Title: My last post was a joke about the cops "illegally" taking my cocaine, but now I need your help. Friend found out that her tattoo "apprenticeship" hasn't been legitimate and she's been tattooing (unknowingly) illegally. Wants to turn the shop and artist in but doesn't want to be in legal trouble.TN

Question:
This is in Tennessee.  My friend, "Alice" has been a tattoo apprentice for 9/10 months now (an apprenticeship lasts a year in TN).  The artist she's been apprenticing under, "Rex", owns the shop.  The shop opened about a year ago.  Alice agreed to pay rex $3,000 for a year long apprenticeship (and I think a booth at his shop once licensed).  Alice took the required bloodborne pathogens/general health regulations test (I'm assuming at the health department) and passed.  Once she did, Rex told her it was all taken care of and she was officially his apprentice.  Alice and Rex never signed a contract (.....ugh), which I think might change the game a little bit.  She paid him $1,000 up front.  After some time, Alice started tattooing under Rex in the shop.  She's been tattooing regularly since then.  A month ago, Alice found out (I think Rex told her) that her apprenticeship hadn't actually started because there was an apprentice license she was supposed to get before being allowed to start.  When Rex told Alice in the beginning that he's taken care of everything and she was officially his apprentice, she trusted that he was correct.  So this means that the tattoos she's been doing in the shop have all been illegal.  She's since stopped tattooing, and has been reading around on regulations a lot more and now thinks the shop is violating health laws, most notably that there is no autoclave (sanitizing device) at the shop (which is required), and the shop does not have a current health department approval certificate (or if they do, they will not let Alice see it- it's supposed to be clearly framed on the wall in a common area of the shop).  Alice already paid Rex the rest of the $3,000 (which she didn't get a receipt for.... ugh).

She knows she has to do something about it, but she's very worried she's going to be in a lot of trouble for tattooing illegally.  She also wants to get her $3,000 dollars back since her apprenticeship didn't actually count.  I told her small claims court would be the way to do that, but if I'm wrong, someone please correct me.  She also told me that $1,000 of the $3,000 came from some type of education fund/scholarship type thing, and it could only be used for education (which the apprenticeship counted as).  Could they ask for that money back from her since she it didn't get used for any type of schooling?  Are her chances at seeing any of the $3,000 again pretty slim (especially without receipts....ugh)?  Would she be blamed for not checking harder into the laws regarding her own apprenticeship and the license, or is Rex at fault for implying that it was all taken care of?   There's also the fact that Rex never asked to see Alice's apprentice license, which seems pretty damn irresponsible for a shop owner.  He must've known that she wasn't actually apprenticing since he apparently didn't register her anywhere or even have a record of her being at the shop.  9 months of her life were spent doing this and it didn't count for anything.  Shitty situation.

So what does she do?  How does she avoid getting in trouble for tattooing (unknowingly) illegally for months while simultaneously trying to get her money back, get the shop checked out for serious violations, and get some kind of..revenge(?totally not the word I'm looking for) on Rex for stringing her through this?  Or is this whole thing kind of her fault for not being more aware?  I already mentioned to her that she might need a lawyer, but is this a case where she needs a lawyer, like, *yesterday*?

Thanks for reading, super sorry it turned into a short novel.  If there are any details you need, please ask.

Answer:
 If she passed her bloodborne pathogens test, how did the lack of an autoclave not raise an alarm?Answer #2: Consult with an attorney about how to move forward. Ask about whistleblower protection. When she reports this to the health department, thy will investigate and charges may be filed. She may be able to negotiate something in exchange for cooperating or testifying, if it comes to that.

She certainly can sue for her money back, but I would advise that she get anything, a returned check, an email, something confirming that she paid the $3000 for an apprenticeship. Answer #3: Not legal advice, but as someone wanting to get a tattoo who lives in TN this scares me.


Title: If a bartender was caught on a (hidden) camera putting something in women's drinks what would happen to him? [Florida]

Question: Say there was a bar where more then one woman complained about her drink being drugged there. There was suspicion but nothing could be proven so management let it go. Then one of the bartenders was caught on (hidden) camera putting something in women's drinks while he was making it before he handed it to the women. The women in the video complained about being date raped, they were all with the same guy when they were at the bar, the guy has prior convictions for drugging and raping women, they are friends on Facebook and the bartender was found with a date rape drug in his pocket. The hidden camera was put there by one of the waitresses without approval or knowledge of the management and she went to the police without telling the management. Would the bartender get in trouble or this stuff not enough proof?

Answer:
 No one has a crystal ball.

But that sounds like lots and lots of evidence.Answer #2: > Would the bartender get in trouble or this stuff not enough proof?

We don't predict the future here, that's /r/psychics.  You should contact the police and give them the information they have so they can conduct a proper investigation.


Title: [IN]Square Enix Store Won't Release Refund for Lost Package

Question:
Back in March of 2016 I ordered an item from the Square Enix online store.  The order just sat there for a few weeks with no tracking info just a status of shipping.  About 3 weeks later I emailed their support and after 3 business days received a response with the UPS Surepost Tracking info.  When I pulled up the info, the package showed as delivered on the previous Saturday, one which both my wife and I were home all day.  I checked with our neighbors and around our house and nothing.  We regularly receive packages and neither us nor our neighbors have had issues with packages being stolen or vandalized.

I contacted Square Enix who said that they have it marked as delivered, and I paid with PayPal and they said that since the status was delivered I was denied the Lost/Stolen claim.  I went back to Square Enix and they said my only option was to open a USPIS investigation into the location of my package and pending the results.  So, I followed up and contacted USPIS and began an investigation.  After quite a bit of delay and back and forth, USPS finds that their system does not have a record of the USPS portion of the UPS Surepost delivery.  UPS marks it as delivered, but the USPS tracking component returned an invalid tracking number.  I forwarded this info to UPS and to Square Enix.

At this point it's August or so, and Square Enix agrees to refund my order amount since there is no stock of the item I wanted.  I received an email saying my refund was released, and I wait 10 business days and no refund in my PayPal balance.  I contact them again and this starts a cycle which has persisted till even today 1/26/17.  Last month I submitted an FTC claim and a claim through the Indiana Customer Protection Bureau in the Attorney General's office.  I received a response from the AG office on 1/18/17 with a letter from Square Enix Legal saying that my refund was going to be released immediately and that the previous attempts had errored due to there being a denied PayPal claim on the order.  The AG letter said that if there was no refund within 10 business days to contact the AG office again.

My question is, what other recourse do I have here?  Should I contact a customer protection attorney?  Is it worth taking this to court?  The amount is $80, which isn't a huge amount, but it's money that I am owed and an order that I never received.  Any advice would be appreciated.

Answer: You're pretty much doing everything you're supposed to.  If 10 days goes by without a refund, contact the AG again.  He'll advise you to go to court if that's the best course of action.


Title: Landlord/Tenant advice

Answer: What does your original lease say? Unless you signed a new lease or an adendum, then whatever is stated in the original lease is what is enforceable.


Title: [CA] College gave me a $65.00 ticket for parking on a white line, last car in the row, while parked in a parking structure for orientation students on orientation day

Question:
I'm trying to be a student at CSU San Marcos. A couple weeks ago they had orientation. All orientation students were instructed to park on the 5th or 6th level of the parking structure and leave a temporary parking permit visible. Nobody was parked in this parking lot except for hopeful and most likely broke students (myself being one of them).

\\\||||[][][][][][][][][][[][][][]///
///[X][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]\\\

That's my little ASCII parking lot. Squares are spots and the /// are the hashed white lines I parked on. The X is my car, which is parked in the furthest left parking spot in the row. I parked ~6 inches over the hashed white lines because as I pulled in there was a girl getting out of her car with her door open. I remember thinking to myself that there's no harm in parking on some white lines if it means this girl can get out of her car safely and comfortably. Giving her extra space was just the right thing to do. Motorcycles even had extra parking directly across from my parking spot, so that shouldn't be an issue.

Imagine you just finished orientation at a school you worked your ass off to get into. You make minimum wage part time to pay for it. You just wrote a $3.5k check to the school to pay for whatever open classes you could get into, and then you walk out to your car and there is a ticket there. Remember, you make $10/hour. Imagine the officer that wrote you that ticket saying to you "What you did was wrong. Becuase you parked on this white line, I need you to spend the next 6 and a half hours doing work, and every cent that you make you're going to give to me. Becuase $65 is what it takes to make up for this white line that you parked on." Is that not outrageous?

Please guys, I'm obviously frustrated, but I need your advice. Is there anything I can say specifically that would highlight how inappropriate this ticket is, that the world would in fact be better if there were more people like me looking out for safety and just general happiness of people around me? Next time there is a woman getting out of her car next to the last spot in the lot, I don't want to feel like I have to rudely cram as closely as possible to her just to save myself from a $65 fee.

Thanks and I can try to provide more info if anything would be of help.

Answer:
 How difficult was it to wait until she closed the door? Answer #2: Looks like you will have $65 less than you did before hand.

As a lifeprotip, parking in the fall, particularly the first couple weeks, will be hectic.  I suggest you get there early and park correctly.Answer #3: Or you could just park properly?


Title: If he were charged today would Charles manson still be found guilty of the same crimes?

Question:
I originally asked this on no stupid questions and it was recommended I try to see if a lawyer would weigh in here:

Considering the fact that Manson somewhat infamously never actually committed any of the murders he was convicted of himself nor was he even present when they were committed and yet it is commonly accepted by most Americans that he is still a murderer, would there have been the same result if he was tried today for those crimes or was his conviction only the result of the atmosphere in the country at the time?

Answer:
 A conviction on the basis of "this is what the people want" would be fairly trivial to overturn on appeal. 1971 isn't the high middle ages, and the courts generally could not overturn the rule of law in order to find someone guilty.

Manson was an active participant in all of the murders he was convicted of, in some way substantial enough to establish culpability. For the Tate murders, he was the getaway driver and principal conspirator, and while you're correct that he didn't swing a knife or pull a trigger himself, his involvement still amounted to murder. For the LaBianca murders, he was a direct participant, helping subdue the victims himself and supervising his followers as they completed the murder.

The results, given the same evidence and the same court, should be the same today as they were in 1971, even allowing for evolution in case law and statutory changes.


Title: (NC) Fair Housing Discrimination - Accommodation Granted, but No Follow Through

Question:
Quick version of the story. I suffer from a mental disorder, specifically Contamination OCD. I requested that my apartment complex not enter my apartment to preform a third party install of low flow devices that was optional according to Duke Energy. The apartment complex agreed verbally (also, have that in writing that they did agree to do so).

Three days later they came in anyways to install the devices. Do I have a case of Fair Housing Discrimination?

There is definitely more to the story, but the email chain is extremely long and would require a lot of editing to take out personal information. I can provide more details, if requested.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: I don't see any discrimination in your story.


Title: My lease has a clause saying I can't get drunk, is that even remotely enforceable?

Question:
In Wisconsin, it says:

"Tenant...shall not become intoxicated"

Is there even a remote chance that they could enforce that?

Answer:
 The burden of proof would be on them to show that

* You had breached the term, and
* They had given you reasonable notice and opportunity to cure the breach, and
* You had not cured the breach

before a court would even consider upholding an eviction on the basis of that clause. I can't see anything explicit in Wisconsin law that would make that clause unenforceable, but you might be able to argue that it unduly impinges on your right to quiet enjoyment - whether you'd prevail or not, I can't guess.

In practice, don't sign contracts you don't agree to; even if they're unenforceable, the other party can still cause you quite a bit of trouble.Answer #2: I'm not a Wisconsin lawyer or too experienced in landlord tenant.

I'd think to attempt to enforce that would be troublesome unless the lease spells out "intoxicated." Legal limit, appearance of intoxication, what about prescribed narcotics? And who gives the test, the LL? What training do they have to recognize intoxication?

Follow ups, did you bring it up before signing? And is this a lease for your parent's basement?Answer #3: Must be a typo, it's Wisconsin...


Title: Trying to understand the Brock Turner case.

Question:
I'm not sure if this is the right sub for this post since this case really has nothing to do with me and I don't need "advice" as much as just answers and clarification.

**If you are already familiar with the case please feel free to skip to the last paragraph, all my questions are there**

So from the research I have been able to do, Turner was caught fingering an unconcious woman and originally charged with the following:

1. Rape by an intoxicating, anesthetic or controlled substance, section 261(a)(3)[3]

2. Rape of a victim unconscious of the nature of the act, section 261(a)(4)[3]

3. Assault with intent to commit felony, section 220(a)(1)[3]

4. Sexual penetration when the victim was intoxicated or anesthetized, section 289(e)[3]

5. Sexual penetration where the victim was unconscious of the nature of the act, section 289(d)[3]

The first two charges were then dropped because, under California law, penetration with the finger is considered sexual penetration with a foreign object, not technically rape.

Brock was then convicted of the following charges:

1. Assault with intent to rape an intoxicated woman

2. Sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object

3. Sexually penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object

For these charges he received 6 months imprisonment, 3 years probation, registration as a sex offender and he has to attend a sex offender rehab program. Everyone seems to be in an uproar over this sentence.

What I am trying to understand is, what is the range of penalties these convictions could have carried? Are these the appropriate charges for a crime of this nature? Are there any conditions that could have escalated the penalty? such as if Brock had been proven of intentionally getting the woman drunk. Any help, explanation or additional resources you can provide would be much appreciated. I am just trying to get a more complete understanding of the case after a petition to remove the judge from the case made its rounds on my facebook feed.

Answer:
 The maximum penalty he faced was [14 years in prison](http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_29970782/palo-alto-former-stanford-swimmer-gets-6-months).

If his behavior was different and he broke different laws then he could have faced different penalties.Answer #2: I'm not defending the sentence by any means, but I'm honestly not surprised by what he got.  I don't publicly disclose my occupation, but I'll say I'm very familiar with the sentencing phase of criminal trials - although in a different state.  I think the public generally doesn't know what sentences defendant's typically get for crimes, which is also why juries nearly always recommend a sentence far greater than what the defendant would have gotten in a bench trial or a guilty plea.

Sentences not only have to fit the crime but fit the defendant as well.  Obviously a 6 month jail sentence and the sex offender registry has a bigger impact on a young upscale student and aspiring athlete than it would on an older career criminal who has been to jail before.  He had no record, had multiple letters of support, and the victim apparently expressed she did not want to see him rot in jail.  These and other factors were enough to sway the judge toward a lesser sentence.  Again I'm not defending the sentence, but the 6 months is not a departure from reality.  Six months is on the lower end, but from what I read in the news and from reading the probation officer's report online, I would have expected he'd get a sentence of only 1-2 years based on what I've seen in other cases.


Title: (Maryland) Went for a walk with a friend, came back to my car to find two women accusing me of selling drugs.

Question:
So I go to school in a fairly rural part of Maryland, and one day after school my friend and I decided to go for a walk through a forested section of the rural town the school is in. The forested section is only accessible through the small suburban area of this rural town. So we drive over there after school in my car, get out, go for an enjoyable walk through the forest and walk back to my car ~20 minutes later. When we get back two very angry white women are there with their children standing near my car. They see me and my friend and start yelling at us to not come to that part of town, accuse us of selling drugs in the forest, and claim to have recorded my cars license plate number to be reported to the police.

My question is, is there anything that they can actually do that will affect my life legally? Will the police take them seriously if they just call in and say they think two teens were selling drugs?

Answer:
 They can report their suspicions.

The police can (but may not) investigate to see if there is anything to it.


Title: I was assaulted (Lynden, WA (bad place to not be white, religious, and/or straight)). Do I have a case?

Question:
EDIT: http://imgur.com/a/t7qBl

Basically in a nutshell and as compressed as I can make it: He approached my sister in an inappropriate manner. I went out, and had the billy club as a deterrent due to the stories I had been hearing from surrounding neighbours and our landlord about him being violent, aggressive, and unstable. I greeted him civilly and was calm and even was polite as I told him he was not allowed to be on the property without the landlord's permission. He became belligerent and I lost my cool and threatened him. Idle, I couldn't have carried it out. I remained at a distance as everything unfolded and when I look over my shoulder and then look back he charges me with a metal pole.

I know it all sounds far fetched, I know it sounds like a story. A lot of people online like making up stories for attention. I'm on 0 hours of sleep and on edge. Basically the words went from my brain right to the keyboard. I do not need any counseling. I'm not on any stimulants.

I don't want some big pay day either. Is money nice? Yes. Anyone would want financial compensation. Everyone wants to be financially secure. All I want to know is if I have a case. Consider I was at a far enough distance from him at all times that he had to charge at least ten feet to get to me, and this was long after the threat had passed. Long after I had retracted the statement.

Whether or not you believe me, that's your choice. But could anyone at least tell me if acquiring a lawyer is wise and if I go over the details (more organised this time), would there be anything I could do? Or should I dump it here and accept the settlement and get the no-contact order later?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Answer:
 Holy shit. What the hell is wrong with you? This has got to be a troll.

TL;DR: OP is renting a house with Mom/sister, former tenant (who is **rumored** to be a registered sex offender) shows up, talks to the sister, and starts trespassing. OP confronts the former tenant with a club, OP threatens physical harm, former tenant calls the police.

Some amount of time passes: OP says he's keeping a distance, but still watching the former tenant as he goes through piles of junk in the yard. OP turns his head, and says the former tenant attacks him, breaking his club and causing some non-lasting damage to his forearm.

OP wants to sue because his sister is traumatized somehow and he wants a big payday.Answer #2: This post makes no sense, is impossible to follow, and makes me suspect you might be experiencing delusions. You should consider seeing a mental health professional. Answer #3: I second consulting with a mental health professional.  If you have a court date in 5 days, you need to be able to tell us what that is for...whether it's civil or criminal.

And a public defender doesn't represent the state.  The state isn't the defendant in a criminal prosecution.  Answer #4: > creative writingAnswer #5: Nope.Answer #6: I read this whole thing and I honestly don't believe it.  Weren't you supposed to attach those pictures?


Title: (OR) Child's summer parenting time

Question: I have custody of my son in Oregon and am supposed to create the summer parenting schedule this year. In my custody papers it states my ex is to get him for 8 uninterrupted weeks. I have worked it to where she will have him for 6 weeks, return him to me for 2 weeks, she will then take him for another 2 weeks, before finally returning him to me for the rest of the summer. She is now fighting me on this saying that the term uninterrupted means she is to have him for 8 consecutive weeks. I am under the impression uninterrupted means i cannot take him or visit him during her parenting time in which i have made the schedule. Please help me clear up what all of this means in legal terms.

Answer: I agree with her. Uninterrupted meaning one chunk of time, not two.


Title: I have possibly incriminating pictures of my rapist and I want to email it to his medical school, are there any legal implications of which I should be aware?

Question:
I was raped a few years ago, and I decided not to press charges for various reasons. My rapist is now in medical school.

I have some possibly incriminating photos of him and am considering sending them to his medical school so that he may be expelled or at the very least have an uncomfortable talk with the administration. Some are of him smoking a blunt, although I suppose it COULD be tobacco. I have many more photos of him at raves, obviously gurning his jaw with extremely wide pupils. It's not like I have photos of him putting the drugs INTO his mouth, but you'd have to be an idiot to see 15 pictures of someone with pupils as big as the moon at a rave and not realize it's a person who does MDMA regularly.

I was going to email these from an anonymous email address. Are there any legal implications of which I should be aware? Anything I'm not thinking of? Do you think this is enough to get someone expelled?

Please don't lecture me about how I shouldn't be seeking revenge on moral grounds. I just want legal and pragmatic angles.

For anyone whose wondering exactly how obvious the MDMA photos are, they're even *more* obvious than this: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/28/article-2269308-1716067C000005DC-333_306x423.jpg

edit: I forgot to add, we live in Canada, but I'd be interested in hearing the US side of this as well.

edit 2: Thanks for your input, everyone. I've been talked down from the ledge and have decided that this isn't worth pursuing because as several posters have pointed out, it may end up hurting me more than it would hurt him. Still deciding whether or not to press rape charges and the circumstances regarding my decision not to report that, but maybe that will warrant a different post. Either way I need to be back in therapy because I obviously still haven't recovered from the incident.

Answer:
 > I just want legal and pragmatic angles

Depending on your age at the time of the attack and how many years ago it was, you possibly could still legally report the rape. If you are thinking about sending the pictures you mention, which have a decent chance of being tracked back to you anyway, you might want to reconsider the reasons you decided to not press charges.

Legally, for various reasons, I see your plan hurting you much worse than your alleged rapist. I suggest you speak to a professional mental health expert who can better guide you as to whether you want to (and still can) make a late report to the police, or help you move on.

Good luck.Answer #2: > Are there any legal implications of which I should be aware?

Sure.  You could be sued for defamation, and you could be charged with harassment.

Walk away and get counseling. Answer #3: Canada has no time limit on laying any serious criminal charge, including rape.

Rape victims also usually have a long time for filing civil sex-assault claims as well.

So, if you want to raise this issue, raise it via an appropriate case for your sexual assault.  Sending anonymous accusations of drugs being taken at raves is not a good way to do this.


Title: I wrote a negative review for a realtor on Yelp and now she is calling and threatening to take legal action! HELP! What can I do??

Question:
Me and my parents bought a condo recently. The seller's agent was A and the buyer's(our) agent was B. A is married to B.

I, the buyer, live in Southern California.

I wrote this review below, and the agent is calling me and telling me to remove this post or "Company X has a lot of lawyers and they take this seriously". She keeps saying over and over again on the voicemail that I'm lying because she never spoke to me and that I never interacted with her. But I was just stating my experience when she was talking to my parents on the phone and I could hear the calls and see the emails.

Point is, I should have the right to state my opinion about someone without being sued.

*"Bought a home a few months ago from A and B.

Yes. Realtors are rude and just want to get the deal over with so they can get their money. "A" was just that and more. I was buying this home with the help of my immigrant parents. "A" was extremely rude and condescending to them when they asked any questions that she didn't like. She was even rude when we asked her to explain what we were signing, thats a realtor's job! She was extremely unprofessional, she badmouthed us to the homeowner and attempted to ruin our relationship.

She is not a direct and clear or polite communicator and would attempt to fend off answering questions she didn't like by diverting you and being shady about her process and paperwork.

For ex: The house had a lot of little issues that the inspector pointed out to us, so we asked that the homeowner fix them before we sign off. I went over to the house to learn how to use the different appliances from the owner and when I came back home, "A" sent us papers saying we had signed off on all the issues!! So Shady.

If we weren't dealing more directly with her husband "B" who is a patient, kind and professional guy, we would have never bought the home.

Overall: Would not recommend to anyone. Shady. Rude. Unprofessional. Made my first time homebuying experience extremely unpleasant!*
"

**TL:DR: Posted a negative review on yelp about a realtor, she is calling me threatining to sue.**

PLEASE HELP!! Is this a threat I should take seriously?

Answer:
 I'm no expert, but that looks like classic, non-actionable opinion to me.

California has very powerful Anti-SLAPP laws.  These laws are designed to protect Californians from being sued for exercising their rights to free speech.  They're often invoked in claims of defamation.  That alone would provide a significant impediment to her attempting to sue you for an online review.

Honestly, it just sounds like she's angry at being called unprofessional.  Take it down if you want to get rid of her with a minimum of effort.  But don't be intimidated by her considering that:

* your review does not appear to be defamatory,
* you have strong state law protections for your speech (but if you had to defend yourself in court, it would come at a cost)
* her threat about Remax's legal team is an empty one because Remax wouldn't be suing you....she would (for among other reasons -- you're alleged to have defamed her and not Remax, and she's probably an independent contractor anyway).  That means she'd have to get her own attorney, at her own expense.


Title: There is a website on the internet that shows almost everyone in America's personal family info, phone numbers, past addresses, family members and criminal records. You don't even need a premium membership to see this.

Question:
(Mods told me I could post this here as long as I don't mention individuals names or the name of the website in question. So if it gets removed I'll be baffled, but if you do removed it mods, please send me a courteous reason as to why because I've very carefully looked over all the rules.)

Furthermore, some of the information I've seen is wildly inaccurate. I've looked up some people that I know for a fact do not have criminal records and it says they do and vice versa. I feel this can be very damaging to people; it is so simple to find their information through a google search - but is this just accepted and legal now in 2018?

Answer:
 The majority of that is found in a phone book. So no, not illegal.

Given that this, from your description, is a directory site I’d be skeptical of any accuracy whatsoever in family/criminal record listings.

What is the site’s stated purpose?


Title: Unwanted touching from Coworker's Husband

Question:
Since before my time at this company, my coworker's husband drops and picks her up from work.  Roughly an hour before her shift is over though, he'd come into the office to say hi to EVERYONE, distracting them, sometimes even telling them how he could do their job better (he does not have a job).

He makes it a point to hug every girl, including me.  I and the other girls would have earbuds in, be on the phone, just focused on work but that doesn't stop him.  It got uncomfortable (seriously, at your wife's place of work you have to hug every chick?), so one day I told him that he can't come to my desk to interrupt me just for a hug anymore.  Call me a prick, prude, stick up my ass, whatever.   He said alright, sorry for bothering.

Few weeks passed; no hugs, no interruptions.  Awesome!  Until one day, with my back turned and earbuds in, he comes into the office and strokes the middle of my back from base of my back... and I turned around right when he got to my mid back.  I told him to never touch me again.  Next day I complained to my boss and he told the creep to never come inside the office again (he also advised the coworker).

A year later, the creep is back in the office, giving other girls hugs while completely avoiding me.  It came to a point where I refuse to attend group outings and events where he'd show up.  He's gross, disgusting, and just a jerk for continuing to be a creep in front of his wife.

It is sexual harassment, right!?!?  Not sure if it is quite workplace harassment but I think the boss should be more proactive to keep that douche outside of the office and events. Can I tell the coworker that her husband is not allowed to come to the events? She'll defend him though...  what is the legality here?

It's just wrong that I (who actually works for these people) is too uncomfortable around him but it's totally okay with them that he comes around.

Edit:  should I warn the other girls? Idk if they are feeling creeped out as well.
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 Contact HR.Answer #2: Nothing will happen unless more of the people he touches complain. The only thing you can really do is tell them that you have complained and that anybody else who feels uncomfortable with him there should too.Answer #3: I wouldn't do anything but ask the other girls 1-on-1 how they feel about the hugging. If some of them feel uncomfortable, tell them that you reported him to HR a while back and told him to stop, and he did.

If they're fine with it, then you'll just have to deal with him hanging around.


Title: Does anyone know anything about FMLA and employee rights? A friend of mine has been put on FMLA leave without their consent. Is this legal? Are there any avenues of recourse them? Georgia, United States

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Yes, it's probably legal.  If she called out from work for 3 or more days or indicated she had a serious health issue, they can request verification that she can safely return to work and prohibit her from coming back until she has it.  Answer #2: Sounds like they are giving her a chance to request the proper leave and submit verification for her absences after the fact, which is actually a favor to her.

Since she does not currently have FMLA in place, they can fire her for her absences.

And by the way, FMLA paperwork only requires the medical professional treating the condition to fill it out. It's not terribly burdensome, and most medical professionals fill it out all the time.  In fact, if you are already undergoing treatment for a condition you usually can just drop the paperwork off.  Most offices don't require or even want an additional appointment for FMLA.  So really, there should be no or limited cost to her so long as she was actually seeking treatment for the medical issue she called out for.

Now, if she claimed a serious illness and DID NOT seek medical attention...


Title: CPS Interview of Child in Inpatient without consent

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Yes. They are correct. CPS does not need consent to speak to a child. It is written into the laws. Answer #2: You can't stop a CPS investigation. Impeding an investigation can make matters worse. It sounds like you need a lawyer.


Title: Gym teacher made my daughter play volleyball with injured wrist?

Question:
I have an 11 year old daughter in middle school. She had a minor bike accident two weekends ago and hurt her wrist but an x-ray hasn't shown anything wrong even though it was initially swollen with sharp pains. She's scheduled for an MRI and was given a brace to wear and told not to move it around too much, lift anything heavy etc. etc.

The first day that she had gym class after that was Tuesday last week,  and she didn't take a doctor's note to give to her teacher in order to exempt her from doing anything that might hurt her wrist. I would think this wouldn't even be a big problem, because anyone in their right mind would excuse an injured child, note or not, but apparently this isn't the case.

Even after my daughter explained that she had been to the doctor and forgot to bring a note, her teacher wouldn't let her sit out from playing volleyball with the rest of the class. She was told that she could choose to not play but would get a 0 for her participation grade for the day. She had to serve a few times, which she did with her opposite hand (holding it on the injured side, hitting it with the other) and said that the ball never hit her wrist directly even when she hit the ball. She went to the nurse at the end of the day because her wrist was aching, and they didn't call me, just had her lay down for a while with an ice pack on her wrist, then back to class.

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I think it's insane that she wasn't allowed to sit out, especially in a sport where the entire aim is to hit a ball with your forearm/wrist area. And she was wearing a very noticeable wrist brace, which isn't just going to be there for no reason. And I think it's even more insane that even though she was obviously in more pain after the gym class, her teacher and nurse didn't think it was unusual enough to contact her parents or feel like anything was amiss. Another x-ray still didn't show any broken bones, but her doctor was worried that her wrist was swelling again.

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I've been calling the school and have been in the office all last week and haven't gotten any kind of reasonable explanation. All I was told was that she wasn't forced to play and it's normal policy that students lose a grade if they miss an assignment or class activity without an acceptable excuse. I'm well aware of that policy but I think there were a hundred better ways to handle that, like sending her to the office and having them call home and verify that she was excused, or telling her that her grade would be corrected if she brings the note next class even if she did sit out. An 11 year old is not going to think of something like that when she's being told that she'll get a failing grade for the day if she doesn't play volleyball.

What am I even able to do about this? Is this a cause for the teacher to be fired, or am I going too far? I just want at LEAST some kind of acknowledgment that the situation was handled poorly and it won't happen again, but so far I've just been made to feel like I'm making a big deal out of nothing.

Answer:
 Schools have that policy because kids would take advantage of a policy where they just had to say they were injured and then didn't have to participate.

>What am I even able to do about this?

You can feel free to complain about the policy, and you should certainly make sure your kid gets a doctor's note to the teacher before her next gym class.

> Is this a cause for the teacher to be fired, or am I going too far?

You are going too far. Answer #2: IANAL. You use this as a parenting moment to remind your kid it was her responsibility to bring the doctors note to class, and that she should have taken a zero instead of making the decision to play and possibility further injure herself.  Answer #3: Not a lawyer, but I am a teacher. I imagine she could sit out, bring in the doctor's note (which would be dated), and the teacher wouldn't give her the zero for the day. Was that not an option provided?


Title: Assistant manager at home depot fired me after receiving an email about attendance. I asked if I could see the email and he said 'No. It's confidential.' Is that true? I'm not allowed to see and read the email?

Question:
I live in California, if that makes nay difference.
Topic:
Employment Law

Answer:
 Your manager has no obligation to show you that email. Answer #2: California is an at-will employment state, meaning unless you're a member of a protected class and you were fired because of it (e.g. your boss fired you for being gay) you don't really have any rights here. Sorry :/

edit: that said you can file for unemployment if you believe you didn't have attendance issues. FAQ here: http://www.edd.ca.gov/unemployment/FAQ_-_Eligibility.htm


Title: Brother Confessed to crime he didnt commit

Question: So last night my brother came in at 4am, drunk as a skunk and Apparently high. We live very close to the police station, and while high he went over and confessed to a serious crime he didnt commit. He then told me that the SVU was wanting him to speak to them at 9 tonight. He said he is going to clear it up with them. What should he do? He claims they just want to talk. He said hell be fine because he is out of jurisdiction. I told him that they will just try to interrogate him, I feel like he needs to get an attorney or something. He also wants me to go to the station to back him up. Which I do not feel comfortable doing.

Answer: He should stop talking to anyone who isn't a lawyer.  Anything else is just asking for trouble.


Title: Huge fine in a Zurich Taxi, charged from multiple cards. Any way of getting some money back? (Switzerland/Slovakia)

Question:
I was in Zurich a month ago and got very drunk one night. Me and my girlfriend took a local taxi back home, but on our way back I got sick and vomited in the Taxi. The taxi driver wasn't happy about the situation, but didn't speak any English (and we didn't speak any German) and he wanted my girlfriend to pay for the cleaning. At first he asked us to pay by a card, but some of them got declined and he couldn't explain what is going on. Afterwards he asked us to pay with all cash that we had on us, which was around 120€. My girlfriend was really panicking at the moment and did whatever the driver asked for.

Few days later we have looked to our card reports and the driver has charged two of my girlfriend's cards (500CHF and 200CHF). I have tried to look up the Taxi company, but they do not have a website and only have a phone number available. Do we have any chance of getting some money back? 800+CHF is a lot even for Switzerland.

Tldr: I threw up in a Taxi in Zurich, driver didn't speak English, took 120€ in cash and charged us 700CHF from two cards. They don't have a website, only a phone number, is there any chance of getting some money back?

Answer: ChargebackAnswer #2: File a dispute with your bank. Charging for damages without very explicit permission is a violation of the Visa terms of use (especially Visa Europe, which generally have stronger consumer protections than Visa US). They will ask for more information. Give it to them. When I worked in Visa disputes, I most often denied cases for lack of response.


Title: House in the woods has been throwing trash into the forest. Can I do anything about it? [MA]

Question:
One day, my friend and I to our favorite hiking trail and decided to take a different path (but a well established one) to try something new. At one point on an incline, we stopped to admire the scenery. My friend got something lodged in the bottom of his shoe and when he picked up his foot, there was a relatively big piece of broken glass stuck in the sole (did not penetrate into the shoe but left a decent cut in the sole). We looked at the ground and all around us was broken glass of various sizes and colors (honestly don’t know how we didn’t notice before as it was EVERYWHERE). We looked up a hill behind us (which the trail did not lead up to) and I could see what looked like even more glass. Intrigued, we walked off the path and up the hill (being extra careful with all the broken glass) and found a HUGE pile of beer bottles, some broken, some not. Basically, there was a lone house in the middle of the woods with a driveway leading out to main roads (but no other houses around). They had a metal fence with beer bottles tossed over on the left side and a straight pile of garbage (literally trash bags full of regular household garbage) on the right side. As their entire backyard was a hill, some trash got chucked deep into the woods, some stayed in a pile just over the fence, and a good amount had begun sliding down the hillside opposite where we had hiked. From the trail, you couldn’t see much besides the broken glass all over the ground, but if you hiked up the hill, there was garbage all over that appeared to have been chucked clean over the fence.

We took pictures of the area: the garbage, the broken glass on and off the trail, and a picture of the house’s fence with the garbage (so you could see that it clearly looked thrown over). I also dropped a pin on my phone so we could find this place again if we needed to.

I’m absolutely disgusted as it was an absurd amount of litter, like someone said “eh fuck it, I live in the woods, who gives a shit?” I’m also upset that there was a decent amount of broken glass on the actual trail (assumingely from them throwing beers bottles which shattered on trees or the ground and sprayed glass) and families use these trails!

Can I do anything about this? Or am I out of luck if they own all the property? Are my pictures of the fence and garbage not enough since they could claim someone else has “probably been putting their own trash here?” I assume w could also get in trouble for trespassing, right? Could I still get them for the glass that’s all over the public trail and the garbage that has slid down deeper into the woods?

Answer:
 Find out who manages the land the trash is on (ie: forest service, state park, county Park, BLM, etc) and let them know.Answer #2: Even if they own the land, it could violate a local ordinance. You can go to city hall and report it. Answer #3: Is this public land?

[General Law - Part IV - Title 1 - Chapter 16](https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter270/Section16)

Depending on what kind of land it is, you would call different law enforcement agencies.  If in doubt, you can try your local PD on the non-emergency line first.Answer #4: whether it's on their property or not improperly disposing of trash, especially in ways that can harm a person (that glass that got caught in your sneaker) is most certainly illegal, I would report it to the police.


Title: Will police come back after searching a house legally with a search warrant?

Question:
[Germany]
Police officers obtained a warrant and searched my house today. They found between an ounce ~ an ounce an a half of MJ as well as a few ecstacy pills, which they confiscated (obviously) and i am being charged with possession, it will likely take 4-6 weeks for the legal process to begin. All of the above is STRICTLY for personal use. They also found a small scale and some baggys lying around but i hopefully will not be charged with intent to distribute (I have a lawyer and will be fighting the charges)!
However, they didn't find my entire stash, and i have about a quarter ounce left over.
How likely is it they will come back with another search warrant? Is it possible they found the quarter O but left it on purpose?
My real question is, am i safe to continue using what i have left or should i dispose of it ASAP?

Answer: Really?


Title: (FL)Aunt is not giving my mother or me our inheritance.

Question:
My grandfather on my mothers side died a couple of years ago. My Aunt (oldest of my grandpa's three girls) was the executor of the will. She is a real estate agent and she handled the sale of my grandpa's property.(20+acres near Saint Augustine Florida) It took her about a year to sell it and she used some money for settlement costs and ofc paying herself.

Most of my mother's side of the family are...well argumentative and do not get along. My Aunt never mailed my mother or myself checks for the money due. ($7500 for my mom, $2500 me) We started to get our family repaired and connected and my aunt finally said she would get my money to me. She said she had it in a CD and would give it to me when it matured.

I've never heard of a cd that matures in only a year but she said she would give it to me this month. I finally got a money order but it was only for $1000. She said she used the rest for my brothers college.

The thing is she is trying to pull the same thing with my mother's money. My younger brother lives with my aunt and is over 18 now. Yet she said she used my mothers $7500 for his college as well. He already got $2500 just like i was supposed to so I really am upset.

Now she won't answer my calls. I looked up her info and saw she owed $1500 in back taxes...so she obviously paid that with my money.

What are my legal options? I am not a very rich man but i can afford a generic lawyer if need be.

Thank you in advanced for your help.

Tl;dr my aunt didn't follow my grandpa's will and jipped my mom and me out of a combined $10000

Update: So i talked to a lawyer. He looked up some public documents and saw that she lied about how much she sold the property for. She low balled the figures by over $20000. The will has 30% of estate to each of the three daughters and 10% to each of the four grandchildren. This is an easy open and shut case the lawyer said. I am going to meet with them in person later this week. Court costs should be covered by my aunt later. This will also force her to pay the proper amount to all of the family.
Topic:
Wills Trusts and Estates

Answer:
 I'm sorry to say it, but the only thing you can do is hire a lawyer and sue her as executor of the estate if you ever want to see your money. She'll have to prove how much money she got, how much money she paid herself, and how much money she disbursed.

Your brother's college debts are not your problem, not are they necessarily your mother's. Your aunt has no place unilaterally giving $9000 of someone else's money to your brother (if indeed she actually did!).Answer #2: You and your mother need a lawyer. Don't worry about keeping peace in the family now. Your aunt blew that when she stole thousands of dollars from you. Answer #3: There are a lot of questions to be answered, including whether an estate was opened with the appropriate court; was aunt appointed to act as executor or just took on the responsibility based on language in the will; is the estate still open and  has an accounting been filed. She has certain legal/ethical obligations as executor.
A consultation with a local probate attorney shouldn't be expensive and might even be free to determine if she has followed necessary procedures and if she has violated any of her fiduciary duties.Answer #4: This is the most minor of your questions, but CDs are available probably at every bank with a 1-year time frame.  [Here's a link](http://www.bankrate.com/cd.aspx) with some recent advertised rates for CDs with 3-month, 6-month, 1-year, 2-year, etc,. maturities.


Title: [Canada-Ontario] Not a personal trainer, but was a good boxer. Looking to teach privately for money. Am I at risk even if they sign a liability waiver?

Question:
Hey everyone,

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I've tried researching, and haven't found much.

I'm a boxer.  I used to go to a gym for quite some time.  I was close with my trainer, and I learned a lot from him (doing classes, etc.).  His gym closed some time ago, and he's gone on to peruse different things.

I'm not a "certified" trainer, and don't claim to be.  I don't have my CPR certification either.  I want to be a boxer teacher.  I just want to give private lessons to people interested in their condo gym apartments.

My questions are:
1. Am I allowed to call myself a "Boxing teacher"?  I wouldn't lie or advertise that I know anything beyond that.
2. Am I at risk of being sued if anything goes wrong?  My classes would be very introductory, and I wouldn't put anyone close to danger...  but, I know anything can happen.  I've found some templates for sport liability waiver forms.  Would this be enough to keep me safe legally?

Thank you for your time!  Every bit of knowledge is greatly appreciated.

Thanks again.

Answer:
 1. There really isn't any regulation on calling yourself a teacher in Ontario nor any active trademarks on "boxing teacher" or "boxing instructor" so you should be fine so long as you don't claim accreditation from any boxing orgs.
2. You should have students sign a liability release, these are pretty boilerplate and not hard to find but might be worth a short consult with a lawyer.  For further protection you can purchase ~~commercial general liability~~ professional liability insurance.


Title: ex gf kicking me out of my own college

Question: upset ex gf got a protective order against me and the campus police called me saying if I step foot on campus, I'd be arrested. I am supposed to be attending for my second year this upcoming semester and she is coming in as a first year. is there anything that can be done to where I don't get kicked out of my own school ? ty all

Answer:
 Are you sure it was the police? Because I've been the one telling students they can't be on campus, and it involves multiple letters, a written order, and a hearing. It's not just the police saying "You can't come here".

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Contact your campus police via the non-emergency line and your campus Office of Student Conduct or similar (Dean of Students Office if you can't find them). Ask if you have an open case and how to proceed.


Title: West Palm Beach Florida HOA denies my application after 4 month application process

Question:
I am a perfect applicant on paper. Credit score 740+, Income over 5x the cost of a months rent, no criminal history, no payments in collection. After watching the property management company fumble my paperwork for four months they finally get the application packet submitted, which has to be submitted by the agent. I get a notice of denial stating that the packet is incomplete missing a pest control service agreement, which I can't get since I don't have access to the townhouse for a consultation meeting. Also the application was missing paystubs within 30 days because the paystubs they had on file for me were only current within 60 days. I am in the process of seeking a real estate attorney because I was led to believe that the place was mine and that I would have to move in sooner than I wanted. I had to deal with 4 different agents because the personnel within the company had been shifted so much. My lease expired at the property I was already living so I moved into a hotel and storage unit until I got a set of keys. Once I got a formal denial I called to see if they would allow me an appeal, which they do not offer. My only logical line of thinking is that I was denied for ethnicity. My last name is Perez and my fiance is a Mexican woman who has a legal visa and is almost done getting her citizenship. I believe that because of her lack of citizenship they denied my application which I feel is an act of descrimination.

I would also like to seek legal counsel as to whether or not a case can be made for the property management company. I would like to see if I can convince the owner to release the property management company for sheer inability to submit an application and for holding up rental income for the owner for upwards of 3 months. Can any legal action be taken against the property management company for causing my lack of housing?

Edit 1: I have removed the descrimination possibility. I am mostly just upset that I was strung along for this long only to be denied in an instant. This particular wound is still fresh and it is most frustrating because I have worked as a property management agent and leasing agent for 2 of the last 3 years.

Answer:
 If the only evidence of discrimination is your name, you are going to have a really hard time.  If they wanted to reject you for that reason they could have done so much easier and sooner.

Are there any other Hispanics who live there?   You need to find out before you leap to the discrimination conclusion.

The property management company has no duty to you to be competent, and I can't think of any grounds on which you have to sue them.Answer #2: As a Latina who grew up in WPB I really really doubt it has anything to do with your ethnicity. Latinos are not a minority in South Florida and there were tons of Latinos in my WPB (Lantana to be precise) condominium.


Title: ny: is it legal for landlord to revoke access to the backyard - when it was the reason a few of us moved here in the first place?

Question:
i'm in new york city. i am going to include details only bc they may be relevant. when i moved into this rent stabilized apartment, the backyard was a general mess - weeds everywhere, poison ivy, etc  - but it was still awesome to have a huge backyard. kind, friendly neighbors  used to go out there with their dogs and clean up after them.  those neighbors moved out.  when my husband moved in - he decided to clean up the backyard on our own dime. planting grass, removing weeds, etc.

the slumlord (voted one of the 10 worst in NYC) started pitching this building to new potential tenants, stating that this building even has a backyard, which is great for dog owners.   a few new neighbors moved in with dogs. i am a massive dog lover.  unfortuately, these neighbors don't clean up after their dogs' giant piles of dog poop.  one of the neighbors even leaves her adorable dog there unattended, so when i go out there with the dog i watch, i end up having to deal with her dog - not right. and she doesn't clean up after him.

after a year of me persistently complaining to the landlord, i called 311 preemptively and said, "i am worried if i keep complaining to the landlord, he's going to lock the door and say none of us can have access. can that happen?" 311 told me no, the landlord can't do that bc the backyard was available when we all moved in, so they can't just revoke it. but they did not cite a law (this is the crux of my question - is there  a law about suddenly removing building amenities?) incidentally, idid put in 311 complaints about dog poop once i was assured the building would not be allowed to lock the door or revoke access. but those complaints go to dept. of health, not the HPD, and the dept of health never sent an inspector.

i was pleasantly surprised the building put in  a camera in the backyard. but the management absolutely refuses to check the camera to prove who is leaving the waste there  :/   i told management they could keep on fining the tenant who is doign this, they should check the camera. instead, their 'solution" was to put a padlock on the door, so no one could use the  backyard.  they said they would keep it locked for weeks (but i know them. they will keep it locked for far longer than that).  i called the fire department inspector, who just  came and broke the lock on the door because other tenants have bars on their window, and that door is their second means of egress and is not allowed to be locked.  but i am worried the building will do something else to remove access.

so i wonder - is there a law that protects backyard access for the tenants? i watch a dog a few times a week and we LOVE using the backyard. i always clean up after her. i am not clear on why they would spend all that money to put a whole camera system in the backyard only not to check it, but lock the door instead.

Answer: I can’t answer your question but is there a chance the camera is fake? If the landlord was too lazy/disinterested to clean up their own property so they can rent it easier, it’s also probable they are uninterested in investing and maintaining a security system to fine people who leave dog waste


Title: I'm stuck with a bench warrant for a crime that I did not commit

Question: One day me and my friends were driving around a town a few miles away from our own town and we got pulled over. We had alcohol in the car and we were all under 21, we had drunk hours before driving so there was no danger. But the officer insisted that he could smell weed, so he gave my friend (the car owner) to either let him search the car or they'll take it and get a search warrant. He choose the latter and a week or two later I got a letter in the mail for both Possession and consumption of alcohol. Neither of which am I actually guilty of, It was not my alcohol, it was not my car. On top of which, the officers never suspected us of drinking so they never breathalyzed us, so they cannot prove any consumption. The real problem with this is that I was very irresponsible, I never made it to court. To get excuses out of the way, the court I had to go to was an hour and a half drive away, I had no money, and my mom couldn't do it that day. We tried to call them they day of the court date and they said it would be fine, but instead they put a warrant on me. It's been a few months, none of the police in my town are going to turn me in, they look the other way for most of their own citizens. But I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the DMV to get an ID, plus I have no money to pay the $1,500 warrant. My two friends that I was with went to court, and both of them got away with NO charges, not even the owner of the car and the alcohol. I not sure doing the right thing by asking this question on an internet forum but no one I know really can give me a professional answer. I also hope I'm not breaking any guidelines by sharing this kind of information, I trimmed it over, didn't see anything about legality. I live in New Jersey by the way, and thanks ahead of time.

Answer:
 >Neither of which am I actually guilty of,

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>we had drunk hours before

Answer #2: You should hire a criminal defense attorney to help you deal with the charges and clearing the warrant. You made what could have been a simple court date and dropped charge (see your friends) into a much worse situation.Answer #3: > We tried to call them they day of the court date and *they said it would be fine*

I seriously doubt that.


Title: Notarized legal document null/void because of subclause ?

Question: [cpn] A document was legally notarized but because of it's clause/subclause stating that it cannot verify the truthfulness or veracity of the document, makes the notarization null-and-void?

Answer:
 Notarizing a document only means an unbiased 3rd party witnessed the signing and verified the identity of the person signing.

It adds no other legal weight besides that.


Title: Daughter scolded by defective coffee cup

Question: Bad info

Answer:
 Well, if you were truly concerned about your daughter, your first call would be to a doctor or the ER.

In the unlikely event she is injured because of the coffee, you could consult a personal injury attorney. I don't know if you would be successful in court, though.


Title: Working over 40 hours a week in Colorado and not getting paid overtime, is this legal?

Question: My employer claims that as a small business owner they are not obligated to pay me overtime. They get around it because they own two stores and split my hours between both even though I only work at one. I am paid hourly and only get commission at 1% if my sales goal is reached. Is this legal in Colorado?

Answer:
 that's hilarious.

contact your state labor department. keep all your paystubs, etc.


Title: (CA) Citizens arrest for speeding

Question:
This is all hypothetical:
I was driving with my friend in a residential neighborhood. The car wasn't mine. I don't have my license but only a permit. My parent wasn't present. Two men stepped in front of the car after I hypothetically went 50 ish in a residential zone. He got all my information, the license plate, my address, everything. The CHP couldn't come so he said he's filing a report. Is there any way to escape legal action? What do I say to CHP when they show up at my house or call me?
16M

Answer:
 Speeding is not [a felony](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=837.). You cannot legally arrest someone for speeding unless you are a duly-authorized law enforcement officer.

Odds are good CHP aren't going to do anything with a report from random civilians about speeding. The evidence isn't very strong and they have better things to do. Drive the limit, in the future, and don't fret this.


Title: I was disciplined for not working during my lunch break, but I don't think I can prove it.

Question: I had just taken my lunch break. Over the intercom I hear, (my position) to the front. I learn later I was the only one in my position present.  I don't go because I'm on break. Nothing was said during my shift yesterday. Today, I learn that I was written up for it. I took my lunch at the scheduled time. I logged that. Unfortunately, I don't think I can prove that I was called during my lunch break.

Answer:
 "Write ups" are generally meaningless legally. What specifically is concerning you about this? Since (as I undersrand it,) you didn't report back to work when paged from your break, so there isn't an issue about pay; if you had reported to work them you need to be paid for that time.

Not all states require employers to provide lunch/break periods; we need your location to be able to advise you there.


Title: Out of US Vacation Resort Injury - In need of settlement advice

Question:
Hello everyone,

I am here asking for advice on how to handle my situation.

Background - I went to an out of country resort in Antigua, and i slipped and fell on a marble walkway step that had no visible warning signs on it.  I spent my vacation in a hospital and returned home after i was released.

The resort refunded the cost of the trip - this happened the first night there so we never even slept in the room.  And my insurance reimbursed me for the cost of the surgery.  After i returned i found a lawyer who began the settlement process, and here i am roughly a year and a half later the resort has offered me $15,000.00.  My medical bills are well over $100,000.00 and theres also the pain and suffering involved as well.

  My lawyer has told me that there is no guarantee if I were to file a lawsuit in that country that anything would come of it.  Basically he said its a risky situation and the best he can do (since we are out of country).

 I am wondering if the out of pocket expenses to travel to the country and find a lawyer (which only work off non - contingency) would be worth the risk.  I did contact a lawyer initially from that country but they wanted $4,000.00 to even talk to me about the case.

Answer: Nobody here will be in a better position to evaluate than your attorney. I don't think anyone here is an expert in Antiguan tort law, nor does anyone know all the details of the situation.


Title: Cat getting into yard and attacking pet rabbit - What can I do?

Question: I have a pet rabbit who I like to let into my backyard in Seattle, WA every afternoon to play. The yard is fenced in, but that doesn't stop this one cat who likes to sneak into the yard and try to hunt my rabbit. It's gotten in and stalked/chased him a couple times now, and I'm really worried that it might get him someday. My rabbit is like family to me, and I'll do whatever it takes to make sure he's safe on my own property. I'm curious about what my options are regarding this cat. I don't know who the owner is (if it has one; it doesn't have a collar), and I'm not sure if I can catch it to bring it to a shelter. I know there are laws in Washington that allow you to shoot a dog if it attacks your domesticated animals, but I've never seen these laws mention cats. Do they apply to cats? Would I be able to get a BB gun or something to scare it off? Obviously, harming the cat would be a last resort, but I'd like to know my rights in case it comes down to that. I don't want to get in trouble for animal cruelty when I'm just trying to protect my pet. Thanks for any advice you can give me!

Answer:
 I'm unable to find any detail on law regarding killing an attacking animal. That said, you *can* remove it from your property. You *can* call Animal Control. You *can* take it to a shelter.

Cats **hate** water. If you spray the cat when it comes into your yard, it will likely not come back after getting sprayed enough. They aren't stupid.Answer #2: You can catch and turn in the cat or spray it with water.

But you need to be the the yard with your rabbit , that's not the only cat.

PS we had 2 cats and a little dutch bunny.  That bunny was in charge, the cats had to flee to high-ground.  It would run and headbutt the cats until they played a game of chase , then they would have a cuddle.


Title: My friend’s dad took $800 from them now they have nothing.

Question:
I have an online friend that I’ve known and trust very well for about 7 months. The question of if this is a ploy to get sympathy isn’t even an option so skip that.
She’s 18, trying to save up to move out and get a car. Her dad took the money she made this summer, 800 dollars, from her account to his. Now she has like nothing.
I advised her to talk to a counselor at her school. She said this has happened before and she did talk to the counselor and they didn’t care. And that her dad slapped her when she confronted him. She has a bad situation at home.
Idk what to tell her. I have about $7000 live at home and go to college. My main attachment to money is that I’m an investor and the crypto currency market is in the toilet rn but if it goes back up then I’ll have a lot and be smart enough to sell this time around.
I’m thinking about giving her $800 so long long as she keeps it in cash or keeps it on maybe Robin Hood or coinbase.

Any advice for her ? If she goes to the law then she might get kicked out I guess and then she’ll really be screwed.
And for me if I decide I want to give her the money?

Answer: She playing you.Answer #2: Your problem is being a good friend, not an ATM. If she has problems at home call CPS. If she’s not a minor then she should call the cops the next time he hits her.


Title: Are vacations from white people illegal?

Question:
There is a spa in Costa Rica that holds an event that bans white people. I don't know if Costa Rica allows racial discrimination but what about the travel agency? If a white woman tried to book a spot at this event could she be refused based on race?

[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/12/costa-rican-retreat-offers-women-color-vacation-wh/](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/12/costa-rican-retreat-offers-women-color-vacation-wh/)

[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5380463/White-free-Costa-Rican-healing-retreat-women-color.html](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5380463/White-free-Costa-Rican-healing-retreat-women-color.html)

[https://news.vice.com/en\_us/article/mb5gea/what-its-like-to-take-a-vacation-away-from-white-people](https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/mb5gea/what-its-like-to-take-a-vacation-away-from-white-people)

Answer:
 A quick google search [turned up this](https://social.un.org/ageing-working-group/documents/eighth/Inputs%20NHRIs/DefensoriaHabitantes_CostaRica.pdf)

Looks like they have no specific anti-discrimination laws on the books


Title: My parents were never married. live together, Mother claimed she has no idea where my father is and gets a Gov check (PA)

Question: I'm an adult now and this all claim to light recently when I started to sign documents and put my address down, I was apparently suppose to list a different relatives home my mother claims she lives at even though we all live together at my dads address. My mother is disabled and got more money apparently by my father "missing" and I have been informed I can not do anything that implies I live with him or know as he may need to pay back child support to the gov.  Something else to note however is my dads name is on my bank account with me. So either they are not telling me something or well I don't know. My only concern at this point is how this could effect me. Am I in any legal trouble by being associated with this, should I make any changes, I'm not sure at all about the legality of this situation so any insight or advice is appreciated!

Answer:
 > Something else to note however is my dads name is on my bank account with me.

Fyi you should get your own bank account, stat. If your father *is* sued by the gov't for back child support, they will and are legally allowed to take the money in your *joint* account.Answer #2: If your mother received any benefits as your guardian that were actually paid to you based on her fraudulent claims, you could be compelled to pay them back. (This happens mostly with Social Security benefits.)

Otherwise, you are liable only for acts you committed. Don't become an accessory to her fraud by signing false documents that you know or suspect she intends to use to claim additional benefits, as there are potential civil and criminal penalties for you.


Title: Caught with drugs at a festival

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Drug Possession

Answer:
 Lawyer, ASAP.  What were you charged with? That's an awful lot of LSD.

Just saw the bail doc update: that sounds to me like you were only charged with posession then. Count yourself as lucky if that's the case, 50 hits is enough to likely peg you with intent to distribute.

Show up to court a bit early, dress up nicely. Be respectful to everyone. How lenient they are will be up to the court, not you. Do your best to make it pleasant for them.


Title: I was charged with a DUI

Question: But here's the thing. I never drove. I was calling a cab when they arrested me. How can I fight this? I'm in Reno NV if that helps.

Answer: Were you in the driver's seat of a vehicle? There's got to be more to this than a simple "I never drove" type of deal.


Title: Employer wants me to pay for damaged bills from customer (NYC)

Question:
I work in a small restaurant in Manhattan. Ive been there since June. This place does a lot of shady things, but the main event I wanna post about is my manager wanting me to pay for damaged bills.

I had a table with a bill of just over $300. They paid and tipped me in cash; all $20 bills. They left and right after I picked up the check, I noticed all the bills had a piece ripped (example in photo) it wasn’t torn in half, and you could see all the numbers etc on the bill. I’ve been in the restaurant industry for a while so I just put it in my check book and knew a tiny rip wouldn’t be a problem. At the end of the night when I cashed out, I took all the ripped bills him except for 3, which I gave to the manager as my remit cash. He counted it and that was that.

A few days later he approached me asking about the ripped bills. I told him my table paid with all bills like that, and my bank had no problem depositing them for me, so it shouldn’t be an issue. He just walked away.

Yesterday, he told me I had to pay him for the ripped bills. He claims the accountant for the company asked him about the bills and said I need to give her actual bills (I’m not sure if this is true). I honestly got pissed bc he’s asking me to give him $60 and not give me the torn bills back, and I said my bank had no problem with the torn bills so I’m not sure what the issue is? He stayed silent and I asked him “what do you want me to do? Huh?” He said nothing and I walked away.

Can my employer make me pay for this? Also, if they decide to fire me for this, should I take legal action?

Picture is an example of how the bill was torn.

https://imgur.com/a/ScraxVY

Answer: Tell him to take the ripped bills to the bank and exchange them.


Title: [AZ] The internet scam on dating websites.

Question:
Hello,

I realize this is a scam and I am being a too nervous but I am trying to find loop holes in scammers story.

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You meet a girl online, she says she is over 18. Sends you pics (even without you asking) next day a police officer calls your phone saying "Her phone was caught in her school with these pics and stuff..... can I get your consent to have the father contact you directly; We have no evidence right now but if the father presses charges we will get involved....."

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Based on what I have read online "The Father" has no power to press charges, is that right ? In this scenario the police was called by the school so technically the police already has enough information to proceed with this and start gathering evidence. Or does the father have any influence over weather the police can proceed with this or not ?

&#x200B;

Feel free to leave any more evidence to support the scenario or against it. Hopefully this will help people in the future as well.

Thanks :)

Answer: There is no police officer, no father, and no teenage girl. All of this was done by the same con artist living in a different country. Just stop responding.


Title: Fast food chain restaurant put alcohol in our drive through drink.

Question:
(TEXAS) My girfriend stopped to grab a coke and breakfast sandwich on her way to work this morning. After she pulled out of the drive through, she tried the coke and immediately spit it out in surprise as it was actually a whiskey and coke.

She felt like she didn't have time to turn around to say anything so she called me and proceeded to drive to work teaching special needs children with an open container of alcohol and (presumably) whiskey on her breath.

I went ahead and called their corporate customer complaint line and am waiting for a follow-up call. So I guess my question is; is any sort of legal action appropriate or worth pursuing?

And if so, my main concern is having to prove that the alcohol actually came from the restaurant and was not put in afterwards without getting someone there to admit it.

Answer:
 Sounds like someone at the fast food place has a problem with alcohol and you got their cup by accident. You already called in the complaint, the only other thing you can do is report it to the police. If you do report it, I'd probably leave out the part where your girlfriend drove children after drinking alcohol and had an open container in the car.

There's really no way to definitively prove it came from the restaurant. It's probably not going to go anywhere other than the reports. Answer #2: Have you ever had a soda fountain drink where the flavoring wasn't added? It tastes like gut-rot liquor.

As to legal actions...does she have damages? I mean, she should be able to go back and get what she paid for.Answer #3: Yep. No one is going to believe that. You may want to call the store and speak to a manager. Manager may pull tapes if they have an employee they were trying to fire but good luck proving that. Just as likely your GF is a secret alcoholic.

This is also one of those things where liability would not fall on the Fast food joint but the employee who so clearly committed a crime well beyond their employ. Answer #4: Thanks for all the quick responses. She does still have the drink and I guess I'm not 100% that it's actually alcohol and not some messed up, non flavored soda like someone mentioned. It looks like trying to get the manager to pull tapes to confirm would be an option but, given what most of you have said, pursuing it much further isn't worth it.


Title: Erroneously filed Eviction

Question:
Located in North Florida.

In February, a social service agency agreed to pay our rent for a month due to some personal things going on. In order to process the payment they sent paperwork to my leasing office to obtain tax information. Additionally they advised the leasing office payment could take up to 30 days and had them sign that they would not assess any further late payments or proceed with eviction filings.

My leasing office still decided to proceed with the eviction filing after waiting a week. (Please note- we had no prior outstanding balance. Eviction was solely for the February rent). The delay in the payment not being sent in that week was due to the leasing company corresponding with the wrong person at the social agent. Once they filed the eviction and we figured out the issues, the agency paid the entire prior balance within the original 30 days. The eviction was then dismissed without prejudice by the plaintiff.

Now it’s time for renewal and they have raised our rent $300.(they claim to bring it to market rate). We’re looking to move out, but the eviction is pulling for potential property owners and causing an automated denial. Is there any recourse for us to get it removed or force them to renew at our current rate?  Should I contact the attorney who filed the eviction?

I am super confused and the only thing they are offering aid a letter that the eviction was erroneously filed on their part.
Topic:
Landlord Tenant Housing

Answer: It wasn't erroneous, and there's nothing you can do here. Since an eviction action was filed, it's going to show up when potential landlords look.


Title: Airline delayed me until I couldn't make my flight, offered only to sell me another ticket at a discount, Mother wants to take them to small claims court (Canada, QC/AB)

Question: Fuck /r/legaladvice.

Answer:
 1) Most airports have domestic and international flights in separate terminals.  Why were people on a flight to Frankfurt in the same line as your flight to Alberta?

2) Was a check-in kiosk an option or was that equally as backed up?

3) Was there some sort of extraordinary circumstance that caused the delay?  I can't even remember the last time I waited more than 10 minutes at a Canadian airport for a domestic flight.  Most often I walk up to the kiosk, print my bag tags, drop the bag, and head off to the gate.

4) How did the other passengers get on your flight, considering that arriving 90 minutes early is recommended, and you arrived with twice that amount of time?Answer #2: Contact Gabor Lukacs, he is basically on a mission to take on all of the airlines in Canada for being total fuckups (http://business.financialpost.com/news/transportation/meet-gabor-lukacs-the-child-math-prodigy-turned-professional-airline-troublemaker). You can find his contact information through google. Also contact The Canadian Transportation Agency.


Title: Failed test

Question:
Hi I live in Virginia and was convicted of a DUI
I finished everything I was asked to do and I am no longer on probation. However the one stipulation is I have to drive with an interlock on my car for 6 months before I can get it off. I blew and failed it today and I'm wondering what will happen since technically I'm no longer on probation? Any insight would be appreciated

Answer:
 Was the interlock required by the DMV?

Your license may be at risk.

[https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter7/section18.2-270.1/](https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter7/section18.2-270.1/)Answer #2: > Convictions for a first offense violation of the ignition interlock restriction or other restricted license provisions will result in a DMV revocation of your driving privilege for one year

https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/webdoc/pdf/dmv168.pdf


Title: Crazy pregnant chick

Question: So my sister hung out the other night, for the 1st time with an acquaintance (she's pregnant) from work and this girl had asked her to take her to the store and my sister agreed. So as they are driving to the store,  the girl urgently tells her to pull over, my sister does...thinking that she is getting sick or something. Instead the girl jumps out and grabs a bat that my sister has in her car and jumps over a small fence and starts swinging on a car that's parked in the carport! She breaks all the windows and my sisters yelling at the girl asking what she's doing and to get back in the car! My sister never got out of the vehicle and had no knowledge of the girls intentions (she hardly knows her) Fast forward to today, the car belonged to the girls children's father/husband (separated) and she had called her mother in law admitting in a recording ( she's done this numerous times) to doing it and they have video of the incident! My sisters car is seen in the video and they know the bat was hers! My sister who's 21 never got out the car or took part in the damages but I'm worried that she may be in trouble for giving this crazy girl a ride! Please any and all help/advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Answer:
 Your sister should refrain from talking to anyone except a lawyer about this. Answer #2: So your sister just happened to have a bat in the car? Not saying that's not possible, but I am saying there may be more to the story than you're being told. Like, potentially a lot more.

She needs to lawyer up yesterday.


Title: Is it illegal to be in possession of a dolphin corpse? [US]

Question:
[United States] So a dolphin corpse washed ashore on a nearby beach, and later on somebody cut off and took the head of the dolphin. I know live dolphins are protected by the Marine Mammal Law, but what about dead ones in any way? Are people free to take home a dead dolphin?

I am not sure what someone would want to do with a dolphin corpse, all I can think of is either sell the bones or skull to trophy collectors or make jewelry out of the teeth.

My question is: is any of the illegal? It seems illegal to me but I don't know if it's just illegal to make profit off of any parts of the dolphin corpse or the simply fact of stealing the corpse or head.

Answer:
 No. It's illegal under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, unless you have a NOAA permit (like those given to marine mammal stranding / rescue teams). Fun fact - the teeth of dolphins have rings, like trees, and can tell you how old the animal is. Cite below:

>"Take" is defined under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as "to harass, hunt, capture, or kill, or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill any marine mammal" (16 U.S.C. 1362) and further defined by regulation (50 CFR 216.3) as "to harass, hunt, capture, collect, or kill, or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, collect, or kill any marine mammal. This includes, without limitation, any of the following:

>-***the collection of dead animals, or parts thereof***

>-the restraint or detention of a marine mammal, no matter how temporary

>-tagging a marine mammal

>-the negligent or intentional operation of an aircraft or vessel

>-the doing of any other negligent or intentional act which results in disturbing or molesting a marine mammal

>-feeding or attempting to feed a marine mammal in the wild"Answer #2: IANAL. Marine scientists take the skulls of dead, protected marine animals to keep track of their numbers. They take the skull because the animal only has one and also because it is obvious that it has already been counted.


Title: [California] Insurance of driver is offering 50/50 liability for an accident in which I, a bicyclist was cut off and hit by a car while I entered a crosswalk with a green light.

Question: I was riding my bike along a bike path a few months ago. The bike path ends and becomes a sidewalk right before the crosswalk begins. As I entered a crosswalk with a green light a right turning truck pulled in front of me causing me to collide with the front side of his truck. I wasn't badly injured so the police were not called nor did I look for any witnesses (horrible start, I know). I have been working with the driver's insurance for months now trying to get my bike and medical settlement and they are insisting I am partially at fault since I technically hit the driver, even though they pulled into the crosswalk to turn right when I had the green light. I can't even fathom how that logic makes sense, I had the right of way no matter how you look at it, and it feels very much like they are being bias with the way they are handling this case. If anyone has any advice on how to proceed or needs more clarification please let me know!

Answer: IANAL, but from my understanding (in some states) cyclists in crosswalks only have the right-of-way granted to a pedestrian if moving at a speed consistent with a pedestrian. So there's a difference if you're going at 6 mph vs. 20 mph into the crosswalk.


Title: Does new federal tobacco age requirement have a grandfathering clause?

Question:
For context I am 19 as of October 6th. I am not in high school nor college. I use a vape for CBD consumption and do not use it for nicotine. I live in Tucson Arizona.

Does this new law have a grandfathering clause? It doesn’t make sense to me to restrict previously legal costumers who have been able to purchase tobacco and related products for over a year and take it away from them only to give it back to them in under a year.
Topic:
Other Civil Matters

Answer: No it does not.


Title: Are notaries public allowed to refuse service? (NJ)

Question:
This is in new Jersey.

Last week my husband and I were trying to notarize a letter of consent for travel of a minor child - I don't think this is *required* to be notarized, but we figured better safe than sorry (I'm going to be traveling outside of the country with the kiddo, but without my husband). The bank where we have our joint accounts has a notary, but we never got to talk to them directly - one of the other employees (a manager, I guess?) told us that the bank notary was only "allowed" to notarize bank-related documents.

Now - I'm a licensed notary public in New York, and from what I remember from my exam this would be totally, *totally* illegal in NY. A notary may *only* refuse to notarize a document in cases of things like suspected coercion, insufficient proof of ID, and so on, and afaik (please correct me if I'm wrong - that's why I'm here!) a company is not allowed to interfere with its employees' performance of notarial duties. They *probably* could have said that the employee is busy/cannot do it right then and there, but that's not how it was presented to us - what the bank rep said is that the notary was *not allowed* to notarize anything other than bank-related documents.

We ended up going several miles out of the way (not a huge deal, but annoying) and paying $5 at a mail-store to get the notarization. We didn't make a big deal of it at the bank - we still have to work with these people, as there aren't any convenient alternatives.

So my question - is this bullshit? Are the NY laws different from NJ? Is there such a thing as a "limited" (or whatever) notary? This is purely academic at this point, but I'm curious now, and my Google-Fu isn't strong enough to puzzle it out on my own. Thanks in advance!

Answer:
 You know who would have a direct answer?  The New Jersey Notary Association:  1.732.800.NJNA

It's also my understanding that a notary does not have to offer services to the general public.  But why take my word for it, the answer is only a phone call away.Answer #2: Can you imagine what it would be like if this were the case? Imagine a poor Notary Public who died from exhaustion at his or her desk because someone decided to flashmob their notary service. "Sorry, you can't go home yet, someone else needs their paper notarized, by you, right now, and you can't say no."


Title: Scared to live in my apartment (MI)

Question:
So a little background, when I moved into my apartments, I thought I had done my research, all of the reviews were good, it looked decent and the rent was ok. After a couple months, I realized that they enticed people with $100 gift cards for good reviews and they hold raffles each month only for those five star reviews. I realized I got duped there. I didn't care, I just go to work, come home, play video games, eat, go to sleep rinse/repeat. Occasionally my significant other would come over, no issues.

The past five months however have been absolute hell. My dear neighbor who I thought the world of moved out and in his place they moved in a young kid. I didn't think much of it, I remember being younger and my music playing too loud, and cut him some slack. Then it was the constant screaming and yelling. I gritted my teeth so I wouldn't be 'that' neighbor. Suddenly one resident turned into four and they started having full blown fights in the hallways and in their apartment. We have a private security company here and each time I would call them to report this, and an hour later they would show up when everything was calm again, noting nothing was wrong.

Last night, I was abruptly awoken to the sound of someone being thrown against my door. One of the guys was just beating the shit out of his girlfriend and one of the other friends was beating the shit out of the guy. I immediately called security and told them what was going on, and of course, 30 minutes later all is calm when I hear them coming into my hallway. So I peeked out, told the security officer what had happened, told them which apartment it was, and asked him to check the cameras. He spoke with the apartment, told them to keep it down and left. About 20 minutes later after I get done ranting in texts to my boyfriend about it (who is working overnights in a police department in a different city) and I'm about to fall asleep, I hear the screaming again, except this time I hear them screaming to put the gun down. So I ran to my kitchen in fear of stray bullets entering my apartment, called security again, told them there was a weapon and I was told they would call the police and head over there. Except the police never came. The security guy asked them if they had a weapon, they said they didn't, and he said it was good enough for him. Then he told them 'your neighbor here in apartment ___ called us when you slammed into her door and called us again about the screaming.' At this point I'm in tears and having a panic attack in fear of what if they are to do something to retaliate. After further questioning them (I can hear the whole conversation) security finds out the three extra people are unauthorized tenants and still allowed them so stay because they were living there.

When i woke up this morning, the unauthorized tenants were still in there, and still screaming at each other. I quickly packed up for work and left. I called management and voiced my concerns about being named as one of the people who reported and was told tough luck. When I told them that I would just call the police next time because of the weapons, I was told that I would be harassing my neighbors and they would fine me for it. Appalled, I told them that I had no problems sharing this incident on social media and was told if I did that, that they would evict me and force me to pay for my remaining months rent, which is roughly six months. I asked them if I could get what they said in writing or if they could show me where that said in my lease and they more or less told me to F myself. When I asked for the corporate number so that I could discuss with someone about breaking my lease, I was hung up on and was repeatedly hung up on when calling back to get the number.

So after all of that, should I retain an attorney? Do I have a good case should I go to break my lease due to this negligence and violence that has occurred? I know worst case scenario would be that I lose and owe them all of the money, but what would best case scenario be? Is it possible to get out of your lease for fear of safety and the threats of retaliation? I just want out of my lease before something happens, and unfortunately subletting is against the lease, so that is not an option. My boyfriend and I have discussed moving in together already and had planned it when my lease is up, but I know he would just tell me to move in with him sooner, so I'm not concerned about being homeless.

Sorry for my long wall of text. And thank you in advance.

Answer: I don’t think anything you said is grounds to break your lease. You definitely can and should call the police instead of building sr unity when you witness criminal acts. Also, unless there’s something in your lease that prevents it, they can’t evict you for posting in social media about your rental experience.


Title: MetLife stole our logo

Question:
You can see the 2 logos here: https://i.redd.it/ihtnx36iwvtx.png
We've been using this logo for years now. Diffen lets you compare anything -- the idea is to find differences and similarities between things. Hence the intersection of 2 diff colors. Last week Metlife launched a new logo and you can see how it's very similar to ours.

Diffen is headquartered in Seattle and we have a registered trademark.

EDIT: So what can we do about it? Do we have recourse?

PS - This is a cross post from https://np.reddit.com/r/legal/comments/59k3ry/metlife_stole_our_logo_what_now/

Answer:
 You have a registered trademark on the name "Diffen."  There doesn't appear to be a registered mark on the logo (at least not owned by the Diffen entity, which only owns one trademark.)

tess2.uspto.gov

Also, there is not likely to be confusion between Metlife (life insurance) and Diffen (price comparison services.)

You can talk to a trademark attorney, but I suspect they'd advise you to not do anything.


Title: Do I have to pay for the expenses for my own doctor's note?

Question: I live in Maryland, US working part time for multiple jobs and have the flu. My boss at an unnamed company told me I need to get a doctor's note for the 1 day I am missing. Am I legally obligated to pay for the expense of getting one? Is it different for each employer or is there a a law about this? I'm really clueless and very tight on money.

Answer:
 Your employer does not have to pay for the appointment you need to get the note.

You are not required to produce the note if you don't want to.

They are not required to continue to employ you if you fail to comply with their policy.Answer #2: Life advice: If you live near a CVS Minute Clinic, it's less than $100 for a visit without insurance, they take walk-ins, and they do write doctor's notes for work. That's what I used when I worked retail and was sick.


Title: Do city ordinances apply to my area?

Question:
So, throwaway for obvious reason being location related stuff.

I live in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Well...*technically* I live inside of an enclave of San Antonio that is simultaneously both a separate city and part of San Antonio. I think that's how it works, no one has been able to clearly explain it to me yet.

San Antonio has an NDO (Non-discrimination ordinance) that really helps someone like me live my life. But because I live in Castle Hills I'm not really sure if it applies to my area.

I checked the Castle Hills ordinances but I can't find anything related to an NDO.

So I guess my question is **"Do San Antonio ordinances apply to enclaves like Alamo Heights, Castle Hills, and Leon Valley?"**

Answer: Castle Hills is not part of San Antonio except for census purposes. The dual city thing comes because I believe San Antonio completely surrounds the city while other places usually have county control between cities.


Title: Was I wrongfully terminated?

Question: [deleted]

Answer: A personality conflict is not an unlawful reason for termination.