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Do people have the right to comment or live blog professional sports in the United States?

Do private persons have the freedom to live blog or comment on games on progress in professional sports? For example, can a web caster watch the game on TV and then give his running commentary and graphics showing the score on his web site or on…
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By selling a flagged solution to a student to catch them cheating, would the seller be liable for the breach of contract?

This is a follow up question to this HNQ question from academia. Suppose a student S posts an assignment for school/university/... on a freelancer website. A faculty member F sees this and agrees to provide a solution to the assignment for a price…
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Hospital billed me for services that I explicitly refused. Are there any legal ramifications for hospital?

(well, my wife). Background - we lost a pregnancy early this year. Got pregnant again. Wife had some spotting during first trimester, became panicky, and rushed off to a hospital. The main thing they wanted to do was perform STD screening. …
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Facebook vs GDPR - Private Messages I sent to others will never be deleted/erased from Facebook servers

I asked this question to Facebook: I would like to know how can I permanently delete private messages from both sides of the conversation. For example, conversations I had in the past with other Facebook users that I don't want them to be …
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In the United States, do pedestrians always have right of way?

There appear to be three types of pedestrian crossings in the United States: Marked: an "official" crosswalk with some sort of markings or indication that it exists. Unmarked: According to wikipedia, "Unmarked crosswalks generally exist as the…
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What does it mean to "pirate" a game, app, or other digital resource?

I've heard the term "pirate" many times before, but I have never really understood it. How do people do it and why?
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Windows 10 Eula Privacy Rights

Many are claiming that Windows 10's data collection is much more invasive than previous Microsoft products, even claiming that Windows 10 ships with a keylogger and reports every keystroke back to Microsoft. Most locally, this question on the Stack…
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How far does the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine extend?

Suppose that an individual has been arrested, multiple times, for possession of controlled substances (i.e. illegal drugs), but has managed to get the charges dropped or dismissed by a court after a hearing each time because the searches leading to…
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Is an implied physical threat via looming over someone legal?

Lets say that two individuals approach another person and start asking him questions or ask him to do something (for instance leave an area). They do not make any explicit verbal threats. However, their posture, hostility, and body language all…
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Are Drone Intrusion Prevention Systems (Drone IPS) systems illegal?

A drone intrusion prevention product being advertised at RSA Conference this year has piqued my interest, and I'm trying to determine whether it and other drone IPS systems are illegal. For background, a WIPS is a device which looks for unexpected…
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I lost my jury summons, what can I do?

I recieved a jury summons a little while ago. This summons contained information on where to go as well as some paperwork to bring in. The summons was accidentally thrown out by the cleaning service. What should I do now?
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Does a boilerplate "This email is private" message have any legal force?

I get quite a few email messages with text like: IMPORTANT WARNING: This email (and any attachments) is only intended for the use of the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged and confidential.…
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Is there any legal obligation to allow non-citizen parents to stay with their citizen children?

Recently, there has been quite a bit of uproar in the news about the citizenship (or lack thereof) of illegal immigrants' children born in the United States. Presuming that the courts decide that illegal immigrants' post-migration children are born…
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Is the US President able to make laws unilaterally?

Trump was inaugurated today and immediately signed many executive orders. While some of these look like "actions", some looks like a law, for example in Trump returns to White House and unleashes barrage of executive orders: redefined birthright…
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Can a man adopt his wife's children?

If a man marries a woman who has children from a previous relationship. If the biological father does not feature in the childrens lives can the man adopt his wife's children so his all the same rights and responsibilities like it would be if they…
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