

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I'm a developer from Iran and I know Iran is under US sanctions. I have a few questions.

First let me start with an example. If you reach Docker Hub website from Iran you get this message:

  Since Docker is a US company, we must comply with US export control
  regulations. In an effort to comply with these, we now block all IP
  addresses that are located in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Republic of
  Crimea, Sudan, and Syria...

If the product is a free software, does it count as exported goods?
Why some US companies ban their free software products and some don't? Aren't they under the same law?
Why sometimes a company bans some of their software products but not some others (all of them free)? For example Google does not allow Iranian users to download the Android SDK (or even read the Android docs) but they allow to download Google Chrome.
Why would US ban Iranian people from using free software products? Isn't the problem nuclear program and human rights? What does downloading a free software has to do with those?


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I'm watching a lecture by Robert B Reich.

He's talking about a hypothetical case in which Bob, a CEO of some corporation, wants to "move the US plant to a non-union state" to reduce wages.

I understand that the benefit, for employers, is that since employees aren't organized in a union, they have less bargaining power over their employers.

My question is:

What are "non-union states"?

Are these states (in the US) that don't allow workers to unionize? But I've read that there's a "National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)" that guarantees the right of workers to unionize, so this can't be...


texts: Returning to US on F1 STEM OPT while EB-1B/EB-2 NIW is in process

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I am on F-1 STEM OPT in the US (no H-1B yet, since it's a lottery every year). My employer wants to apply for EB-1B (green card) since my lawyer thinks I may qualify, although each application is judged on a case-by-case basis so there's no guarantee of approval.

But let's say I applied for EB-1 and I did not get dual-intent H-1B/O-1 visa in time to stay and work in the US. Will my approved/rejected green card application prevent me from getting future visas since technically I showed immigrant intent on non-immigrant F-1 visa?

Same question for EB-2 NIW since my lawyer thinks I will get approved 100%, but if I choose to travel when it's pending/approved but before change of status is submitted, will that prevent me from re-entering the US on a non-immigrant visa?

P.S.: I asked my lawyer this same question and he said it's only immigrant intent if I-485 is in process/approved. I don't mean to question a lawyer's knowledge or experience but I'm highly skeptical. If the CBP/visa officer can see my GC application it's upto them whether I intend to immigrate isn't it? And will they consider it as a violation of non-immigrant clause and cause all sorts of visa problems in the future?


texts: Citizenship revocation leading to statelessness possible while there's a gateway to one's ethnic country's citizenship through descent?

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Can citizenship be revoked if a person would be rendered stateless, provided that they could anyway eventually become a citizen of their native country by descent? Countries like India even allow people who have never set foot on Indian soil and just have one Indian parent apply for "Overseas citizen of India" card (India's pseudo/dummy citizenship, virtually equal to citizenship with some exceptions). They can even apply for citizenship after living in India for a period with that card.
One thing that immediately comes to mind is the Shamima Begum case. She fled her London home to join the Islamic state but now she wants to come back to the UK (after realizing), but UK's Home Office revoked her citizenship, claiming that she could claim Bangladesh citizenship by descent even though she isn't a citizen of Bangladesh at the time of revocation. A British court recently allowed her to come to the UK, but that was challenged by the Home Office. Anyway.
We do not know yet what will happen next, but can countries claim a citizen's former country's citizenship by descent pathway, to revoke their current citizenship? Is that allowed under international law? It is very difficult to revoke citizenship if there's no other pathway for the person to get another citizenship, but what if there's a straightforward pathway by means of descent?
PS: There is obviously an assumption that the citizen we are talking about here would be a big big threat to the public.


texts: I was verbally given a home yrs ago in N.H

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We had a verbal agreement 15 yrs ago that my family would live in the house and Maintain and improve the home and property. With the promise of it being given to us at some point.
  These are long time  family friends and I know I should have gotten it in writing. They have now decided to sell the property and although they have offered first chance at it if I cannot secure financing do I have any real recourse.
   I have improved this house and land over the years. Which has increased its value by 80,000-100,000
Am I screwed?


texts: Can a Federal Actor, through coercion, or by the omission of information, force a U.S. citizen to waive a state-given Constitutional right?

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Can a Federal Actor, through the use of coercion, or by the omission of information, force a U.S. citizen to waive a state-given Constitutional right?
Specifically: On the date of March 19, 2010, an amendment to the Ohio State Constitution was passed. Article 1 Section 21, "Preservation Of The Freedom To Choose Health Care and Health Care Coverage:"

21 (A) No federal, state, or local law or rule shall compel, directly or indirectly, any person, employer, or health care provider to participate in a health care system. (emphasis mine) (B) No federal, state, or local law or rule shall prohibit the purchase or sale of health care or health insurance. (C) No federal, state, or local law or rule shall impose a penalty or fine for the sale or purchase of health care or health insurance.
(D) This section does not affect laws or rules in effect as of March 19, 2010; affect which services a health care provider or hospital is required to perform or provide; affect terms and conditions of government employment; or affect any laws calculated to deter fraud or punish wrongdoing int he health care industry.

The American Healthcare Act, or "Obamacare" did not go into effect until March 23, 2010. All Ohioans have this right. The problem is that all Ohio federal taxpayers must use Form 1040 to file their yearly taxes. Form 1040 for the years of 2014 through 2018 have Line 61, which requires the proof of acceptable health insurance coverage, a valid exemption from the coverage, or assess oneself with a penalty. If Ohioans have a right NOT to have to be compelled to acquire health insurance, then how could this form be constitutional in the State of Ohio? The use of force in this situation would be threats of fines for not filing taxes, while one is refusing to waive a state-given right.


texts: Can I invert other companies' logos and use them for advertising them on my site?

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I'm building a site that aggregates food delivery services in my region. I show all the companies I collected as a list of cards, where each card contains the logo of a company, company name, link to the site of the company and other information.

I have one problem though. Some companies use white logos on a transparent background. My site's background is white, therefore those logos are invisible. Is it legal to invert the logos (make them black) without asking each company?


texts: Can I use the name of a TV serial / movie for my novel

texts: I am planning to write a novel in which the name of one of my character is Agent X but I found out that it has been used as a name of a TV serial.


texts: Can a person be found guilty based purely on statistical evidence?

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Imagine that there is a home care worker Alice who takes care of some great number of outpatients. Some significant proportion of them have reported thefts, although none of them suspect Alice. Since her patients are elderly and not particularly alert, they're not very useful as witnesses and in no single situation is there definitive proof that it is she that stole from them.
For the sake of this hypothetical, let's say that thefts in general are common in this area, but that Alice's patients are far more likely to be stolen from than others.
So for each individual crime there is reasonable doubt as to Alice's guilt, but the totality of the cases are such that it is extremely unlikely that she didn't commit at least several acts of theft (although we cannot say for certain which ones).
Is there a name for situations like these? And if it's not too broad of a question: how are they handled?


texts: Does Florida recognize the S-Signature or similar scheme for signing electronic contracts or forms?


texts: How can it be legal in the USA to have live television shows/streams of cops interacting with real people?

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I always found even the concept of cops having "bodycams" extremely scary and creepy, but having people watch it all live, as a freaking television show or "YouTube stream" or whatever, is even worse.

How can that be considered a good idea? Does anyone accused of any crime in the USA have zero right to privacy? I can think of a million situations where it's highly inappropriate to have cameras around at all, let alone making them into "live entertainment" content.

And what if it's a false alarm? I would be mentally scarred for life if I had a god damn TV team visit me at my door with a bunch of cops with bodycams who record my face and how I talk and act and have a ton of people watch that live and record and store it forever. You can't even use the (false) argument of "no expectation of privacy in public", since it's my own home and not even a public place. (But even if the same thing had happened in a public place, I would still be against it, whatever the law says.)

I'm always baffled by all those videos where nobody ever seems to even mention the cameras. It's almost as if somebody had gone there in private, prior to the cameras and cops, and given them money and/or had them sign some kind of waiver "out of their own free will" that says that they agree to be filmed and it's a show and blabla and they will act as if the cameras aren't there? Is that a thing? Is that the reason why nobody ever mentions the cameras of even looks at them?

Have people in general really become so used to total and constant surveillance that this is just not a "big deal" at all to them? Do they even like the cameras, thinking that they will be famous and rich and get tons of fan mail from beautiful women and stuff like that? But then, you'd think that they would look into the cameras and try to "put on a show", but that's also not the case.

I'm confused about how this can be both legal and socially accepted. Maybe people have a completely different view of privacy and being "captured" without your active consent.


texts: Transfer of US Presidential power when both the President and the Vice President are incapacitated

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According to Article II, section 1, clause 6 of the US Constitution, in the case of death, removal, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers of the office, both of the President and the Vice President, Congress may by law provide who will act as President (and it currently does in the Presidential Succession Act, with the Speaker of the House as first in line).
I have a question about how this would work in a case where both the President and Vice President are incapacitated (i.e. alive but unable to perform any actions).
The 25th Amendment, sections 3 and 4, provide the two ways in which the President can be determined to be unable to discharge the powers of his office. Under section 3, the President can declare himself unable to discharge the powers of the officer for a period of time, which he can't do when incapacitated.
Under section 4, either the Vice President and a majority of the cabinet, or the Vice President and another body that Congress may by law provide, can declare the President to be unable to discharge the duties of his office. Since the Vice President is also incapacitated, this is not possible either. So in this case is there no way to declare the President (and the Vice President) unable to discharge their duties to have someone further down the line of succession act as President? (I guess one alternative would be for Congress to impeach both the President and Vice President, which would immediately make the next in line the Acting President, although it seems unreasonable to impeach them if they did not do anything wrong.)


texts: How hard should one try to resolve dispute before hiring a lawyer to go to court?

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I had a really bad landlord. He owes me money for my damage deposit and prorated rent. The lease says he has 30 days to return it. After I moved out I reminded him of this fact. He replied (in a very lengthy and rambling email) that he latter noticed a stain on the carpet. He had already inspected with me and said everything looked good. He also said he will be charging me for using his furniture. This was never the agreement. This is not a complete list but IMHO nothing he said has merit and he seems to think he can arbitrarily come up with charges I never agreed to.

I feel that he has never acted in good faith and arguing would be a waste of time. Should I bother responding to his emails? Or should I wait the 30 days then hire a lawyer?


texts: Is there a UK equivalent to the USA's FERPA?

texts: The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) describes rights students have to their private records in the United States. Is there an equivalent for students in the United Kingdom?


texts: Must a US cabinet member be notified of being fired?

texts: If the US president decides to fire a member of the cabinet, does the president have to arrange for a notice of the firing be served upon the cabinet member? If so, who can serve such a notice?


texts: Evidentiary presumptions of gratuitous labor from family caregivers, varying by state?

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Quoting from Claims Against an Estate for Care Rendered to a Decedent:

  Many states have an evidentiary rebuttable presumption that services rendered to a family member are gratuitous in nature, so the care-provider cannot recover. However, in states with such a presumption, these are not always hard and fast rules. In West Virginia, for example, ... the presumption in that state does not apply where parties, even though related by blood, are not living together as members of the same family.

Does the presumption exist in Arizona and Illinois, and if so, what reasons have been indicated when the presumption is not imposed?

Bonus: If there is an up-to-date, compiled list by state, it would be immensely helpful to all the family caregivers out there who provide indispensable care, but for some reason have been denied an express contract to be compensated for their commitment and sacrifice.


texts: Why are people sentenced to prison for terms longer than life?

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Albert Morake was sentenced to 1,535 years in prison.

How can a person be sentenced to more than 1 life imprisonment?


texts: Is creating commercial study guide materials for a trademarked exam considered fair use / illegal?

texts: Provided that no text or diagrams are directly used, is creating commercial study materials considered against fair use / illegal? Given the amount of study guides available for various trademarked exams, it seems that this is considered fair use so long as there is not any material directly used.


texts: GDPR and Telecom law broken, mobile network operator refuses to disclose user of a phone number

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I got today a very unnerving phone call. It was a telemarketing, but unlike any other I had before, this was automated system and it suggested it knew much more about me than my number. I'm talking location, age, health...
The call did not state who it was from and who's responsible for GDPR administration.
It took some time but I found out who is the mobile network operator. Unfortunately, when called there, I was informed that they will not give me any information about this number.
Which is weird. By definition, company that owns the number is not private information. Unless it's private person, but can a private person conduct telemarketing on a massive scale? Anyway, this means I'm unable to exercise my GDPR rights and view and revoke my permission for marketing.
In addition, in Poland it is forbidden to use bots (and this call was 100% automated, with voice recognition of the answers and adapting script accordingly) for any marketing. And it's not part of GDPR (RODO), but separate Telecommunications Law. Which, admittedly, is much worse than GDPR in terms of penalties.
Is there a way to force them outside going to court to disclose bare minimum of the information i require?


texts: UK law: compromising digital material - compelling someone to inform who showed them a naked video

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A video depicting a friend, is allegedly circulating at my local pub which is embarrassing and demeaning to them, showing them naked, though not actually engaged in any relational activity. The person who made the video is not currently known.
My friend was informed of this video circulation by another person, "Party X", who was shown the video by "Party Y". Party X is not under suspicion, but refuses to tell my friend who Party Y is. It is not necessarily the case the Party Y actually recorded the video, since it may have been sent to Party Y by messenger or other means so further parties may be involved.
Under UK law, can Party X be forced to identify Party Y?


texts: Acceptable use of trademark or logo for web links

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I presume that copyright does not restrict me from referring to, e.g., Acme Corp. publicly.  I also presume that if I write an online article about Acme, I am free to include links to their online material without needing permission, just as I free to include public phone numbers and addresses for them, etc.

But what if I want to include a link to an Acme website, using their own  logo?


texts: Duty to rescue injured police officer during traffic stop? [USA]

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Hypothetical here.

Suppose Alice is pulled over by Officer Bob. Bob gets out of his car, and on his way to Alice's car is struck by vehicle C, sending Bob to the ground. Bob does not rise immediately, so Alice decides this is her lucky day and drives away, without alerting anyone as to what transpired.

The police later catch up with Alice. What will she be charged with?

Link to a similar question, where the person in the officer's custody was struck


texts: Moved out, but name still on electric bill - can we request payment from remaining tenants?

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My girlfriend lived with her former partner's family for a while, and her name was on the electric bill, provided by NationalGrid. She has moved out from the location where the service is provided, but never cancelled the service. She was just notified that the bill has not been paid for multiple months.

Is there any basis for a lawsuit against the former partner's family? They claimed they would continue paying the bills until the contract was up, but failed to do so, without notifying the account holder.


texts: There was a bomb threat at my building and they didn't tell us about it and forced us to stay where we were

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I had worked for the federal government in a building they owned. On a couple occasions all the doors leading to different floors where closed and locked. We were told to stay in our offices. I latter found out "some suspicious matterial had been discovered near the enterance and though the police couldn't be certain of what it was at the time had advised us to treat it as a potential bomb threat". This was all very strange.

They did not inform us of the reason until after the doors were unlocked
They forced us to stay on the floor we were in, in the building and not exit the building

Are the above 2 legal? Is this more of a question for The Work Place? I was on the third floor and the alleged threat was on the first but I thought if there's a bomb they would want everyone out of the building...

Must an employer tell you if there's a bomb?


texts: Is HB-135 (Government Nondiscrimination Act) unconstitutional?

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This is a House Bill currently being considered by the state legislature of Wyoming. The full text of the bill can be found here, however, in summary, it not only legalises discrimination against same-sex couples and trans-gendered persons, would also prevent government, or any organ of such, from punishing any behaviour discriminating on the basis of religious beliefs and moral convictions. This article goes into the issues in more depth.

A specific example used in the article was that County clerks would be 'allowed to deny same-sex couples a marriage license', however this reminded me of Obergefell v Hodges and as such this would suggest to me that HB-135 is contra the fourteenth amendment?

I, however, am not an expert in either US Law or the US Constitution.

I am not asking for a value judgement of HB-135, rather a legal evaluation of its constitutionality.


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suppose a party is seeking discovery on an opponent.

The opponent refuses to answer discovery because they say "irrelevant, not related to the claims".

If the opponent does that on interrogatories the correct course is to motion the court to compel answers by telling the court how those interrogatories are specifically relevant.

So, if the issue is over request for admissions and the opponent claims "irrelevant, not related to the claims" what is the proper course here?

A party could do a motion to deem matters admitted.  But how much of, if any, detail about relevance should the party put in their motion to deem matters admitted?  Some people claim that all request for admissions are relevant if they concern any aspect of the case.  So, how much of if any detail concering relevance should go into a motion to deem matters admitted?

I am adding the following.
The problem seems to be the statement "a party can not object as irrelevant without more".
Well, is there more if the objection contains; "not related to the claim".
So, is this the statement that puts the shoe on the other foot?
Does this statement put the burden of proof of relevance on the requester and require excruciating detail to prove relevance?
    The consensus seems to be, any request is relevant if it will lead to discoverable evidence or facts.  And these cases are not going into the DETAILS of why the RFA's are relevant in their particular case.
    So, the question is if a person were to do a motion to determine sufficiency of responses without stating EXACTLY why the responses are relevant and merely stating that all RFA's are relevant, would they be wasting their time or would they be preserving their legal strategy?
    In regards to RFA's, is the responding party drawing a legal conclusion by responding with, "objection, not related to the claim"?


texts: Rubber stamp seal is crossed by a line, still legal ?

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If a document with a round company seal placed bottom of the document and if, it's been crossed with one line, it seems like the line is a part of the signature, but sometimes if it seems like it's a separate line made on purpose,

is this kind of seal is still valid? does any lines strike through the rubber stamp make it invalid?

is there any legal clauses describing validity/invalidity of rubber stamps in US, Australian law?

Just wondering, for the educational purpose.


texts: In Victoria are the police allowed to speed to pull over a car that is not attempting to escape from them?

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This question is only concerned with the law in victoria.
Let's say the traffic police spot a car, which is travelling at the speed limit, that they want to stop and question but the other car is on a different road or on the same road but travelling in the opposite direction.
The police have to slow down, or maybe even stop to make their turn. The police can't catch up to the other car without speeding, or waiting for the other car to slow down. Assuming the other car is on a highway, or otherwise unlikely to slow down soon, are the police allowed to speed without using lights or sirens until they catch up with the other car? This is particularly applicable to unmarked cars since most other drivers will be unaware that it's being driven by the police.
If they are allowed to speed, what's the maximum speed they can do without using their lights and sirens? Is there a maximum with lights and sirens? Do they have to radio for permission if they go above a certain limit?


texts: Does the GDPR law apply to my hobby-site?

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I'm the owner of a website that maintains statistics about crew-members of an other site. The statistics about the crew-members are as follows:

Username (on that other website)
User ID (on that other website)
Registration date (on that other website)
Start date of crew-period (on that other website)
End date of crew-period (on that other website)

My website does not maintain any cookies, does not require a visitor to register an account, you can't even create an account, all data is public,  and i don't show any ads on this site.

All the data that i collect, is collected manually, by hand, by searching through the history of threads on that website.

Is the data that i'm storing, against GDPR? Do i have to ask permission to every single user to store this data? And do i have to follow deletion-requests from users of that website that don't want their usernames to be shown on my website?


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Around this time every year there are lots of ads talking about 'The Big Game' or the 'Suberb'-something. Essentially whatever it takes to say their thing is for the Super Bowl, without actually using the word.

I've heard that this is because the NFL will sue you for doing this, but I don't understand why that would be the case. Also, I'm not sure what the legal basis would be for that kind of suit, given the event is a very major public event.

My question is two-fold:

Does the NFL sue entities for using the term 'Super Bowl' when advertising?
What is the legal basis for this when it's such a public event?


texts: Register a domain name of a modern generic term conflicting with a Pending Trademark

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I'd like to register a domain name that is a modern abbreviation like LAN,WAN,WEB...

My registrar told me that the Domain is a registered Trademark !
I managed to find the registration status and it's mentioned "Pending" in the WIPO Database. It's not to debate or to oppose to this registration or to intend to resell it or to get in a competition using the same name... I know the Bad Faith drill but I'm not here to legalize my good intentions.

It's more concerning WIPO dispute rules here :

  1.1.4 A pending trademark application would not by itself establish trademark rights within the meaning of UDRP paragraph 4(a)(i).

So my questions are :

Can we register a domain name of a common terminology, a scientific name or a used standard abbreviation overlapping with a registered trademark when their meaning are not confused (not like in the WIFI case)?
How do international jurisdictions technically decide if the term is a common term or not? Are there some official dictionaries for every language they count on?
What happens when a scientific name or an abbreviation  was already being published and became known to public before the Trademark Application was filled?


texts: How to legally contribute to open source projects (and other public stuff) in Germany?

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Being a software developer it is very important to contribute to public projects and participate in public professional activities. This includes open source projects (which may belong to other companies or a developer himself), Stack Overflow answers, hackathons and other meetings, professional blog publishing, TopCoder contests participations, etc.
Moreover, links to GitHub and StackOverflow accounts have become a common item in IT resumes.
I'm going to work in Germany in a position of Software Developer. My employer tells me that EVERY professional activity belongs to the company and for EVERY activity I mentioned before I need to get written permission, which could be withdrawn at any moment. And it doesn't matter if I do it on my free time on my computer at home or not.
Citation from my contract:

(1) Der Mitarbeiter darf ohne Zustimmung von COMPANY_NAME keine gewerbsmäßigen ader nicht gewerbsmäßigen fort dauernden oder gelegentlichen Konkurrenz Geschäfte für eigene oder fremde Rechnung unmittelbar oder mittel- bar betreiben oder sich daran beteiligen oder solche Dienste in irgendeiner Art oder Form leisten. Das gleiche gilt für jede Art der Beteiligung an einer anderen Firma sowie für die Mitwirkung in Organen einer anderen Gesellschaft, es sei denn, es handelt sich um die Beteiligung an einer börsennotierten Gesellschaft bis zu einem Umfang von 5 %, solange mit dieser kein Stimmrecht einhergeht.
(2) Gewerbsmäßige Nebentätigkeiten bedürfen der schriftlichen Genehmigung von COMPANY_NAME. COMPANY_NAME kann die Genehmigung jederzeit widerrufen, wenn seine Interessen durch diese berührt werden
(3) Zu Veröffentlichungen und Vortragen bedarf es der Einwilligung von COMPANY_NAME, wenn dadurch seine Interessen berührt werden können.

I find it a little bit weird to get written permission from employer to write an answer on Stack Overflow or to participate in development of open source game with friends in my spare time.
But my employers tells me this is OK. Moreover, they're trying to convince me that clauses above are pretty standard for Germany and exist in almost every contract with any company.
So the question: is it really so strict in Germany? What is the most legal way to participate in public activities in such situation?
PS I fully understand that answers are not official legal advice, so feel free to share opinion.


texts: Does a property owner with beach frontage need to post the beach for it to be considered trespassing to walk across the property?

texts: In MA, is it legal to cross someone's property on the ocean beach if the beach is not developed and is not posted?


texts: Under what conditions can a married couple not be considered (or be considered) co-defendants?

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I apologize if the question is a bit vague but I was hoping a general answer might help people in the future.

My wife and I were recently charged in a municipal case that involved a co-owned property (in this case, an animal, and as much as I love my pets I expect these rules should apply to non-living items as well). The statement of offence, however, only named my wife in the case, so I was prohibited from being involved. She asked the prosecuting attorney if I could be considered a co-defendant and was told this was not allowed.

I'm concerned she may have been misled by the prosecutor (we are not lawyers) and if maybe we should have waited to specifically ask the judge at the trial. I would have preferred to be able to make some of our case directly, or at the very least be in the room so we can confer notes.

A specific answer would be appreciated, but a general sense of how this should work (or how one should approach it) would also be great.


texts: How is Citymapper not breaking the Google Maps Terms of Service?

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Having read the Google Maps Terms of Service, I don't understand how Citymapper is not breaking section 10.4.c: "Restrictions on Unfair Exploitation of the Service and Content."

Surely they must be using the Google Maps API as part of their service, and Citymapper is an alternative to using Google Maps.


texts: Make check payble to contractor or contractor's firm?

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Our condo association wants to hire a local firm to clean our gutters. The contractor wants the check made payable to him personally, like "George Washington", instead of his firm "George's Gutter Cleaning Corp".

His certificate of insurance states "George's Gutter Cleaning Corp.", I wrote his firm name in the agreement, and his Angie's List entry shows his firm name.

I'm thinking he's trying to avoid paying taxes on the income.

Could the association get into trouble by the IRS if we make check payable to him personally?

Thanks,

Ed


texts: Can EU companies legally circumvent charging VAT by using a foreign subsidiary?

texts: Could an EU company open a subsidiary company outside of the EU and legally sell its services through it to citizens living in the EU?


texts: Can a non-performing party to a contract hold the "partially performing" party to it?

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A customer walks into a car dealership and buys a car, signing a contract with a down payment and monthly payments. The customer makes the down payment (partial performance). But when he wants to drive off with the car, the dealer says something like, "You can't have it today because we need to do one last safety check. We'll even deliver to your home in a day or to so you don't have to come down again." (Non performance).

At the beginning of the next month, the car still hasn't been delivered to the customer, but the dealer asks for a monthly payment.

What are the respective rights of the parties? Can the dealer compel a monthly payment without having delivered the car? Can the customer compel delivery of the car, or ask for his down payment back, withholding the monthly payment in the meantime?


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I've rented an apartment for 1 year, now I already lived here for 11 month and I have one more month left.

I called my landlord yesterday to give a 60 days notice and said that I will be moving out in 60 days, which is October and November.

Now, my notice was refused and I was told that I will have to live for another month and only then give a 60 days notice, which doesn't really make sense for me, because it actually becomes a 90 days notice.

What can I do in this situation? The landlord got checks from me for another couple months and said that they will be cashing them out no matter what.


texts: Filing US tax returns over bank account-related interests

texts: I do know that in the US, bank-account interests are taxable as passive incomes, but what I don't understand is the point of filing tax returns on bank account interests, since the government (or the IRS), or whatever, has access to bank accounts and can directly deduct taxes (not seizing, I'm not talking about unpaid taxes or fraud istances), without henceforth requiring a tax return filing, since they could deduct the money themselves.


texts: Is there a fair use for patents? Should a patent be licensed at a reasonable rate based on use?

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Is there a fair use for patents? If so what would be the fair use?

Also should a patent be made available at a fair rate. Can a patent holder block use totally or indirectly by demanding unrealistic royalties?


texts: Neighbors are spying for landlord on Renters is it legal?

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Can a landlord legally spy on their tentants?
Or Have Neighbors constantly spy for landlord


texts: Can an employee take an employer to court over false promises and breach of contract?

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What if something like this happened:

An employer IN WRITING stated that an employee would begin receiving compensation on my start date.

That did not happen. Time after time, the employer would insist that an employee would be receiving compensation for her work, but that would not come into fruition. The employee spent nearly two months without an income and could not adequately pay her bills.

The employee only stayed on board because the employer promised to pay "the next week" and the "next week" and so on as the business had an ever-changing opening date.

Some background: The employee was offered a salaried managerial position at a restaurant, that had a set start date and soft opening date that would guarantee work. The opening date kept getting pushed back every time the employee met with the employer, which resulted in the employee getting strung along in hopes that she would receive compensation. This never happened.

The employee was actively working on the managerial aspects of my job, so it wasn't like she was just sitting around. There was only so much she could do because of the owner not actively working towards the opening date.
Several times she had to inform the employer that she couldn't stay on board if she didn't get paid, but they promised her everytime that she would be paid the following week.

The employee lost thousands of dollars because of this. She was promised a wonderful salary and career advancement. None of this happened, and now she's left screwed over financially and mentally over this.

Apparently, she is not the only one who experienced this with this employer. She knows of THREE other people who were screwed over like this. They were interested in giving testimony if this could be a case for the courts to decide over.

Any advice is appreciated.


texts: Can I use the term "Inc" when I have an S-corp?

texts: If I have an S-corp called Lorem Ipsum (not a trade name, but registered business name), can I refer to that S-corp as Lorem Ipsum Inc.?


texts: How do I interpret a court judgement? What does it mean?

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So I've figured out how to read a case citation  and find the text of the judgement - maybe using some of the online resources.

As a novice, I'm trying to decide when the judgement actually applies. Does it support my argument?


texts: Dual citizenship and different legal gender?

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Is there any information on any prevailing or official policy on people with dual citizenship, where the legal gender is different in the two countries? Is there any information available on what the policy is in different countries?

The reason I'm asking is that my wife is a Thai citizen, but will live in Sweden and eventually become a Swedish citizen. She was born male, but lives as a woman and has gone through gender reassignment surgery (at a certified clinic, with all paperwork in order). In Thailand it is not possible to change one's legal gender (ie in official records and documents, like passport), but it is possible to do that in Sweden.

If someone has information regarding the policy in these specific countries, that is of course very welcome. But I am also interested in general information about the policy in other countries. I have not found much online, and nothing of any official standpoint or law text.

And official policies aside, can you think of any strong arguments against doing this, ie having dual citizenship and different legal gender? In what situations could this become a problem? And is there anything one could do to mitigate some of these problems? One problem I can think of is when traveling, as this article focus on.


texts: Rabbinical courts in Israel throw people in jail?

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A rabbinical court in Israel on Thursday sentenced to five years in prison a man who for years has refused to give his wife a divorce.
...
In Orthodox Judaism, a marriage cannot be undone unless the man consents to a get — the Hebrew word for divorce. Rabbinical courts — which in Israel function as family courts as part of the judiciary and have executive powers — cannot force a man to give his wife a get but they can impose harsh punishments on men the judges determine are unjustly withholding a get and turning their wives into what is known in Judaism as agunot, or “chained women.” ... “I will never give her a get. Even if she gives me back the apartment and the property, my tefillin and prayer shawl, she will not receive a get,” he told the court.

A woman who does not receive a get is called an “agunah,” or chained woman, and cannot remarry. If she does remarry without a get, her children are considered “mamzerim,” or bastards.

On the second article Sara Hill comments:
"The Rabbinate only has jurisdiction over Jews. I suppose the Imams have jurisdiction over Moslems and the Christian authorities have jurisdiction over Christians but I don't know the exact details."

What are the legalities of this? In particular, are Jews (usually by birth) and Catholics (baptised as children) subject to religious courts even if they are not religious?


texts: What legal authorities provide for DHS to police cities?

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I heard about 40 U.S. Code § 1315 on a podcast. It allows HHS officers to safeguard federal property and gives them arrest power under explicit  conditions - (c) arrest people they witness committing federal crimes and (d) serve warrants. They also have (e) the power to investigate violation of federal laws. Blocking traffic and being rowdy in the streets and failure to disperse are not federal crimes.
In media discussions about their activities in Portland in July 2020 I have heard much about the advisability, morality and optics of these activities but little about the legality.
I see that law provides that they may enter into agreements with state and local authorities for other activities. This has clearly not happened in Portland.
Therefore when they are blocks away from federal property detaining people there seems to be no legal leg to stand on, unless it is --

(f) carry out such other activities for the promotion of homeland security
as the Secretary may prescribe.

Is there any more specific legal authority, and if so, has the administration cited it?


texts: Can i get sued by using a VFX in game, that are similar to Marvel`s VFX (The Avengers)?

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I am developing a game and ended up creating an effect which triggers on enemy death. An enemy dissolves and spreads particles around. The end effect reminded me a bit of the movie The Avengers and Thanos disintegration effect.
The VFX doesn't really look just like in the movie, has a different color, and is much more simplified.
Can I get sued in this case by Marvel (or someone else related) for using this effect in my game? If not, what if I were using the exact same effect or very much similar to that in the movie (to be sure I am 100% safe with my current setup)?


texts: How guaranteed is it that the child abuse info used in a civil custody proceeding would result in criminal prosecution of the abuser?

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I know that the burden of proof in civil cases is not necessarily as high as criminal ones (citation: i paid very loose attention to O.J. Simpson cases).

However, I realize that there may be nuances, especially in child abuse cases.

The specific question is as follows:

If there was a civil custody proceeding, where non-parent was awarded custody from parents (not a matrimonial custody dispute), and the grounds for awarding/stripping custody was child abuse by the parents (meaning that the court found the abuse to be a fact), does that necessarily mean that the parents would be prosecuted for child abuse as a consequence?

The actual question is slightly the opposite: does the fact that the parents were not criminally prosecuted for child abuse necessarily mean that the custody case did NOT involve child abuse as the accepted reason for removing custody from the parents? Or is lack of criminal prosecution not a sufficient  factual base to make that assumption?

If the location matters: New York City.


texts: Can my auto insurance refuse coverage because of a single missing payment?

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I was in a fender bender. No damage to my truck, but my bumper pushed in the handle of her minivan. We both have the same insurance company.

The day after I reported the accident, I received a letter that I wasn't covered for "non-payment" (I had moved and they sent the bill to my old address so I missed the due date). I payed my premium over the phone, but now I have a void where i am not covered (when the accident was). I still have the same policy number, the company still says I'm a Diamond Member (9 yrs) and previously, if i was late, they would "retro" the coverage. I've started receiving bills from a collection agency; it seems the woman I hit is going to town with her claim.

Are they allowed to not cover this? Was I actually "uninsured" at the time? The collection agency is threatening me with notifying the police as well. Am I looking at jail time for this?


texts: Does the EU Blue Card allow to deliberately have 3 months of unemployment between jobs?

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I'm from non-EU country and I'm getting a new permanent job in the Germany right now. The contract has the next paragraph:

  § 18 Post-Contractual Non-Competition/Contractual Penalty

  (1) For a period of 3 months after termination, the Employee is
  prohibited from acting in an independent, dependent or other manner
  for a company that is in direct or indirect competition with the
  Employer or is affiliated with a competing company. in the same way,
  the Employer is prohibited from establishing, acquiring or directly or
  indirectly  participating in such a company for the duration of this
  prohibition.

  (2) For the duration of the prohibition, the Employer shall pay
  compensation equal to half of the last contractual remuneration
  received by the Employee for each year of the prohibition.

  (3) Any other income shall be set-off against the compensation in
  accordance with §74c HGB (German Commercial Code). The Employee has to
  inform without being asked whether and to what extent he receives
  other income. The information must be substantiated.

  (4) The post-contractual non-competition clause does not enter into
  force if the employment relationship has lasted less than one year or
  if the Employee have reached the regular age limit of the statutory
  pension insurance when leaving the company.

  (5) Apart from that, the provisions of §§ 74 ff. HGB (German
  Commercial Code) shall apply.

  (6) In the event of a breach of the post-contractual non-competition
  obligation, the Employee shall pay a contractual penalty amounting to
  one gross monthly salary. If the infringement consists of a capital
  participation in a competing company of the entering into a continuing
  obligation, the contractual penalty shall be triggered anew for each
  month in which the capital participation of the continuing obligation
  exists (continuing infringement). Multiple acts of infringement shall
  trigger separate contractual penalties, if necessary several times
  within one month. If, on the other hand, individual acts of
  infringement take place within a continuing penalty for the continuing
  infringement, they are included in the contractual penalty for the
  continuing infringement. If several contractual penalties are
  triggered, the total amount of the contractual penalties to be paid is
  limited to six times the gross monthly salary.

  (7) Further claims for damages and other legal claims of the Employer
  remain unaffected.

Due to very vague phrase direct or indirect competition, I can assume the worst: that a lot of other companies in the industry could be considered as a competitors. So in the case of changing the position, there is a high chance I will need to stay 3 months unemployed. 3 months gross salary fee is not an option

I will get a Blue Card with this contract. EU Blue Card allows to search for a new job for 3 months (with notifying the authorities about quitting the current one). My question is, does the EU Blue Card allow to deliberately have a 3 month period between working contracts?

I'm considering the next scenario:

Work at company A and have a Blue Card.
Search for a job in another company B while working in company A.
Sign the contract with company B, in which my employment begins at chosen quitting date + 3 month.
Quit company A at chosen quitting date with signed new contract in my hands.
Go to the migration office and notify them, that I quit Company A and I already have new contract with Company B.

Does the Blue Card regulation allows to do that?


texts: When does a cogeneration plant feed power to the net, according to the german KWK-G 2015?

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§7 (1) of the current german KWK-G (Law concerning co-generation plants) makes a huge difference for power fed into the grid, or not. Say an installation consumes 150-200 kW contiually, and operates a 100kW el CHP - so there's never any net backfeed into the net. This describes a typical sewage gas CHP at a wastewater plant. Is this cogeneration plant feeding into the net according to §7 (1)?

The relevant wording is "Der Zuschlag für KWK-Strom, der in ein Netz der allgemeinen Versorgung eingespeist wird, beträgt: ..."


texts: What is the liability of an escrow agent who failed to do his job?

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This question is a followup to this question regarding a failed. building purchase.
The seller's attorney had agreed to be the escrow agent for the transaction. That is, he was supposed to receive the purchase price, X from the buyer, an amount Y-X from the seller, use the two amounts to pay off the mortgage Y, and then transfer the building from the seller to the buyer "free and clear."
The attorney received only X from the buyer, and used it to pay the mortgage "down," but not "off." This was because the seller didn't put up the difference as implied by the contract. The buyer wants "out" and the return of his X, but it is now in the hands of the mortgagee. The escrow agent was supposed to receive both amounts, X from the buyer and Y-X from the seller, before paying "off" the mortgage and transferring the property to the buyer. In that event, he could have returned X to the buyer when he did not receive Y-X from the seller, but now he can't do that.
What, if anything, is the liability of the attorney? Is he responsible for the difference Y-X? Does he have to return X to the seller out of his own pocket?
(The venue is New York state.)


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I often see someone on Twitter saying something like: My account = my rules. And I always wonder…is this actually true?

Who is the legal owner of the Twitter account?
Is it Twitter or the user who created it?

And who is an owner of the posts?


texts: Out of state driver in Michigan accident with 'no fault' law

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I was recently involved in an accident in Michigan where I was stationary and was rear-ended, hard, resulting in enough damage to my vehicle that it's not drivable. I only have liability insurance and I'm insured in Maryland. Michigan has a 'no fault' law where each driver's own insurance covers their own property damage in the event of an accident. The police report for the accident did mark the other driver as being at fault for the accident.

I need to repair or replace my vehicle, but the at-fault driver's insurance won't cover more than Michigan's $1000 'mini-tort' limit due to the no fault law - they have stated this. The mini-tort provision apparently prevents me from suing the at-fault driver for vehicle damages greater than $1000, too. Also, as far as I can tell, my insurance won't pay for the damage since I don't have comprehensive coverage. I still have to talk to a claims adjuster from my insurance company tomorrow, but everyone I've talked to so far has suggested that I won't be covered by them. FYI I'm insured with Erie, and they don't sell insurance in Michigan.

Does the mini-tort limit really apply in this case since I'm not insured in Michigan? Should my insurance cover me?

I can't imagine that the law would have a hole like this that leaves an insured driver who is the victim of an accident out in the cold, but it seems like it might.


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Whenever the Office of President of the United States becomes vacant, whether by  resignation, impeachment, ill health, whatever, the reason is immaterial.

Naturally, the Vice President takes over the presidency.  No problem: sadly, it's happened before.

One of the new President's necessary acts is to select a new Vice-President, to fill out the remainder of the term before the next election. The selection must be approved by both the House and the Senate. However, the Senate is evenly split at 50 - 50.

Now there have been tie votes in the Senate, and they are resolved by the President of the Senate casting a deciding vote if he/she so chooses.

But, Constitutionally,  the Vice-President is the President of the Senate! And there isn't one yet!  The tie vote is to confirm the selection of a Vice-President!

So, in the absence of a Vice-President, how is a tie in a Senate vote decided?


texts: Can a non compete clause prevent clients from being serviced by an entire company?

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My wife works at a veterinary clinic (clinic A), recently they hired a new doctor who had a non compete clause in her previous contract (clinic B). A client came in who moved and was closer to clinic A, and after contacting her old vet, at clinic B, was told she could could not be a client at clinic A.

My (admittedly limited) understanding of contract law leads me to believe that the new doctor would not be able to see, or profit, from the patient, but that clinic A doesn't have any legal ground to prevent another doctor at clinic B from seeing a patient.

Is this just bluster, or does clinic A actually have to turn down any of clinic B's clients?


texts: US presidential qualification; 1994 "equal treatment of women in conferring citizenship to children born abroad"

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Inspired by Legal to become president if U.S. adds new state/territories?

People born before May 24, 1934, to a US citizen mother and a non-US-citizen father, outside US territory, were not US citizens when they were born.  But in 1994, 8 USC 1401 was amended by the addition of paragraph (h):

  (h) a person born before noon (Eastern Standard Time) May 24, 1934, outside the limits and jurisdiction of the United States of an alien father and a mother who is a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, had resided in the United States [shall be a national and citizen of the United States at birth].

Would such a person be considered a "natural born citizen," for the purpose of qualifying for the presidency, from October 25th 1994?  In other words, after having lived in the US for at least 14 years, could such a person run for the office of the president or the vice president?
Would the answer depend on whether the person had been naturalized before 1994?


texts: When can a picture you find online be used in an online profile?

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I noticed a new feature on LinkedIn where you can upload a background image. I then found this website that offers images to use. Can any image be used even considering LinkedIn profiles are meant for personal profit, in an indirect sense? Nowhere in the linked to site does it explicitly say "you are free to use our images" but can it be implied?

You can't use a copyrighted image but often times on the internet you don't know what the license of the image is. How do you know what the license for the image is?


texts: What does "commercial target" mean in a pharma licensing agreement?

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I am having some trouble with some of the terminology in Licensing agreement SEC filings. Does someone know what is meant by "commercial target"? The definition just states:
"1.18 “Commercial Target” means the Target for which Licensee is granted a Commercial License hereunder."
Here is a link to the relevant document:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001175505/000119312513338467/d536956dex1030.htm


texts: Timing of the death of a president-elect

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Section 3 of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States begins with this:

If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President.

I am presuming at this point that no one is "the President elect" in the eyes of the Constitution until the electoral college votes in December. What would happen if Biden dies between now and the convening of the electoral college? If no states had laws against faithless electors, I would presume the electors could then freely decide. But there are such laws.


texts: Is UPS allowed to take my money and business without intention to fulfill its side of the transaction?

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I went to my local UPS store to send a package to a place in North Carolina that buys dishes, crystal, and flatware. I handed the UPS store the address and the clerk printed out the ticket because of the nature of the item being shipped, I opted for insurance.

A week later, I see that the package made it from California to North Carolina, but said it was on its way back.  I call the recipient and they told me that UPS will not deliver to them because there is a lawsuit between the recipient and UPS. The company (recipient) did not refuse my package, they never got my package. I call UPS consumer service and was told that the recipient should have told me not to use UPS and refused to give me a refund.

Can UPS take my money and business, if they had no intention of fulfilling their side of the transaction?


texts: What is exactly a joint controller in GDPR? Examples

texts: I am not sure I really understand the concept of "joint controllers" in GDPR, and I'd like to have some concrete examples, especially examples of joint controllers relating to the internet (websites, services, hosting, providers, etc.), if it makes sense for any to exist.


texts: I got my J-1 visa renewed yesterday at the US consulate in India. The visa and DS-2019 say "Bearer is NOT subject to section 212 (e)" and "Not subject to the two-year residency requirement", respectively. But on the visa, it also says "two-year rule does apply". My previous J-1 visa had said, "two-year rule does NOT apply". I believe this is a typo. Please let me know if it is and in that case what would I need to do. I have to fly back over the weekend and will not be able to get in touch with the embassy till I reach the US.


texts: Legal to scrape social media for pictures?

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Can there be any legal problem with scraping social media sites (like Instagram and Facebook) for pictures without registering a user or using the sites' APIs?

Could sites sue me for copyright violations or anything else even though the content I'm scraping belongs to their users?


texts: Is it illegal for a game company to continue selling a game to all customers when it only plays on older computers?

texts: I’ve been trying, and struggling, to get in contact with Big Fish Games regarding one of their games. I have gotten one reply from a real person, telling me that the game is only playable on Windows 7 or older, and I got a free game, which is all fine and dandy. But the game is still on the site, purchasable for anyone, with no disclaimers letting customers know about the tech limitation. I’ve been trying to get in contact again since the beginning of the month, to ask if they have plans to update the game to make it playable or remove it from the store or add a disclaimer, and I have not heard anything back. I’ve sent multiple emails, called the company (got a voicemail), tweeted at them. This seems like it should be illegal, but is it?


texts: Can you be accused of hotlinking/copyright violation if you use an iframe?

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Can you be accused of hotlinking or copyright infringement if you use an iframe (web element) of another website?

Can you be sued for this if the website doesn't prevent iframe using and doesn't expressly forbid it?


texts: When I received my lease it stated $800 per month for a term rent of $10,800. I knew this was a mistake because it was stated in the beginning that rent was $900 per moth. When I corrected the property manager she sent the lease back for $800 per month and $900 per term. I signed and she signed the new document. My resident portal now says I owe $900. Can I hold her to the $800 per month?