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Why is a Postal Inspector trying to contact me? I received a call from a local postal inspector asking to contact him so I can answer a few questions regarding a package I mailed - I didn't see the voicemail for a while, returned the call, and I'm freaking out a bit waiting for a return call. I DID mail something a couple days ago, but nothing even remotely illicit by any definition of the word...are there any non-terrible reasons I might be getting contacted?
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IuniusBrutus posted:Why is a Postal Inspector trying to contact me? I received a call from a local postal inspector asking to contact him so I can answer a few questions regarding a package I mailed - I didn't see the voicemail for a while, returned the call, and I'm freaking out a bit waiting for a return call. I DID mail something a couple days ago, but nothing even remotely illicit by any definition of the word...are there any non-terrible reasons I might be getting contacted? Anytime something like that happens (government service trying to contact you, bank contacting you etc) I always wonder if it is a scam. Looks like it could be? This link has some examples. https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/pressroom/schemealerts.aspx It could also be totally harmless but idk how he would’ve gotten your phone # unless it was on the package.
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Sep 12, 2018 22:27
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Sounds like a scam to me.
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Sep 12, 2018 23:14
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How did he get your phone #?
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Sep 12, 2018 23:21
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IuniusBrutus posted:Why is a Postal Inspector trying to contact me? I received a call from a local postal inspector asking to contact him so I can answer a few questions regarding a package I mailed - I didn't see the voicemail for a while, returned the call, and I'm freaking out a bit waiting for a return call. I DID mail something a couple days ago, but nothing even remotely illicit by any definition of the word...are there any non-terrible reasons I might be getting contacted? Package might have been stolen. See if the recipient reported a theft.
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Sep 13, 2018 02:35
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I'm an ex-con and I was told I'm not allowed to talk to other felons. Does that end when I'm off probation? What are the limits of that? I have a cousin in prison and I'd like to write to him, not to mention other friends I made in prison. My understanding is that the law is in place to prevent me from going and hanging out with gang members or whatever, but I'm a square-as-gently caress criminal and I just miss my buddies who are still locked down. I have no interest in meeting up with local felons. My case was federal and I'm located in Oregon. I was in prison in Colorado and Texas and that's where my friends are (federal prison ships you all over the place) and my cousin is in a state prison in Kansas.
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Sep 13, 2018 03:27
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Are you on parole or probation? Then talk to your po. They will likely make exceptions for bona fide family.
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Sep 13, 2018 07:19
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nm posted:Are you on parole or probation? Then talk to your po. They will likely make exceptions for bona fide family. Unless you're asking us because your PO already said "No." in which case, listen to your PO.
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Sep 13, 2018 14:59
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nm posted:Are you on parole or probation? Then talk to your po. They will likely make exceptions for bona fide family. Probation. blarzgh posted:Unless you're asking us because your PO already said "No." in which case, listen to your PO. I haven't asked him yet because I've only met him twice. I'm on home confinement right now, meaning for the next 3 months I'm looked after by the halfway house staff and not the PO (he won't get involved unless I gently caress up, which I won't). It seems like a bad idea to ask if I can write my friends before I really know my PO because he'll assume I'm Johnny Ex-Con and say no. For now I was just trying to learn more about the rule.
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Sep 13, 2018 15:38
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nm posted:Are you on parole or probation? Then talk to your po. They will likely make exceptions for bona fide family. There actually is no parole in the federal system. edit: whoops, sorry about double post Christoph fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Sep 13, 2018 |
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Sep 13, 2018 15:41
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Ask your PO. Seriously. If he says no, that sucks, but you aren't in jail for violating. You almost certainly will not be allowed to write people in prison who are not related to you. Try to get everything in writing, your po will change 2 times a year for no reason. nm fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Sep 13, 2018 |
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Sep 13, 2018 17:12
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This is NOT one of those times where its better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
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Sep 13, 2018 19:43
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Anyone here familiar with patent law? I was browsing through some for Leslie rotary speakers, originally patented in the 1950s and since expired. However, there seem to be new patents that tie in to this... as far as I can tell there’s really only one or two ways to really do this, so how is it that every company has a patent on this concept?
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Sep 13, 2018 19:46
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Gin_Rummy posted:Anyone here familiar with patent law? I was browsing through some for Leslie rotary speakers, originally patented in the 1950s and since expired. However, there seem to be new patents that tie in to this... as far as I can tell there’s really only one or two ways to really do this, so how is it that every company has a patent on this concept? Typically, the patent is actually on minor tweaks and minor additions. So it'd be on a "rotary speaker that has a new-fangled gidget and a whizzer", not just on a rotary speaker. (And also the PTO isn't always great at its job and patents are regularly issued that cover something that was already known, even though they aren't supposed to do that.)
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Sep 13, 2018 19:49
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Kalman posted:Typically, the patent is actually on minor tweaks and minor additions. So it'd be on a "rotary speaker that has a new-fangled gidget and a whizzer", not just on a rotary speaker. Is that essentially to keep the patent on lock down for eternity so it doesn’t expire? Just think up some new widget to throw on so that you can renew/extend the patent?
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Sep 13, 2018 19:52
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Gin_Rummy posted:Is that essentially to keep the patent on lock down for eternity so it doesn’t expire? Just think up some new widget to throw on so that you can renew/extend the patent? the new patent only covers the additions, the item without the additions remains unpatented once the patent expires
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Sep 13, 2018 19:57
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Gin_Rummy posted:Is that essentially to keep the patent on lock down for eternity so it doesn’t expire? Just think up some new widget to throw on so that you can renew/extend the patent? The original patent still expires. You add the widget so you have a new patent and can claim "oh our product has eight billion patents on it", and in the event your competitors decide to also use the widget, you could sue them. You get a patent on the whole thing - if the widget isn't there, your patent doesn't cover the product. So the original Leslie rotary is out of patent, even if people have various patents in force on various rotary speaker approaches. It's usually less of an issue in high tech products and more of an issue in pharmaceuticals, where they use the patent in combination with regulatory exclusivity to try to keep the original formulation off market as well.
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Sep 13, 2018 19:59
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Kalman posted:The original patent still expires. You add the widget so you have a new patent and can claim "oh our product has eight billion patents on it", and in the event your competitors decide to also use the widget, you could sue them. You get a patent on the whole thing - if the widget isn't there, your patent doesn't cover the product. So the original Leslie rotary is out of patent, even if people have various patents in force on various rotary speaker approaches. So theoretically, if I were to build and sell something to the original patent’s specifications, I could without any threat of legal action? I just would have to avoid any of those additions that may have been covered throughout the years?
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Sep 13, 2018 20:02
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Gin_Rummy posted:So theoretically, if I were to build and sell something to the original patent’s specifications, I could without any threat of legal action? I just would have to avoid any of those additions that may have been covered throughout the years? yeah but, given the prevalence of patent trolling, "theoretically" is doing a lot of work there
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Sep 13, 2018 20:02
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blarzgh posted:This is NOT one of those times where its better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Yeah. Also, I have represented thousands of people in parole and probation hearings, so I have some experience with this.
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Sep 13, 2018 20:05
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evilweasel posted:yeah but, given the prevalence of patent trolling, "theoretically" is doing a lot of work there Pretty much this. In theory you’re fine. In practice, it’s entirely possible you’ll get sued and patent suits are expensive to defend against.
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Sep 13, 2018 20:09
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nm posted:Yeah. Also, I have represented thousands of people in parole and probation hearings, so I have some experience with this. I wasn't going to write without permission. My idea is to wait until they know me a bit better before asking if it's okay. I'm very cautious and didn't get a single write-up in 5.3 years behind bars. While I was in prison, several of my friends went home to the free world and were given explicit permission by their POs (in their cases federal probation officers in Nebraska, Iowa, and Oklahoma) to write to their comrades in the clink. They were even allowed to send prison emails. So I know it's not impossible for it to be approved. Going back to my other question: when I'm off probation I can talk to anyone, right?
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Sep 14, 2018 00:36
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Christoph posted:
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Sep 14, 2018 00:40
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Asking For A Friend on this bizarre scenario. So a friend in another state decided to take a road trip to Cali with another guy guy to meet said guy's online girlfriend, and said girlfriend turned out to be underage and he was arrested for pedo sex after a missing persons report was put out. This led to the guy's car being impounded, with all of my friend's poo poo inside including, but not limited to, ID and money, so theyre effectively stranded. Is there a legal way to get their ID out of the car, or alternatively a way to get some sort of ID that would let them travel back to their home state? They dont care what happens to the guy or any of the guy's stuff anymore in case that opens up any options.
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Sep 16, 2018 02:15
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Control Volume posted:Asking For A Friend on this bizarre scenario. So a friend in another state decided to take a road trip to Cali with another guy guy to meet said guy's online girlfriend, and said girlfriend turned out to be underage and he was arrested for pedo sex after a missing persons report was put out. This led to the guy's car being impounded, with all of my friend's poo poo inside including, but not limited to, ID and money, so theyre effectively stranded. Who has the car? Impound lot for abandonment or evidence lock-up lot?
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Sep 16, 2018 03:32
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Your, uh, friend's friend's situation seems curious and more than a little shady. Why did they volunteer to drive their pedophile friend to a different state so as to hook up with a teenager? It would surprise me to learn that the police didn't want to ask your friend's friend more than a few questions of that nature. Not a lawyer but my guess is that either the police are still holding the car, in which case your friend is hosed, or they aren't, in which case your friend's poo poo is probably being held for ransom by the impound yard and whatever cash was in the car is probably gone either way. That's how it would go down in Pennsylvania anyway, no idea what California's law are regarding impound yards or how seriously they're enforced.
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Sep 16, 2018 03:34
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Turns out the solution was begging a police officer to let them get their wallet until one relented, and theyre back on their way home and writing off the things like clothes. re: the other poo poo, the pedo owned the car and lied about the age of this girl (she turned out to be 15  ), and he had been around in a bunch of other non-pedo relationships before this, so friend thought they were just going to get a chill vacation in Cali. And yeah they got grilled by the police by the entire thing.
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Sep 16, 2018 05:18
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If someone is getting sued by a British citizen living in Thailand in California court for a civil issue (libel and slander). Can he still be sued in the UK afterwards? Does this depend on the disposition of the California case? Let’s say money is no object.
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Sep 17, 2018 20:34
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FrozenVent posted:If someone is getting sued by a British citizen living in Thailand in California court for a civil issue (libel and slander). Nice throwaway account Elon.
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Sep 17, 2018 20:37
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IANAB but I imagine that he's suing in cali first since regardless of that outcome he'll see the defense for the UK
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Sep 17, 2018 20:38
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I am also curious to see what kind of defence strategy my friend is going to rely on.
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Sep 18, 2018 00:07
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Basically this question: https://twitter.com/legaladvice_txt/status/1041648882281840643 I guess the guy didn't provide a state, but how about if he lived in Texas?
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Sep 18, 2018 01:41
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Badger of Basra posted:Basically this question: In California, you have to reasonably believe that you may be harmed. Dunno about Texas.
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Sep 18, 2018 01:48
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FrozenVent posted:If someone is getting sued by a British citizen living in Thailand in California court for a civil issue (libel and slander). In the California complain said British citizen living in Thailand requests relief for damages worldwide except for the United Kingdom. Which is a pretty big hint that they will also sue in the UK which has much stricter libel laws.
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Sep 18, 2018 01:52
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99% sure this is a law school question for every student ever, and the answer is that for attempted murder, it has to actually be possible, but for assault, both parties have to reasonably believe that it's possible?
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Sep 18, 2018 03:12
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Soylent Pudding posted:In the California complain said British citizen living in Thailand requests relief for damages worldwide except for the United Kingdom. Which is a pretty big hint that they will also sue in the UK which has much stricter libel laws. In the California complaint said British citizen explicitly said they would also sue in the UK which is an even bigger hint.
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Sep 18, 2018 03:18
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blarzgh posted:99% sure this is a law school question for every student ever, and the answer is that for attempted murder, it has to actually be possible, but for assault, both parties have to reasonably believe that it's possible? You’d also have to take some actual steps towards commission of a crime, and I don’t think you’d be able to convince a jury that reading some “spells” or whatever would get you to attempt. I think assault has a reasonable element in the fear it has to invoke To answer the original question, no, not likely anywhere. Just Threatening to murder someone itself likely isn’t a crime. Attempted murder requires at least some steps towards attempting it, and assault usually requires a present/imminent willingness and ability to commit harm EwokEntourage fucked around with this message at 05:28 on Sep 18, 2018 |
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Sep 18, 2018 05:24
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EwokEntourage posted:Just Threatening to murder someone itself likely isn’t a crime. It sure is in California. Penal code section 422 makes it a crime to threaten death or GBI if they target has a reasonable fear that you might do it. It is even a strike. It would shock we if most other states didn't have a criminal/terroristic threats statute.
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Sep 18, 2018 05:54
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nm posted:It sure is in California. Penal code section 422 makes it a crime to threaten death or GBI if they target has a reasonable fear that you might do it. It is even a strike. Absolutely. Also many states have stalking and cyberstalking laws that make such comments illegal. Here’s Louisiana’s (which I think are overbroad and of dubious constitutionality as written): La.R.S. §14:40.2 posted:Stalking La. R.S. §14:40.3 posted:Cyberstalking Note the various reasonableness and scienter requirements.
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blarzgh posted:99% sure this is a law school question for every student ever, and the answer is that for attempted murder, it has to actually be possible, but for assault, both parties have to reasonably believe that it's possible? If you want a 1st, you point out that the prosecutor also has to be convinced there's a public benefit in bringing a prosecution.
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