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Is it illegal to give false information about a person to a foreign-based telemarketer?
I have always wondered if there is anything illegal with an American citizen giving false information about another American citizen to a foreign-based telemarketer, such as someone who by their ...
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Does someone get punished if they commit a crime outside of "legal jurisdiction"? (i.e. abroad in another country)
Hypothetical Scenario
Let's consider a scenario where you have killed someone in China and somehow managed to evade the Chinese authorities, returning to America.
The Chinese then release irrefutable ...
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Overseas ERP consequences [duplicate]
A friend of mine is worried about a certain thing he did a couple of months ago. Assume he lied about his age when he was 17 (now 18), and did erotic roleplay (ERP) with another individual who also ...
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How does multinational criminal copyright infringement get settled?
Let's say,
The plaintiff, lives in the UK and published a literary work (e.g. A Book)
The defendant, a corporation headquartered in the US, wilfully infringing plaintiff's copyright worldwide.
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For the purposes of the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, is being ordered to and appearing before a court "detention" under any charges?
As a criminally charged person before the court, are you detained or are you free to go while before the court per the order of the court to be present in a criminal hearing?
International Law
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What is the legal basis under US law for prisoner swaps with Russia?
In 2010, the USA and Russia agreed to exchange prisoners. The political basis for such agreements is clear, but how does it work legally? Is there a formal agreement in international law between the ...
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How is a person residing abroad subject to US law?
I am reading this press release of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California.
The attorney states that:
Mason Sheppard, aka “Chaewon,” 19, of Bognor Regis, in the United ...
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Must VPN service providers whose servers are in the US, disclose a customer's IP address upon request from another country?
Is it obligatory for a VPN service provider with servers in the United States to disclose a user's personal information (such as IP address and logs) in response to a request that came from another ...
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A UK scammer frauded money from US victim
Could this US victim accuse this UK scammer? Since uk and us has different legislations, how should the victim accuse the scammer?
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is there any law for using unlicensed or cracked software?
Is there any law for using unlicensed or cracked software for our personal use?
Can we use cracked versions of software in organization?
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does law defines any hacker rules? [closed]
does law defines any limitation that tells how much can a hacker use his knowledge in different way?
Any boundary that tells about hacker and cracker.
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Theft of Trade Secret Prosecution
Suppose a person is a citizen of country A, and he/she traveled to the US for a business trip visiting say, a mining plant. That person, whether or not he/she was told it was forbidden or not, takes 5 ...
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How would you know if the court should apply foreign or local law?
I have a question about laws in general. If someone were to get arrested in the United States for charges on misappropriation of trade secrets committed in Canada, would the court apply international (...
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Can a non US resident find out if there are outstanding warrants against him?
While discussing with some friends the case of a German VW-manager who was recently arrested in the USA , the following question came up:
Is there a way for a non-US resident to find out if there are ...
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Giving a fake name in a government contact form: illegal or no?
Say I want to contact a government agency from the U.S. This agency can be in any country/territory/state or province. For example, I want to contact the Nova Scotia government regarding zoning laws ...
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