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Why are the penalties for causing an accident while drunk driving much harsher than for drunk driving?
When people drink and drive and then cause an accident especially where if someone dies they get years and years in prison but just the act of drunk driving is punished way more lenient. Shouldn't the 2, drunk driving and drunk driving then causing…
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Does "statistically significant" have a specific legal meaning?
I occasionally write expert opinions as a statistician or econometrician for legal cases in the United States.
On a few different cases, I have been hired to determine whether a given sample should be considered statistically significant, usually at…
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Can you host a version of Wikipedia on your own domain and charge for it?
I am reading through these notes, trying to piece together a picture of what the rules/laws are regarding Wikipedia…
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Would it be legal according to the laws of war if Ukrainian forces killed Putin in Moscow?
We know pretty well where Putin will be on May 9: He will be the guest of honor at the Moscow victory day parade. As president, he is the commander in chief of the Russian armed forces.
If the Ukrainian forces got heir hands on, say, a conventional…
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Is it legal to lie about an illegal requirement?
As an example, its not legal to discriminate against a person of a certain race while renting out your house. So lets say an Asian person sees a house rented out with a "no Asians" condition. Would it be legal for them to "mask" themselves as a…
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Can a prosecutor hold back charges so they can try again?
Assume I was alleged to have been involved in a bank robbery gone wrong - guns were fired, people were killed and injured, some robbers were arrested at the scene, some escaped etc.
Obviously, there are a plethora of charges available to the…
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How to prove I live in a specific address?
https://www.flhsmv.gov/ddl/address.html
I need to provide proof of address for the DMV, but the process can be difficult because:
I live with someone else; I do not pay rent/utilities; and they will not assist in the process.
The Florida DMV asks…
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Why does Disney omit the year in their copyright notices?
I was trying to sort a stack of movies chronologically. Most boxes contain a copyright notice e.g. “(c) 1985 Acme Pictures LLC“. However, Walt Disney Pictures consistently omits the year, e.g. “(c) Disney”. Why does Disney do things differently?…
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Resume Writer asks: Who owns the copyright - me or my client?
I'm a professional resume writer (among other things). Clients regularly pay me to completely overhaul their resumes. Over the years I've amassed a large collection of well-written resumes. I would like to self-publish a book on Amazon on the topic…
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Can an employer fine an employee in Virginia?
My son just started a job with a franchisee of a well-known delivery company. The franchisee is located in Virginia, and some of the items in the employee handbook sound fishy to me. He was given a sheet that listed several offenses along with the…
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Can an open source licence be revoked if it violates employer's IP?
Suppose a developer's contract says that all intellectual property (IP) rights to her code belong to her UK employer. While employed, she develops a library and open-sources it under the Apache 2.0 licence. The employer is not initially informed,…
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Why register a logo as trademark if copyright protects it?
If everything I created is protected by the copyright; No one can use it without my permission. Why would I need to register it as a trademark to protect it?
If something is too simple to create, it cannot be registered as a trademark, it's the same…
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In the US, is it legal to lie to a business such as a hotel to obtain a discount?
Let's say a hotel chain or a restaurant provides a 50% discount to anyone aged over 70. Would it be legal (as in, no criminal charges could arise from that action) for a patron to lie to the hotel/restaurant about their age to get the…
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Am I allowed to kill a person threatening me? CA, USA
You are riding a public transit train and out of nowhere a man with blue jeans takes out a P99 semiautomatic pistol and takes the passengers hostage. Luckily you have a knife on you. But you don't know whether it is legal to kill a person under such…
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Why is it inadvisable to apologise for a car accident?
In my younger days I was involved in a car accident, where through a combination of bad road-conditions and my inexperience, I skidded (aquaplaned?) into a car who had stopped on the road to turn in front of me. While both cars had extensive damage,…
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