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>>18354143
How do I obtain someone's mugshot?

Can I fuck my own ass

>>18354143
if I die with student loan, can the government pursue my family for the money (USA)

>>18354156

No, they did not sign the promissory note unless they had to cosign. However if you have any assets during probate they would be sold to service the debt before your family got anything.

>>18354161
so I can transfer my car title and should be good
and for personal items don't technically "belong" to me (no papers, like my guitar for example)? I live with my parents so all my clothes and stuff would stay with them right?

seems petty but they can sell that shit and buy food. we are starving.

>>18354170

If you transfer your car title with no consideration (fancy legal term for $$$ or something equivalent) your creditor could hit your estate with a fraudulent conveyance charge and return the car to your estate in order for it to be sold to service the debt.

I don't know how aggressive your creditors are going to be however and actually do that.

>>18354183
thanks for the info!

>>18354143
How's law school? I'm >>18354132

>>18354211

My usual advice would be don't go to law school (Bi Model salary messes up graduating statistics of recent grads, and if you don't get BigLaw its takes a number of years to crack 100k...which extra sucks when you have ALOT of debt)

But if you actually have a job and school cost is covered you should go. Law school isn't hard (First year at the beginning is a bit difficult) but I coasted through the 2nd and 3rd year (I studied my evidence exam for 1 hour and got an A-).

The stress comes from 1l grades = change a jobs...but if you already have a job (and don't want to try biglaw for that sweet starting 180k) you should go if its free and opens up more opportunity for you.

>>18354143

I want to go to medical school to be honest but in my country getting into medical schools is one of the most difficult things to do and I feel like I won't. It saddens me because medicine is what I truly want to do, but if I can't get in after 2-3 years of trying, I need to come to terms with the fact that I am a failure to myself. As such I have been thinking about law school as a back up plan. To be honest law seems much more attainable to me because I am already pretty good at LSAT type questions and I don't need to worry about advanced sciences or anything. The thing is I don't actually know much about being a lawyer. If I were to do law I will be honest I would do it just so I could find some kind of job and where I eventually start making $100,000+ after age 35 (I am 22 now is that even realistic?) and I don't want to see the inside of a courtroom so litigation is out of the question for me. I hate public speaking and have no interest in public service. What should I do?

>>18354253

I should add, I have 100k for tuition so law school cost is no problem. Actually law school here is much cheaper than in the USA

>>18354243
Alright it's good to know that law school isn't that hard or strenuous (outside first year).

I already have a career and school is covered so that's fine. The law degree won't help with my field of work much, but you're expected to get a post-grad degree to progress up the ladder. It sounds way more useful outside of my career area than something like an arts masters, in case I decide to get a career change.

You'll need biglaw to avoid a court room. Get into a T14 first and then evaluate if law school is right for you again at that point.

>>18354253
>eventually start making $100,000+ after age 35 (I am 22 now is that even realistic?)
That's absolutely realistic to do, even outside law and medicine.

>>18354259

Once I landed my job after 1l summer, the 2nd and 3rd year were the easiest years of my life.

>>18354143
Do you generally like being a lawyer?
Best and worst thing about your job?
Worst shit you've gotten away with?

>>18354143
Can you do anything if a website refuses to take down personal photos of you even though their rules state sharing personal information of other members will result in an instant permaban?

>>18354672
I'm not OP but you could try filing a DMCA takedown request

>>18354672
Not OP, but depending on where you live, photos might not be considered personal information, especially if you've already shared them on Facebook or something. That said, if they're nudes or something of that kind, go and see a lawyer, revenge porn is a bit of a legal hot topic right now.

Prior-service dude with no record from California busted for speeding in Utah had pot in the car. Busted for speeding, pot, and parahpenelia.
Hired a lawyer, but he is really busy right now because apparently his grandma died the morning we hired him (fuck me right?)

Work in education, so want to keep it off the record.
Was going over 100, but the ticket says 85 in an 80. (cop was not only prior service also, but the same fucking MOS) so why give the break on speeding but nothing else? Dog was present

Best and worst case scenario? Court date is in a month, lawyer says we don't have to be there, but is it better if we are? Charges on the ticket add up to about $1300, but we spent near that much on the lawyer.

What should be the strategy. One lawyer was saying to get them for profiling (out of state plate, convertible) to get the whole thing thrown out, but he seemed kind of sleazy (so we didn't hire that guy)

>>18354707
Go and talk to another lawyer. Lawyers are supposed to help you find someone else to handle your case if they don't have time to deal with it.

>>18354143
What kind of lawyer are you?

Also is there public free databases i can us to research law myself? And how do i find out what laws i need to abide by for a business? If i just started doing stuff and some government agency corrected me would i be charged with a crime or given first time warning?

>>18354717
Not OP, but my advice would be to go and see a lawyer. This is far more detailed than anyone could help you with over the internet.

>>18354709
Well, like I said, the court date isn't for over a month, so I'm confident we will get things settled in a few weeks. I am just a little anxious. When we had the initial consultation he sounded really professional and confident. I just didn't quite know the right questions to ask, as I was completely overwhelmed. We already pay aid him

do you know anything about taxes? what if you didnt file for like 7 years but then did the last 3? im not rich but comfortable and i dont have any sources of income besides employment. they probably owed ME

>>18354728
You shouldn't be asking questions, the lawyer should be asking them to get a better idea of your situation, and then presenting your options to you. Also where I live, you don't pay a lawyer upfront, you pay a retainer and then they bill you at the end or monthly, depending on how much work your case involves.

How/when do the police determine the age of a victim of a crime? Do police ever charge suspects with misdemeanors when they actually committed a felon? If so, how often does this happen?

Do you enjoy being a lawyer? Does it match the expectation you had of being a lawyer?

I can get into study laws easily because we have bachelor's degree in laws in Australia, but this means that it's more competitive in the job market. Should I go for it?

>>18354717
It depends on the business. There are a variety of pitfalls for a new business owner in many instances that might surprise you.

For instance, many businesses and professions require licenses. There may be required by any layer of government, and sometimes you can need licenses from a variety of agencies within the same layer of government. For instance, if you wanted to operate an airline, you would need to be licensed by the FAA as an airline, and your pilots would need to be certificated appropriately. You might also require some sort of license or other "sign-off" by the TSA if you wanted to carry passengers. You would almost certainly require authorization by the State Department to carry passengers internationally, and of course authorization by the foreign government. At the state and local level there are often licensure requirements as well. There may be a generic "business license" required by your municipality. If you wanted to sell goods door-to-door, most places require you to obtain a peddler's license. There are also usually insurance requirements, and these may be set at multiple levels of government. Compliance with these can be complex if you have employees. Another local law issue is zoning—this comes up with very small businesses that people run out of their houses.

The shorter answer is, honestly, if you're running a sole proprietorship with no employees, you might need to comply with licensure and insurance requirements at the local level. For instance, if you were some type of contractor. Some others would be more complex and require state-level licensure, say if you ran a daycare out of your house, or opened a barber shop.

The penalties for noncompliance, and odds of getting caught, can vary substantially. On one extreme, unauthorized operation of an aircraft in controlled airspace, could result in jail time. On the other, peddling without a license, might result in a $50 fine if someone complains and you're caught.

>>18354803
Not OP, but lawyering is more or less what I expected it to be: Pretty boring 95% of the time with a lot of frantic work the remaining 5%. I'm a solo practitioner so a lot of that 95% is taken up with trying to find clients, deciding whether I can handle their cases, figuring out what to charge, and finding out they can't afford to pay me anything.

'straya is a completely different market and as a U.S. lawyer I can't say a damn thing what your chances would be in that market. The fact that you can enter practice with a L.L.B. is hugely different, of course. What I've *heard*, but is unverified, is that the legal profession outside the U.S. is nowhere nearly as competitive if only because the biggest litigation profit centers that exist in the U.S.—personal injury cases and class action products liability cases—are simply not profitable abroad because the damages you can recover are a fraction of what they are here. There's actually an enormous body of case law in the U.S. dealing with people from abroad trying to sue a U.S. company for personal injury or products liability for injuries that occurred outside the U.S.

My thought is that if you're into law it's worth exploring, but don't bind yourself to a particular pathway. I did something completely different in undergrad. I didn't even know how people became lawyers until I was 22, and didn't even consider law school until I was 25 or 26.

>>18354836
lol that's something I had no idea happened in the US. but anyways, from what I can tell laws is pretty competitive because
(a) most study it as undergrad straight out of high school, so more kids study it than in the US where you have to finish undergrad and then go to law school
(b) admission is still competitive such that it's only the top 5% of high school students that get into LL.B programs; it's such that it's kind of equivalent to an Ivy league education except in Australia, since there's this perception of lawyers having some kind of prestige even though that means jackshit. Anyhow, this means that I'll have to compete against other smart kids in the job market.

>>18354867
>(a) most study it as undergrad straight out of high school, so more kids study it than in the US where you have to finish undergrad and then go to law school

I would imagine you have a hell of a lot more washouts though. I mean, I just remember how crazy the top engineering programs were at my undergrad. I think at least one of them was so competitive that only 33% of matriculants made it through.

I mean, in theory, yes, because there are lower time barriers to entering practice, there ought to be more attorneys alive and practicing at any given point in time... but I'd bet real money a significant percentage of the law grads who do make it ultimately decide they don't want to practice, and just put their L.L.B. to work like they would a business degree. This used to be a very common practice in the U.S. before the cost of law school went through the roof (and the M.B.A. became more and more accepted).

In any event, while I think your decision should absolutely take account of market forces, my experience as an adult is simply that you should still prefer a subject that you enjoy studying, that you can realistically see yourself doing for the rest of your life, and that will provide knowledge and skills applicable to a wide variety of fields in case you don't make it in that career.

>>18354744
>How/when do the police determine the age of a victim of a crime?
I assume you're talking about identifying the age of a corpse at death. I really don't know. I believe the primary method would be identifying the remains as belonging to a particular person. There are a number of other anatomical features, even on a fully decayed skeleton, that can give you good hints as to age. In particular, the condition of the teeth and epiphyseal growth plates would at least provide a rough means of figuring out whether the victim was a minor or an adult at the time of death.

> Do police ever charge suspects with misdemeanors when they actually committed a felon?
Absolutely. This would happen, for instance, where the DA has some evidence that the suspect committed the felony but significantly less than what would be required to convict on one or more elements of the felony. I say "significantly less" because most DAs in the U.S. seem to err on the side of charging; the level of evidence on the element of the felony would have to be so low that he couldn't in good faith bring charges.

I'm not sure of how often this would happen. Like I said, prosecutors tend to err on the side of prosecuting in the U.S.

>>18354263
>EVEN outside law and medicine
Dude both of these fields are flooded. They aren't worth shit.

>>18354736
See a tax professional. There are too many variables in a tax case and in tax law to give any useful information.

>>18354672
If you took the photos yourself, DMCA may be available. Be aware that the request requires you to disclose personal information such as your name and address to the other party... pretty much the same as you would have to do for an actual lawsuit.

There may be other legal remedies available against the website itself, and the pursuit of such remedies, or at least the threat of them, may induce cooperation. Then again, there's something called the Streisand Effect.

>>18354143
I sold my buddy my old car, and he hasn't transferred the title yet, so it's still technically in my name. My buddy's mom's gf is a retarded alcoholic that doesn't want him to have the car. She apparently threatens to have it towed and charged in my name.

How can I fight this if she tried to do that to me?

>>18354670
>Do you generally like being a lawyer?
Yep. You get to be the answer man. People want to know all kinds of information, and you get to dispel a lot of misconceptions.
>Best and worst thing about your job?
Nobody wants to pay for the above.
>Worst shit you've gotten away with?
Shortly after graduating, I got pulled over for speeding. Something like 55 in a 40 is what he clocked me doing. I was trying to pass another car as we were clearing a hill and, boom, there was a speed trap. So he clocked me as we just started downhill. The fucker.

Anyway, I had gotten this window cling from the law school's store before graduating. It says "ND LAW" in big letters. I'd had the shits melt to my defroster in the past, so I decided to stick it on the little triangular window on my driver's side rear door.

Cop walks up to my car and starts the usual bit, I start the usual bit in response. Then I ask, "Can I see the radar gun?" This is an old thing you were supposed to do years ago because the cop could lie about what the gun says. Nowadays it's tied directly into the ticket printer so it's kind of pointless. Anyway he responds, "Uh. Well. I don't have to show it to you, but uh... you're special, so I'll let you see it." Guy comes back, we go through the motions, and then I figure he's gonna give me a ticket. Comes back with a written warning.

I'm guessing he didn't want to go to court.

>>18354988
Get the title transferred.

If she were to get the car wrongfully towed, I suppose you could sue her for your damages. Seems like an awful pain in the ass though. Just transfer the title.

>>18354143
Scenario:
A Chinese company recruited Friend A to start a corporation that will first start as a branch of computer shops before transitioning to ISPs. Friend A is knowledgeable and experienced in the cyber cafe business, having been in it for 10 years but is clueless about the corporate world. Friend A recruited me and two other guys to jump start the Chinese's business.

Thing is:
Friend A has trusts issues so he recruited me and 3 others
Not U/S. 3rd world actually. Any foreign nationals who wants to incorporate here need at least 50% locals in them so that's why we're accepted.
We are tasked, in addition to establish the cybercafe business, to create the bylaws and create the corporate structure from the top down.
Chinese guys don't give a shit about anything but money (none of them speak the language) so 99%of creative/marketing freedom are ours.
Obviously, the Chinese will fill the BoD and we'll be the officers, but negotiations are still underway.

I've been doing tons of research recently but I don't know what unseen hurdles can a lawyer see from this scenario.

>>18354993
It's my friend that has to do it though, if his lazy ass doesn't do it, what can I do?

>>18354997
Not OP, but literally take your friend to the DMV or the City Building (wherever you have to go in your state) and do it together.

>>18354997
In some states there's a form you can send to the DMV. It may be called a release of liability. It effectively tells the DMV, "Hey, I don't have it anymore. I don't own it anymore. I don't have anything to do with it anymore." You may need a copy of your bill of sale to do it... providing you actually did one.

>>18354995
Enormous. Fucking enormous number of hurdles. One of the biggest would be what happens if the Chinese try to get their money out of the country in an illegal fashion. I seem to recall this is a huge, huge issue in Venezuela, for example.

You need to see a lawyer, licensed in your country, that does international business transactions. It's very likely that there are a bunch of firms in your country's capital, possibly with branch offices in any regional capitals, that do exactly this. If the Chinese company is legitimate, it's likely that they're working with such a firm themselves, but it would be wise as a cover-your-own-ass move for you guys to at least talk with your own local counsel to make sure you're not getting taken.

>>18355020
Thanks a lot senpai.

>>18355034
No problem. There are just so many ways the Chinese company can unintentionally fuck up and break the law. Your friend doesn't want to get left holding the bag on that shit because he's all that's left in the country.

>>18354143
Any legal advice as I pursue home ownership?

>>18354143
why does a drunk person have responsibility when DUI but it's not their fault should they have sex drunk? (not blackout drunk, of course)

do you enjoy specific cases? would you refuse specific cases? ever done pro bono?

what is the process right after say, a parent dies?

why isn't basic law and economics taught in schools? isn't there a lot more the average person doesn't know?

is the evidence always presented in front of the accused? does anyone wonder if this is just a lesson on how to be a better criminal for him?

say someone kills one innocent person to somehow save another, what happens?

what's up with the age laws? why is 18 old enough to die for a country but not drink alcohol, for example?

what are some flaws in the system you think could be improved?

I've been always curious. Since you can be sued for any kind of fight, what is the right movement when they're mugging you in the street?

I always though on a radical defense like popping their eyes out but I always think I will end up no matter what.

>>18355047
You need a lawyer to do the closing. It's not terribly expensive. There are guys on Craigslist who will do it for something like $250 flat for a buyer. I can't vouch for them of course, but provided they've done closings before it's not that hard. Last closing I did, I charged about $400, and that was for a family friend.

While most of the pitfalls that can come up are unlikely to come up, there are so very many possible pitfalls that it is downright foolish to go without. That and if you're getting any kind of financing the bank may just about mandate you get a lawyer. They'll definitely mandate that you get title insurance, which will cover a large number of possible problems, but not all of them.

>>18355096
Well I'm presuming you're talking about a civil suit by the mugger for injuring him. As a matter of substantive law, of course, there is a self-defense doctrine that is pretty analogous to the same doctrine in criminal law. Stand your ground may be a little different in the civil context, but the basic rules are the same. Usually it's a complete defense to a civil battery suit that you were acting in self-defense, but there are little wrinkles to the rule, like whether your use of force must be proportional to the threat you're trying to stop.

As a practical matter, if you're mugged, give up your damn wallet. It's not worth the trouble. Don't carry cash in this day and age anyway.

>>18355067
Several questions here.
>why does a drunk person have responsibility when DUI but it's not their fault should they have sex drunk? (not blackout drunk, of course)
You're confusing capacity to consent with voluntary intoxication. I was going to type up a long explanation of mens rea and voluntary intoxication, but there's just not enough room to give an adequate explanation. More importantly, you're misunderstanding how "she was drunk" rape works: As I understand it, in order to be unable to consent to sex, the girl actually does have to be blackout drunk. There are going to be variations from state to state, but that's my take on it.

>do you enjoy specific cases? would you refuse specific cases? ever done pro bono?
I really like to fight government agencies. It's something of a dream of mine to take a case where I have the opportunity to get an entire regulatory framework thrown out because the agency didn't follow the right procedure in enacting the rule or exceeded its authority. Kind of like what happened with drone registration recently.

There is a large variety of cases I'd never take simply because I don't consider myself competent enough in the substantive field of law to adequately represent my client. That said, I generally *will* take these sorts of cases from family, and do them pro bono, unless there's a damn good reason not to.

>what is the process right after say, a parent dies?
I'm assuming you're talking about child custody. I'm not sure to be honest, I don't do a lot of family law. My gut instinct is that, if there is no clear next of kin to take temporary custody, or there's a dispute over who will take custody, there'd be an accelerated judicial determination on this matter, both as to who gets temporary physical custody until the proceeding ends, and who gets final custody.

>>18355067
>why isn't basic law and economics taught in schools? isn't there a lot more the average person doesn't know?
If you're talking about in high school, you have enough trouble teaching those kids basic civics. People really don't give a damn. If you're talking about in law schools, it's taught at least generally. I know we talked about it mostly in torts. I wasn't too crazy about it, to be honest. But then again, I'm a huge fan of a law and economics understanding of the modern second amendment.

>is the evidence always presented in front of the accused? does anyone wonder if this is just a lesson on how to be a better criminal for him?
The evidence that is used to convict, yes, is always presented in front of the accused. But evidence at trial is not a reconstruction of the criminal investigation from beginning to end. In fact, in order to present a more coherent and understandable case, it's advisable for the prosecution just to present enough witnesses to support a conviction. Like supposing you have five eyewitnesses to a shooting, you're not necessarily going to call all five of them. If one of them is a really nasty guy you definitely might consider leaving him out because defense could impeach his credibility on cross and muddy the waters for the jury.

As to whether people worry about a trial being a teaching tool, the only place I've seen this is where the criminal was caught using a cell-site simulator. The technologies involved are highly protected, and both the creators and the FBI are terrified of them being evaluated in open court. In fact, the FBI requires any DA that wants to license the devices to agree to *terminate* any prosecution where the FBI determines there's a risk of the technology being subject to subpoena and discussion in open court. And they routinely enforced these, at least a few years ago.

But the worry there is not about educating the person being prosecuted, but the cybersecurity community at large.

If your rapist has left to go to another country, but there's video evidence of it happening, is there anything you can do?

>>18355067
>say someone kills one innocent person to somehow save another, what happens?
If you're talking about the person doing the killing having been coerced into killing the innocent, it's murder. That's pretty much the one situation where self defense and defense of others doesn't protect: You can't kill an innocent person because a third party threatened your life or the life of another.

If you're talking about the switchman's dilemma, I actually don't know the exact answer! I want to say that it would be no defense, but that it would be an excuse. I'm reminded of R. v. Dudley & Stevens, which is one of those old chestnuts they make you study in law school. Seamen Dudley and Stevens were adrift on the high seas along with a cabin boy and a fourth seaman. Because they were starving, and the cabin boy appeared to be on the verge of death, Dudley and Stevens (and probably the fourth man) killed him, and then the three ate his remains. The case is an important teaching tool because it draws a distinction between a defense (which means there is no culpability at all) and an excuse (which means there is culpability but punishment might not be appropriate). As I recall, the court held that Dudley and Stevens had neither a defense nor an excuse and ordered them hanged. The Queen later commuted their sentences to something that was effectively a slap on the wrist.

>what's up with the age laws? why is 18 old enough to die for a country but not drink alcohol, for example?
It's all arbitrary and decided by the legislature. At common law, the age of majority was actually 21 for everything; i.e., it used to be you couldn't get married without parental consent until 21.

I was told I'd get a civil demand after forgetting to buy an item at shoprite, I didn't mean to not pay for it.

But this happened last week and I still haven't received the civil demand.

Should I separate about 100 dollars? It was 20 dollars worth of allergy medicine. I had the money to pay for it I just forgot, the security people didn't call the cops and let me go.

>>18355067
>what are some flaws in the system you think could be improved?
I really dislike the tendency of legislatures to authorize the transfer of adjudicative functions to administrative agencies, and only providing a very limited, highly deferential right to judicial review.

I'll give an example. Let's say you're a dentist. Someone complains to the state dental board that you fondled her breasts during an examination. The state dental board investigates and concludes that you should be disciplined. Most state boards will then file a complaint for discipline before an administrative law judge (an ALJ). This is not a judge in a court, but an ALJ in an administrative adjudication. The rules of procedure, and often evidence, are either the agency's rules or an "independent" administrative adjudicative body's rules, which aren't passed by the legislature but by the agency in a rulemaking proceeding.

So suppose you participate in this hearing. As part of the litigation you might object to certain evidence, for instance as being hearsay. "Ah!" the ALJ holds, "It might be inadmissible hearsay under the Rules of Evidence, but this adjudication is governed by the state Administrative Procedure Act, which allows the admission of evidence that would otherwise be inadmissible if these easy-to-meet criteria are met!" And then the evidence is in. Same with rules of procedure. The rules of administrative procedure typically provide a very simplified set of options, and the limited jurisdiction of the administrative body is always a problem.

Okay, you say, I'll just fight this case here, probably lose, and just appeal to the court. You just have to make sure you do that appeal within something like 30 days of the administrative decision! And in almost every case, the appeal is extraordinarily deferential: Usually, so long as the court concludes that a reasonable court could have reached the same conclusion, even if the court itself would not have, the decision stands.

>>18355484
Well first off, if you're talking about what the victim can do, she needs to go to the police anyway. But otherwise the issue of whether to prosecute and the legalities associated with it are up to the government. The government itself can attempt to extradite the alleged perpetrator, but that depends on treaty law allowing it, and sometimes on how strong the case appears to be. If extradition is impossible, and criminal personal jurisdiction has not attached through in-person arraignment, the court can't hear the case and no conviction would stand. If the perpetrator fled the country AFTER arraignment—i.e., Roman Polanski—he could be convicted in absentia.

It may also be possible for the victim to bring a civil suit against the alleged perpetrator in the country where he fled, but this can be complex. Let's say we're talking about a country with no extradition treaty with the U.S. like China, and a Chinese citizen fled to the U.S. to avoid prosecution for rape, and let's assume (probably incorrectly) that China wouldn't prosecute without him being present. Then the victim travels to the U.S. and files a lawsuit. It is very possible that the court would dismiss the action because everything took place abroad. I'm reminded of the Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Shell case, where a number of victims of torture in Africa traveled to the U.S. to sue a Dutch corporation for those acts committed in Africa. They lost.

>>18355507
I have no idea, sorry.

>>18355011
>>18355007

Nevermind, he ended up caving to his mom's gf, so now I'm going to pick it up and sell it to someone myself. I'll include a bill of sale and the whole nine yards this time.

>>18355544
Christ. What a pain in the ass. Good of you to take it back. Just make sure it's not been fucked up in the time he's had it.

>>18355551
He hasn't even used it once. I sold it to him for 150 because it needs some work, and because he's one of my best friends. But I'll just sell it to someone with a backbone this time.

>>18355555
Checked. Looks like you'll have good luck.

>>18354147
search for the county sheriff or clerk of court where they got arrested and look around the website.

for example here are my local options

http://www.sarasotasheriff.org/operations/corrections/arrest-reports.html

https://secure.sarasotaclerk.com/AnonLanding.aspx

>>18355555
Quints go to bro-ness.

/adv/ is a bro board until next quints

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>>18355607
damn this poor old guy on that sheriff website

ANDERSEN, ERNEST BLAKE
Date of Birth: 09/04/1937

80 years old and he has 7 charges of credit card fraud and one swindling of $50,000 or more.

How much do I have to comply with what a cop asks me to do?

Let's say I'm pulled over and the cop asks me to exit the car? Do I have to do so immediately without question?

>>18355671
you should probably do so out of common courtesy and life preservation. traffic stops always have police on edge since they are very dangerous.

leave anything illegal at home and you'll never have anything to worry about when pulled over.

>>18355686
You're not the lawyer, are you? That was awful advice.

>>18355671
Stepping out of the car? Yes, absolutely. Of course, you should do it with careful, deliberate movements. That is, not frantically or suddenly.

The one you have to be careful about is opening the trunk. But even then... my criminal law professor warned us that if we faced the same situation, we'd be tempted to refuse, being law students, and the cop might let us go at that. The problem is that two miles down the road we'd get pulled over again by another car, and they'd claim some reason—any reason—to arrest us or search the car without our consent. And they'd be smart enough to make the cause for the second stop much harder to challenge than the first would've been. These guys know all the tricks and they know them better than you.

But that said, it's fucking complex and I'm not even going to try to give real input on how to handle a traffic stop where the cop wants to look in your trunk.

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>>18355741
do I look like a lawyer?
I hope you sit there saying
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>>18355750
I am a lawyer and I love those videos so fucking much.

The funny thing is that in some of them, the stop or the orders the cop gives or actions the cop takes *are* illegitimate. But by acting retarded, the sovcit gets fucking tazed and spends the night in the clink.

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>>18355510
very inciteful-even used examples.
thanks senpai

>>18355750
Whoa, nice overreaction there.

Maybe let the lawyer answer the legal advice instead of looking like a moron?

>>18355884
how about you go to sleep kid, bedtime was two hours ago.

>>18354143
Should women
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Shit?

>>18355750
>do I look like a lawyer?
...We can't see you, anon. That's not how the internet works. Stop being autistic.

What the deal with lolis in the United States?

>>18354143
How many times have you seen someone use fabricated evidence in a case?

If you loosely base a novel / script on an existing work, when is it considered as plagiarism?

>>18357965
plagiarism is not illegal unless it is defamatory.

I think you may be thinking of copyright infringement and/or making an unlicensed "derivative work"

as long as the physical expression (i.e. not the ideas) is not "substantially similar" to the pre-existing work in the eyes of a jury, then it is not copyright infringement.

>>18354143
when should i take something to court and try and get money for it fx work related accident or real life accident

>>18358018
>I think you may be thinking of copyright infringement and/or making an unlicensed "derivative work"
Yes. I guess loose basing would count as derivative work.
I have googled substantial similarity and it is pretty interesting. I am confused however on originality of secondary work. For example, if there is a fictional TV show in a movie, and the characters and plot bits are taken from it, but the missing details are thought up by secondary author, will that be infringement?
Or concept albums (like The Wall) may have a plot, but such plot may be told through imagery and metaphors. Will retelling the story through more conventional means with major elements of original still being in place count as infringement?
And lastly, would Ulysses be infringing Odyssey if it wasn't so old? It has its own story, but has a lot of parallels to Homer's poem.

>>18358137
there is no bright line rule.

copyright law is not perfect and what is and is not copyright infringement will vary from case to case, with unpredictable results. juries are unpredictable.

check out the copyright doctrine of "scene a faire"

as long as you don't copy the fixed expressions, and only copy generic commonplace ideas, and make your own original fixed expressions based on the generic commonplace ideas, then you should be okay.

for example, nobody can copyright the commonplace idea of a spooky witch, but you can copyright a specific painting of a witch. as long as you don't copy the specific painting, but only copy the idea and make your own unique painting, you'll be fine.

>>18358189
I see how it is. Thanks for the help.

>>18354143

Perfect, I've always wanted to ask lawyer questions. So I was a pedestrian hit by an employee at Wholefoods. It was outside the store and the employee was wheeling carts into the store. The metal cart hit me in the back of the ankle I screamed and went down. The person whipped around, was just like 'sorry' and kept going didn't even stop. I was with a friend at the time and he said let's follow this employee and report the incident. We did. the person seemed worried and was just like 'okay, come here' in a flaky way.

We reported it to the staff, filling out a report, and the employee kept hanging around laughing and arguing with us. I was pretty fucking pissed because even if it wasn't intentional, the person was negligent. After filing the report, I got a call from their representative and I explained what happened. They sent me $100 in gift cards along with a letter.

Do I still have a case to sue? Is it even worth pursuing or was it just a shit moment? I wasn't injured too badly. Bruised and had to miss work but did not go to the hospital. I think that's all the details I have.

>>18354143

OP you freakin' rule. What type of girls are you into and do you have any leisure time?