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It seems pretty clear that the sign is for the spot next to the red car? Where I live (but maybe this is just a Minnesota thing), there are a lot of worn-out handicapped things on the pavement that don't actually indicate a handicapped spot, that they just didn't bother to paint over (often right next to a spot that is still handicapped). You need the sign.
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Bioshuffle posted:Actually, I take back what I said. As I was going through the rest of the pictures (It's not every day you come across one of these so I took tons of them), look what I found. Look towards the left part of the image. It really doesn't. I probably would have parked in that slot if it's the last one visible. It's got what looks like a very faded and old handicapped symbol on the pavement, and then in another slot, closer to to the door, there's an actual handicapped sign. It'd be entirely reasonable to assume that the handicapped symbol on the pavement was just an old one and not currently in force, seeing as how there's a clearly marked one nearby
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BirdOfPlay posted:Thanks for the "non-advice." Hey, remember how he said he'd move out? He didn't and isn't returning my calls.  So, I talked with my rental agency and they say they don't have the power to evict and the lease doesn't enumerate it either. This means that I can though, right? And yeah, I'll need an attorney if it comes to that, but the big question for me is do I have to give a 30 day notice of eviction or can it be for a shorter amount of time? I already have a document state that he'd be out in December, would that could as notice to evict (he signed it)? I ask cause I'm trying to rent out the room for March, but if he still "has" it for 30 days after, I can't rent it.
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Luckily, he contacted me today about moving out, so the complicated eviction issue is behind me. I was only asking about the welfare (may have actually been unemployment if that's different) thing because, even with all this mess, I'd be fine settling with the guy for less than what's owed and was only checking to see if I had leverage. Here's to hoping I can avoid the fun of small claims (and getting a lawyer that can give me "real advice").
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As a matter of curiosity, it came up just now in the retail thread; What's the situation with Facebook making posts automatically public, and bosses finding comments about them, leading to you being fired over it. What's the legality of this? Is there any issues here with privacy, or is it all above-board? For reference, I'm in the UK, but looking for a response from really anywhere.
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BirdOfPlay posted:Hey, remember how he said he'd move out? He didn't and isn't returning my calls. That's a question of your local law. If you're gonna hire an attorney anyway, ask her about it.
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Luquos posted:As a matter of curiosity, it came up just now in the retail thread; The firing itself would primarily be an issue of employment law (which is location-specific and not nearly as sexy as "privacy law").
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Luquos posted:As a matter of curiosity, it came up just now in the retail thread; I don't know why you think anything you post on Facebook would be anything resembling "private"
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At work I made the mistake of (uneasily) accepting an order of "try it and if you like it then we'll bill you" printer toner from a company called Global Business Systems which after about 30 seconds of research is obviously a scam. Based on what I've read they will ship the toner to my office with an invoice and follow up by shipping more stuff with more bills over time eventually getting to the point where they're trying to use a phony collection agency to harass us until they move on to the next sap. I'll return to sender anything I get but I doubt that will stop anything. I've already filed a complaint with the FCC and could complain to their local BBB but I can't imagine they'll do anything but put it in a file and sit on it forever. I don't think calling them and saying I don't want the toner will do anything but waste time. My boss is pretty live and let live-and otherwise I alright at my job-so I told him and he was understanding. If it got too out of hand we also have a lawyer but I would rather not incur the expense if we don't have to. EDIT: VVVV I guess I basically wanted to know if what I was doing/am doing seems like the right course of action or I shouldn't be doing something/am doing something that will make it so that we would end up having to pay these scammers. EDIT2: I got a followup call to confirm the order and I told them to not ship anything and the other person just said ok and hung up. Then the guy I spoke to yesterday called and I let him know that anything he sends will be returned to sender and after a few minutes of trying he gave up so hopefully that's the end of the situation. The SituAsian fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Feb 29, 2012 |
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The SituAsian posted:At work I made the mistake of (uneasily) accepting an order of "try it and if you like it then we'll bill you" printer toner from a company called Global Business Systems which after about 30 seconds of research is obviously a scam. You didn't actually ask a question, but I think you're doing all the things someone should in that situation. Just refuse delivery, it will be sent back to the sender.
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The SituAsian posted:At work I made the mistake of (uneasily) accepting an order of "try it and if you like it then we'll bill you" printer toner from a company called Global Business Systems which after about 30 seconds of research is obviously a scam. File a complaint with the Postal Inspectors?
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Luquos posted:As a matter of curiosity, it came up just now in the retail thread; Learn how to use your privacy settings and don't publicly bitch about your boss.
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Feb 29, 2012 10:27
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Never mind, will re-post in income tax megathread.
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The SituAsian posted:I've already filed a complaint with the FCC and could complain to their local BBB but I can't imagine they'll do anything but put it in a file and sit on it forever. The BBB is a private organization that can't do anything to anyone except give a company an online rating. It's just a site, like other store review sites except they've managed to make people think they're some official agency.
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chemosh6969 posted:The BBB is a private organization that can't do anything to anyone except give a company an online rating. It's just a site, like other store review sites except they've managed to make people think they're some official agency. Lol, taken straight from their FAQ FAC posted:Isn't the BBB part of the Government?
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The odds of a company getting a BBB complaint, making GBS threads themselves, and bending over backwards to appease you are nonzero, but they have no actual power.
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Javid posted:The odds of a company getting a BBB complaint, making GBS threads themselves, and bending over backwards to appease you are nonzero, but they have no actual power.
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Cruseydr posted:I think when the company is a toner scam company the odds are probably zero. Perhaps checking with the BBB before you order toner, would alleviate some of this anxiety.
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I have a situation. I live in Oregon. I moved into an apartment with a roommate six months ago. Both of our names were on the lease. A couple of months ago, the roommate decided he did not want to live here anymore, and I did not want him here anymore either as he was very bad about paying for things on time. Around the same time, a friend of mine came to me needing a place to stay and expressed an interest in being added to the lease to replace the roommate who was leaving. She moved in. For one month, the three of us shared the apartment and we divided the rent that month up by thirds. It was understood that my original roommate would be moving out February 1st, allowing the new roommate to move into his room and take over, and that she would then be responsible for half of the rent and utilities, as well as a pet deposit for a cat she brought in with her. She applied to our landlords and we had the paperwork to remove the original roommate from the lease while adding her. Unknown to me, the other two roommates never signed it. I did. The due date for February's rent rolls around. I find the new roommate has left me a money order for only 1/4 the amount of the rent. When I ask her where the rest is, she informed me that she made a "deal" with the old roommate where he would pay a fourth of the rent for February. He says he made no such deal, and I frankly don't think he would have anyway, especially since he had already moved out and that makes no sense. I end up having to shell out for 3/4 the rent myself to avoid a late fee because she says she cannot cover it. She now refuses to repay me, and is also refusing to pay her half of utilities, saying that she has no obligation to pay because she was never on the lease (and now is when I find out they never turned in that paperwork). I very nearly got in trouble with my landlords as this technically means I defaulted on the lease (unauthorized tenant), but they know and like me and they're backing me up as far as they can on this. I've already gone about kicking her out and she's in the process of moving her things out. So a few questions... Do I have any legal standing to reclaim this money ($250 total) in small claims court? The most "in writing" I have are IRC logs and text messages. Yeah, I realize how dumb this was in retrospect and I'm getting poo poo in writing in the future. But she was living here for two months, and it seems to me she has a (definitely ethical, but hopefully legal) obligation to pay. What, legally, am I allowed to do with anything she tries to leave behind to store here? I found some information on what landlords can do with their tenant's abandoned property, but I am not a landlord and she was never really a tenant. Basically I would really like to be able to recoup my losses if she tries to use my balcony as a storage for her two bikes and I want to know if my rear end is covered as long as I tell her to get them out of here or I consider them abandoned. Does she have any legal claim to the pet deposit? It was $165 and I am inclined to keep the full sum of it to compensate for part of what she owes me. Reene fucked around with this message at 07:46 on Mar 1, 2012 |
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What kind of lawyer should I be looking for to defend swim against an OSHA accusation and fining? Does anyone have experiences in dealing with OSHA. I'm assuming if OSHA finds my party at fault we can appeal it in court and fight it as a civil matter? The situation: SWIM is being accused of firing an employee after he was being investigated by OSHA. He was framed. The employee had two weeks notice before they were to be fired. During these two weeks they complained to OSHA, told him they were the ones who complained to OSHA/DOH, and recorded his reaction claiming she recorded him saying he fired her because of the OSHA complaint. Whats worse is this person is a vindictive liar, took a day to return her key, and stole from the office sensitive information and money out of the cash drawer, but thats another matter.
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Kneel Before Zog posted:What kind of lawyer should I be looking for to defend swim against an OSHA accusation and fining? Does anyone have experiences in dealing with OSHA. I'm assuming if OSHA finds my party at fault we can appeal it in court and fight it as a civil matter? What/who is "SWIM"? The employer? Your second paragraph is unintelligible due to your weird use of pronouns. In any case, an employer charged with OSHA violations would want a labor and employment attorney who represents employers and not employees.
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SWIM is 'Someone Who Isn't Me'. It's just another way of asking about something for a 'friend'.
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entris posted:Your second paragraph is unintelligible due to your weird use of pronouns. I think it is like this: 1) Employer fires person, gives them 2 weeks 2) Person complains to OSHA 3) Person tells employer about the complaint to OSHA/DOH 4) Person records employer's reaction to a claim that the firing was due to the OSHA comlaint (and was recorded) 5) Also person allegedly is a vindictive liar, didn't return a key, and stole sensitive information and money. In the end the issue is that they are claiming that they are being fired due to the OSHA complaint, which occurred after the firing.
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Cruseydr posted:I think it is like this: Edit: OSHA never came to investigate but the DoH did. This was sometime during those two weeks. SWIM during those two weeks fired her on the day when she brought in the Department of Health out of anger. She was baiting him and he took the bait. So basically she was already told she was fired, reported him in OSHA, they never came, reported him to DoH, who did come, and was then terminated. Kneel Before Zog fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Mar 1, 2012 |
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Kneel Before Zog posted:What kind of lawyer should I be looking for to defend swim against an OSHA accusation and fining? Does anyone have experiences in dealing with OSHA. I'm assuming if OSHA finds my party at fault we can appeal it in court and fight it as a civil matter? The recording might be a violation of state law.
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Incredulous Red posted:The recording might be a violation of state law. During the middle of the conversation she told him she was recording him.
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Kneel Before Zog posted:During the middle of the conversation she told him she was recording him. What state are we talking about?
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entris posted:What state are we talking about? Florida. Its a two party state. He didn't deny her recording him, she said it was for her 'own protection'. It was a lie to allow her to record him. Any sense of 'danger' is absolutely fabricated and lala land delusional.
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Kneel Before Zog posted:Yes this is exactly the case. OSHA is saying they have a recording of him saying 'I fired you because of the complaint' which he says isnt true. Who handles OSHAs legal proceedings? Do they have a legal team who takes you to court or do they just fine you and you have the option of going to court to appeal? Did the Department of Health come because of the OSHA complaint or did she file a separate complaint? And does the Florida DOH have any statute prohibiting retaliation against an employee who files a claim? I will point out that you just admitted he fired her because she filed the claim, by the way. Sure, he may have given her two weeks' notice of her termination date, but he didn't *actually* terminate her at that point. He did terminate her the day the DOH showed up, which would look bad enough, but you went so far as to say he did it "out of anger," i.e., out of a desire to retaliate against her making the claim. Whether that's a legally problematic act of retaliation would depend on which agency she filed with, and if it's the Florida DOH, whether the protection Florida offers those who file claims with the DOH. Mind you, those sorts of statutes also usually have language about the claim being made in good faith, which you allege was not the case in this situation. So that might help your employer if his lawyer can present credible evidence of bad faith.
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Quick question - my roommate hosts a weekly radio show for a local radio station where she's allowed to play basically whatever music she wants. She's now looking to start her own website where she can host the clips from her show, but isn't sure about the legal ramifications of re-broadcasting the music portions and I was wondering if someone could clue me in. She's also wondering what would be required if she wanted to start doing her own podcast separate from the radio station and play music there too. A guy who works at the station mentioned something to her about a "blanket residual," but my googling hasn't turned up anything useful about that. We're in California, not sure how much of a difference that makes.
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BigAlienHoopajoo posted:Quick question - my roommate hosts a weekly radio show for a local radio station where she's allowed to play basically whatever music she wants. She's now looking to start her own website where she can host the clips from her show, but isn't sure about the legal ramifications of re-broadcasting the music portions and I was wondering if someone could clue me in. She's also wondering what would be required if she wanted to start doing her own podcast separate from the radio station and play music there too. A guy who works at the station mentioned something to her about a "blanket residual," but my googling hasn't turned up anything useful about that. We're in California, not sure how much of a difference that makes. It'd probably depend pretty highly on the contract she has with the radio station
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Incredulous Red posted:It'd probably depend pretty highly on the contract she has with the radio station As far as I know she's free to use anything she does for the station for her own purposes and isn't restricted from doing any form of broadcasting/performance on her own time. I don't know if there's any language in her contract about royalties for the music she plays or how that even works honestly, but I'll see what I can find out.
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ibntumart posted:
Separate complaint. I wish I knew the answer, I know OSHA obviously does but the DOH may or may not. Osha never came to investigate the office for her OSHA complaint. Now they show up because of the alleged firing of the OSHA complaint. And there was no problems with the DOH investigation, they didn't find or do anything either. One of the people working there is saying she knew about them planning to use OSHA against him but thats just hearsay, right?
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You need a lawyer. I started with this list- https://www.eff.org/issues/file-sharing/subpoena-defense Out of curiosity which district did they file in this time?
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Kneel Before Zog posted:Separate complaint. Generally speaking, that doesn't matter when it comes to retaliation. What's relevant is that an employee filed a complaint, the employer found out that the employee filed the complaint, and the employer disciplined or terminated the employee because of the complaint. Really, though, your employer should talk with a defense-side employment law attorney. Hyperbolic posted:I'm kind of hoping that the case will get dismissed like in so many of the others turning up in my searches, but I'm at a loss of how to achieve this. Can anyone set my mind at ease? Besides the EFF site, you might also want to check out this one: http://fightcopyrighttrolls.com/ I'll second the advice to consult a lawyer. There is such a thing as an anonymous Motion to Quash, but that's something you really want to talk to a lawyer about.
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BigAlienHoopajoo posted:Quick question - my roommate hosts a weekly radio show for a local radio station where she's allowed to play basically whatever music she wants. She's now looking to start her own website where she can host the clips from her show, but isn't sure about the legal ramifications of re-broadcasting the music portions and I was wondering if someone could clue me in. She's also wondering what would be required if she wanted to start doing her own podcast separate from the radio station and play music there too. A guy who works at the station mentioned something to her about a "blanket residual," but my googling hasn't turned up anything useful about that. We're in California, not sure how much of a difference that makes. Re: hosting the clips - I'd be a little surprised if the station's agreement with ASCAP (or whoever) permits rebroadcast of the music by a third party. Maybe there's an exception for promotional use, which that might be. The station should have someone (maybe a lawyer, maybe not) who deals with licensing. She should have a sit-down with that person.
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Schitzo posted:Re: hosting the clips - I'd be a little surprised if the station's agreement with ASCAP (or whoever) permits rebroadcast of the music by a third party. Maybe there's an exception for promotional use, which that might be. ASCAP actually doesn't deal with digital rights. It's SoundExchange for digital public performance (streaming/webcasting) and the rightsholder directly for digital download (podcasts/downloads), plus Harry Fox for the composition reproduction rights for download situations. http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide would be worth taking a look at to get an idea of exactly what she would need to do - it won't be simple to do it legally. Because this is California, there's also the potential issue of rights of publicity for recordings of a voice - I think California retains those in the person, but who knows if there's some weird contract clause that means the station has ROP to her voice in connection with the shows she does.
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Kalman posted:ASCAP actually doesn't deal with digital rights. It's SoundExchange for digital public performance (streaming/webcasting) and the rightsholder directly for digital download (podcasts/downloads), plus Harry Fox for the composition reproduction rights for download situations. http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide would be worth taking a look at to get an idea of exactly what she would need to do - it won't be simple to do it legally. Thanks for the reply - I'm in Canada, so I was winging it from a 10-second google. OP, listen to this guy.
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So I've got a question about divorce. Long story short, I am getting one. I am filing in Florida and have all the forms for Simplified Dissolution, but I need to know if I need a lawyer or not. The forms themselves are very simple, as is our case. We have been separated for a few years, are on amicable terms, have no children, and have no possessions which need to be divvied up. The only problem I'm having is that on the forms for Simplified Dissolution, it says we both have to be present for a hearing. He lives in New York. It would cost about $400 (or more) to fly him down for a simple hearing, in addition to the $500 or so it is going to cost to file all of this. We are splitting costs on this whole thing, so I need to know if there is a way around this. Would we be able to hire a lawyer to represent one or both of us in court? Would this even be a cheaper option? How much would a lawyer even want for something like that? Any guidance on this would be super appreciated.
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I've been trying to research this issue on my own, but there really isn't anything out there about it. I opened a store credit card for a large purchase. It had 2 promotions going on. 6 months 0% APR on purchases $1999 & lower and 12 months 0% APR on $2000 and higher. The purchase was for $2200. The company split the purchase into a $400 deposit and then a remaining balance charge. Are they within their rights to do this? I now do not qualify for the 12 months because the card sees it as 2 purchases, not 1. Once they took the deposit they said the order could not be changed (it was a special order couch that is still being built).
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