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Can you be bound to an unsigned contract even though services are rendered informally?
So you are working on a project to build a SaaS (Software as a Service). You prepare a technical contract and have it reviewed by intellectual property lawyers and it passes their approval. You present the contract to the client and they refuse to…
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Can one avoid paying US income tax by being paid in Bitcoin?
Is it possible for a U.S. citizen to evade income tax by being paid in Bitcoin?
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Why can't a party raise new arguments in United States court of appeals?
In the Lavabit judgement, I saw this:
see also Agra, Gill & Duffus, Inc. v. Benson, 920 F.2d 1173, 1176 (4th Cir. 1990) ("We will not accept on appeal theories that were not raised in the district court except under unusual circumstances.").
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Is it piracy to obtain software you purchased in an alternate way?
Lets say you purchased software in the 90s or early 2000s, but lost the license key and or the disc. Another possibility is the company is no longer supporting and or does not provide older versions of its software.
What you do have:
the receipt…
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How does the US constitution apply to aliens?
Does the constitution of the US extend its protections to—
legal aliens in the US (e.g. visitors from overseas), and
illegal aliens in the US (e.g. someone who has stayed beyond their visa's validity)?
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Which jurisdiction applies in a vessel?
Consider an aircraft registered in country A. On a flight operated by an airliner based in country B, it carries passengers on a flight from country X to country Y. The flight path overflies airspace of country C and international airspace.
Assume…
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Are US jurors always free to speak about the trial?
In England and Wales, jurors are forbidden to speak to anyone about the trial or their deliberations, even after the trial is finished. In contrast, I've noticed that jurors in the US often give statements to the press or write books about their…
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Does a divorced/widow(er)ed person under the age of 20 in Thailand retain sui juris?
In Thailand, a minor (one who has not received sui juris) is a person under the age of 20. An exception is made if the person is married - which can happen when both parties are over the age of 17.
Say a person at the age of 18 marries. The marriage…
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Could a foreign power remove an Australian member of federal parliament by declaring them a citizen?
Recently a number of Australian members of the federal parliament have been referred to the high court because they might have a foreign citizenship. The first was a simple oversight by the politician in question, but the rest start to get a little…
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Has a verdict of 'not proven' ever had a different effect to one of 'not guilty'?
In Scotland there are three verdicts available in criminal trials: guilty, not guilty, and not proven. In modern use there is no practical difference between not guilty and not proven: the defendant is acquitted in both cases.
Has there ever been a…
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How does "poor man's copyright" work?
In this answer on another SE, it is suggested that the anonymous authors of a piece of software might use a "poor man's copyright" technique to establish that they possessed the work before it was published, in case they ever want to assert their…
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What happens if Congress declares war, but POTUS refuses to fight it?
By Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the US Constitution, the power to declare war is with the Congress.
Today (03/20/17), during a committee hearing, Ms. Speier, accused Russia (I assume she meant the Russian Federation) of having committed an act…
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Can a US President give police a "kill order"?
Warning: spoilers for the TV show Designated Survivor ahead.
The American TV drama Designated Survivor is set in a hypothetical world where terrorists have successfully attacked the State of the Union address and killed nearly all of the senior…
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When a criminal statute is repealed, are those still held under it automatically freed?
How was this handled in the past when things were decriminalized, e.g. homosexuality? Is there an automatic process that guarantees freedom for those held under an abolished law, or does this have to be made explicit every time? Can one's criminal…
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What exactly are an officer's requirements in order to demand ID in the US (New York)?
I watched a YouTube video recently which depicted the following situation, and I'd like to learn more about what peoples' rights are and what an officer's obligations are in a situation like this:
A filming crew flew a drone above property to…
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