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If someone catches a Pokemon that is on my property, is that theft?
Does something that is virtually located on your property like in Pokemon GO incur any kind of property right for the property owner?
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Can the Cyber Resilience Act make it illegal to retire?
Suppose Alice develops some software and releases it under an open source licence. She receives just enough money to be counted as "commercial". This may be donations from users, it may be tokens for contributing to a cryptocurrency project, and…
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What law governs shopping carts?
The title may sound a bit funny but it is something I spent a few hours thinking about during a recent car trip :)
In my country in order to get a shopping cart, you have to insert a coin. When returning the cart, you get back the coin you had…
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Can a bank sue someone that disseminates information that starts a bank run that destroys the bank?
Specifically, could Silicon Valley Bank sue the Founders Fund and other VCs that had companies they invested in withdraw their funds?
Has any bank ever successfully done this?
To clarify, I'm not asking about the act of withdrawing funds, but…
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Ordered to unlock my car trunk. May I lawfully refuse?
Consider the hypothetical situation where I am stopped by a patrol officer. After handing over the required documents (driver's license, vehicle registration, proof of insurance), he orders me to unlock the trunk. Clearly, this is for the purpose of…
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If I cause a crash can I delete my dash cam footage?
If I am driving a car and get into a crash that is 100% my fault can I rip my dash cam down and delete the footage or completely refuse to give the footage to anyone or am I legally required to provide that footage?
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How is a plain-clothes officer entering your house not an unreasonable search?
In Wooden v United States:
Wooden was sitting at home one evening when he heard a knock at his door. He answered to find an unknown man, who asked to speak with Wooden’s wife. Wooden invited the stranger inside while he went to get her. The…
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"attempted murder" of a dead man?
This question inspired by an episode of a certain popular TV detective show.
Mr Smith hates Mr Jones, and plots to kill him. Smith enters Jones' house, and shoots him in bed, while also setting up an alibi for himself. The clever detective quickly…
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Does a private citizen in the US have the right to make a "Contact the Police" poster?
Imagine the following hypothetical situation. Assume the location is in the United States.
Mary had a credit card stolen by a suspect. The suspect used the credit card at a store. The manager of the store, Adam, saved video surveillance of the…
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How will anyone know if an employer fires an employee for an illegal reason?
From the Wiki article "At-Will Employment":
At-will employment is a term used in U.S. labor law for contractual relationships in which an employee can be dismissed by an employer for any reason (that is, without having to establish "just cause" for…
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Can a person start new businesses to compete relentlessly with someone they hate?
Let's take two people, Alice and Bob. Alice offends Bob in some way and Bob is determined to take revenge. He does this by starting new businesses to compete with Alice, e.g. if Alice owns a restaurant, he starts a new restaurant nearby, sells…
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California: "For quality assurance, this phone call is being recorded"
In California, it is illegal to record phone calls without the consent of all parties involved.
However, when you call corporate phone number, you often get a message to the effect of "For quality assurance reasons, this call is being…
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Can I booby-trap my property against police?
Inspired by this question: Suppose I'm paranoid (perhaps justifiably) that law enforcement personnel might conduct a warranted raid of my property. So I setup booby-traps that are designed to either:
A. Destroy any evidence I think they might look…
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Do I have the right to enter into someone house without permission if my child is in there?
Here's the situation
Main persons:
my daughter Maria, 16 years old
my daughter's friend Mario, over 18 years old
My daughter was asked by her friend Mario to hang out at someone's house.
At 1:00 am, while I and her oldest brother (20 years old)…
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Jurors not allowed to talk to each other during the trial?
Apparently many judges instruct jurors not to discuss the case in progress. What is the rationale for this, other than just yet another tactic to marginalize juries and prevent them from trying cases?
A related issue is asking questions. Obviously…
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