Law & Ethics - September 2007

I am in the middle of a possible multi-million dollar Civil Rights lawsuit and I am currently defending myself. Please let me know of any law firms that can help me ensure that the individual citizens' rights are well protected.

2007-09-23 10:34:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-23 10:28:28 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have to write a paper about Ohio computer crime laws and I'm really having trouble finding a good source.

I'm not asking for the answers here, but I'd REALLY like some good ideas on where to look.

2007-09-23 10:25:11 · 4 answers · asked by Raven 2

Also do you know if they are changing anytime soon??

2007-09-23 10:24:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently started attending school two hours away from home, and am using a friend's address to get all school-related mail, and recently, the carrier has been writing "put name on mailbox, or no more mail to this person will be delivered" and "No name on box, no mail, final notice!". My friends live in an apartment complex that has strict rules on number of occupants in an apartment, etc..., and cannot put my name on the mailbox, as it would get them into trouble. I am not living there, I just want to get all school-related mail there (My local post office has previously "lost" two letters from my school in as many weeks). And with student loan checks being sent out soon, I don’t want to risk it.

Is it legal for the carrier to REFUSE to deliver mail to this address, simply because my name isn’t on the mailbox? (USA, Ohio).

Thank you for your answer.

2007-09-23 10:16:36 · 6 answers · asked by locutus43420 1

Can a judge in a felony criminal case express his opinion of the defendant or the situation and still be impartial?

2007-09-23 10:12:16 · 5 answers · asked by E V 1

2007-09-23 10:11:14 · 11 answers · asked by hari 1

2007-09-23 10:07:26 · 5 answers · asked by Sam628 1

I was in jail for the past two weeks. I get home to find out a week and a half ago the police came to my home with a search warrant and took my laptops, ipods and some cameras. I just bonded out of jail today. If I was getting charged with something wouldnt they have already charged me? and also, wouldn;t I have been restricted from being released from jail? Also am I allowed to go get a copy of the warrant from the police station, or will they try to arrest me?

2007-09-23 10:01:55 · 6 answers · asked by therealaone 1

On February 10, 2004, the French Parliament voted 494 to 36 to approve a legislative bill which bans all conspicuous “religious” articles of faith from public schools. The bill passed France's national legislature and was signed into law by President Jacques Chirac on March 15, 2004. The law disproportionately affects those for whom the wearing of “religious” articles is considered an obligation, not a choice—an obligation that cannot change, whether the practitioners are in public or private spheres.

Does that mean that the French said they could NOT wear religious things or they HAD to? I have to write a paper. Please help me understand!

2007-09-23 09:57:42 · 3 answers · asked by Kelsey 3

could any name a law that has been passed that is not for the common good

2007-09-23 09:51:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-23 09:49:45 · 8 answers · asked by badchick610 1

Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance companies provide 68 million Americans with health care financing. The blues paid billions of dollars for care attributable to illness related to tobacco use. In attempt to recover some of this amount, the Blues filed suit in a federal district court against tobacco companies and other tabacco products. The conspiracy involved misrepresentation about the safety of nicotine and its addictives properties, marketing efforts target children, and agreements not to produce or market safer ciggaerettes. As a result of the defendants' efforts, many tobacco users developed lung, throat, and other cancers, as well as heart disease, stroke, emphysema, and other illnesses. The defendants asked the court to dismiss the case on the ground that the plaintiff did not have standing to sue. Do the Blues have standing in this case? Why or why not?

2007-09-23 09:33:39 · 6 answers · asked by mikeym_84 2

A guy friend and I were discussing terrible pranks one could pull that would be really horrible. He suggested the following:
Go to a neighborhood where you see someone new is moving in. Then go door to door introducing yourself as the new person moving in and explain to them that you are a registered sex offender and have to notify everyone. Word will spread that the new neighbor is a sex offender.

Cruel, eh?! Well, this hypothetical led to quite the legal debate. What laws are being broken? You're introducing yourself as the sex offender and are only claiming to live in that house. So I don't see how it would be slander unless you claimed to be THAT person. So, philosophical legal types, let's hear it. How is this prank illegal?

2007-09-23 09:29:39 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an ongoing court case, a car was given voluntarily back to the company but they are trying to say they repossessed it. I am fighting this in court and go back in November. The company gained a judgment against me but I am disputing this and the judgment against me. At the last hearing the court discharged the judgment as to quantum. What does this mean?

2007-09-23 09:26:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-23 09:23:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-23 09:22:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have this clinical instructor who got mad of me because i wrote in our feedback diary my negative observations about her. She want's me to be her instructor again but i was able to escape from it. too bad she cant take her revenge.

But now, she has been talking with other students and instructors and spreading vindictive traits about me.

Can I sue her? so she will stop and be placed in jail?

2007-09-23 09:10:26 · 5 answers · asked by mac1987 1

Do Los Angeles Cops really write tickets for "Improper Use of the Drive-by Shooting Lane?"

Under the Public Health Code of Louisiana, how many port-a-potties should Martin Luther King III have rented when he brought 60,000 demonstrators to Jena? (pop 2,971) Can residents sue for lawn and garden damage by demonstrators who literally had no other place to go?

What's the status on Stevie Wonder's paternity suit? Last I heard. he was claiming he never laid eyes on the woman.

2007-09-23 09:07:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitutio. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible." -- Jamie Raskin, AU law professor

2007-09-23 09:00:18 · 4 answers · asked by rogir_Rabbit 2

I can see a fine. But BEHIND BARS. A person should be REMOVED from society for smoking pot? I don't get it.

2007-09-23 08:56:21 · 7 answers · asked by Orange County is great! 2

don't have the rent on october 1st? The order was signed by the judge on August 9th. I live in Florida.

2007-09-23 08:53:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has anyone here got divorce with do it yourself Filling out forms and filing? Noncontested without children in Georgia? Please help.
On my forms already purchase with uslegalforms.com. We will be married 14 years. These forms state that alimony is waieved. How ever, it also states that an added afidated can be added to imply alimony if needed. We have agreed to alimony and have a letter notarized to do so. And sign by me and my husband as he is to pay me. Is this what they are asking for or do we write it next to the staement on the forms and mark out waieved. To initial change. Or is this letter afadatis enough. Please I need to get this behind me.
littledebbiedodd@yahoo.com or dpowers301@charter.net

2007-09-23 08:52:59 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-23 08:50:37 · 11 answers · asked by Clown 2

Is a contract enforceable (i.e. is there consideration) when one party (in good faith or in bad faith) agrees not to initiate litigation (or not to sue) against the other party for an alleged breach of an existing contract between the parties.

If anyone can point to a site that specifically mentions this or a case where this was resolved, it would be much appreciated.

2007-09-23 08:37:15 · 5 answers · asked by jonathan a 1

2007-09-23 08:34:18 · 3 answers · asked by J. M 1

can I sue my acusers..they did lie on the stand and I do have proof of this..what laws does this fall under..false imprisionment...thanks..

2007-09-23 08:20:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

& then they don't even show up to the trial/court! my lawyer plans a new courtdate in 4 months, hoping they show up to that one,-what would you do?

2007-09-23 08:16:04 · 4 answers · asked by strange-artist 7

2007-09-23 08:15:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

why is abortion legal but when somone kills a pregnant woman they are charged with a double homocide?

2007-09-23 08:14:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous