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Why does the GDPR matter to me, a US citizen with no property in Europe?
I run a Web site. I am a natural-born US citizen. I own no property outside the US. Why does my Web site have to be GDPR compliant? Even if a European court convicts me of a crime, does it really affect me?
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Why are Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey abbreviated as Roe and Casey?
The Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling says:
...Roe and Casey are overruled...
Why is Roe v. Wade abbreviated as Roe, while Planned Parenthood v. Casey is abbreviated as Casey? Shouldn't they be Roe and Planned Parenthood or Wade…
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What is the penalty for a bad-acting witness/expert?
Say Alice from the defense/prosecution meets with Bob, some expert/witness, to establish some "facts", and then Alice agrees to call Bob to the stand to establish those "facts" for the court.
But when called the the stand, Bob presents the opposite…
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Could a contract make a Bible passage legally binding on the signers?
Suppose John Doe and James Smith, who are both Christians and members of the same church, sign a contract including the following clause:
Any disputes between John Doe and James Smith shall be resolved in accordance with the Bible text of Matthew…
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Am I at risk by storing or using software that violates copyright?
Imagine the following scenario:
A software company copies code from some open source project and includes it in their own software without giving credit to the original authors, violating the open source license and copyright.
The software company…
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Asking for compensation for a broken job offer in CA
I have a family member who had a steady full-time office job in Los Angeles. He wanted a change of pace, so he reached out and got recruited by a well-known transportation company who offered him a position as a long-haul driver.
He already has a…
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Can I use lethal force to protect myself and others from an on duty officer if he or she starts shooting up the location?
I know that in Colorado we have the castle law for self defense which allows people to protect themselves with lethal force on or inside their property as long as they believe their life and family are in immediate danger. I’m not too keen on other…
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Does the federal government of USA have any powers over functioning of ICANN
Since the very inception of the internet, as we know it today, USA had a pivotal role to play including in the management of DNS (Domain Name System). However internet evolved to be more free.
However, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names…
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Does the Companies Act 2006 trump an individual's right to be forgotten?
I once was a contractor and ran a limited company.
At the time all my details and my secretary's were published on the Companies House website.
edit: This information includes full names and addresses.
This limited company was wound up in 2008.…
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Can a software license validly restrict place of use, or impose restrictions on the type or purpose of use
This question is inspired in part by Open Source License restrictions and recent sanctions against Russia and in particular by this answer
Can a software license impose restrictions on the place where the software is to be used, so that a court…
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Does the Geneva Convention apply to the party denying that the war is going on?
Suppose a country R invades another country U without declaring war and insists that the invasion is not a war, but a "special operation", aimed at liberating U's citizens from U's government, or some BS like that. U's position, on the other hand,…
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Legal jeopardy for advocating assassination of an unspecified evil leader?
Is there any legal jeopardy today in a Western democracy for saying that it would be right to assassinate an unspecified evil leader, for instance, one engaging in a genocide like the Holocaust? I live in a Western democracy, i.e., western Europe…
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How is the "permanent deprivation" element of theft proven in practice?
I never gave this much thought until I saw a prosecutor and then a judge dismiss charges of theft because it would be impossible to prove the accused intended to deprive the owner of the property permanently. Sure enough, this seems to be a…
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Can opt-in/opt-out checkboxes be deliberately obscure?
Is this legal in the UK:
hollywood bowl's sign up page asks for confirmation like this
unless you tick the relevant box(es) below (or subsequently unsubscribe), you will receive exclusive discounts, offers and updates from us.
[] Email [] SMS []…
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Is it legal for energy companies to break into a house?
There are a couple of stories in the news about energy firms breaking into houses because of unpaid erroneous bills. The common features of relevance are:
There was debate about the validity of energy bills at a premises
The errors are so obvious…
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