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Fired (seemingly) for finding paycheck inconsistencies. What kind of legal recourse might exist?
Not me, but a friend.
They found some paycheck inconsistencies for them and a bunch of other employees, and asked about it. The response from management was "oh, oops. We'll fix it"
A few days later she came in to fill a shift for someone, but was…
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If a witness asks for their lawyer during a trial, how is it handled?
A criminal trial is going on. Andy the Attorney asks Walter the Witness some questions. After a while, Walter realizes he's been an idiot, and says he wants his Lawyer Larry.
How does the court proceed? Do they set up a second trial with Walter and…
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Why are trials on "Law & Order" in the New York Supreme Court?
On the TV show "Law & Order", when they cut to the trial it's usually accompanied by a chiron (along with the trademark "dun-dun" sound) saying something like "New York State Supreme Court, Part 7". Is this an accurate representation of where trials…
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Employee acting illegally on direction from management
I thought of this when reading the Meta case regarding negative testing.
Say a state has a law regarding data-retention of log files for banks.
A manager instructs an employee to wipe drive of logs. The employee is knowledgeable enough to know that…
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Does a tenured professor whose salary was set to 0 have a case for constructive dismissal?
See https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202302/rnoti-p196.pdf?adat=February%202023
The head of the Purdue math department set a tenured professor’s salary to 0. This seems very strange to me and I have two questions.
First, does this violate…
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Someone gave me an elephant. Isn’t this illegal?
Hypothetical:
Someone gave me an elephant and told me not to give it away or sell it.
I don’t have the capability to take care of this thing. Heck, I don’t have any license or permit for elephants. I’m not a zookeeper or anything.
Isn’t it illegal…
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Can state or city police officers enforce the FCC regulations?
Suppose I'm using an amateur radio transceiver in my car. I'm not breaking any traffic laws, but I am talking in a secret code, which is illegal under the FCC regulations. Can a state or city police officer pull me over and detain me or write a…
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Can a six year old be charged?
CONTEXT: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/us/newport-news-virginia-shooting-friday/index.html
Assume that the six year old does not understand the concepts of life / death / murder / assault. Can the child be charged with assault or murder? Where…
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Would a summer camp responsible for caring for a child have any alternative other than refunding money if child intentionally misbehaves?
This is a hypothetical situation for a potential story.
Let's say Bob is a minor whose parents have already pre-paid for him to attend a religious summer camp as daycare for the entirety of summer. Unfortunately, due to some assorted disagreements…
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Who own the copyright - the artist or the subject in the drawing?
If an artist draws a picture of some famous political figure, who owns the copyright to that image/drawing - the artist or the political figure in the drawing?
What if the artist drew a picture of the political figure in a famous setting (such as a…
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Is it illegal to cut out a face from the newspaper?
Let's say there is a photo of a group of people in the newspaper.
This photo is copyrighted by the newspaper publisher.
By cutting out a single face from this photo I am modifiying the original work. I think it's not allowed to modify a copyrighted…
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Is privilege (over communications) bilateral?
In a case of spousal privilege, because both parties are spouses, I assume that what each party says is protected so trying to force either party to divulge would be a problem.
But other privileged conversations develop because of an inequity -- one…
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What should a website do if the end user refuses to accept the necessary cookies?
Suppose that a data controller chooses the consent legal basis for GDPR article 6 purposes.
Then, the data controller says something along these lines in a cookie consent banner on their website:
We need to use cookies to provide you with our…
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Oregon property disclosure law: buyer discovers cracking foundation that seller did not disclose - 20 months after closing
I purchased a 110 year old house 18 months ago and am living in it. At the time of sale I waived inspection and did As-Is based on two factors: a 3rd party inspection was provided to me from buyer and I used the "Property Disclosure Statement"…
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Are the Quotations in a Book of Quotations Copyrighted?
I have a book of quotations that displays a 1967 copyright. I would like to use some of them in a current work of mine that I intend to publish.
Many of the quotations in the 1967 book I can trace back to sources, the copyrights of which have…
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