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In Ratatouille, did Linguini have a legally legitimate reason to fire Skinner?
In Ratatouille, when Linguini took over Gusteau's by proving he inherited the restaurant, Skinner seemingly lost his job. Was there legal precedent for Skinner to lose his job; would Skinner hiding the fact that Linguini was Gusteau's son be…
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How can consent-banner as a service be GDPR compliant?
A couple of months ago I've read that hosting google fonts on your own server is a better but maybe slower solution as loading content from google servers is already something that the users must be informed about due to submitting your IP to…
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Why are there 23 members of the grand jury?
I know that a petit (trial) jury in a criminal case requires 12 jurors and I understand why the number 12 was chosen. But why does our U S Constitution, which is modeled after the Magna Carta, require 23 members of the grand jury when the Magna…
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In the USA what state's laws do I have to abide by when rafting on a river boundary?
Lets say I'm rafting in a river that marks the boundary between state A and B. While in said river I perform an action legal in state A but not in state B. I want to know if I broke the law.
How do I know which state's laws apply? Is it based on…
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Can state or city police officers enforce the FCC regulations?
Suppose I'm using an amateur radio transceiver in my car. I'm not breaking any traffic laws, but I am talking in a secret code, which is illegal under the FCC regulations. Can a state or city police officer pull me over and detain me or write a…
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Can you defame a profession?
Suppose someone publishes the statement "All lawyers are thieves." Obviously, this is not true; there most likely are some lawyers who are also thieves, but certainly not all. Would it be possible for any lawyer to sue this person for defamation,…
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Is Nanoblock not in violation of LEGO's patents because their product is incompatible with and not the same size as LEGO's product?
Nanoblock is an interlocking brick toy similar to LEGO.
They have an article on their website that describes their toy and compares it to LEGO. It makes the following claim:
You may wonder if there is a patent infringement case against Nanoblocks…
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Is it illegal to cut out a face from the newspaper?
Let's say there is a photo of a group of people in the newspaper.
This photo is copyrighted by the newspaper publisher.
By cutting out a single face from this photo I am modifiying the original work. I think it's not allowed to modify a copyrighted…
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Are witnesses allowed to give private testimonies?
Alice's grandpa Greg is on trial. Alice's testimony is crucial to get Greg convicted. But, for some reason or another, Alice doesn't want to appear in court as a witness in front of Greg to badmouth him. Is Alice allowed to give private testimony to…
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Who owns the ancient alien bases hidden underneath Antarctica?
I know most of you don't believe in "aliens," but my friend John MacQuoid believes there are underground ancient alien bases in Antarctica.
Yeah, I know this sounds ludicrous, but according to John, an ancient alien species built several bases in…
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Can a wiki for a video game be created without authorization from the game creator?
Consider someone wants to create a wiki (user-editable community site) for Heroes of the Storm. The creator of a wiki site is not necessarily the author of any substantive content on the site, but might choose the logos, styles, initial…
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Alice's restaurant profiteering from those with allergies
Suppose Alice has a restaurant where she serves pies for £10. She can make them with gluten free bases for the allergic, and these bases cost her £3 over the regular ones' £0.5. However, to make one a gluten free pie, she charges £14 thereby…
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What is the status of laws that refer to the Queen now we have a King?
For example, the Treason Felony Act 1848 refers specifically to harm to the Queen:
If any person whatsoever shall, within the United Kingdom or without, compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend to deprive or depose our Most Gracious Lady the…
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Is it legal to print the Nintendo logo (and trade marks) on retro spare parts?
For old consoles like Game Boy Classic/Pocket/Advance there are no official spare parts available anymore.
But there are a lot of unofficial spare parts. Some of them have the Nintendo logo and Nintendo trade marks (like "Game Boy") printed on…
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Is it legal to fix an iPhone with a non original battery in California?
I got my iPhone XR battery replaced 6 months ago. I chose a bigger capacity battery. The tech guy told me it is not apple's original part. But I decided to give it a shot. Battery life has been working great for me.
The same phone got its screen…
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