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Is it illegal to voluntarily work longer than the law allows?

Let Bob be a software developer that can work from home. Bob's contract says he has to work 40h/week. The employer offers a flexible distribution of those hours and doesn't care when Bob works, as long as he averages 40h/week. To absolutely push…
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Do companies have the legal right to reduce your salary?

Let's say you signed an "At will" employment contract. And then lets say the company you work for has a 30% reduction in revenue. Can the company just reduce everyone in the company's salary by 30%? Or do they have to terminate and then rehire each…
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Has anyone been prosecuted in the US because a minor consumed alcohol for religious purposes?

Has anyone been prosecuted because a minor drank alcohol for religious purposes, such as sacramental wine used for the Eucharist/Communion in some Christian denominations? This could be either the minor being prosecuted for illegally consuming…
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Why does Art. 103 of the German Basic Law forbid a second trial after an acquittal?

The German Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgerichts) recently ruled that a second trial (due to new evidence) after a previous acquittal violates the German constitution: BVerfG urteilt zur umstrittenen Wiederaufnahme-Vorschrift -…
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What makes politicians "fair game"?

People say and write things about politicians they would never dream of saying about celebrities or corporate tycoons. They accuse them of lying, corruption, and racism and create political cartoons featuring derogatory caricatures. If I'm not…
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Civil liability for criminal punishment

Eve, as a practical joke, asks Mark to go to a place she describes as a “public park” to fetch a hat she had supposedly left behind. Unbeknownst to Mark (but beknownst to Eve) the area is actually an unmarked Wild Turtle preserve. A law criminalises…
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Trespass against easements?

Say someone has an easement across my land to access their property. They have an easement, so I am not allowed to interfere with their use of my land. I can't stand there and block their way. If two hundred other people come into my land to stop…
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What is the purpose of a settlement agreement including a clause that it was signed, "voluntarily and without any duress whatsoever?"

If a settlement agreement includes a clause that it was signed, "voluntarily and without any duress whatsoever": If a person signing the settlement agreement done so voluntarily and without any duress whatsoever, I cannot see a reason they would…
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Is there such a thing as specific agents/officers legally pursuing international criminals across borders?

This is a continuance of this question regarding Interpol. The answer to that question left a hole; who's going to be the international pursuer in the classic, world-wide cat-and-mouse game? It is a trope in media that there's a single agent in…
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Can felons vote?

I am not familiar with USA laws, but I saw that Maine and Vermont are the only states where felons never lose their right to vote. Is this true? Does that include all elections (I.e., local, state, federal)? Are felons in other states not allowed to…
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Does an illegal mode of creation or fixation remove a work from copyrightability?

Does an illegal mode of creation or fixation (such as vandalism by graffiti) mean that the work is not the subject of copyright?
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What would you be charged with for covering up a rightful death?

I'm referring to a specific situation that occurred in the TV show 24. Due to previous complex circumstances, a man (call him "Bob") destroys a van that is the scene of a murder and hides 2 bodies. Initially Bob had committed no crime; victim 1 was…
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Are there any legal provisions that concern males entering various types of business establishments without a shirt?

Bob entered a grocery store without a shirt. Charles entered a restaurant. Are there any laws that make either of these either absolutely or conditionally a problem?
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Legality of Using Unofficial API

I have discovered a mobile app's backend API through reverse engineering. The public can access this API and it does not require specific authorization, however, it is not documented and it is not an official API that the public is meant to access.…
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Can Meta create a Twitter clone?

Meta is about to release an app called Threads that has been labeled by news sources as a Twitter rival or Twitter clone. I don't know how similar Threads actually is to Twitter, but hypothetically if it were almost identical, would that be legal?…
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