Law & Ethics - April 2007

I'm working on a series of books but I need to talk to various people for information but I don't want my ideas/work being stolen or copied. How do I go about copyrighting my work and ideas?, Thank you!

2007-04-12 03:21:57 · 4 answers · asked by anansie_uk 2

We are constantly being told not to give money because the money will only be spent on drugs and /or alcohol. We are also told that many of these so called homeless are members of organised gangs (my husband told me this also) and that the money collected is given to the gang leaders (maybe in return for drugs).

But are ALL homeless people junkies? Is it ethically right to NOT give because MOST homeless are junkies? What about those who are homeless through no fault of their own? What are your thoughts on this?

2007-04-12 02:59:40 · 24 answers · asked by Chimera's Song 6

I have a loan with a loan company, and I was behind in payments. They wanted me to come in and set up an alternative payment schedule than the original one. After the lady, Tammy, signed her name, she had me sign it. Then she signed another's name, Margie, her co-worker, who at the time was busy with another customer, and pulled out a notary public's stamp and stamped it. I had no idea that it was going to be stamped because if I had known, I never would have signed it. Is that legal?

2007-04-12 02:55:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I received a contract from a personal injury attorney. It states that he will receive 40%, and that expenses (even his) will come out of my portion. There's no cap on his "expenses" so how can I protect my 60% from being eaten up? I see no point in wasting time pursuing a case that gains me little or nothing.
BTW this is about the Jif Peanut Butter/Salmonella thing, which I assume will be a class action suite.
Can I request a contract stating the limit of expenses? And if they say no.....run the other way!

2007-04-12 02:42:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

OK, someone please try to explain this to me.

OK, Don Imus made a stupid comment, and some people (many of whom did not even hear the comment) found it offensive. So Al Sharpton throws his weight around, threatens a few boycotts, and next thing you know Don Imus is fired.

Yet, whenever I say that I am offended by a certain group, say NAMBLA (a group promoting homosexual pedophilia) , and I wish for them to be shut down, I get attacked for violating free speech. Even though many NAMBLA members have been arrested for sex crimes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nambla#Related_legal_proceedings

It is still “violating their free speech” to try and shut them down. Yet, Don Imus committed NO crime, and was fired.

Is racism a worse crime in our society than child molestation?

2007-04-12 02:33:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have you heard of the State v. Stewart case. IF you have or have some knowledge of the case please e-mail me.

2007-04-12 02:30:24 · 4 answers · asked by slickrick 2

When you're 15-16, you are able to take drivers education. After so many hours of driving, you can get your liscence. However, it's something that everyone is not able to do for one reason or another. Driving is a privelage.

With alcohol, you turn a certain age and automatically can drink without any form of education or training. So what is alcohol? A privelage or a right? Also, how do you define the difference between the two?

2007-04-12 02:22:36 · 10 answers · asked by Kitty 4

my attorney wont come visit me

2007-04-12 02:21:33 · 6 answers · asked by ananda 1

My son has written-off his car in an accident involving no other vehicle, personal injury or property damage and he has only 3rd party insurance. His car was removed from scene via police recovery and is in garage storage yard. They want him to pay before he can remove it and are adding daily fees all the time it is there. He is unemployed and in the process of going bankrupt with a final appointment to sign forms on monday at CAB who have been colating his debts and writing to his creditors in preperation for this. He has no money at all so cannot pay fee to remove the car (which was of little value and a write-off) or the mounting charges. How can he resolve this or halt the fees? Will this be automatically included with his other bankruptsy debts?

2007-04-12 02:18:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-12 02:02:53 · 3 answers · asked by MARCUS R 1

2007-04-12 02:00:34 · 7 answers · asked by k c 1

the police, DVDs, and leaflets say so but im not sure is it a real crime or is it just to stop people copying them?

2007-04-12 01:57:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

What do you think that punishment should be?

I think she should serve jail time. Labeling someone a rapist is a highly awful thing. These guys lives will never be the same after this trial.

2007-04-12 00:32:24 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Doesn't that violate their First Amndt. right to free speech?

2007-04-12 00:17:51 · 11 answers · asked by idontwantasalad 3

How can their be age discrimination laws yet companies can offer different price structures depending on your age. eg National Express if between 16-26 you get a young persons card and get to travel for 30% less than a 27 year old ?

2007-04-12 00:08:03 · 5 answers · asked by john brown 1

I demand they Look after the Old better
Bring Back discipline into our schools
get rid of over paid administrators in the NHS and replace them with better paid nurses.
Stop outsourcing essential services thus getting
Poor Pay poor workmanship....train children from 16 to 18 for a future job.. bring back apprenticeships and on and on in an ideal world ....how about you what do you want?

2007-04-11 23:22:49 · 101 answers · asked by sylvie c 4

I know this is a political generalization but it's a strange and funny observation.

People who support abortion believe in killing people who don't yet exist. People who support the death penalty believe in killing people who behave in an unacceptable manner. How can you support one and not the other? How can one human be considered a person of value and the other not?

It's kind of crazy if you think about it. Political allegiances are retarded. (I'm particularly referring to the party platforms in the United States.)

2007-04-11 22:16:08 · 18 answers · asked by Justin 4

1) Which is the only country in the world to have dropped bombs on over twenty different countries since 1945?

2) Which is the only country to have used nuclear weapons?

3) Which country was responsible for a car bomb which killed 80 civilians in Beirut in 1985, in a botched assassination attempt, thereby making it the most lethal terrorist bombing in modern Middle East history?

4) Which country's illegal bombing of Libya in 1986 was described by the UN Legal Committee as a "classic case" of terrorism?

5) Which country rejected the order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to terminate its "unlawful use of force" against Nicaragua in 1986, and then vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling on all states to observe international law?

6) Which country was accused by a UN-sponsored truth commission of providing "direct and indirect support" for "acts of genocide" against the Mayan Indians in Guatemala during the 1980s?

7) Which country unilaterally withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in December 2001?

8) Which country renounced the efforts to negotiate a verification process for the Biological Weapons Convention and brought an international conference on the matter to a halt in July 2001?

9) Which country prevented the United Nations from curbing the gun trade at a small arms conference in July 2001?

10) Aside from Somalia, which is the only other country in the world to have refused to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?

11) Which is the only Western country which allows the death penalty to be applied to children?

12) Which is the only G7 country to have refused to sign the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, forbidding the use of landmines?

13) Which is the only G7 country to have voted against the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 1998?

14) Which was the only other country to join with Israel in opposing a 1987 General Assembly resolution condemning international terrorism?

15) Which country refuses to fully pay its debts to the United Nations yet reserves its right to veto United Nations resolutions?

2007-04-11 22:10:19 · 8 answers · asked by Nick 3

and if you think it's a religious one, why is gay marriage illegal?
what happened to separation of church and state?

2007-04-11 21:19:00 · 6 answers · asked by dee dee 1

...instead of buying ludicrous investment holiday homes in Plovdiv or Torremolinos, how about sharing their windfall with Shelter, the homeless charity, or something else fairer and more equitable to wider society? More people are disadvantaged by runaway house price inflation than those who benefit.

2007-04-11 18:55:57 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-11 18:49:16 · 10 answers · asked by Robots 4

2007-04-11 18:29:46 · 6 answers · asked by Kishan J 1

Is it a valid document? Why can't they generate computer generated signature?

2007-04-11 17:43:40 · 2 answers · asked by Sundar 2

My ex and I have shared custody of our child, and my ex claimed her on his taxes this year. When I asked him about splitting the refund he said he'd give me $700.00, but only gave me $500.00 so far. At the time he handed me the check, he said he'd give me the rest of it the next time he got paid. (2 weeks) So 3 weeks have past and I asked him if he was going to pay me the rest and he said when he felt like it. He tried to give me lame excuses like he didn't get his taxes back yet but he forgot he already told me that he did. Plus, he makes so much money that $200.00 is just pocket change to him. Me on the other hand am a single mom with 2 children and neither father pays child support. So, my question is; Since he made a verbal agreement to pay me the $200.00 can I really go to court and win? This man is slime and needs to learn he can't keep do something like this and get away with it.

2007-04-11 17:33:03 · 10 answers · asked by booboobear 2

I can't beleive that people are using the if they can say it why cant we say it excuse for Imus. We tell our kids that there are things parents can talk about and there are words they hear on tv ,we ask them not to repeat or call them adult words.There are pet names we call our lovers that if someone else said them we would be offended.Take your wife,You may call her honey. If another man calls your wife honey most men would want to fight or at last have a sense of "that 's not appropriate". I might say my child stinks at t-ball but that doesnt give you the right to bash my child. nana's pot pie might taste like dirt but that's still my nana.It's not the words thmeselves but the somewhat hateful or elitist way there used sometimers that offends. I have some white friends that call me boy in a friendly way I others in a way that made me feel hate. Yes, some rappers offend me some are good , I can call my cousin a nappy head whatever but the saying u dont know me like that means ?

2007-04-11 17:29:19 · 7 answers · asked by aj w 2

I just thought of that since they can tell if your lying or not.

2007-04-11 17:15:12 · 17 answers · asked by sNEakERHEAd07! 2

I have a business(bar restaurant) in Orange County, California. My business is in a separate building and has its own parking lot. My business has a license to serve beer and wine, so most of my customers come to my business do drink beer and wines. The problem I have is that the polices come to my business, and drive around my building so often during my business hours. This is really scare my customer away. They also park in the plaza next to my business, so as soon as my customer leave our bar, they pull them over and test for alcohol. Since this happened, rumor has spread around, so I lost a lot of customers, and this really effects my business. I've been loosing a lot of moneys for month. My question that is it legal for them to do that if it is how can stop this. Please help me, I really appreciate it. Thanks

P.S. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think they can not come to my business for no reason , and they can not stop my customer within 1 mile radius

2007-04-11 17:11:26 · 16 answers · asked by tvu333 1

Employee hurt at work-another employee witnessed incident but quit after-injured told superviser, boss, owner-obvious they hurt and now boss denying that employee said anything at the time-that employee had to quit due to pain and is now suing company-since everyone (including superviser, boss, owner, employees) saw that person in obvious pain in front of superviser, boss, owner, can employees be called by the suing employee to testify against the boss that that employee was obviously in pain (sitting on box instead of chair to alleviate pain, keyboard on books to adjust height to alleviate pain). They all saw this employee do this...also makes me wonder what kind of boss we are working for if someone else gets hurt...good paying job, don't want to lose, but scared at the same time about the ethics of employer if someone else gets hurt in the future. Now have to sign "I did not get hurt, I did not witness anyone else get hurt" forms to get paycheck--blackmail/intimidation?

2007-04-11 16:25:57 · 9 answers · asked by billings_kitty 2

I am intending on going ot law school, i was wondering if i get accepted to iowa state school of law. After graduation how will i be able to practice law in Florida? Will i have to take the bar again? and Will i have to learn all the new laws ( going back to school)

2007-04-11 16:19:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 18 and in florida and I was caught shoplifting a cd under 13$, taken in to a room and made sign a paper, i was then let go, no police were contacted, or arrest were made, i recieved a letter to pay a fine of 200$ the letter said the fine would release me of civil liability. Will this show up on my record? Since no police were involved is it still possible it will show?

ps: trust me lesson learned

2007-04-11 15:54:10 · 13 answers · asked by Abdiel N 1