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Can "ugly" or "unattractive" be a protected class?
If women are systematically underpaid at a company, that's strong grounds for a lawsuit. Same for Blacks, or gays, or older people, etc..
But what about ugly people? If a company systematically discriminates against ugly people (either through not…
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Can doctors administer an experimental treatment without patient consent in an emergency?
Is it legal for doctors to administer an experimental treatment or drug to a patient in an emergency situation where the patient is unable to provide consent?
To provide an example scenario: An unconscious patient is brought into emergency and will…
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Could a judge sentence a criminal to nothing?
In the reboot of Night Court (which is obviously not realistic at all), a defendant is found guilty, but Judge Stone says, “I’ll let you off with a warning.” Does a judge really have the ability to do that?
I know that some crimes have mandatory…
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Can a company be fined in a value larger than the global GDP?
This article below says that Google has been fined $20 decillion USD in Russia due to a failure to reinstate state-owned YouTube channels: Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Why this is even possible? This…
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Is threatening to go to the police blackmailing?
Bob has strong evidence that his landlord engages in illegal activity as he allegedly hosts illegal poker sessions in his basement.
On the other hand, the landlord neglects his duties from the lease contract (the washing machine is broken for a long…
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What happens if your child sells your car?
There's a strip in Calvin & Hobbes where Calvin attempts to sell his mother's car. Briefly, Calvin (who's six years old) pesters his mother for money, but is told "no". Calvin asks for soap instead, and his mother is trying to work so she says "yes"…
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Is there any legal justification for content on the web without an explicit licence being freeware?
Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI has expressed an opinion that creative works published openly on the web without an explicit licence are freeware and the restrictions of copyright do not apply. Is there anything at all that could support…
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Do rich parents pay less in child support if they didn't provide a rich lifestyle for their family pre-divorce?
As an example, say Alice and Bob have a child together. Alice makes $20m/year, Bob makes $250k/year. They get a divorce and Bob gets full custody. Normally Alice would be forced to pay a lot of money ($20k/month?) to Bob in child support payments…
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Does speeding turn an accident into manslaughter?
Assume a person is driving down a posted 40mph road, but doing considerably over the speed limit, say 60-70mph. A person on the pavement trips and falls in front of the speeding car, is hit, and dies. Although there is potentially the argument that…
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Are there any jobs that are forbidden by law to convicted felons?
Consider a hypothetical job-seeker who has been convicted of 30 felonies in the State of New York. This person is willing and able to re-locate anywhere within the United States or its territories, and has no other criminal record.
Are there any…
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Why is the reliability of Stormy Daniels testimony relevant in Trump's hush money process?
As I understand, the issue here is that Trump falsified his account to cover the payment, not that he assaulted Daniels.
Why is Daniels' (or McDougals') testimony from May 7&9 relevant? Whatever happened between the two, it's not relevant to whether…
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What legal basis exists for challenging absurd (but technically-correct) invoices?
Every once in a while you hear stories about people getting hit with ridiculously high charges, such as for cell phone or cloud computing, e.g.:
In the cell phone case, this can happen when (for example) a customer roams internationally and doesn't…
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What's to stop domain registrars from price gouging renewals?
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John Smith launches a social media startup called Turquoise Cow. He buys the Internet domain name "turquoise-cow.com" from GoDaddy. The price is $20 per year.
Years later, Turquoise Cow has become a leading social media platform, overtaking…
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How can I make a fan game entirely legally?
I would like to make a video game based on IP I do not own. I understand that there are many legal issues with this and it seems that most of the answers online are either “you can never do it” or “nobody will catch you”. I would like to know what…
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How long can I let other people's mail sit in my house?
I sometimes get first class mail addressed to other people. The right way to handle this is to write "not at this address" on it and send it as outgoing mail.
How fast do I need to do this? Can I pile up all the misdelivered mail and deal with it as…
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