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What's the legal term for a law or a set of laws which are realistically impossible to follow in practice?

As an example, at one point during New York's COVID vaccination campaign Governor Cuomo issued the following rules: If you vaccinate someone who is not eligible, you're getting a huge fine If you don't use up your vaccine doses, you're getting a…
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What are the legal violations and criminal penalties likely to be for the protesters that entered the Capitol on January 6, 2021?

I'm curious to know what sort of legal ramifications there can or will be for the Trump supporters who entered the Capitol building on January 6, 2021. I've seen it being called an "assault" in the news, but there is a video circulating that shows…
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Can I deny people entry to a political rally I co-organise?

Can I deny entry or remove unwanted guests from a political rally I co-organise? If we organise an officially authorised political rally in a public place for a particular cause (Palestinian solidarity, covid-19 restrictions, generic anticapitalism)…
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If a person is dressed up as non-human, and is killed by someone who sincerely believes the victim was not human, who is responsible?

I've seen several videos about pranks when someone dresses up as a zombie or other kind of monster, to scare people. I would assume that if such an actor dressed up as a monster suddenly attacks someone who out of sheer reflex harms the actor, then…
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I'm creating an app, which country's law will be applied to it?

So, I'm creating an international app; all my team is from Mexico (including me, of course). Which country's law will be applied to it? The app is physically hosted in the United States, but our "main market" will be of course Mexico. I'm not a US…
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Is there any limit to the rate at which court cases can be filed?

Is there a limit to the rate at which a person can file court cases? What if someone purposefully tries to file a court case every minute to disrupt the court? Can that person be punished in India or the USA?
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What effect does bad English have on warnings / disclaimers?

I've come across more than one case of ill-phrased 'legalese' and often wondered where the line is with respect to enforcibalilty etc. For example, a McDonalds promotion which disclaimed: "Offer ends October 30 or while supplies last". Does nonsense…
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I was racially abused at a public park. What legal actions can I take?

I was racially abused at a public park. Basically out of no where he called me a terrorist. I ignored him. After a while he came directly to me and ask me to go away and said this is Australia. The offender was a food truck owner. I am afraid that…
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Has there been any case on which all justices of the US Supreme Court disagreed?

For cases decided by the US Supreme Court, one justice is tasked with writing the majority opinion, and if there is not unanimous support for the decision, then another justice is tasked with writing the dissenting opinion. Concurring opinions may…
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Is "legalese" necessary?

I've noticed large corporations use language in their legal documents that sounds very different than how a normal person would speak. Is there a point to using legalese or is old fashioned plain English sufficient? For example "Thou shall not kill"…
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Status of a trademarked but public domain work of fiction

There is a series of books published in the early 20th century. Copyright on at least some of them have expired; they are in the public domain, and are being widely republished. However, the descendants of the author have trademarked the names of…
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Possibility of obtaining copies of court documents

I recently read about the court case Reed v. Cognitive Media Networks Inc., et al., Case No. 3:15-cv-05217, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. This case is referred to as Vizio Smart TV Tracking Software Class…
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Does the German GDPR require storing the data in a German datacenter for a tele-health company?

I co-founded a tele-health startup, we are expanding to Germany, we have gone through the GDPR, and implemented most of it, however, we didn't quite understand the data residency part and found conflicting information online. Should the data be…
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Do favors by friends and family create a monetary debt?

If someone has a business and has a favor done to help out with the business, by a spouse, other relative, or just a friend. Can the favor-doer later-on sue the business owner for money for it? I'm not referring to a case where there was some…
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Is an oral "contract" legally binding?

In a comment to this question, the user @Agent_L argued that That's not an opinion, there is nothing to disagree here. From a legal point of view, a contract doesn't need a written form. It's hard to prove the existence of such contract, but it's…
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