Title: Are there any consent laws regarding forced pregnancy and can legal action be taken? UK.

Question:
So, to cut a long story short I (f18) have a (m23) friend who has had an ‘accidental’ child with his girlfriend. It came out that she had been unfaithful many times and at the same time it came out that she had stopped taking contraception in order to become pregnant by my friend. Hence why he has such an issue with the pregnancy, because they will not be together after the unfaithfulness, and also the lie about being on contraception.

He’s traumatised, never wanted a child with this woman and would consider taking legal action against her.

I’ve heard that this is a form of domestic abuse, and I think it’s comparable to men removing condoms during sex, which is a form of rape due to the lack of full consent, or is that a reach? There is a witness who she told she’d stopped taking the pill, and around the time of conception she lied about being on it, saying she was still taking it. Additionally, she is using their child as a means of manipulation.

Can any legal action be taken against her?
Topic:
Non-US

Answer:
 Has he actually taken a paternity test and verified the child is his? Especially if there a previous instances of infidelity, it's certainly not something to take just on her word.

While most domestic violence agencies do classify a wide variety of behaviors as domestic abuse, including financial abuse, emotional abuse, and reproductive abuse; not all of those behaviors have a legal component to them. It does not make the sexual encounter a rape, and the father cannot avoid responsibility for supporting their child.Answer #2: Did she also poke holes in the condom? Usually condoms are about 98% effective, so I'm confused about how she stopped taking BC and got pregnant right away. After all, I must assume that since he so desperately didnt want to get her pregnant, he was participating in the birth control and using condoms himself.

While lying about taking birth control is horrible, it's not comparable to the removal of a condom which cat get the victim pregnant (being forced to become pregnant and having your partner become pregnant without your consultation are two different things entirely) and can have life-changing diseases transmitted to them.

I am not finding anything that criminalizes her actions, and certainly nothing that releases him from his parental responsibilities.


Title: My boss asked me to discriminate

Question:
I have got a job as a recruiter for an IT company in the Bay Area. My boss instructed me to screen out candidates with accents, even if they have proper English grammar and vocabulary. Basically I can do all of the interview process online, then I have to call the candidates and ask general questions just to judge their accent.

My question is can I get in trouble for this legally? I’m

Answer: Discrimination based on accent would fall under National Origin discrimination.


Title: (MN) Landlord demanding Longer Notice from Expired Lease; Threatening my Credit etc.

Question:
Hi all, I'm just seeking advice on an issue I'm having with my landlord.

Back in 2013, I signed a 1-year lease for my condo in MN. When the lease expired in 2014, the landlord never approached me to renew or terminate my lease. Since then I have been paying month-to-month without any written contract and the original lease does not have a automatic renewal/termination clause.

The landlord and I agreed over the phone to extend/renew the lease to April 2015 back in Sept, but no lease or contract was signed and I'm still paying month-to-month.

4 days ago, I was offered and accepted a job in anther state and promptly gave in my notice to my landlord. It looks like he's sticking with the verbal agreement, expecting me to pay till April or find a new tenant. He also sent me a intimidating and threatening e-mail about the consequences of breach-of-contract, citing "502.04 action". He may be blowing smoke since that particular law has been repealed. He's mentioned (among others) to ruin my credit, and even some sort of permanent criminal record.

I've been researching this myself and it looks like MN504B.135 says I need to give 1-month. My landlord wants me to stay until April, which I absolutely can't do.

With that story out of the way, what should I do?

Answer:
 Leases longer than a year must be in writing, any sort of lease on a property with 12 or more units must be in writing. Take a look at #6 on this websites and use this to help you with your landlord.

http://www.ag.state.mn.us/Consumer/Handbooks/LT/LT1.asp


Title: Concerned for my child’s well being. Not sure what I can do.

Question:
Hello everyone, first time posting something like this and I’ll give some background information. My son is almost 2 years old, me(22) and his mom(21) have been split up since he was only 3 months old. We have no custody agreement within the courts but do have a schedule that makes it so we rotate having him at each house. The only thing is I have him much more at my house than hers because she values time with friends and partying over staying home with our son.

The problem I have is she has had a very bad tendency of bringing him around everyone new guy she talks to. He has slept at multiple different guys houses and apartments instead of her own so she can spend time with these guys. Some have lasted just under a month to 3 months. She recently met a guy that resides in NJ and wants to take our son there but said she was going with her friend ‘Christina’ when in fact it was a lie. This guy I found out has a history of drug problems and a violent past.

We both live in CT and I’m not sure what I can do besides going to court for a custody battle, which would take time. But anything now to prevent any harm towards my son I’m not sure what I can legally do. I don’t want to stop her from seeing him as she is his mother and I value that. But she puts him in situations that are not okay. Thank you for reading all of this and any advice is greatly appreciated! Have a nice thanksgiving everyone! :)
Topic:
CPS and Dependency Law

Answer:
 Get a lawyer. Get a custody order, one indicating neither of you can relocate without permission.

Communicate with her only via email. This one is huge. Emails can be used as evidence in family court, so watch what you say. Pretend a judge is reading it. If she texts you, ignore it. Tell her you’ll only answer calls from her for emergencies but that’s it.

Every time your child comes back from with the mom, send her an email- discuss the transition, any concerns you have, etc. If you’re concerned about your child’s safety, where he is sleeping, email about it. If you notice he has a rash, email about it, etc. Fact build. If she doesn’t respond, thats ok too, she’s communicating her lack of interest in her child’s well being and it will be used against her.

If she misses a pick up time, is late, denies you access at anytime, etc. Email about it.

If you know your ex is intoxicated or your son is unsafe when he is in her care, call CPS. The situation can be used as evidence of neglect and if what you’re saying is true, your child will be placed with you, where he is safe. Answer #2: Without going to court for a modification of your parenting plan (which it sounds like you at least have if you have a set schedule of when each of you spends time with him) there isn't anything you can do at the moment.


Title: Gym Member Claiming Sexual Harassment Through Google Review

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Sounds like fact, you did come onto her suggestively, and opinion, that it constitute sexual harassment.  Someone else might disagree, but I don’t see an inaccurate statement of fact here.  Truthful statements and opinions are protected by the first amendment.


Title: Support dog & non support

Question:
I have a dog that I originally had and then got a support dog 7 months into the lease. My Landlord is trying to say that I now have to get rid of the dog that isn’t a support dog. He said “legally I have to allow the support dog but not a second dog. Despite the original dog being approved at first”.

Is this true?

Answer:
 IANAL.

This would depend a lot on quite a few things.

1. Is this an ESA prescribed by a mental health professional?
2. If this is an ESA prescribed by a mental health professional, did you submit a reasonable accommodation request to your landlord *before* obtaining the dog?

If the answer to either of these is no, AND your lease states you may only have 1 dog, then you have no recourse.


Title: My employee contract said I would have health insurance, but is now my boss is saying we don't have it because "we don't need it." What do I do?

Question:
I left my old job for my current job in June, and part of the agreement was signing an employee contract with a non-compete, that also included other tidbits of information like my salary, vacation time, ect. It also spelled out in this contract that I would pay $214 and they would pay $214 for my employee health insurance which I would be eligible to enroll in the employee health plan after 90 days. They also attached a plan that was an HMO to show me what my coverage would be and said, via email, that I would get a larger packet upon employment.

I've held onto my signed contract (they never sent me a copy of the contract they signed) and when months passed after those 90 days, and I still wasn't enrolled, I asked her about it a week ago to see what was going on. She said that there is no employee health insurance plan because we don't need it, but that we could "shop around" after the first. I asked her if that would be the same plan that would be in my contract and she said "no, it would be a new plan." I made sure this was all communicated via email. Yesterday, she comes into verbally tell me that she's still waiting to hear back from the insurance people and that they'll most likely be purchasing a standalone plan from this company for me as an individual (different than the one that was sent to me) and that I would probably have to physically go to their building to sit down with an insurance sales person. I looked it up, and they don't offer HMOs and I'm assuming this is going to be more expensive than what was offered. Part of the reason I took this job was because the HMO was similar to the one I had at my old company.

Another weird thing that happened before getting hired (I also have this in email) is that the manager said I was one of their top candidates asked how old I was because they used that to "factor in costs," of top the candidates for things like "health insurance." This leads me to believe I might be making less money because of that.

I don't know what to do next, how to continue approaching my boss or what to say to her, and if I'm in the right or wrong here.
Any and all advice would be GREATLY appreciated.

********Update: My employer called me into her office to say this is 1. My fault since I didn't say anything sooner, 2. That I am going to have to call an insurance company myself because there's nothing she can do because I don't live in NJ and open enrollment is over and 3. Tried to pretend we talked about this before and say that I "knew." I told her I had no idea what she was talking about.

When I pushed about the numbers in the contract, she acted like it wasn't there, so I resent it to her and she said "I don't know why it says that. That's not true. I don't know where those numbers came from. That insurance plan we sent you was a sample plan."

So I'm contacting a lawyer before I quit to make sure I have my bases covered. Thanks for the advice and hope this never happens to anyone else because I feel like I'm going to have a nervous break down!

EDIT: Typo in title, sorry! And I work in New Jersey, but live in Pennsylvania.

Answer: Oh wouldn’t it be lovely to live in a society where health care wasn’t tied to employment.  Must be impossibly to achieve if the good ol U S of A can’t swing it.


Title: Found remote access software on my computer...

Question:
I work from home for derpcable I take tech support calls. we recently switched to a new phone system and I discovered that it secretly put Ultra VNC on my computer. After doing some digging in the configuration files we discovered they can remotely push the software to our computers, they can access out computers any time on or off the clock with no alert.

When the phone software was installed there was no license agreement. The company did not disclose that this was a feature or mention anything about it. I read over all of my new hire paperwork I signed several months ago and there was nothing there about remote access to my computer.

This is a personal computer the company only provided the phoe software. Is this legal? What, if anything, could I do about this? I'm not so concerned with the fact there is remote access, but the fact the no one has been told about it and the security is so lax with it that I could remote into any derpcable agents computer is really concerning.

EDIT: I'm in TN the vendor I work for is in CA and the contractor is in PA
Topic:
Computer and Internet

Answer:
 Uninstall it then reinstall on a virtual machine.

As for legal recourse I don't think you have a case. You installed the software and you have no proof that they abused the access it gave them.


Title: university not honoring approved accommodations (CA)

Question:
TLDR: the Disability office at my school approved an accommodation that gave me a single room. administrator now tells me there aren't any extra singles (except for the emergency medical singles that I don't qualify for?) and the school won't honor the approved accommodation.

I'm a university student. I got a single room for next year through room draw, but someone in the housing office made a mistake and assigned it to two people, so they said I couldn't live there. I have a medical reason I need a single, so I had my doctor send in documentation to the Disability Services office. they approved my request and housing told me they'd put me in one of the singles they have available.

Today, I spoke to a high level administrator at the school. He told me there aren't any single rooms left on campus, and that unless someone drops out I'll be put in a double. Now, I know the school keeps several single rooms in reserve in case students need singles on an 'emergency' basis (if someone has some medical thing happen during the term, for example). I asked why they wouldn't put me in one of those. The administrator said they're legally required to keep those open for people with disabilities that develop during the school year.

I thought it was questionable for them to grant me accommodations through the ADA and then say lol, nevermind, without offering an alternative. is what they're doing fine?

I should note I called the guy who runs disability services and he said my accommodations weren't conditional, they were a guarantee. but the admin I talked to was his boss

Answer: Did they say you are going to be in a double with a roommate? I was in a double my second semester but I had the room to myself. Is it possible that's what they meant? Would that still be unacceptable to you, due to your specific needs?


Title: My fiance's grandmother, rented out a room in her apartment. The tenant has stolen her credit card and made a large purchase. He refuses to leave. Not sure how to proceed. NY,NY

Question:
Hi everyone,
 So her family did call the cops on him and they  told us he had squatters rights since he has been there for 2 years. We believe since her grandma rented the room illegally, any involvement of the landlord or cops will result in her grandmother losing her apartment.

Answer:
 She can fe a report with the police about the credit card fraud and contact her credit card company.

She will need to evict him via the court as she is the roommate's landlord.  First, she will have to give him proper written notice (usually 30 days notice to vacate). If that is ignored and he does not move, she will have to evict him via the court.Answer #2: Report the person to Adult Protective Services. 212-630-1853
 https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/adult-protective-services.page

They will be able to assist and provide guidance.  This looks to fall under the category of Elder Financial Exploitation which is a high profile area that law enforcement and regulatory bodies are focused on.Answer #3: Yup, you're probably right about the landlord. It pays to follow the terms of your lease.

That said... squatters rights or otherwise, it's illegal to steal someone's credit card and buy things with it.  Did you call the police about that?  Have the person arrested.


Title: Buying a product, they've taken the money, am I owed the item or can the seller force a refund?

Question:
Basically the title, and the question is for both digital and physical goods.

If I buy something from a store, and the store takes my money, are the obligated to get me what I bought in any way? Or can they, at any point, say "Sorry, but here's your money back"?

Is there a time limit on this?

And is there a difference between physical goods (where an accident may cause them to realize they have no stock) or digital goods (where you can't be out of stock as such).

I'm in the UK, but I'm interested in general EU and US law as well.

Answer:
 > If I buy something from a store, and the store takes my money, are the obligated to get me what I bought in any way?

Of course not. Think about it. Say you were buying a custom 1 of a kind vase and it breaks. You can't force them to give you what they don't have. Thats just one example.

> digital goods (where you can't be out of stock as such).

You can be out of stock of a digital good. Most digital goods are actual license to use/possess some information. If you are out of licenses, you are out of stock.


Title: [California] Some person elbowed me and damaged my teeth.

Question: I was playing basketball by myself and this person challenged me to a game. On one of the possessions, I stood still at a certain spot I knew he would go to. On that possession, this guy ran straight into me while I was standing still and elbowed my face as he tried to go for a lay up. Two of my teeth got knocked in and I had to go to the ER through an ambulance. I also have to get dentistry care. I read that I should press charges and then file a law suit. How am I supposed to go about from here?

Answer:
 Individuals don't press charges, the government does.

Unless you can definitively prove that the dude hit you on purpose in order to cause you harm, your injuries are a by product of playing sports, and what you assume the risk for by engaging in those activities. If we were allowed to sue players who cause injuries while playing any sport, we would be a world with far fewer organized sports in general.


Title: I was attacked by a neighbor's dog and I am suing in small claims court - need some advice please!

Question: I live in Atlanta, GA.  My neighbor's dog is extremely aggressive and has attacked my dog 3 times in the last 1 year.  His dog has also attacked 2 other dogs in our building, so they know he is dangerous.  Every time our dogs see each other, they lunge at each other and want to fight (my dog is very gentle with other animals, but after the first attack, he hates this dog, understandably.) Last month, my neighbor let his friend take the dangerous dog down to the private, fenced-in yard in my condo building where I was playing with my dog.  My dog did not have a leash on at the time.  His friend who was walking the dog is weak and incompetent - and was using the retractable/extendable leash.  She let out all the slack so the leash on the aggressive dog was about 12-15 feet long.  In Fulton County where we live in Atlanta, any leash longer than 6' does not count as a leash.  So essentially both dogs were unleashed.  Well the dogs lunged at each other, his dog tore my dog to shreds, and bit my hand in the process.  My dog had to have emergency surgery ($800).  I went to the E.R. and had to get stitches in my hand ($1,800).  Hand was so swollen that I couldn't work for a week.  I asked my neighbor to think about paying some of my medical bills and he slammed the door in my face.  I sent a certified letter 1 month ago asking for reimbursement for my medical bills, my dog's medical bills, wages I missed from not working, and pain/suffering/scarring.  I filed a lawsuit yesterday in small claims court, and I'm planning to go without an attorney.  I'm worried that my neighbor will bring an attorney who will confuse me, or say things I don't understand, basically outfox me in front of the judge.  I have several witnesses of the attack who have agreed to go with me.  Should I ask them to be there?  What can I expect this to be like in court?  Do I need a lawyer after all?  The amount I am demanding is $6,700 (including interest and court costs).

Answer:
 You definitely want to have any witnesses with you.  Also bring *all* relevant paperwork regarding your medical treatment, your dog's, and the bills.

Make a brief outline of what you want to tell the judge -- just a list of bullet points.  Keep it short and relevant.  This will help you to remember the important stuff.Answer #2: Just make sure you have all the bills documented properly and submitted to the court. Small claims is just a straight forward process even if he does bring a lawyer. But it would probably be cheaper to pay you in settlement then to hire a lawyer and pay for his time.


Title: (Oregon) Bought used car over MSRP price. Lawyer wants to bail out.

Question:
[deleted]
Topic:
Contracts

Answer:
 > dealer calls and says the loan for the new one didn't go through - also B.S. because he showed before I was pre-approved.

That means nothing. Being preapproved doesn't mean final approval is guaranteed. It's not uncommon for final approval to fail, and car sales agreements usually contain language making them contingent upon final approval.


Title: Big bank sent me to collections over negative balance due to inactivity fees

Question:
Back in May of 2010 I moved 1100 miles and opened a bank checking account at one of the larger banks in the area, that was not back “home”  to get paychecks deposited in. Also about this time I started having more severe symptoms of PTSD anxiety and depression stemming from my participation in the 2003 invasion and occupation in Iraq. By September of that year I had made my first visit to the VA to talk about these things. And within 6 more months I would end up with a short stint committed to a psych ward back in my home state. During which time the bank closed the account for inactivity but not before tacking on $140.23 in fees for not maintaining the minimum balance of $500 or having a direct deposit. With all the upheaval my life had currently been going through I did not update an address with the bank and since I wasn’t using the account, I had basically forgotten its existence.

Fast forward to today (over 7 years from when the account was considered closed by the bank) I receive a letter from a collection agency reminding me of this account I had 8 years ago and wanting to collect.

I called the bank to ask them to remove the fees telling them the same thing stated above they offered reducing the balance to $112 if I were to send a payment today. I said i was pretty sure arbitration would cost them more than it would me as there is lots of free legal assistance for 100% disabled vets.  (I was getting a little worked up) and they said they would send up the issue to the next level but as it stood they could only do what they already offered.

I know from a recent credit report check that this is not on any of my 3 reports, and  due to the nature of this balance being fees for not having any money in the account and not an overdraft or NSF fee I don’t really feel that I do owe it to them, but what if any reason is there that I should pay this.

TLDR; Collection agency trying to collect 7 year  old debt  from bullsh!t bank fees from a disabled vet.

Thanks in advance.

Answer:
 The fees themselves probably aren’t bullshit. You undoubtedly agreed to them in the account holder agreement. The statute of limitations on these charges, however, may have tolled.

If past the statute you can tell the agency to get wet.


Title: Neighbor has Camera Facing Over Fence

Question: Our neighbor in New York has a camera facing over his back fence into other neighbor's yard where there is a 24 yr old mom with two little kids.  And a pool.  They called the police but were told the guy wasn't doing anything illegal.  Can someone really film someone else's little kids? Over a fence into their private property? link to images http://imgur.com/a/ebMhQ

Answer:
 Shine a laser directly into the camera. Answer #2: OP, you want a privacy hedge.  His camera can be moved, so you want something that will cover that entire side of your house.

Also, you might wanna call in a tip to the FBI or something, seeing as he appears to be creeping on kids.  Make it a tip, and not a police report, cause he has not actually done anything illegal yet, but Im sure the FBI would like to check up on him.  If he's doing something this blatant in public, who knows what he has in private.


Title: Former LLC business partner is refusing to close our joint checking account, and now it is in the negative. What can I do?

Question:
CA

I left a 50/50 partnership LLC recently. Everything was OK, not great, during the split. We signed and filed all paperwork with the IRS and State showing new ownership (just him now, 100% owner), and I moved on.

However, the main business checking account is a joint account with both of our names. The bank is not able to remove a person from joint accounts, so they suggested he make a new company checking account and close the joint one.

Recently I found out the account is still open and he has been actively using it as the company's main checking account. I contacted him about closing it and making a new account and he is refusing to do so. Not sure what reason he would have to do this since I can't see how it will benefit him.

Now I have been getting phone calls and e-mails that the account is negative and I am upset. I don't want this affecting my credit.

Is he legally obligated to close the account since I am no longer a part of the company? I am worried that he might be doing this to "get back" at me, even though I tried my best to leave on the best terms.

Answer:
 I would write up a document that states what happened between the business and yourself. State the broad strokes events that illustrate that you have been separating yourself from the business for some time. Bring your IRS paperwork and another document stating that you do not consent to being listed on the account anymore. They won't close the account but they may remove you from the account.

Outside of this I would consult an attorney, and see what he can do to forcibly separate you from all business activities.Answer #2: Why cant you go close the account?  As joint owner you have full rights to it


Title: My sister got touched Inappropriately by Physiotherapist

Question:
So my sister just opened up to me about a recent chiropractor / physio visit and she asked for my opinion on this...

She told me: “so as I was lying face down, the doctor felt against my backside / ass and grabbed string of my underwear...almost as if to see what kind of underwear I was wearing”

“I was only there for my neck pain”

“I noticed a creepy perv vibe from him, he didn’t look at my face only my lower body and private areas”

The doctor then called her multiple times from different numbers and his cell number rather than the business line for the next appointment.

When she didn’t want to come in for the next appointment, he threatened her with a late fee of $85 and then when she said I felt very uncomfortable and the way you touched me.

He then said... if you behave like and adult and apologize to me, then I will cancel the late fee...

So my sister, being only 21 and going through a depression, apologized because she doesn’t know any better! So now he cancelled his late fee after all that and said not to talk about this with anyone else...

What should we do here, I want to help her, this isn’t right at all to make her feel uncomfortable, touch her underwear then make her feel like the stupid one by saying to behave like an adult and apologize to him?!!!

she says she can’t sleep now and has nightmares about it for the last few nights... is this a possible case?

She has some emails regarding the conversation

Any help would be very appreciated

This is in Ontario, Canada

Answer:
 I'm not a lawyer, but formerly worked in medical administration.  We take this kind of conduct incredibly seriously.

I suggest your sister report to the following:

1) To the [College of Chiropractors of Ontario](https://www.cco.on.ca/).

2) To the [College of Physiotherapists of Ontario](https://www.collegept.org/).

3) To your local police department.  Start by calling the non-emergency number.  They may tell you to call 911, or visit a detachment, but start with the non-emergency number.

4) I would suggest the owner of the clinic, but you stated elsewhere that this person is in fact the owner, so forget that.

This should be dealt with from multiple angles: by the colleges, before which this doctor will face disciplinary committee(s), and by the police to deal with the criminal aspect of his actions.  I have seen doctors lose their license to practice for far less.  As you already know, this person's actions were incredibly inappropriate.  We can't undo them, but hopefully your sister can make sure she's his last victim.

Finally, this is not legal advice, but it may be worthwhile for your sister to seek counselling.  PTSD is a very real thing.  What happened to her was incredibly violating and to add insult to injury he had the audacity to make her apologize for it.  It can be very helpful to have a professional to guide you through recovery from traumatic events like this.

Good luck.


Title: Girlfriend keeps getting calls from Great Lakes Borrower Services claiming that she's owes money in student loans. She says she's never taken out any student loans.

Question: Is this a scam?

Answer:
 Have her pull her credit report from annualcreditreport.com.

Did she go to college?  If so, how did she pay for it?  This *could* be a scam, but it's far more likely that either someone else stole her identity and used it to take out loans, or that her parents took out loans on her behalf without telling her.  A credit report will show whether the loans exist and, if they do, give her a starting point to work toward figuring out where they came from.


Title: (CA)Suffered migraine in grocery store, detained for accidentally shoplifting. DA's office stated not charging, but 6 months later received unexpected court date. Father wants to press charges.

Question:
TL;DR: Suffer from chronic migraines, CD & ADD. Got one in a grocery store, stupidly tried to leave to get meds from car, forgot was still pushing cart full of unpaid food, stopped and detained. Some questions of detainment and deprivation of medication. 6 months later being summoned to court after DA’s office said weren't going to pursue charges. Being encouraged by father to sue, really DONT want to. Need advice to get this done with as fast as possible.

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I really screwed up 6 months ago. I walked out of a store pushing a basket full of groceries I didn't pay for, not on purpose at all and I didn't make it out of the store, but I have been charged with shoplifting.

I have chronic migraines, along with an autoimmune disorder and ironically, ADD. All of which are managed with a cocktail of medication. I have three prescriptions specially for migraines, two for emergencies that I have to take right away, and one is a daily preventive.

I was grocery shopping back last December, I got a sudden migraine in the middle of my shopping trip, so I stopped and grabbed a soda thinking the caffeine would help me power thru the rest of my shopping till I could get back to my car where I had left my larger purse with my medical bag in it. I stopped and sat down to catch my breath to see if would pass. But it didnt, so I went to my car to get my prescription meds for migraines. I didn't even get a foot out the door before I was stopped by two undercover "recovery" specialist asking me for a receipt for the soda and the shopping cart full of food I didn't even realize I was pushing. I immediately offered to pay, and they declined and put me in handcuffs and detained me. A LOT went down after that, but i’ll leave the details for below

I understand what I did to them was shoplifting. Whether I meant to or not. Believe me I feel unbelievably stupid. I am just hoping someone will believe me, and help me when I say it was not intentional and I really really don't want a criminal record over it.

What I don't know what to do is how to proceed from here.

Originally, I had received a letter stating I need to appear in court for Shoplifting-Misdemeanor on Feb 20. I consulted a my dad's attorney/friend, got doctor's notes from my physician, and went.

On that date, no one could find me in the system (the officer that wrote the ticket horribly mispelt my name, even omitting part of it entirely), I was referred to the DAs office, where they informed me that the DAs office was not pursuing charges, gave me a letter saying that I appeared that day. I was told by the attorney/friend it was a done deal, nothing to worth about anymore. ....

Two days ago I got a letter saying that I must a appear and submit to a booking process on July 1st. That's two weeks away. Apparently its not over. And I am terrified. I have never ever been in trouble with the law.

My father's attorney is out of the country until August, and really only practices law in FL and I am in CA. And being that I am 23 ... I don't exactly have money for any attorney anyways.

What am I supposed to do on that date? Am I going to be arrested?

...

My second concern is that my father believes I was mistreated, and should consider pressing charges for unlawfully detaining me and deprivation of medication. I am NOT wanting to do that. While I will admit that the way they handled the situation was very very very far from ideal, I am not the kind of person to sue. I am not looking for some kind of payday, just that this nightmare ends.

I only bring it up, because if highlighting these events might help me in court, I would like advice on how to do that. And I guess I should briefly elaborate on why my father says that it was illegal and mistreatment.

* Immediately when I was first stopped, one of the first things on of two undercover "recovery" specialist asked me was why my lips were blue. It's because when I was sitting down, I was having trouble finding my rhythm in breathing and was extremely lightheaded. I only standing because they were hold me up.

* I asked for one of them to take my keys and get my emergency migraines medication out if my car. They said not allowed (understandable). I asked if I could call my husband to come bring it to me. Again, no. But they could call an ambulance. I refused the ambulance because that was just embarrassing overkill (regretted that), and requested water and a bucket to vomit in. The other of the two specialist made this big stink about how the Starbucks in the Grocery store would charge her $.25 for it.

* I repeatedly asked if I could just pay for the items, I had two debit cards on me. His exact words words were "Why, they will just decline. I don't see any cash in your wallet." I offered to even login to my bank from my phone, have my husband come down.

* I was dry heaving for almost an hour in to a trashcan, with the first specialist going thru the stolen "items" and my purse while he was talking with his wife/girlfriend via Bluetooth. I kept trying to get his attention because panicked-me hyperventilates a bit when I am upset, and mixed with a migraine that is about to split my skull open, I was having trouble staying conscious. He completely ignored me, even when I told him I was going to pass out, he just kept talking to his wife/girlfriend thru his Bluetooth.

* Twice he mentioned my race and how I was mexican to his partner in context to shoplifting. Normally it doesn't bother me …. except 1. I am NOT mexican.  2. Why would that matter? ….Was I being followed because he thought I was? (He himself was hispanic in race, so the whole conversation they were having about picking out who is the most likely to shoplift based off race was weird)

* 1.5 hours in he calls the police (I have no idea if that long is normal). When the police officer arrives they talk  briefly, she comes in and asks me my name and couple other basic information, writes me a ticket, and that's it. Doesn't ask me what happened, nothing. I tell her I can't walking to my car, so she escorts me from the backroom to the front door of the Grocery store, lets go of my arm .... Gets in her squad car and leaves. I spent the next 15 minutes cry outside my front door trying to work my phone to call my husband, but the screen was too bright and it felt like someone shining a light directly into my brain.

* 2 months later a received a letter from the Grocery-chains attorney stating I owed them $345 as a fee. Even though I never made it out of there with anything. I was advised my my dad's attorney not to pay it, so I didn't.

* The fallout after the indent was even worst (though not directly their fault - I dont deal with stress well). That migraine, because I didn't catch it right away, lasted almost 6 days. I ended up calling in sick for more time then I had sick hours for at work, and over 2 major holidays. When I got back to work, I was written up, and threaten to be fired. The stress of the entire situation, triggered another 3 day migraine, and I ended up having to go on Medical Leave. My doctor wouldn't ok me to go back to work, so after 2 weeks of Medical Leave, then 2 weeks of working and being still sick, my husband and I both agreed I should quit and just focus on getting healthy. I hadnt been healthy for a while. I was fired before I could put in my two weeks.

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To wrap this (way to long) post up, really my questions are 1. in the next two weeks what should I do to prepare for my court appearance on July 1st? 2. I am suppose to get a lawyer? 3. Should I do anything about all the crap I had to go through that day, or is it a mute point because I was the stupid one who walk out the door?

My husband I believe posted before, but I cant find the post now. Thank you in advance for your advice, I really really appreciate it.

Edit:Spelling

Answer:
 This has been posted twice already correct?

There isn't really a lethal action for being unprofessional.

The civil notice is for the cost they incurred dealing with your theft. Time, paperwork, etc. They can sue you civilly if they want.

1- get an attorney

2- yes

3- up to you but again, you stole product. They did what they did because of that. Being a dick is not illegal. Answer #2: This is the third or fourth time this story has been posted. Every single time, you're looking for the law to have changed, and it hasn't. What makes you think it has this time?Answer #3: I didn't read your whole wall.  Few points.

1.  Where do you report for booking? If it's still police station then they're gonna take your prints and let you go.

2.  You were not unlawfully detained.  LP made a citizens arrest.

3.  You may be able to sue them for not calling you and ambulance.  I would consult an attorney. It will have no effect on pending criminal charges.

4.  The fee/fine was a civil demand letter. You may have (probably did) sign a letter agreeing to pay it.  The business can sue you for the amount now that you didn't pay.


Title: (CA) Came home to a business card

Question: [deleted]

Answer: Never talk to the police without a lawyer. Don't call them back. Google 'never talk to the police' and a bunch of blog posts and a nice video will explain why.


Title: Did the Officer Have Probable Cause? Can the PD Cover Damages to my Vehicle?

Question:
Driving through Texas I was pulled over by Texas Highway Patrol for a non-working tail light.

The officer pulled me over after I had taken an exit heading to the closest Whataburger, a road trip staple.

While gather my license and insurance my wife opened our glove compartment that held my two, holstered pistols. She quickly shut the compartment and I showed the officer my insurance that was, in fact, on my phone.

The officer convinced me to step out of my vehicle to look at my tail light while he pressed the brake to show the tail light was out.

After showing me he asked me to sit in his vehicle while running my license. I refused and said I was not comfortable sitting in his vehicle.

When he asked why I was uncomfortable I asked if I was under arrest or if I had committed a crime.

He said I had weapons in the glove compartment. I asked how that is a crime in TX and he said it because they were in view of a peace officer. At this point I stopped answering his questions.

He asked where we were headed and I responded vaguely that we were visiting family. He asked where and I refused to answer. He asked why I wouldn't answer his questions and I responded that they were irrelevant and not his concern.

He then commanded me to put hands on his hood, spread my legs, as he was going to frisk me. All the while asking if I had any weapons on my person.

After frisking me he asked if I had warrants, which I did not, and ran my license. A second officer had stopped with him in a different patrol car and began questioning me. I did not respond.

While he was running my license a local PD car pulled up, marked K-9.

My license came back clean. He asked if he could search my vehicle and I said no.

The K-9 was then brought over to sniff the vehicle. As he finished circling my vehicle the dog jumped onto my passenger side scratching my door with his claws from top to bottom. The officer then threw the dog a hollow chew toy with no treat inside. The dog lost interest in the toy after a few seconds. At this point the K-9 officer announces to the two THP officers that they have "Positive Identification."

The officers put on gloves and spend the next 20 minutes rifling through my vehicle. They find nothing.

I'm issued a warning that cites 'PC', probable cause for the K-9 search.

Then I make it to Whataburger.

Do I have a case to argue there was no defensible PC and request the local PD accept liability to repair damages to my vehicle?

Some details that stand out to me:

\- My vehicle has CO plates. The officer never mentioned any drug besides Marijuana. Was I profiled?

\- TX has open carry rights. If my holstered guns were the PC, does that mean every open carrier can be stopped and frisked in TX?

\- The officer called my refusal to answer unrelated questions, i.e. where am I headed, what am up to today, "Suspicious" is that defensible PC

I'm happy to clarify any details.

Answer: Once the dog hits on any part of the car inside or out that is the probable cause. The bigger question for me is why you didn’t inform the officer that you had 2 and guns and the location. That should have been the first thing you said to that officer. Once he had seen them and you not disclose that information he or she becomes suspicious. If all your paperwork on the guns is good just let them know that before anything.  Some states it is illegal to not disclose this.Answer #2: Why did you post this again?


Title: Advice on how to approach management about incorrectly being classified as exempt?

Question:
So I recently got a new job. YAY. I've got an "engineering" title. But i'm not an engineer. I'm tech support. I have an associates degree in computer support, a co-worker has her degree in social work, another has his in cyber security. None are applicable to what we do. There are only 2 guys on the team who have the degrees that are applicable.

They've got us labeled as exempt. I don't think we actually qualify.

I just had my 60 day review and they love me. I'm doing great. My manager talked about how eventually i'll be in a mindset where i'll be logging in from home to just work at night to help out because we need to get ourselves dug out from the hole we're in(tickets are backed up.) I'll do it, because we all take pride in our queue and stuff. I agree, I do can see myself doing that. But not for free.

My supervisor today, told me that I needed to stay an hour late because we went out for a department "welcome to the team!" lunch for a new hire. I had no choice, no option but to go.

So in my mind I put in 9 hours.

I know several of the people stay late all the time to work on stuff.

Am I wrong here? Am I understanding the difference between exempt and non exempt? I like the job, the pay is decent for a 40 hour week.

Any advice on how to handle this?
There is a "report it" hotline thing, but, I kinda feel like that might be a nuclear option.

Answer:
 > My supervisor today, told me that I needed to stay an hour late because we went out for a department "welcome to the team!" lunch for a new hire. I had no choice, no option but to go.
>
> So in my mind I put in 9 hours.

There's a good chance your read is correct. Because you were not free to leave, you were likely on duty and likely would count that time as work, not as a lunch break. As a one-shot thing, I wouldn't worry about it _too_ hard - the free lunch probably offsets the wages, even if it isn't what you wanted to be doing with your time - but it's a worrying sign.

Figuring out whether you're actually exempt or not involves looking at both your salary rate and at the nature of your responsibilities (not your qualifications or title). If you're in the US, then it also depends on your state; if you're in another country, then the rules are different. All of this will influence whether - and how - you approach your management about this, or go directly to a legal remedy, or do nothing.


Title: Redneck boat registration

Question: My friend is constructing a boat from a picnic table and a multi 55 gallon drums and a motor. In the state of New York how would we handle this? Thanks

Answer:
 https://dmv.ny.gov/registration/register-boat

Instructions are here:

https://dmv.ny.gov/forms/mv821b.pdf

Good luck.

And you may consider losing the motor to avoid registration - ever considered a picnic table/55 gallon drum sailboat?Answer #2: If it has a motor you need to pay for registration stickers Answer #3: As others have said. You need a ga.e warden to inspect the boat and then you can register it.


Title: Started at a New Employer, but interviewing at a more desirable job. What recourse does the first employer have if I quit and go to the other job?

Question: Just started with an employer who is paying for me to relocate from a different state.  They offered me an Executive moving package.  however, they have not moved any of my things because I am waiting for my house to sell in one location before buying a new one at the new location and it was best to leave my furniture in the house I am selling for showings, etc.  I deferred all bonus payments to only be given after I have been at the company for 1 month (I am one day in).  I am in my first day at my new position and now a different company (one i am more interested in) is making an offer that I did not expect and only found out about 2 days ago.   What recourse does the first company have, or what legal action could they take if I leave?  Again, no money has changed hands yet.  I have done a ton of paper work with the relocation company, but the only thing i have accepted at this time is the apartment they are putting me in for 30 days.  Any advice?

Answer: What's in your contract? Most relocation bonuses that I have seen specified that the employee would pay back the bonus if they left within a certain time period, typically 1-2 years. So I would expect to have to pay that bonus back, although you can likely negotiate with your potential new employer to have them cover it if you play your cards right.


Title: Asked about sexual orientation on a job application??

Question:
My boyfriend recently applied for a company that asked some weird questions on the application. Sexual orientation, pronouns, if he’s transgender, and other questions like that.

Aren’t those questions illegal to ask during an interview? So why is it ok to ask them on an application?

I find it odd that it matters that he’s a straight male before he even meets a hiring manager.

Answer:
 They aren’t illegal to be asked, but he couldn’t, not be hired based on his responses. Many more companies are collecting this demographic data to ensure they are soliciting and hiring a diverse workforce.Answer #2: It is generally not illegal to make a "voluntary request" for information regarding your demographics in this manner. It is illegal to discriminate in hiring based on information collected from such demographics.

In practice, it can be difficult to prove that you weren't discriminated against for providing this information, as no corporation will tell you to your face "we didn't hire you because you're gay/transgender/etc.", they'll simply say you didn't get the job. Which inevitably means the best practice to protect yourself is usually to decline to answer.

But as long as providing that information is not mandatory, it is not illegal for them to ask.Answer #3: In the UK, it's common for those questions to be asked but they're never visible to whoever makes the decisions about who to progress further in the hiring process. They're used to analyse the demographics applying for and subsequently getting (or indeed not getting) the job.Answer #4: The only time I've been those type questions on it, I mark prefer not to answer.Answer #5: One company that I was at would use it to make sure that a pool of say 100 people had a statistical representation that matched real life numbers. And use it to adjust where they look for resumes from.

Basically if they have a pool of 100 and 0 are transgender (as an example) they might do some outreach to get some candidates of that group to apply.

It is not used during the hiring process, but while sourcing the candidates.


Title: I’m moving and i have a DUI

Question:
I live in Alaska where DUIs are a serious offense. I have went through all the stipulations including three days ankle monitor, going to an alcohol class and year on probation(I’m off probation now). One of those was having an interlock device installed in my vehicle for six months and obtaining a SR-22.

Well I’m finally moving back to the states and I’ve had a car purchased for me in WA. My question is, since i can’t go through Canada, I’m flying to WA and picking my car up. Will I be able to drive it through the states without having my interlock device installed? Or will I have to do it there? What will driving for long hours be for having an interlock device? Will I have to stop randomly on the highway? Thank you.

Answer: I'd contact the DMV's/DPS's/driving authorities of the states you're traveling through to see what their jurisdictions require involving DUIs and interlocks issued by another jurisdiction.  Since I'm not sure where you're moving to or what states you're driving through, there's not much I can say on this, since different jurisdictions have different laws about this.


Title: Can roommates force me to keep a vegan kitchen? [CA-US]

Question: [deleted]

Answer:
 Are you on the lease?

Are any of those conditions specified in the lease?

If the answer to #1 is yes, and the answer to #2 is no, then they can't make you do any of that.


Title: Worked for husband and wife. Fired today because the husband told the wife he wants to get with me.

Question:
So this sucks. I was prepared to start working there a lot more this coming semester. I got  along great with both of them. I'm one of six other employees. Or was I guess. About a month ago the husband starts to get a little flirty, and I'm flirty but that was it. I didn't mention anything to the wife because...why risk my job?

So last night he tells her that he has feelings for me, wants to fuck me, has kissed me on the cheek, wants a girlfriend on the side I guess?

She texts me saying I ruined her marriage, and that I am not released from my position.

What do I do? Or is that just tough life?

Edit: Thanks for the replies. I live in Kansas. From what I've read here and online, I probably don't have any case unless I wanted to look into a sexual harassment deal, which I could but do not want to. It's just a sucky situation I guess. The guy just has no perception of how what he says and does affects other people..like his employees and fucking family. Sorry, rant over.

Answer:
 >About a month ago the husband starts to get a little flirty, and I'm flirty but that was it.

Your place of employment, with your married employer, is a really dumb time to be flirty.Answer #2: Assuming you are, as most people are, employed in an at will state, then your employer can fire you for practically anything.

I'll say this though: it sounds like you dodged a bullet here. One of the most debilitating things to deal with is an employer who wants to get in your pants, and few of them are as brazen as this.

Now if he had actually done something, you might have some options, but it rather sounds as if all he did was confided his fantasies to his wife and that was it.

Note for future: don't be flirty with your boss, even if he is flirty with you.

If you gave your state you might get more on point advice, but I don't think this rises to sexual harassment in a legal sense, particularly as this is such a small company.

Answer #3: >has kissed me on the cheek

Did he? Was it unwanted?


Title: need legal advice

Question:
So recently i was playing an online game and in a shop there was an item for 0 gold (bugged) almost 90+ players abused this by buying it and we thought there would be no consequences since this is the developers fault. later the next day i realized i had lost 8000+ gold from my account, and not only that the event that i bought the item in didn't give me points for redeeming other items. 8000 gold = 200$, is this illegal? or is there any way i can get these guys back for scamming so many players.
my friend had spent like 30$ trying to get this item, and since he didn't have 8000+ gold to buy the item, they took the item away and his gold. i think this must be illegal. but im just an ignorant 18 year old so idk whats illegal.

Answer: I think that next time when you notice a bug in a game you should notify the developers instead of trying to steal from them. Most likely in their terms of service they have language entitling them to ban you at any time for any reason, so the fact that you just got penalized and didn't lose all the other stuff you spent money on is something you should be thankful for.


Title: Determining If I Have Been Misclassified As An Independent Contractor

Question:
Hey!

Some of the basic info: I do video production/editing work and I am located in Florida.

So about a year ago, I was hired by an agency as an independent contractor (I filed a 1099). Initially I would come in to their office for a few days a week to work and largely controlled these hours as I had another part-time job that I had to schedule around.

After about six months or so, as I got more integrated into the team, I started working basically full time hours at their office while still classified as an independent contractor.

Now, as I am coming up to my 1 year anniversary working for them I started to feel that although I was still identified as contractor, I was being treated almost the same as the other employees who are filed as W-2s. I was doing some research into how the IRS classifies employees and ICs and wanted to lay out my conditions and see if I could get a few outside opinions on whether or not I have a case for being misclassified as an IC.  I'm mainly just trying to get a solid basis of knowledge to know whether or not I am being mistreated as an IC or being taken advantage of before taking any legitimate action.

• I was initially hired to do video work as was described in the job posting, but in the past few months I have been given additional responsibilities including database management, email marketing, presentation design, and other random administrative duties without an increase in pay.

• For some of the new responsibilities I was given, I was trained at the office to do them.

• I can take off any days I want and don't need permission from any supervisors or higher-ups. They just expect some notice.

• Despite this, I have set hours (maybe they could be described as expected because of the bullet mentioned above). A couple times when I have arrived a few minutes later than the set start time, I have been called out for it and told I have to be on time.

• I have a set lunch time like all of the other employees.

• I work on an hourly basis. My work/compensation isn't on a project to project basis.

• Because of ^ I do not have any opportunity for profit or loss. I have no investment in equipment or anything used in my work.

• I do not use any of my own equipment. Everything I work on is at the company's office.

• I do not receive any benefits, PTO, etc.

• The services I provide are part of the business' day-to-day activities. I was not brought on to do anything that wasn't already being done at the business.

Thanks in advance for any posts!

Answer:
 http://floridarevenue.com/taxes/taxesfees/Pages/rt_employee.aspx

> If you have information about an intentional misclassification, you may report it to the Florida Department of Revenue. When you contact the Department, please be prepared to provide information about the business, the details regarding the worker misclassification, and date when the alleged violation occurred.

> To Report a Tax Violation
Call: 800-352-9273 or 850-617-8594; or
Fax: 850-487-0969 (Attention: Tax Violations); or
Email: TaxViolations@floridarevenue.com


Title: I NEED HELP, being lied to by the cops, ex girlfriend is wanting to press charges, and douchebag ex-friend

Question:
First let me apologize for any grammatical error, I'm on my hour lunch right now, and i have about 40 mins left.

Some back story: ex-Girlfriend(18 as of jan 10th) Me(18 as of last june). So we split and it was for the most ridiculous reason but she was hard set on us splitting. I i have few friends, and unlucky me none of the could really give me advice on what to do weather i should try and work it out or move on. So i got to a mutual friend between me and her, and this guy lies to me, lies to her(but she doesn't see it), and when i go to vent to him shows her everything that I've said to him, and i mean EVERYTHING.

so to the legal advice, as most teen couples so her and i would send each other "pictures" of one another. Now in saying that i hadn't really gotten around to deleting them, and I'm serious i kinda forgot they were there. So she finds out there on my phone, and through Douchebag friend she thinks that I'm going to show the world. I'm not, never will. I'm not the person who would ruins someones life like that. So I'm sitting in class and i get walked out by a cop and an AP. they keep assuring me that everything is ok "don't worry your not in trouble" type of crap. i asked several times to talk to my farther, and as far as i know that in texas theres a family statue that says if i request my farther and I'm in school that request has to be granted regardless of age. but it did happen they seized my phone and found them on google doc... not on my phone but on google docs, an app. now i have no clue how they got there. there is only one other person who had access to the account in question, and you've guessed it, douchebag friend.

now we come one the next day, i talked to them again asking when i would get my phone back, they can't anwser that. they say they need to reset my phone. its an iPhone.. and its jailbroken (for movie box, and other things like that). any one should know that you just can't reset a jailbroken iPhone all willy nilly. and i informed the cops of that and they are like "sureeeeeee, we will just take it to the (and i quote this people this is what the cop said) iStore, and have them reset it, again i was ok with this because i don't want the pictures, she was of age when she sent them but is trying to claim she wasn't, i have proof she was so I'm not worried about that. but what really got me going was as i was leaving school i had to walk by our old lunch table, and i hear her tell douchebag friend "don't tell X but i can't press charges because my face isn't in the photo".

2 days pass so it is now Friday at this point, i check back in with the cops to see of he had reset my phone and of course he hasn't, its locked to my iCloud, (if he would have listened to me and done it through DFU mode it wouldn't have been needed), but of course its stuck in a boot loop, so they must have tried somethin, and it didn't work. so he said he would try and have it reset before the school day is out and he would bring it to me, did he? of course not.

fast forward to today. i come to him again after waiting the weekend and he still doesn't have it done, and he said if i bugged him about it one more time he would have it shipped off and i would never see it again.

now i might have left holes i apologize about that if you have questions ask please and ill anwser. i just want my phone back, and I've spoken to lawyers about it already and they are involved but only for the potential charges for underage photos, witch again i have proof they they were taken after her 18th birthday, my concern with this is my phone. thanks in advance to anyone who helps if you have a question ask and ill anwser asap

Answer: So they're using your phone in the investigation.  You're not getting your phone back until the investigation and/or trial is complete.  That can be a couple more days, or it can be several months.


Title: Swedish/American citizen who has never lived in the U.S. Can I still be drafted there?

Question:
Hi I am 21 year old male who has lived in Sweden all of my life. I have a dual citizenship through my mom who is from the U.S. I've only ever been to America twice in my life and I don't pay any taxes there. So my question is can I still be drafted simply because I have a U.S citizenship, and if that is possible what can I do to make sure that it doesn't happen?

Thanks!

Answer: You're required to register.  There is no draft and there isn't going to be one.


Title: I'm not sure where to post this so I figured I would try here. Ex gf is threatening to press false abuse charges on me.

Question:
Basically I broke up with her because she hit me one night while she was drunk. I blocked her on all social media and blocked her number. She calls me from a blocked number weekly and most recently told me that she had pictures of me hitting her (which is impossible because I never did). The only time I ever laid a hand on her was when she would punch me and I thought we were joking so I would lightly hit her back on the arm. Then she would get mad and start hitting me harder until I had to tell at her to quit.

So what I'm asking is, is there anyway her case could hold up in court? With no real proof and only her saying that I did it?

Answer:
 >is there anyway her case could hold up in court?

Can't really tell from your post.  We don't have all the details.  If everything is as you say, then it is unlikely that it would even get to court.  The DA would not prosecute and the police report would reflect the unlikeliness of her claims.

Document everything she says, and if her conduct rises to the level of blackmail call the police.


Title: [Warren County, Ohio ] Court wants me to fax them my speeding ticket they don't have

Question: I received a speeding ticket two weeks ago in Warren County,  Ohio and have been calling the court since then to pay my fine,  but they do not have my ticket in their system.  The last time I called them they asked if I could fax them a copy of my ticket.  Should I fax them a copy of my ticket?  If they lost my ticket,  why should I send it to them so they can fine me?

Answer: It's unlikely this ticket is literally gone from their records entirely. If it ever shows up and you haven't paid it you will have to deal with all the consequences of a unpaid ticket including in some cases suspension of your license. So if you deserve the ticket, and want to pay to get it over with, send it to them and pay it. Otherwise if you ever get pulled over again you might be in an unpleasant surprise.Answer #2: Well, you'd fax them the ticket so that if they "find" the ticket (or the idiot who's trying to find your ticket and failing goes on vacation and somebody who actually knows what they're doing finds it) you aren't suddenly stuck with a huge fine - or worst case, a bench warrant.


Title: My ex-boyfriend said I can live in his house until the summer. I fear he might kick me out sooner. Can I write up a contract to protect myself or should I have an attorney write one?

Question: So my boyfriend and I broke up. We live in the house that he owns. He said he will give me until this summer to move so I can save up enough money to get my own place. He has a new girlfriend now and she doesn't want me to stay in his house until the summer. Is there anyway I can protect myself? Can I write a contract and have him sign it? If that's not legally binding, can I have an attorney do it? Oregon

Answer:
 While comments have appropriately addressed your question about a contract, I would be reluctant to ask your ex to sign a contract.  If it was my house, and I was gifting you a place to stay for 5 or 6 months I wouldn't sign a contract, and I'd be more likely to become frustrated by the arrangement that I've already agreed to.

On the other hand, if you were just appreciative and pleasant to live with, I'd be much less likely to go back on my word.

And there is some period of time that you can stay after he gives you notice.
https://www.osbar.org/public/legalinfo/1253_ResidentialEvictionNotices.htm


Title: [MA] Discrimination from my new manager on the basis that I'm transgender, as well as discrimination towards customers after profiling, most of the time based on race/sex.

Question:
So, I'll start with the full situation for regarding myself. Apologies for poor formatting, typing this on my commute to the store.

 I work at a larger retail store in Massachusetts as a shift manager. Recently, my previous manager was force ably asked to resign, based on not hitting sales goals.

So this manager from another location inside the company came to manage our store, due to him being good at driving sales.

I had met him twice before, one time when I was visiting his previous locayion, another at a public event. Both times, I introduced myself under my very feminine, legal name, dressed effeminate, and both times he would use male pronouns, man, dude etc. At the public event I was with friends, and we spoke with him, they all kept emphasizing she when speaking about me, and he continued with he.

My previous manager cared immensely about my situation, and when I spoke to my previous manager about this new person and how I think I might have a problem with him, my previous boss decided to talk to him ahead of time, making sure he knew the deal.

He said he did, he employed a trans employee at his previous location so it wouldn't be a problem.

So for the store as a whole, all my co-workers have no problems with my pronouns. Maybe 3 mistakes have happened amongst different people over the last year, but they were mistakes.

But now working with this new manager, he refuses to respect the fact I am trans. Legally, my Passport, my Liscense, my SSN, Health Insurance, all have me as female.

He continues to use incorrect pronouns, treats me as a male employee, has me do grunt work rather than "females" even though I've been on hormones for over 4 years.

So, the first question is, what legally am I able to do here? I've already planned to bring the situation to HR, but the corporation I work for as a whole is lackluster and most likely won't make a change, so I want to know what I can do legally. I've been told I could sue over it, but I have really no idea about anything.

The other half, is the fact he profiles our customers. Our store is extremely multicultural, but anyone who isn't white and looks like they have money should be heavily monitored, as they are only there to steal, according to him. He has kicked people out of the store based on "looking homeless", or for being of color. He is extremely ignorant and bigoted towards customers, and even directly insulted a disabled customer to his face.

So, legally, does that help the case I want to present against him, whether to HR or court, in anyway? Or do I just have to live with him being a shitty individual? Is there any advice I can give to customers that he has removed on asinine reasons?

Thanks for all help in advance.

Edit: Looking for legal advice, not people to try to take assumptions on the situation. Case by case.

Answer:
 >has me do grunt work rather than "females" even though I've been on hormones for over 4 years.

There is nothing illegal about this.

Answer #2: So just because you identify as a girl, you think you should be exempt from doing "Grunt work" (That's a pretty sexist view)? And I know plenty of people who refer to both girls and guys as "Man" or "Dude". Either suck it up, or quit if you can't handle a normal work environment.


Title: High school outlet exploded and burned my hand

Question: I am a high school senior in Michigan and today when I went to plug my phone charger in, the outlet exploded and sparks went flying everywhere. My hand got burned very bad, and half of it was charred black. They called the paramedics and I was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. The gym coach would not give me ice, despite me repeatedly asking for it, because she did not know if she should. But the hospital said ice was fine and the paramedics immediately gave me ice packs. The outlet was obviously decrepit and should have been replaced a long time ago. What are my legal options here?

Answer:
 For now, getting your medical bills covered. It's good you're at the hospital. Your school will have an insurance policy that covers accidents such as this.

If you have sustained medical injuries and rehab costs, you should speak with a personal injury attorney. Answer #2: If your hand was burned, ice would have been a bad choice. So gym teacher made the right call, regardless of what you were asking.


Title: [MI] Employer was wearing a microphone that he didn't know was live and said incriminating things about himself and the company. What do I do next as the person holding the recording?

Question:
This is in Michigan.

I work for a small business that has a brick-and-mortar central office that has about fifty employees in-house with several hundred independent contractors that report in. Our CEO is a very, very socially awkward person. He is constantly making off-color jokes and generally is known for making employees -- particularly female employees -- very uncomfortable. However, since he owns the company, the HR department can follow up with him but their hands are fairly tied in terms of consequences for his actions.

In the time that I have worked there (several years), I've seen this guy make off-color jokes to prospective hires, promote beautiful but incompetent women over their less attractive counterparts, continuously blame people below him for his own personal failures within the company, fire nearly all dissenters, et cetera.

About a week ago, we were working on recording a promotional video for the company. I work in IT, so I was running the recording equipment, and had hooked up a microphone to our CEO. In between takes, CEO apparently forgot his microphone was hot, and started talking with various employees about his usual litany of sexually-and-generally-harassing jokes and questions. It ended when he started talking to one employee, whose wife is very heavily pregnant, about how she is surely going to be fat after she has the baby and wrecks her body, and perhaps Employee would like CEO to find a girl for him to see to his needs. CEO began naming female employees of the company as prospective women for Employee to enjoy. Employee declined (and seemed pretty horrified), and eventually was the one to realize that CEO's microphone was still on.

My questions are: what do I do with this recording? Do I take to HR, who won't be able to realistically do anything with it? And is this recording even legal? I looked up recording laws and it looks like Michigan is a one-party consent state as long as the person recording is participating in the conversation, but I wasn't. But I also don't think my CEO had a reasonable expectation of privacy considering he knew full well that he was wearing a microphone. Should I take this to the news? Part of me wants to confront my CEO with the material, but I can see that backfiring a number of ways. More than anything, I feel that I need to get this out there for the protection of the female employees, particularly the ones he named in this exchange with Employee.

Thanks in advance for all your help!

EDIT: Apparently Michigan is an all-party consent state, apologies!

Answer:
 The recording is legal, because it was created with the consent of the CEO (it was started with his consent, and he did not terminate the consent.)

Going to the media is not a legal approach.  And you would likely be breaching your duty of loyalty to the employer.

IF there is an on-going lawsuit, for example about harassment, the recording may be useful.  It may also potentially be prohibited from destruction.

Does your company have legal counsel?  That's who I would talk to.Answer #2: Let's be rational here...

Is there an ongoing investigation or lawsuit concerning the company, the ceo, former or current employees, or you?

And do you want to keep your job?

If the answers are no and yes, respectively, then forget the recording exists.Answer #3: Here is how the CEO will see it.

You planted a wire on him and tried to get in trouble.

If you want to keep your job forget the recording exists. Nobody is being forced to work there they could quit any time they want to.


Title: my parents defaulted on Parent Plus Loan, asking for $84,000 upfront. What the hell do I do?

Question: (Ohio) My parents have been taking on my parent plus loan and unfortunately defaulted this week. They are asking for 84,000 to be paid immediately. We are so broke it's not even funny together they make under $30,000 a year if that. I have no idea what to do or what I can do. They are going to garnish their wages. I myself am about to default on a separate private loan and I am completely drowning. I am a college dropout. I have been unemployed this whole year. I am so overwhelmed and I can't think rationally. What can I do if anything?

Answer:
 That is a massive amount of money to go through without having a degree to show for it. Did the full 84K go toward your schooling?Answer #2: Your parents should probably look into bankruptcy.  Unfortunately student loans are more difficult to discharge, but they may meet the criteria to have them discharged.  I would tell them to start saving up to pay a bankruptcy lawyer.

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/i-took-plus-loan-son-can-i-discharge-bankruptcy.html

You should probably look into the same.


Title: Employer never legally hired me.

Question: I Emailed an employer (production kitchen in VT) via craigslist for a kitchen staff position. I was called back and asked to come in for an interview. When I arrived they said I could start working on the spot, so I did. At the end of the first day I inquired about tax forms/contracts/I9 and they said they would bring the papers the next day. Jump ahead 2 weeks still no papers. I got a text from my boss this morning saying I had been replaced, in other words fired. (For no reason mind you) and that i could pick up my check for the time I worked. Ive yet to collect my check. I realised they didnt even know how to spell my first name or what my last name even is. Im pretty sure the company is breaking a few laws with this whole situation. Im now out of work and cant file for unemployment. Where should I go from here?

Answer: Pick up the check, see if they paid you the correct amount. If they didn't, you can file a wage claim with your state's labor department. You can still at least try to file for unemployment.


Title: Condo Association says I must renovate my basement due to marijuana odor seeping next door. (AB, Canada)

Question:
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So i just received an email notice from my condo association about a complaint from my neighbor claiming the smell of marijuana is seeping into their unit along the shared wall. They have included the following bylaw in the email.

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"An Owner shall not: Use and enjoy the common property owned by the corporation or in which it has any interest (herein sometimes called "corporation property") in such a manner as not to unreasonably interfere with the use and enjoyment thereof by other Owners, occupants, families and visitors."

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It then goes on to state that they request that the basement of my unit be sealed in order to eliminate the odors ability to seep into the adjoining unit. I have 10 days to comply with the request or i will be subject to fines against my account.

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So for one thing cannabis is obviously now legal here so there is not much on that aspect i am worried about, second thing is my basement is completely finished with insulation, vapor barrier, and drywall so i am not sure what more could be done about the whole "sealing" aspect of the scenario. I own the unit and do not rent it out or have any tenants, i know the unit that has submitted the report and i find it a bit funny because i am constantly having to put up with the smell from their unit and the interesting use of strong smelling spices for all their nightly meals.

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I am planning to reply back to the notice on Monday but just wanted to see what r/legaladvice has to say on this situation? Do i ask for more specifics about what constitutes a "sealed" basement unit? Do i bring up the offensive garlic and curry odors i have to deal with?

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Thanks in advance!

Answer: If you can smell their garlic through your sealed wall, then surely they can smell your maryj.


Title: College Professor Enforcing off-campus meetings?

Question:
Sorry if this isn't the most effective place to get info on this sort of thing, but I didn't know where else to go.

A professor of mine is proposing that my classmates and I must mandatorily meet several times throughout each month, off campus. This reeks of unethical decisions and liabilities on the part of my professor. For example, if someone were to be injured or killed during one of these meetings, wouldnt the professor be to blame?

Anyways, I'm wondering if a professor can even enforce a rule like that. I looked around ACLU but didn't find anything relevant, only handbooks for protesting and such.

Thanks in advance!

Answer:
 ACLU?  Someone injured or killed at a meeting and being the responsibility of the professor?

You need to calm wayyyyyyyy down. Answer #2: This isn't a legal question.  Unless it's against school policy, it's fine.Answer #3: Grow up.


Title: Forced to sign resignation letter?

Question:
My partner was employed as a store manager, but the business wasn't doing well. About a month ago the owners said they were probably closing soon, but it was their fault and they were glad they'd hired him.

Tonight they suddenly told him that it was *my partner's* fault that the business was failing, and made him sign a resignation letter and pack up his things. Then they told his ex-co-workers that he had been stealing (he had not!!). We're worried they're trying to make it seem like he did something wrong when all he did was get employed at a failing business. Can he retract the resignation? Should he get a lawyer? Does he have any recourse if they try to push that narrative on other people? What should we do?

Thanks.

Answer: How did they MAKE him sign the letter?  Does he have a copy of it?Answer #2: How was he "forced" to sign something? Did he have a gun to his head?


Title: [UK] Ryanair cancelled flight - no refund for flight booked with alternative airline

Question:
Hi,

I’m looking for some legal advice in regards to a Ryanair flight from Berlin to London that was cancelled. It was a late Tuesday evening flight and I had to go to work the next day. When I got the email that my flight was cancelled, all flights for the next day were already sold out with the next flight available on Thursday morning, resulting in me missing essentially two days of work.

I spoke to their customer service over chat after waiting in the queue for 60 mins. I told them that I needed a flight tonight or the next day. They advised me that they won’t be able to book with an alternative airline on behalf of me, but that I could do so myself. They told me which alternative airlines Ryanair approves of (EasyJet etc., basically the cheap ones) and that they prefer the cost to be ‘reasonable’. When I asked what ‘reasonable’ means, they told me that a reasonable cost is a cost close to the original ticket price. I then told them that it’s very unlikely to find a ticket for the very reasonable cost of £15 (original ticket price) a day before departure.

The cheapest flight I could find for the next day was with British Airways (which was not one of their approved airlines), so I asked the customer service rep if I should book that flight or go for a more expensive one (with one of their approved airlines) to get the cost refunded.

They told me that they’re not able to tell me if I’ll get any money refunded and that they would suggest I just get a refund for the original flight (£15). They also told me to call customer service if I want a definite answer regarding a refund of an alternative flight. I couldn’t get through on their phone line and then they were closed for the day. At that point the Thursday morning flight was also gone, so I decided to book the British Airways flight (I figured that there was a chance that I won’t get any money back, so I went for the cheapest flight).

This is the original letter I sent to Ryanair to get compensation + refund for my alternative flight:

*“I am writing regarding flight FR8545 on 07/08/2018, due to depart from Berlin (SXF) to London Stansted (STN) at the scheduled departure time of 10:25pm. This flight was cancelled 0 days before flying and I am seeking compensation under EC Regulation 261/2004 for this flight.*

*My scheduled flight length was 902km, and the delay to the destination of the alternative flight (FR144) offered was 32 hours. There was no flight available the same or the next day.*

*I’m therefore seeking compensation of 250€ per passenger in my party.*

*I have been advised by a member of your customer service to book an alternative flight. I chose the cheapest available flight from Berlin to London that was leaving the next day (08/08/). Flight BA8492 TXL - LCY resulted in a cost of 143.91€.*

*The total compensation sought is 393.91€. Please transfer the total amount the the following bank account: xxx*

*I look forward to a full response to this letter within 14 days. If I do not receive a satisfactory response I intend to pursue my complaint further, which could mean taking it to court.”*

I’ve also sent them all documents, including a full transcript of the chat I had with their customer service rep and screenshots of a flight comparison site showing that the BA flight was the cheapest one.

This was the reply I received:

*“I refer to your online correspondence dated 20/08/2018. We sincerely regret the cancellation of your flight FR8545 from Berlin Schonefeld to London Stansted on the 07/08/2018 which was due to adverse weather conditions.*

*However, as this cancellation was for safety reasons and therefore outside Ryanair’s control we regret to advise that no monetary compensation is due under EU Regulation 261/2004. We note you chose not to rebook with Ryanair and as you did not utilise our service, the only option left for us was to refund your flight. Once this refund has been processed, Ryanair has no further liability according to EU261. The refunded amount 15.36 GBP should be reflected on your credit card which was used to make the reservation within the next 10 working days.*

*Along with the notice of your right under EU261 you were informed that you should contact us first and give us the chance to re-route you on a suitable Ryanair flight. If this was not possible, you would be allowed re-route to an alternative carrier and we would pay the difference in fare. As you have not given us the opportunity to re-route you, we regret to advise that you are not entitled to alternative transport expenses.*

*Thank you for flying with us and I hope we will have the pleasure of welcoming you on–board another Ryanair flight again soon.”*

1. What is the definition of ‘adverse weather conditions’ and how can I find out if that’s the truth? It was a very clear and warm day in both Berlin and London (I just looked up the weather for that day just to be sure I’m not imagining this…)
2. Like I’ve said above, I sent them the full conversation I had with their customer service who did not offer me a suitable re-routing option and told me I can rebook with a different airline, so “ As you have not given us the opportunity to re-route you, we regret to advise that you are not entitled to alternative transport expenses.” is BS.
3. What are my options?

Thank you all very much in advance

Answer:
 *If* the cancellation was indeed due to bad weather, you might be out of the 250€ compensation. *But* the airline now claiming that does not make that true. I'd check if there was indeed bad weather at that time.

**However** you are still entitled to reimbursement of your flight costs.
https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-rights/air/index_en.htm#reimbursement-cancellation

From your description you asked the airline to reroute you, and they declined.

> If the airline does not offer you the choice between reimbursement and re-routing but decides unilaterally to reimburse your original ticket, you are entitled to an additional reimbursement of the price difference with the new ticket (under comparable transport conditions).

Also the airline should have offered **assistance** for passengers of a cancelled flight:
https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-rights/air/index_en.htm#care-cancellation

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Edit: Just checked the weather and it was a nice balmy 20-25°C in both Berlin & London at the time of departure. There was _zero_ rain in Berlin during the last 24h...

My money is on "Their refund department provides as excellent a service as their customer support and their transportation"...

Answer #2: Try r/legaladviceUK. The vast majority of this sub is US and Canada.


Title: [CO] Apartment asks us to pay rent using online services but then charges convenience fees for using credit cards.

Question:
My apartment complex requires that you pay rent online. They used to have an e-check option which meant no fees; however, this month, that isn't an option, and my only choices are credit cards that have a fee of at least $41.30. They've told me in the past they don't accept checks but it doesn't seem legal to require any sort of fee to pay rent. Is it? Thanks!

EDIT: Thank you for all the helpful advice! They finally opened so I went down to the office and said "I can no longer pay online by e-check and they're asking for $50 fees for other services." She typed on her computer for 30 seconds and said "Okay all fixed" and now I can make payments online again. So in the end it was basically not a big deal in any capacity. They've been buttheads in the past so I just assumed it would be an issue, but nevermind! In any case, thank you all for the advice and information, it's all pretty good to have in the first place!

Answer:
 > it doesn't seem legal to require any sort of fee to pay rent

What does your lease say?  If the lease was "rent is $500/mo + $50/mo processing fee" then it would be perfectly fine.


Title: texas public university instituted attendance policy.

Question:
Starting this semester one department at my public university implemented an attendance policy of "3 consecutive absences drops a letter grade. 4 is an automatic F". Now I first thought this policy was just stupid, but one of my professors suggested that they might not legally be able to have this policy.

Now while I think the policy is dumb it also seemed to me that they have the right to make this dumb policy. However upon more thought I can understand why the state would not like to have to provide funding for a student having to take the same class again regardless of academic performance due to just attendance.

Hopefully someone here will be able to give some insight into this

Answer:
 > but one of my professors suggested that they might not legally be able to have this policy.

College is a wonderful opportunity in a young person's life to be exposed to all sorts of new ideas. Some you will agree with, and some you won't. Some may enlighten you, and some may even make you angry. And some, like the one espoused by this professor, will just be downright imbecelic.Answer #2: Of course the institution could have an attendance policy.


Title: Ex-boss wants to take me to small claims court because I "hacked" his emails.

Question:
I had a job last year where I worked for a complete asshole. I had the job for about two months before he fired me. In fact, everyone I worked with at the time has also been fired and I don't know that he's ever had an employee last longer than a year.

I worked in his office. While I was working, he asked me to set up several email accounts (think businessname1@emailprovider.com, businessname2@emailprovider.com) for him, myself, and other employees. When I set these up, unfortunately I used my personal email and personal cell phone as the recovery information because I had just started and didn't realize there were going to be so many problems and he was going to be so crazy.

When he fired me a few months later, it was in a vehicle. He gave me a letter and told me NOT to come to the office, so I was never really given an opportunity at the end of the employment to change any settings on the accounts or anything.

That was in December. In March, he called me freaking out because he was locked out of his account and apparently couldn't get back in. The account he was locked out of was businessname2 account which I had created to be my employee account while I was working there. I said I had no idea why he was locked out and I certainly didn't try to go in and change his password or anything. What I guess must have happened is that he changed his password to something else or the next employee who worked in the office did, he or they forgot it, and now he couldn't get into the email. I'm not sure why he kept using that account after I was gone, since it was a generic free email account, but he did.

He started on a bunch of crap that he wanted me to drop everything and come in and fix it and I said I was in the middle of something, and when he started swearing and threatening to call the police I just hung up.

Later that day, I sent him a message (both to his personal cell phone and the number he called me from) that in order to unlock the email account, he needed to send the recovery email to my personal account, and he needed to send me an email address to forward that email to. He never responded.

A few weeks later I got a note on my door that I had a certified letter from him. I figured it was probably a big bunch of bullshit and all I want (and I want it SO BAD) is for this man and this job out of my life. So I ignored it and they sent it back.

Yesterday morning, a stranger came to my door. At first I thought it was the police because they had a badge, but it looked like their clipboard said private investigator and they handed me a letter saying it was a court summons.

Well, the letter ISN'T a court summons. It is just the certified letter they returned apparently. The email is basically this:

"On October 2016 you and I created four email addresses for [business]. They were made for and to be used solely for the use of [business] as you are aware none of these emails were every intended for any employee's personal business, as they contain personal and confidential information that is sensitive and restricted to authorized personal only.
The email addresses are listed below.
[emails]
[email-2] contains pay reports exceptions report, and other billing, and pay information, however we are unable to access, reply to, see and pay reports.
After trying to recover the [email-2] we found information linking our email to you [my name], we found phone number [number] which is your old number and also we found an email also associated with your name that is connected with our email that has all of our personal information.
We contacted you on March 20 2017 to discuss this situation. And to get a release date of [email-2], you claimed that I gave you this email for your personal business, and we were hung up on, but I think you and I both know that isn't the cases as we would never divulge personal and private information to anyone that wasn't authorized.
This letter is to inform you, that you have three days from the date of this letter to return full access of the email [email-2], to [business], along with all of its files, correspondence, and reports.
If this matter isn't resolved in the time allotted, we will promptly file this case in small claims court. And assuming we receive a judgment, which will be part of the public record available to credit agencies, I will promptly follow all legal avenues to collect it.
Please find copies of he security measures that you have taken to hack the email address [email2] alone with all of the personal and confidential information stored within.
A court judgment could adversely affect your credit rating.
With respect,
[The asshole]"

All of the mistakes above are his and I left them intentionally so it is clear that the letter didn't actually come from a lawyer.

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Can someone give me some advice on how to handle this situation? I am really unable to help him get into his account without accessing it myself and I am certainly not comfortable doing that. I thought the text message I sent (and I have it saved on my phone) explained that I couldn't take any action without some action on his part, but he apparently didn't understand.

I see sort of three courses of action, maybe four. One, I could ignore it and hope it goes away. Two, I could write a letter in return (and attach copies of my text), saying that I did try to help and he needs to follow up himself. Three, a family member said she could go in person and access my email and help him straighten it out.

Four is to consult a lawyer but I am really in no position to do that. The job I had with him is the first job I've had in almost five years. I was addicted to heroin for eight years. I met him during the course of my treatment at a methadone clinic and he acted like he really wanted to help me out, but I think his game is in fact to find vulnerable people and take advantage of them. In fact I have posted about him in this forum before, both with a throwaway and my main account, but I was worried if I used any of those accounts again, it would be too much identifying information. I am still going to the methadone clinic and have been there a full year now. A month and a half ago I started another job at another company that has been going very well, and that I got because a coworker at this asshole's company (who also got fired) came to work here and got his boss to bring me on as well.

I could go more in depth I guess about my asshole boss but this is long enough already. I could really use some advice. Thanks in advance for any help.

Edit: So sorry, didn't realize I didn't post my location until I came back. I am in Illinois, USA.

Answer:
 You are in a precarious legal situation because while your intentions may have been benign, it can certainly look to an outsider like you are trying to retain control over these accounts.

If it were me, I'd offer to meet in a neutral location (like a Starbucks) with a laptop and do the recovery with the boss or someone else standing there.  Perhaps in return for a signed release of all claims relating to your employment.  Answer #2: Practical advice. What's the quickest and easiest way to approach this so he no longer has a problem and he never bothers you again? Do that. Answer #3: On the moon email issues are settled via competitive dance off. The loser is summarily defenestrated.

If you're not on the moon location really matters re: small claims filings and how they work.

Practical advice, re-iterate to your boss what you need for him to recover the email and for you to transfer ownership to him. Point out clearly that you've already given this recourse, and that any loss of business between now and then is on him.

If he sues you in small claims respond, and tell them you've attempted to remedy the situation but have not been able to as asshole boss (use his actual name and no cursing) has not cooperated.


Title: (United kingdom) Family not letting anyone see a copy of a will.

Question:
My grandad recently died and my aunt and uncle have been very secretive about the whole affair, not even telling me or my mother (Who was not included in the will but i was) that he was even deceased until 3 days after the burial.

The last time i spoke to grandfather i was to receive a 1/8th portion of the sale of a house in spain as well as some sentimental items as per his will at the time. My aunt and uncle are not letting anybody see the will and are insisting all he left me is a very small sum comparative to what i should have been getting and none of the items.

It's my understanding that as a beneficiary of the will i should be allowed to see a copy but as my family are being uncooperative i have no idea how i would go about this. Any advice on how i could would be very well appreciated. If it's of any help he died on the 13th of october.
Topic:
Wills Trusts and Estates

Answer:
 The executors (presumably your aunt and/or uncle) will have to apply for a grant of representation.

You can search for the probate records about a fortnight after the grant of representation is issued.

[More details](https://www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/searching-for-probate-records).

This is assuming it's actually being dealt with in the UK. You mention a house in Spain - if your grandfather was resident in Spain at the time of his death then you might have to contact a lawyer in Spain for assistance.