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Is a debt canceled if the creditor refuses a settlement offer?

I've been told by several people on several occasions -- in several jurisdictions within the US -- that if you owe someone money, you can offer some stupidly low amount of cash (most versions include numbers from $1 to 25%) to settle the debt. If…
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GDPR - reCAPTCHA with user's consent?

This question is specifically about Google's reCAPTCHA, but may possibly apply to many other CAPTCHA solutions that are collecting "personal" data. I was reading briefly about ePrivacy regulations and I have found very good resource about PECR and…
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Why aren't athletes charged with assault?

Athletes get into brawls and whatnot all the time. Mike Tyson even bit a guy's ear off. Why aren't they charged for assault and sentenced to jail time? I understand that athletes might get hurt within the context of the game, and that they can't sue…
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Is there a law in the UK that makes possession of specific publications illegal?

I just read the following in an article in The Guardian (emphasis mine): In prison they met their co-defendant Rahman, 32, one of nine men prosecuted in connection with a plan to attack the London stock exchange, who was serving five years for…
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Is there any legal mechanism for a citizen without resources, to be able to sue the state for infringing his/her constitutional rights?

Is there any legal mechanism for a citizen without resources, to be able to sue the state for infringing his/her constitutional rights? In Argentina for example, I know there is a "defensor del pueblo" at national and provincial level, but as far as…
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What happens if I shoot a police officer in self-defense during a SWAT raid?

No-knock SWAT raids are very popular, especially in the US. But how do you know that the heavily armed persons are policemen? Isn't it very easy to mistake them for robbers? What if I try to defend myself and my family and start shooting, killing…
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Can you be prosecuted for not quitting a group chat where you are invited accidentally and you're aware of it?

Recently journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally invited into a Trump administration group chat. He shouldn't have been in there, and he ended up quitting the chat on his own. Had he not quit and the admins only found out much later, would it…
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Does at-will employment entitle the employee to quit without giving any notice?

Does at-will employment allow you to quit without giving notice even if your job contract requires it? If the employer can fire you for any reason except a few that amounts to discrimination then does an individual have the right to quit regardless…
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If someone falsely claims to have a Ph.D. on the jacket of a book and they profit from that claim, is that criminal fraud?

Say someone had started a Ph.D. but failed to complete, and wrote a book presenting themselves as an expert in their field, and claimed on the jacket to have a Ph.D. The book sells many copies, and helps establish them as an expert in their field,…
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What happens to "Bridge Bashers"?

In the UK, we have lots of bridges with limited head-room, often where 19th century railway lines pass over roads that were originally intended for horses. Nowadays, modern large goods vehicles cannot use these routes, but people try, causing a…
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If a friend hands me a marijuana edible then dies of a heart attack am I guilty of felony murder?

The title is sort of asks the full question, but to elaborate. Presume I've previously been arrested for marijuana possession, in which case my possession of the marijuana would constitute a felony. Since my friend gave me the marijuana he would be…
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Can I continue using technology after it is patented

Let’s say I use a very specific software communication technique applied in a novel way that could be patented. I don’t patent this invention because I am a startup that has little money to invest in an unproven application. A few months/years later…
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If Trump pardons himself regarding the federal crime he tried to hide by cooking the books, is the New York conviction void?

[Note that Jen in their answer corrects quite a few of the premises of my question; read it. I let the question otherwise stand as-is.] Falsifying business records in New York is only a felony if it was done in order to hide a felony. That's the…
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Enforce contract on burglars

Lets say I post a sign outside my house reading "if you break into this house, you agree to paying the owner a one million dollars access fee". This would be similar to how parking lots post their fees, which one is assumed to having accepted by…
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Can a virus scanner be sued by the makers of a program they label as spyware for recommending its removal?

Ages ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I was in college, I went to a recruiting event for a company that collected and sold statistical data. They explained that they got the information by installing programs on people's computer 'in…
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