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What is the copyright status of a journal article written more than 70 years ago?
I read (mostly on Wikipedia), that copyright to a written work expires 70 years after the author's death, or 95 years after the publication by a corporation.
Having said that, the status of journal articles (scientific or other), that includes…
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Can a landlord sell their rental income from a tenant to a third party?
I am thinking about a new business venture, my idea is to create a professional vetting service which helps landlord vet their potential tenants, if a tenant passes the vetting process, I will offer the landlord 80% of 12 month of rent payments up…
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Is it legal for an oil company to charge customers a different price per gallon for the same oil?
I found out recently that my oil company is charging me and some of my neighbors almost twice as much as other neighbors for the same type of oil. The difference is per gallon so the amount shouldn't be a factor. Is there any legal recourse we can…
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How can a court avoid creating precedent?
There are a number of ways in which a judge may avoid following precedent – overturning or distinguishing a previous ruling, for instance.
However, is there any way for a court (particularly a superior court) to avoid creating a binding precedent,…
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Could all participants of the recent Capitol invasion be charged over the death of Officer Brian D. Sicknick?
Prosecutors in the US Attorney's office plan to open a federal murder investigation into the death of Brian D. Sicknick, a US Capitol Police officer who died Thursday night, a law enforcement official tells CNN.
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I am not a lawyer, not even…
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Why does this movie say a witness can't present a jury with testimony which would assist in making a determination of guilt or innocence?
In The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) movie, assistant federal prosecutor Richard says:
Richard: The witness can't present them [with] testimony that would assist in
making a determination of guilt or innocence.
Why shouldn't the witness present…
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Is it legal to hack a hacker back (in the US)?
I was wondering if it's legal to do what most people call a "hack back." Suppose someone tricked you into downloading software onto your computer that was designed to steal your data, but it was advertised as an online security software. Then you…
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Is it illegal for a US voter to disclose their ballot choices?
This is a follow-on question from Politics SE, wherein several participants claimed that it was illegal for a voter to divulge their own ballot choices. As this is purely a question of law, rather than politics, this issue is more appropriate for…
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Can lawyers ask about, and discriminate based on, iPhone ownership during a case involving Apple?
In the lawsuit(s) between Epic and Apple, assuming it ends up in front of a (federal) jury, are the lawyers for each side allowed to ask potential jurors whether they have iPhones or Android phones; and, on the other side, are they allowed to ask…
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What's the impact of this late fee typo?
My landlord has a late fee clause in our lease, which says that if the lessee is late with the rent, the lessor must pay a (poorly defined) late fee.
What would be the effect of this clause?
The lessor pays the late fee to themselves, making the…
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Do police have a civil duty to do their job?
If someone steals my car and the police refuse to respond, and in fact prevent me from taking action to recover the car.
Can police be sued for not doing their job? I.e., if I spend millions of dollars on a breach of trust case, will I win?
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Taping over a speed camera - UK
Is it illegal to tape over the lens of a speed camera thus preventing it from working?
One would assume that this is the case but if you apply the tape in such a way that it does no damage I can't think of any law that one could be prosecuted under.
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Answering "Do you have anything to declare?" to customs in the absence of any explanation of the question
On some occasions, when a traveler goes through US customs, there are electronic self-serve kiosks or paper forms with detailed customs questions about what you are carrying (currency, goods, food, etc.), and there are statements warning about…
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Withholding information about a problem as extortion - computer security research
Over at Security.StackExchange, a discussion broke out over the use of the term "extortion" in a situation where an anonymous security professional sent an email to a business to say that they found a vulnerability in the business' website, but the…
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Does the New York State Governor have the authority to impose fines?
The New York State Governor has allegedly declared a "fine for violations of the state's social distancing protocol from $500 to $1,000...."
The government website claiming that declaration references a March 20 executive order ("New York State on…
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