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Is it legal for employers to ask for social media handles?
is it legal for employers to ask for social media handles in job application or pre-employment forms? If it is unrelated to the job?
I understand for jobs like marketing, modeling etc. where a large ...
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Legal Limits for damage reparation
In the 2004 German movie The Edukators, part of the characters motivation revolves around a damage reparation:
"Jule is a waitress struggling to pay off a €100,000 debt she incurred a year ago when ...
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Is it allowed to "copy" a video game concept? [closed]
I am developing a little mobile MMORPG which is Google Maps based and uses your GPS position to make you play around your area.
I came up with the idea after a famous and beloved game called "...
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Which jurisdiction applies in an international case around a missing package?
Let's say a company in Mississippi send a package to a customer in the EU (Germany). The item has already been billed, including shipping costs.
Due to mishandling at the customs, the package is sent ...
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Do accelerators or incubators help to getting visa?
If I have a MVP(Minimum viable Product = creating a prototype of a tech invention or idea) that I like to find an investor or create a startup around it in UK/Germany/US/Canada, applying for ...
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Why can you use the font “Helvetica” for free in LaTeX although it would otherwise be required to pay a fee?
When looking for the Helvetica font, it usually costs you a certain amount of money because it is not a free font. But when I am using the free open source software LaTeX, I can use the font wherever ...
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German Tax for foreigner student
If you are a foreigner (US citizen) living abroad in Germany to attend a school, what kinds of taxes are required if you are also involved in the following business: You receive your own/family money ...
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Is it perjury if I accidentally make a false statement under oath, but fail to correct it once I realized?
This answer claims that you are required to correct an accidental false statement made under oath:
When you become aware that a statement made under oath was false
(assuming such a statement was ...
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Is it legal to write PhD theses for other people?
I got an offer from a newspaper to make my story public on how I wrote a lot of PhD's for paying customers. Do I have to fear legal consequences and what would happen if I make it public (without ...
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What if the law changes after your proces begins?
What would happen if there is a law change and those laws had had an influence on your case? Some scenarios, what would happen:
The law you are sued for is deleted ...
while your process is going
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Is it illegal to sell malware?
Is it illegal to produce and sell malware?
If no, is there any data I need to collect on the customers?
Is it illegal to produce and sell Crypters(programs that hide other programs from antivirus)?
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Is viewing pornographic content with questionable consent of depicted person illegal?
Many pornographic sites have a community that is uploading videos to the site. Some of the most well-known sites like pornhub.com and xhamster.com are an example for such websites.
There are several ...
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