Law & Ethics - December 2007

My neighbors were just busted 2 weeks ago for growing/ cultivating pot in their home- over 200 plants. I am wondering what will happen to the home. Will they be able to still live there, if they want to? (Not that they want to) Will they be able to sell it tomorrow if they wanted too? What about renting it out? Or will it just go into foreclosure? Or even have it seized by the government? There must be some sort of guideline that the government follows for this type of thing. They don’t the home. In fact they just bought it less than 2 years ago. The PG&E line was cut, since they tapped into illegally. The people who live there have not had a trial yet, so they are still innocent of any crime, as of today. Any ideas?

2007-12-27 12:52:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-27 12:52:05 · 2 answers · asked by bestgoodgirl 2

ok, He is 18; and had 2 felonies; one for stealing and one for recieving stolen property. Totalling 9 years- but he got probation (May of this year). Unfortunatley, he did not do the things he was to do; community service, drug & alcohal treatment, payments, ect.. so he was picked up and has court January 11th. I am traumatized as he is my BIRTHSON and I am a little upset that his life was supposed to be better and i have discovered otherwise- Is he likely to go to prison? Can anyone give me thier opinion on what is likely to happen to him? This does not look good does it? :(

2007-12-27 12:50:49 · 9 answers · asked by Tabitha 2

I am wondering if it would be an infringement of copyright law to copy/paste/print an official team logo for personal use? Everything I have read so far has focused on 'commercial' use--reselling, etc., but none of them seem to address the ease of public access to images online and how you can use them personally.
There would be no commercial use of the logo, but a third party would be printing the logo on a paper item, which would then be used personally. What are the restrictions for personal use? Any clear/up-to-date info would be helpful.

2007-12-27 12:38:25 · 3 answers · asked by totaljen 1

She's in a nursing home now, in poor health & her husband took some things from my mother's house when she died. He's since died. I'd like to be notified before these things go to auction.

2007-12-27 12:03:55 · 7 answers · asked by shermynewstart 7

I recently was eating a sandwich at a national company when I bit into glass in the sandwich. I called the company and they said keep the glass they will investigate it. A few days later I got another call and the man offered me free sandwichs. Needless to say I was not happy. I guess my question is do I have a good case to sue and for how much. I did not get cut, but I did hurt my tooth when I bit down on it....

2007-12-27 11:58:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have to go to court next week because my landlord is trying to evict me because i called l&i on him because my house is a death trap and they told me that in philadelphia you must have a rental licesne to rent i found out my landlord does not have one. now i don't have any of the money to show for the rent i didnt pay because my child got sick and i had to pay those bills soWHAT DO YOU THINK THE JUDGE MAY SAY .will him not having a licesne help my case.

2007-12-27 11:52:23 · 6 answers · asked by kathypb35 1

We get enough lying, cheating, bashing from a male dominated society, Y do females still bash each other?
Many women call each other bi(ches and are more critical/judgemental of each other. (And are proud of it)

When the guy cheats, the woman automatically blames the other woman. What if the women didnt know? If you didnt notice, guys like to lie to get sex.

When many women dress they don't even dress for men, they dress to compete with each other. You know who you are.

2007-12-27 11:48:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My X just bought a house and moved in less than 100 yards away. My restraining order states he can not come within 100 yards from me. Will the District Attorny measure property line to property line? Or front door to front door? Property line to property line is around 88 yards, front door to front door is around 118 yards. I just wonder what the parameters are when measuring. It blows me away that he would even consider moving into my neighborhood, and putting me in such an awkward position.

2007-12-27 11:46:16 · 36 answers · asked by Sally 1

Can you avoid the rest by saying you took the better person on at the interview?

Can you decline to undertake building work to anyone who is not White Native English without getting into trouble?

Local builder at the pub wants to know.

2007-12-27 11:39:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-27 11:38:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

To me, it borders on unethical and is equal to ambulance chasing. These attorneys seem desperate for cases, and the commercials just get trashier every day.

2007-12-27 11:37:35 · 8 answers · asked by Socks 5

It feels or seems that common sense has made an exit from Government and Laws overnight (certainly fairly quickly).

Is it down to one thing or person or by some strange other reason?

Is Labour (The Twit Party) responsible?

2007-12-27 11:29:48 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-27 11:26:56 · 5 answers · asked by Gregory D 1

is it illegal to shorten your name while signing papers
My name is Melvin but my whole life i always shortened my name whenever i sign papers

2007-12-27 11:14:11 · 5 answers · asked by Aqua-Man 2

I am a bartender in a local pub/casino in Las Vegas. The employer forced me to sign a paper that I would give up 20% of my daily tips to them for helping when it is busy and also give up 10% to the cook. Is this legal?

2007-12-27 11:12:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I applied for a job and I they want a clean record for the past 10 years. I was arrested 10 years ago, but it took about 2 years before court convicted me on this crime, so this would shorten my time to 8 yrs. Does any one know which date employers are looking at?

2007-12-27 11:05:14 · 10 answers · asked by elizabeth c 1

A lot of times when I hand someone a $20 or $100 bill they'll mark it with some kind of pen that's suppose to tell if it counterfit or not. Is it legal to mark on or deface paper currency. I've also been told the marking pen really doesn't work and all they have to do is look at the built in marks.

2007-12-27 10:58:48 · 4 answers · asked by stephenl1950 6

a child or not (abortion), and a man doesn't have that
option. I'm not saying that a woman shouldn't have the
right to make that choice, but if she decides to have the
child why is it fair to force the man into fatherhood and
a financial responsibility that he didn't choose!

2007-12-27 10:57:24 · 18 answers · asked by WorldClassPlayer 2

2007-12-27 10:56:08 · 6 answers · asked by Jake M 1

co-signer is spanish speaking and was unaware that they made him the primary person. he specified that we will only co-sign. the car was purchased for the daughter and the father co-signed. she moved out and we have no idea where she has the car and has not been making any payments. he tried to explain this the the lender but they said he's responsible which he wasn't aware that he was the main person on the contract and not the co-signer.

2007-12-27 10:52:20 · 24 answers · asked by Maria G 1

my fiance has two kids from another woman and he wants to file for visitation rights because she wont let him see them anymore but he doesnt know and needs her physical address. problem is, he lives in california and she lives in nevada and of course she wont give it to him so i was wondering if anyone has any suggestions how he could find out or any good web sites to search? any help would be greatly appreciated!

2007-12-27 10:48:56 · 6 answers · asked by blondie 7

my cousins case is going to trial next week.
she took money from her boss, like 2,000$ but she payed it all back and her boss signed a paper saying he doesnt want to press charges or anything like that..
she has a lawyer and everything
how do you think the outcome will be??

2007-12-27 10:46:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who is to blame for the death of the teenager? Is it the zoo? The parents seem to want to blame the zoo for eveything. Funny thing is: The father said he had no idea that his son was at the zoo! So since when is the zoo supposed to be somebody's mommy and daddy? Everyone knows the risk! The Tiger is a perfect killing machine! Siberian Tigers in Russia have been known to kill and eat fully grown grizzly bears! They say that Tiger cannot jump that high, and I say it can! This breed of Tiger grows to be very large. Up to 13 ft. including the tail. An 18 or even 20 ft. wall is not gonna stop a Siberian Tiger if it wants out bad enough. I don't know what you have to do these days to be a so called "expert". Buy a book at K-Mart or Wal-Mart? I think there is alot of blame to go around. The father is to be blamed for his neglect, and the Zoo should be blamed for using a rediculous way to try to keep the Tiger at bay. That wall should have been made alot higher!

2007-12-27 10:42:15 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-27 10:29:35 · 17 answers · asked by steph h. 1

I am 23 now, so this doesn't really effect me but I think this issue is interesting. How many people who preach 21 laws have actualy consumed alcohol underage? I think there are a lot of hypocrits there. I think its very unlikely that someone growing up did not have a drop of alcohol until they turned 21. Does the magic drinking fairy come the night of your 21st birthday and all of a sudden make you more mature? I think this law causes a degree of cyinicism among the younger generation today. That said, before you start throwing statistics at me about full brain development doesn't happen until mid twenties, then why don't we raise the age to 25? to 30? to 99? Statistics can be skewed to make them say whatever you want. The facts are that this isn't very effective, because under 21s still drink today despite our harsh laws. By the way my 20 year old friend was killed 2 years ago in Iraq, he was mature enough to get shot in the head, but not have a Bud Light. Quite ridiculous.

2007-12-27 10:26:42 · 20 answers · asked by itz631 3

are you admissable to the usa on holidays if you have a drugs conviction ?

2007-12-27 10:18:01 · 4 answers · asked by lauraloohalfpasttwo 1

Where i live in vermont the main source of jobs come from slate quarries. I want to say this first i dont blame the mexicans - guatamalans at all i would do the same thing i i could. Now within the last 10 years id say pretty close to half of the jobs in our area are filled with immigrants.
From what ive been told Our company pays then 5$ an hour and the govt pays another 5$ an hour giving them 10$ an hour.
Their paychecks are taxed but nowhere near as much. Basicaly a lot of hard working people cant get jobs anymore because of this.
I think that the employers are taking advantage of them to make extra money. ( well i dont think this i know this for a fact)
and it just isnt right. Its people like this taking al our money out of the economy, what can be done?

2007-12-27 09:49:13 · 4 answers · asked by Richard C 3

What Stupid/ Funny Laws Do You Know of?

2007-12-27 09:47:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

The reason I ask is that my neighbor, Dumb Earl, got good and tanked up last night and rammed his 28 foot boat into my dock. Now it's sitting under about 8 feet of water and putting out a nice little oil slick. I'd like to drag that dude out and claim it for my own. I figure he won't wake up for a day or two and then won't even remember where he left it.

2007-12-27 09:42:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous