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Could a future Trump Attorney General dismiss the federal charges against Trump with prejudice?
The news accounts that I've seen have generally presumed that if Donald Trump wins the 2024 Presidential election and is sworn into office before either of his two federal trials begin, then his ...
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Is it legal to intentionally wait before filing a copyright lawsuit to maximize profits?
Let's say someone uses my intellectual property without my consent and uses it for commercial purposes. Can I wait until they've made many millions of dollars off of my work, so that I can sue and ...
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Statute of limitations in the USA
I was reading this interesting article by Bruce Schneier, where he explains how a notorious hacker called Kevin Mitnick "hacked" California Law in 1983 by researching the statute of ...
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Are arbitration agreements subject to a 6 year statute of limitations in NJ?
Generally, breach of contract in New Jersey must be filed within six years of the date the cause of action accrues.
Does this apply to enforcement of arbitration agreements?
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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act statute of limitations
I was looking into the criminal law application of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the United States of America.
Since, to the best of my knowledge, it is a Federal crime the statute of ...
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Could an international organisation be sued in New York, if they have a presence there but the crime happened overseas?
Using sexual assault legislation as an example.
New York State Senate passed the Adult Survivors Act in June 2021. This act created a one-year look back window for survivors of sex crimes who were 18 ...
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A contractor did nothing including no contact for over 90 days - can he put a lien now? [closed]
Suppose a person A had a contractor B do work on A's home that ended six months ago and then there was some followup paperwork that last had action in April. The last communication was in May.
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Where can statutes of limitations be found (according to the law's jurisdiction - Federal, State, County, City, etc...)?
The differing jurisdictions within the US have varying statues of limitations of certain laws.
Where can statutes of limitations be found (according to the law's jurisdiction - Federal, State, County, ...
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Statute of limitations if law changes
Let's say the statute of limitations on wrongful death is 3 years. 5 years pass. Then, the statute of limitations is completely removed.
Can the lawsuit be filed now? Does the statute permanently ...
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Statute of limitations and constant damages
Say someone builds a house improperly and damages accrue over the entire life of the house.
Is the statute of limitations meaningless in these cases because it is constantly reset by the damages? Or ...
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R. Kelly and Statute of Limitations
R (Robert) Kelly has recently been charged, in Chicago, with having sexually abused four females from 1998 to 2010. Three of the women were underage at the time this abuse is alleged to have occurred.
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If a copyright owner doesn't sue for infringing behavior, does that prevent them from suing me later?
If I'm infringing somebody's copyright on an ongoing basis, and the copyright owner knows about this but does nothing, can they still decide at some point to sue me?
Or more technically, can laches ...
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Is there a Statute of Limitation for crimes such as molestation?
A girl is 17 now. She lives in Illinois. When she was 6, she was molested by her 17 year old uncle. Does the fact that this crime happened 11 years ago mean she cannot get justice? It was either in ...
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Does a criminal complaint filed under an alias toll the statute of limitations of an offense?
Generally, aside from murder, many criminal statutes prohibit the filing of criminal charges after a certain amount of time has passed.
For the purposes of this question, assume the police do not know ...
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How does the statute of limitations on defamation work?
My understanding is that defamation has a very short window for a lawsuit, like one year.
So suppose a libelous statement was published in a widely circulated journal, call it the New York Times, and ...
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