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Are there any laws against adding a second lock to a bicycle that isn't yours?
Imagine placing your bike in a bicycle parking rack and using your own cable lock to protect it from being stolen.
What if someone came and added another cable lock that you don't own the key to or you don't have the password combination for? If you…
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Legal requirement to publish land sale prices?
Is it a legal requirement in the UK to publish purchase prices for land (not property) or can this be omitted from such a public register on commercially sensitive grounds?
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City Charging Sewage For Outside Water Use i.e Sprinklers, Garden Hose, etc
The town of Centreville in Maryland has enforced a 25% increase on water usage charges for 2021 and another 25% increase through 2022 due to underestimating the cost to replace century-old water pipes.
Is it appropriate for the town to charge…
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What is a municipal court?
I am studying for a Master's in Legal Translation. (I am French)
I need to understand what a "municipal court" is.
Is it like our "Tribunal de Police" for speeding on the road, noises during the night and others petty things of the same kind?
Or is…
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In British Columbia can an employer punish employees for sharing wage/salary information with colleagues?
While sharing salary information is often discouraged by employers, in the province of British Columbia, Canada, are employers legally allowed to punish (e.g. fire, reprimand, etc.) an employee who shares wage/salary information with their…
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Is rent acceleration legal in Texas?
Texas Association of Realtors' Sample Lease has the following:
B. If Tenant fails to timely pay all amounts due under this lease or otherwise fails to comply with this lease,
Tenant will be in default and:
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(2) all unpaid rents which are…
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If one invents a real life portal gun, can Valve sue them for copyright infringement?
I am just curious, whether an owner of an artistic depiction of non-yet-existent device has any rights on that device in case it's actually invented later? Can owner use their rights, if any, to issue cease & desist letters to inventors based on the…
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Do Donald Trump's actions constitute embezzlement?
This question is inspired by this other question.
In that question, it was written that:
Donald Trump moved more than $200,000 donated to his Make America Great Again PAC into his own private business accounts, according to an analysis of his…
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Are anti BDS laws in the USA violating the doctrine of separation of church and state and/or freedom to assemble?
Many state and federal lawmakers support anti BDS laws. BDS is a movement about boycotting Israel for alleged human rights abuses. (It stands for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions.)
A federal court has already ruled that one particular such law…
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What argument supports a right to bear arms but denies a right to bear nuclear weapons?
Per the second amendment: A lot of people really want to be able to declare that they can own any weapon they want but then the argument absurd is always, "Well that means you could own a nuke too."
Is there any legal academic literature that…
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Obtaining source code from an uncooperative company when you're an author
According to an answer on Methods for obtaining source code from an uncooperative company:
You're probably out of luck. The company distributing this firmware has an obligation to provide you the source code, but this obligation is to the copyright…
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Why do Supreme Court Justices call each other "Brother"?
Take the case of Brewer v. Williams. In his concurrence, Justice Marshall writes,
I concur wholeheartedly in my Brother STEWART's opinion for the Court
I recall seeing this in other concurrences, though not come to mind immediately. I also assume…
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Do changing social norms change the definition of "defamation?"
One hundred years ago, if you said that "Miss X is not a virgin," when in fact she was, that would be grounds for a defamation suit. The reason is that because 80%+ of unmarried American adult women were, in fact, such (before the advent of the…
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Can illegally obtained evidence be used in favor of the defendant in a criminal case?
Regarding US law, my general understanding is that if evidence was obtained in an illegitimate way (e.g. under false pretenses), then it may be inadmissible as evidence to support a conviction in a criminal case. The basic rationale for that is…
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Am I allowed to use images from sites like Pixabay in my YouTube videos?
If a person has a YouTube channel where that person displays their original music, and the channel is monetized (that is, the channel owner is making money from ads), is the channel owner allowed to put pictures in the videos from sites like…
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