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By what provisions are foreign students not allowed to work as deliveroo drivers?
Deliveroo does not allow students even those permitted to work to register as delivery riders. What legal reason is there for this?
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Why are there two case numbers for United States v. Trump?
There are two almost identical case numbers assigned for the case United States v. Trump. The dockets are almost identical.
1:23-cr-00257-TSC USA v. TRUMP PACER CourtListener
1:23-cr-00257-TSC-1 - TRUMP, DONALD J. PACER CourtListener
What is the…
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What is the smallest audience for a communication that has been deemed capable of defamation?
Descriptions of the criteria for defamation seem widely to describe any statement that is communicated to a third party as being defamatory if they are (broadly speaking) false and harmful.
This seems to allow for the possibility that relatively…
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What is the legal basis for judges being able to see classified material?
Marcy Wheeler, in her emptywheel Twitter account, recently tweeted:
I addressed this question in this post. No, Cannon does not need a
clearance. Her access comes via dint of her responsibilities, just
like Members of Congress who need to access…
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Is it bigamy to marry someone to whom you are already married?
The goal is to obtain legal proof of marriage with the least amount of effort, such as travelling overseas and hiring translators and notaries. This is not a "renew vows" situation.
Answers for New York preferred, but answers pertaining to other…
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Ex-slaves not born in U.S. and 14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment states that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."
Did cases ever arise in courts concerning any ex-slaves not born in the United States…
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Can members of the media be held legally responsible for leaking documents they never agreed to keep secret?
Larry the Leaker is high up in the US government, and has access to highly classified information/documents. He goes to John the Journalist, and tells him to publish all of it. Obviously, Larry has agreed to a bunch of stuff telling him not to leak…
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Can an attorney plead the 5th if attorney-client privilege is pierced?
In the investigation related to Mar-a-Lago, the Justice Department is seeking to pierce attorney-client privilege relating to several bits of testimony and discovery items they're seeking from Trump's attorney, Evan Corcoran. Such a move isn't…
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How did Dominion legally obtain text messages from Fox News hosts?
In the current case of Dominion v Fox News, we saw that text messages from Fox News hosts have been admitted as legal evidence in court.
My understanding was that text messages either had to be turned voluntarily, or they had to be forcefully…
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What is the motivation for legally forcing sellers to determine the minimum price of food by multiplying it by 1.1?
A radio advertisement for a food distributor said that they sell their food to fight the current crisis at "prix coutant" (cost price). However, it was followed by a very speedy text saying that, according to the law, the actual cost price was…
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At what point does combining integrated circuits yield something patentable?
I am considering at which point an electronic circuit-based product becomes patentable. If I were to simply design a new electronic circuit by implementing a single integrated circuit (IC) from a manufacturer, I would think that this cannot be…
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Do courts generally run at a loss, run at a profit, or generally break even?
Pursuant to a previous question, about a case where the courts seem to have incurred a significant loss in hearing it, what is the general/average position?
For example, many types of routines matters may be decided in a 5 or 10 minute hearing…
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How often do people who make complaints that lead to acquittals face repercussions for making false complaints?
In response to a recent question and others related to it, it appears that defendants who are found guilty, despite lying, are rarely punished further apart from the conviction.
However, what happens if the allegations are found to be patently…
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Is lying at all in a testimony considered perjury?
Say Bob was murdered at a coffee shop, and Jerry was a witness at the scene. At the trial, he is under oath, and gives his testimony. In his testimony, he explicitly claims that he was watching America's Funniest Home Videos up to the point when the…
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What incentive does an arbitrator in retail or labor cases have to rule for the plaintiff?
When a customer or employee goes to mandated arbitration, the arbitrator is paid by the defendant; the arbitrator, or a body that picks the arbitrator, is also chosen by the defendant.
I have seen it said that they more often rule in favor of the…
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