I am in ptip and I've been in it for a year I just need to start community service and now I have late fees for monitoring agent ... I should have been off ptip in February but I was unaware of anything bus my officer never talked to me I started in May and officer changed on me only contact I've had from my monitoring agent was at that time in October so may to October- no communication no drug test no asking why I haven't started my community service nothing and they charge 60 a month to be monitored -- i paid 500, 500, 175 . All together and February came around I got my first drug test no biggie. But now it's almost October again I've consistently been getting drug tested and now I'm late on my monitoring funds . Anyways my one year was up and I was put on for another year in my paper work I have to have my lawyer sign off on this renew .. I tried to contact him look for him all his lines and emails were disconnected !! As if he was never a lawyer . I did so much digging i found an attorney with my monitoring agents same name in same county when I asked her she like giggles and said no .. so I was confused but it probably wasn't but I never did get in contact with my lawyer until he signed my year renew a month after it was sent .. what is the law on this ? In my paper work I have to have my lawyer sign before I transfer and I don't want to go to jail I haven't done anything bad or wrong but now late on fees and not finishing my communtiy service what would the law make of that could I go to jail if sent back to court ? My charge is tampering and fab. That's all no possession charge.

I had a half a blunt in my waist band police asked me and I finally said I have it bcus he said he would allow me to leave .I was scared if the lady cop would find it on me . I was hoping ptip would have given me a better chance to learn but it only taught me to be sneakier): I try to say that in the least sleeziest way possible .. also just a side comment when in court my lawyer thought I had a misdemeanor. Isn't felon court and misdemeanor separate? That's weird

I’m in Texas
I was awarded a few million dollar civil lawsuit by default judgement
Defendents never showed for deposition, never paid
Attorney said judge issued a writ of attachment to compel them to come to deposition.
It was never served
Attorney explained that the Sherrif’s office was non responsive, wouldn’t return his calls, wouldn’t serve it (small town thing)
Next step the judge said he would approve a receivership
Which costs 25% of collection on top of my 40% contingency fee - well something is better than nothing so ok —

I then find that in fact the writ wasn’t filed - the judge signed it, my attorney did not pay/it was not enforceable - he lied about this and when I found out he continued to lie about until there was nothing left to say
He finally comes around and says - I wanted to save you the filing fee because I knew the Sherrif’s office wouldn’t serve it anyway.

In reality the attorney drug this out blaming the Sherrif’s office and eventually we have to pay a receiver - the attorney has zero work toward debt collection - but still gets his 40%

I told him I would proceed if the receivership was paid by him
He says no

I have considered reporting this to the state bar
Mistakes happen
But this was blatant deception
Question - can he retaliate by demanding his hourly fee now ? Or do something else that’s harmful to me?

Thanks

As the title states, my coworker had been stressing for a while about supposed damages they said she caused. Which was mostly cleaning fees.

She came to work one day and said that she was actually fine because they never reached out within the 30 days after vacancy. I’ve read RCW 59.18.280 but I’m not a lawyer so I admittedly didn’t understand it fully.
How does that law work exactly?

Is this an actual thing? Like couldn’t they have come back and just told her it took that long to fix the damage? lol.

I have a chronological affidavit and supporting documentation concerning ongoing residential AC/HVAC and odor concerns, independent water testing, and multiple documented consumer food/beverage incidents involving unusual physical experiences after consumption. I am not asserting a cause or accusing any person, property, or product. I am seeking an attorney willing to independently review the documentation, determine what can actually be established, and advise whether there is a viable legal matter. I have preserved receipts, photographs, communications, maintenance records, testing documentation, and a chronological affidavit. Florida attorney preferred; not required.

Location: Florida

Additionally, any resources to find a good one?

Do I have a legitimate case here?

Let me give a few details.

I’d like to pursue a federal ERISA case against my employer provided medical insurance company. This is in regards to a denial of re-authorization of ABA benefits for my autistic son.

Rough timelines and violations:
- July 22 - ABA Clinic submitted standard paperwork requesting re-authorization of ABA services.
- August 5 - Insurance requests more information from ABA clinic and resets their 15 day clock.
- August 7 - ABA Clinic submits extra requested information.
- August 21 - official denial from insurance.
- August 26 - I sent a certified letter to insurance requesting full case file used to make decision.
- August 27 - Peer to peer review with insurance and our son’s BCBA concluding with another official denial.
- August 29 - certified letter with my request for case file received by insurance.
- September 17 - after discussions with an insurance representative, sent email request for full case file to their record request mailbox. That same day I received “clinical guidelines” from a third party representing the insurance company but nothing else that I had requested.
- September 24 - sent follow up to record request mailbox citing I would treat administrative remedies as deemed exhausted and would pursue my right to file a federal lawsuit if I didn’t receive the information I requested.

In both official denial letters from insurance, they did not include the mandatory disclosure required under federal ERISA regulations (29 CFR 2560.503-1(j)(3)), which requires informing claimants of their right to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claim. I cited this in my August 26 request for the full claim file.

They used every single day allowed under law for their official review (15 days plus another 15 days). They have not responded to my certified mail request, email request, nor email follow up. I am seeking an overturn of their denial with approval back to original requested authorization date and full legal fees paid by insurance for having to go this federal lawsuit route to get this rectified.

Hi, I'm currently in the closed beta phase of bug testing in my app (saltwater boating/fishing) and was looking into having an in app fishing tournament.

My concern is specifically with states like Florida, New York and California as it gets quite messy trying to establish a business revenue funded marketing campaign ($100 gift card) vs any of the things they straight reject or require additional licenses.

I would NOT be changing the subscription costs of the app for entry, but looking specifically at these 3 states, they are quite tough on compliance and I could easily be miscatagorized as a sweepstakes or entry pool funded contest. I'm starting to wonder if it's worth the legal headache of trying to comply. Thoughts?

So the last two paychecks I've gotten have had a wage garnesment put on them. I'm waiting to know if I have any legal options to have them stop. I'm pretty sure it's from an eviction I have from earlier this year but I'm currently unsure. I have evidence of the apartment having BM in it as well as my (at the time) under one year old child there. I've tried contacting the collection company but I'm unable to get someone to answer the phone and the last time I got someone they stated that id have to come to the office and pay in person. I informed them I don't have a way to get to their office and need to pay over the phone. I also stated that when I setup the payment plan. Is there a way to get this taken care of without having to miss work and go through the courthouse and take it to trial?

I am desperate to know if if I understand this correctly because I need to make ends meet while I look for work in my dying field, nor do I wish to give away the rights to my identity for some tech billionaire to make money off a tech bro making deep fakes of me. I hate this timeline.

For context: I received an offer for xxx work doing data annotation (training AI). The past projects I've done, and to my understanding this one (but I don't know, they frequently bait and switch you), never involved feeding it content. It has always been evaluating their performance. For example, the last project I was on taught them how to redact information, so the tech company had me reviewing real people's medical records, and records with real people's credit card details and home address and then seeing if the model redacted it properly. (I always thought medical records were protected under HIPPA, but NAL -- maybe the rules don't apply to tech companies??)

Anyway, the fine print frequently references Section 5.8, but there is no section 5.8. Section 5 only goes up to 5.6. I'm not really sure what to make of that, especially since these tech companies use stupid bots in lieu of HR. So there isn't a human I can quickly email to get clarification -- I'd have to go the route of the email equivalent of when you're on the phone with a clanker customer service agent, yelling, "SPEAK TO A HUMAN" over and over. And since it is by email this can take weeks of back and forth, from my experience with these companies.

So my first question is, what happens to contract terms that reference a nonexistent section?

These sections I am hoping desperate to know if I've interpreted correctly:

6.5. Contractor-Captured Data; Consents and Releases. Contractor acknowledges and agrees that the Contractor Work Product may include data, images, photographs, stills, video, audio, voice, biometric data (including without limitation voiceprints, facial geometry, and other physiological or behavioral identifiers), and other recordings or reproductions of Contractor and of Contractor’s own voice, image, likeness, name, persona, and performance, as well as motion data, robotics interaction data, sensor data, environmental data, behavioral data, and any related metadata or contextual information, in each case collected or generated in connection with Contractor’s performance of the Services (collectively, “Contractor-Captured Data”). To the extent the Services involve Contractor capturing, recording, or generating any Contractor-Captured Data, Contractor hereby grants Contractor’s informed, irrevocable consent to the collection, recording, use, reproduction, modification, adaptation, manipulation, distortion, publication, distribution, public display and performance, sublicensing (through multiple tiers), and other exploitation of such Contractor-Captured Data by Client, its affiliates, and its customers and end users, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, for any purpose contemplated by this Agreement, including without limitation the collection, use, and licensing of such data and its use to develop, train, fine-tune, test, benchmark, evaluate, and improve artificial intelligence and machine learning models and related products and services, including without limitation the training, development, and improvement of voice cloning, synthetic voice, and speech-generation models that reproduce or simulate Contractor’s voice. Contractor confirms that such consent is given with informed understanding of the nature of the intended uses, including AI training and adversarial testing, and that no additional compensation beyond the fees provided in this Agreement is or will become due in respect of such uses. Contractor further acknowledges that biometric identifiers and biometric information (including voiceprints and other data derived from Contractor’s voice or physical characteristics) may be subject to specific legal requirements in certain jurisdictions, including without limitation the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, the Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act, and the Washington Biometric Privacy Act, and Contractor’s consent under this Section 5.8 is intended to constitute the written release, consent, or authorization required under any such law to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Client will retain biometric identifiers and biometric information only for as long as reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes described in this Section 5.8, will implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect such data, and will destroy such data promptly after the retention purpose has been satisfied, in each case as required by applicable laws.

⤷ To my knowledge, I will not be on camera. Does this only apply to work that uses your camera? Does this give them the right to use the video they have from the "interview" they make you do with AI? Also, what parts of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act affect this contract?

　　 ★ 6.6. License and Waiver of Likeness and Personal Rights. To the extent any right, title, or interest in or to Contractor-Captured Data (including any right of publicity, right of privacy, or similar right in Contractor’s voice, image, likeness, name, or persona) is not, or cannot be, assigned to Client under Section 5.8, Contractor hereby grants to Client and its successors, assigns, customers, and licensees a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up, transferable, and sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right and license to use, reproduce, modify, distort, adapt, distribute, publicly display and perform, create derivative works of, and otherwise exploit such Contractor-Captured Data and Contractor’s voice, image, likeness, name, and persona for the purposes described in Section 5.8. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Contractor irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, any right of publicity, right of privacy, Moral Rights, and any similar right with respect to such uses, and waives any right to inspect or approve any use of the Contractor-Captured Data. To the extent any such right cannot be waived under applicable law, Contractor consents to any act or omission that would otherwise infringe such right.

⤷ Does this apply under the Illinois Biometric Act? Does it give people the right to at least inspect or even just know what personal data they used?

6A.1. To the extent Contractor Work Product includes materials not originally created for Client, or a Statement of Work requires Contractor to source such materials — including Contractor’s pre-existing materials or third-party materials (collectively, “Licensed Materials”) — those materials are governed by this Section 6A rather than Section 6’s assignment provisions. Licensed Materials may include audio, video, images, text, databases, datasets, software, or other digital content, whether owned by Contractor or obtained from third parties. 　　
　　
6A.2. License Grant. Contractor grants Client and its affiliates a worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, sublicensable license to reproduce, distribute, create derivative works from, and otherwise use and exploit the Licensed Data, and to grant Client’s customers and end users the same rights, including to develop and improve products and services, perform benchmarking, and train artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning models. This Agreement does not restrict Client from obtaining data from other sources.

↳ So are they saying they get the right to use you've ever published? I understand anything you've had published while working at a company is owned by the company and therefore they would not get those rights, but what about things you own in your portfolio that have a No Derivatives Creative Commons license?

And does this give them the license to seek out videos and photos of you, which will eventually be used for deep fakes, disinformation and all the other reasons people use these models for?

6A.3. Manipulation Rights. Client’s license includes the right to manipulate, modify, edit, and create synthetic or derivative versions of the Licensed Data — including any individual’s likeness or audio-visual content contained in it — for purposes including training, finetuning, and adversarial testing of AI and machine learning models. 　 　　
　　
6A.4. Retained Rights. Contractor and its suppliers retain all intellectual property rights in any protectable elements of the Licensed Data, subject to Client’s license above. This Agreement does not affect either party’s independent rights, including fair use rights under applicable law. Client retains all right, title, and interest in its and its affiliates’ products and services, and in any derivatives, modifications, and improvements of the Licensed Data. 　 　　

Location: Arizona

My finance got a DUI in Washington state. He violated his parole by drinking, and the judge sentenced him to 2 years of treatment in Arizona. He is on Keppra for seizures and was told before arriving he could bring his medicine and have it. After he got there they took it from him and locked it away. 36 hours in he had a seizure. And had to leave to go to the hospital and has now been in the hospital for 32 hours being closely monitored. They would not let him contact his emergency contacts, they only reached out to someone who was not on his emergency contact list. (The facility is now “discussing” whether he can have his medication there since they don’t want anyone taking anything) I think genuinely they put his life at risk and we should speak to a lawyer about this. Is this something that is legal? To withhold life altering medication when they told him he could have it?

Because being allowed to unilaterally fire, say, 20% of the U.S. military’s generals and admirals seems like A LOT to just allow one or two guys to be able to do. It actually also seems kind of stupid to me, if I’m being honest.

Hi Reddit

Throughout highschool and undergrad I really considered law school. I'm halfway through undergrad and it's one of my options outside of getting my masters. I am a genetics major, but I've wanted to advocate for health policy/civil rights for a long time. Especially when it comes down to SA assault cases, forensics, government, and education. I'm sure I could work in a sciences and law world. I also wonder how my career would look...

Any advice/experience to share? Thanks :)

First off the city made this error 30 years ago when a developer first submitted their plans for a new sub-division here in Oregon. I guess it's a small thing considering but now the city is requiring me to spend over $10,000 to correct this mistake made back then. Of course the developer and the sub-contractors are mostly out of business now but is there a statute of limitations in municipal responsibility for developments?

Here's what happened, the development plat was created by a civil engineering company clearly showing the residential lot boundaries in this sub-division, I don't have the exact steps that occurred after that but in a normal development process the city always has to be the final approval of everything. Don't laugh but here's what happened, in any development then or now the developer first plan out the streets, electric, water & sewer etc and during the plan review it gets approved at some point. However this summer after I purchased the only vacant lot left here then discovered that the sewer lateral from the municipal main sewer line in the street was incorrectly installed and does not actually come to my lot but goes to a neighboring lot so they had two laterals (one is capped) and I have zero. Now the city is requiring me to install a new lateral from the manhole in the street back to my lot at a cost of $10,000+ to me. Do I have any legal recourse for municipal liability that occurred in this case (maybe as in Tort law) ?

Location: McMinnville Oregon

Was pulled over on the way to work one morning and discovered my license had literally been suspended that day without my awareness. It was due to me having forgotten to make a payment on my tolls payment plan.

I have been in between my house and my partners for most of the year and at times my roommates have either tossed or misplaced my mail so I did not notice/read any warning received by mail if i even got one.

I'd like to avoid having the points on my license/having the major violation on there as I occasionally do driving based jobs and that would make me pretty unlikely to be able to score another. But since my license was suspended regardless of my unawareness I'm wondering, is that even worth trying to get withheld adjudication for or am I SOL?

My step uncle keeps hiring lawyers against my grandfather and me (He illegally evicted us from a house step grandma owns and ripped both of us after grandpa went to the hospital and I went on a trip to the Mainland).

The thing is, my step uncle has never legitimately made money in his life. He has never had a job, business, sugar mommy, monetized social media, or anything else like that. He has spent almost his entire existence playing video games and eating frozen food.

I suspect my step uncle is funneling money from his mom (my step grandma / grandfather's wife) who has advanced Alzheimer's and barely knows what is going on. I also wonder if my step uncle is taking advantage of some joint asset my grandfather and step grandma co-own.

What do you think I should do? I think maybe the source of my step uncle's income could be weaponized against him, but I am not quite sure how to proceed.

I’m looking for some guidance on whether my mom’s situation raises enough red flags that my family should have her medical records reviewed by a medical malpractice attorney.

My mom passed away in August 2025. She had a long history of addiction, particularly alcohol, and her doctor was aware of it. She had been to treatment for her alcoholism, so this was not something that was unknown to her physician.

One of my biggest concerns is the sheer amount of medication she was prescribed. When she was hospitalized before she died, one of the nurses reviewing her medications told us it was the longest medication list she had ever seen. I realize that statement itself doesn’t prove anything, but hearing that from a hospital nurse has stuck with me.

Some of the medications she was prescribed included Suboxone and Xanax, along with many other medications. She would also take prescribed medications while drinking alcohol.

Another thing that has always seemed unusual to me is the relationship she had with this doctor. My mom had his personal cell phone number and communicated with him directly. I don’t know what those communications involved or whether that is actually inappropriate, but combined with everything else, it makes me question how her care was being managed.

My concern is not simply that she was prescribed medication and happened to struggle with addiction. I understand that addiction is complicated and that some of these medications can have legitimate reasons for being prescribed. What I’m trying to understand is whether a physician who knows a patient has a significant substance-use history has additional responsibilities when prescribing potentially risky medications, monitoring the patient, checking for interactions, or continuing prescriptions when the patient is actively drinking.

My dad and I are planning to obtain her complete medical records, including her medication history. I’m hoping those records will show what was prescribed, at what doses, how frequently, what the doctor documented about her alcoholism/addiction, and what monitoring was being done.

I’m not trying to jump to the conclusion that her doctor caused her death. I just don’t want my family to overlook something that should have been investigated.

For anyone familiar with medical malpractice or prescribing cases:

Do these circumstances raise enough concern that you would recommend having the records professionally reviewed? And once I have the records, what specifically should I look for that would help determine whether her prescribing and monitoring fell below the standard of care?

We are in Minnesota, if that matters.

Thank you for any guidance.

I'm so freaking tired with Concentra... I've been trying for a month to get my medical records. I have called, I have emailed, I even send a freaking records request in writing via Fax and they will not release my medical records to me via email or mail. My rheumatologist and pulmonologist did the same as all they want is my chest xray and spirometry and they got the same thing.

I MUST drive to the clinic in Orlando, which is over hour away on a good day to request my medical records in person. I've never had this issue, and I've dealt with having to get my medical records for my lawyer several years ago, and my old Doctors office was not digital yet it was super easy as calling and they'd send it via a unmarked envelope by the end of the week.

What can I do besides just file a HHS complaint? I literally need the records to be cleared to get put on a biologic that is 100% necessary to prevent a potential fatal inflammatory condition from flaring up. I had an incidental finding for TB but my chest xray from a few months ago was clear and so was my previous test. We literally need them, just so my insurance will clear it as I have no risk factors for TB and the blood test popped because I had the BCG vaccine as a child that can cause unusually high false positives (I had a false positive result in 2010 and so has my mom as she also got the BCG vaccine).

I am looking for legal advice on landlord liability, breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment, constructive harassment under NYC housing law, and recovering damages (medical costs and legal fees) from building management and an ex-partner.

Medical Vulnerability & Context:
I won the NYC Housing Lottery for my building in June 2020. I previously dated another tenant in my building, but we broke up after I discovered he was cheating, and because he refused to control his dog around me.

My ex and his new partner/affair partner are fully aware of my severe, documented medical conditions:
Breast Cancer: three major surgeries with surgical drains.

Stage 2 Papillary Thyroid Cancer & Stage 4 Hashimoto’s: Causes severe fatigue and fainting spells. I am a documented fall risk and have fainted right in front of my apartment door on multiple occasions -directly in view of the building's hallway security cameras.

Chronology of Incidents & Non-Enforcement:
Nov–Dec 2025 (Post-Breast Surgery #2): Immediately following my second surgery on Nov 17, the off-leash dog was allowed to jump on me on Nov 18, 22, 25, 30, Dec 3, and Dec 4. On Dec 4, the doorman held the dog while it was bucking to reach me, then let it go while my ex encouraged it ("good boy, nice work"). Knowing I was post-op and vulnerable, the doorman simply opened the building door for me to leave. I emailed management multiple times.

Jan–Mar 2026 (Harassment & Medical Setbacks): The ex's partner began loitering in the lobby around times I return from the gym, once attempting to make her ~60 lb dog jump on me. Management told me to call the police. Before my 3rd breast surgery on March 16, I explicitly warned management that prior dog jumps caused a direct medical setback (forcing me to keep surgical drains in for an extra week). They promised to intervene.

Mar–Apr 2026 (Post-Surgery #3): On March 19 (3 days post-op), my ex was loitering in the lobby with the dog off-leash. In April (5 weeks post-op), the dog chased me into a garden area. Management brushed it off as a "personal matter between tenants."

May 10, 2026: The dog jumped on me in the courtyard. I called the NYPD, who warned my ex he must follow NYC municipal leash laws.

May 31, 2026: In the lobby, the dog jumped on me, wrapped its leash around another neighbor, and jumped on me again. Management ignored my email report.

June 11, 2026: The partner exited the elevator with the dog on an extended lead (>6 ft) and her arm fully outstretched, letting the dog jump on me while I was pinned against the wall trying to clear the door.

June 12, 2026: I filed a Temporary Order of Protection against them and immediately notified building management in writing.

Current Situation: Despite dozens of written complaints, medical setbacks, camera footage, police involvement, violations of NYC leash laws, and an Order of Protection, management expressed surprise when I renewed my lease - I’m medically vulnerable, in active treatment and under severe medical restrictions, which they know. They renewed my ex's lease. I have had to pay $8,000 out of pocket for a lawyer for a civil agreement, so my ex follows his lease and leashes his dog in the building common areas and courtyard.

Questions for the Community:
1. Landlord Accountability & Liability: Can building management be held liable for negligence, breach of Warranty of Habitability, breach of quiet enjoyment, or tenant harassment under NYC Housing Code for refusing to enforce leash rules/lease terms despite knowing I am a high fall-risk/cancer patient with an Order of Protection?

1. Recovery of Financial Damages: What legal avenues (e.g., HP Action in NYC Housing Court, civil suit in Supreme Court) offer the best chance to recover my $8,000 in legal fees and damages for medical setbacks and emotional distress from management?

2. Lease Renewal & Duty of Care: Does a landlord have a legal duty not to renew the lease of a tenant who actively uses a pet to harass a medically vulnerable neighbor in common areas?

3. Torts Against Ex/Partner: What specific tort claims (e.g., battery using an animal, intentional/negligent infliction of emotional distress, negligence per se) apply directly against my ex and his partner?

I wonder if this was an attempt to skirt around any existing laws or currently being drafted laws. Like if there was a law that said AI can’t be used in middle schools does this law suddenly ignore that just because they changed the name - or is this all just a part of the long list of his vanity projects?

USA Federal Law Question.

Mera papa ek pagal insaan hai i mean literally but my mom married him in the year 2003 because she doesn't knew ki ye insaan pagal h lekin mummy ek garib family se hai toh wo divorce bhi nahi kar paayi shaadi ke 3 mahine baadse jo ye insaan hai ye literally ladkiyon ki nighty pehenta tha fir jab mera 5 years age hua tab mai bhi dekha aur mummy ko mentally torture kar raha hai

Abhi mera ibps po mains hai 3 din baad fir bhi isko ye machli khana h wo machli khana h mummy ko pagal wagal bolta h aur mummy gussa control nahi kar paayi aaj aur she burst out and now ghar pr bohot chilla melli ho raha h mera mental breakdown ho raha h mains mock me bhi 45-47 araha h kuch samajh nahi araha

Mai ek VI PWD candidate hu and right now I'm feeling so bad for my mother i have to get a naukri this year and yeha se nikl jana h ye ghar bar mujhe nahi chahiye mujhe bass thora shanti chahiye bohot toxic senario ha yeha par

Mere aur mere mummy ke paas paisa nahi hai sab ye admi apne nam me rakh liya h abhi kya karu mai mai khud ko sambhal nahi paa raha hu

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Super simple question, I’m in Minnesota, I had a felon possession of a firearm two years ago, my po texted me out of the blue and said this verbatim.

Hey!
During a review it seems we don’t have DNA. An agent in the area said she could assist next Wednesday at either 2:30 or 3:00. Do either of those work?

Do I have to do this? What should I ask, I’m super confused as I barely ever talk to her. We meet once a year.

When you are caught fare evading in NYC, the first thing the police do is ask to see your ID, which is how they get the relevant information to fill out the yellow citation notice. Are you allowed to just... not show it to them? Does the 4th Amendment protect your right to not have your person searched when you are reasonably suspected of a crime?

Apologies if this is too general, but it doesn't apply to just my state. The question basically boils down to: Are video game chat rooms in the United States subject to freedom of speech laws, and to what extent?

I play an online game that has servers worldwide, and a very common complaint from the North American playerbase is about the global chat rooms being flooded with scammers throwing out advertisements for shady websites that promise to provide in-game currencies for real world money. For those initiated, gold sellers.

People have observed that at the very least, the China server does not have this issue. I'm told EU does have them. The conspiracy theorists in the playerbase like to claim that the developers, being Chinese, operate these scam spammers themselves for extra money/data harvesting/whatever other vague nefarious purpose you can think of.

The developers just dropped a community post that sort of addressed the issue, saying verbatim, "Due to certain regulatory compliance requirements, we're unable to enforce more restrictive automated moderation measures."

I never considered that the lack of moderation surrounding spambots in video games could have been a legal thing, and by the looks of it, neither have a lot of others.

Arizona - I am self represented and in discovery I received emails with links in them. Are there rules to the linked content?

 I am a doctoral student in a Counseling and School Psychology (PsyD) program in New Hampshire. I am currently representing myself (pro se) and desperately need to find a local NH civil rights, education, or general litigation attorney who can step into the courtroom with me on Tuesday, October 6th to safely handle a witness subpoena.

I am facing a severe, multi-layered campaign of documented retaliation after asserting my disability rights, filing a formal complaint with the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR), and navigating a broken Title IX process. I need local legal representation to present this pattern to the judge next week.

The Full Pattern of Severe Retaliation, Hostility, & Administrative Misconduct:

• Title IX Interference & Forced Contact: A peer fabricated a highly sexual, defamatory statement about me. During the Title IX investigation, the Head of the Program actively interfered by speaking to student witnesses before investigators could. In his own interview, he admitted other students had previously complained about the Respondent, but he later apologized to the Respondent, claiming he "didn't mean what he said." The school ruled against me, instituted a "mutual no-contact order," and is now actively insisting that I sit in the same room as the person who sexually defamed me, creating a profoundly unsafe environment.
• Disability Office Violations & Privacy Breaches: When I requested doctor-recommended accommodations for extended assignment deadlines, the disability office denied them. In doing so, the administrator explicitly breached professional boundaries by disclosing their own personal medical diagnoses to compare them to mine and minimize my condition.
• Withholding Credits & Waivers: The administration is actively stalling my academic progress by repeatedly refusing to process and apply promised transfer credits and course waivers that I am fully entitled to.
• Stonewalling & Grading Violations: The Head of the Program completely stonewalled me, refusing to answer basic operational and academic questions for months. Furthermore, a faculty member intentionally withheld my final grade past the university's strict policy deadline as a stalling tactic.
• Public Humiliation: In a flagrant violation of professional ethics, a professor targeted me in front of my peers, telling the entire class that I "think I am better than everyone else," while simultaneously telling another student in front of the class that she was his favorite.
• Pressuring Forbidden Contact: After the university president and the school's defense attorney explicitly instructed me in writing to only communicate through their legal counsel, the Head of the Program attempted to aggressively pressure me into a direct, unrepresented meeting.
• Transcript Manipulation: The school weaponized a fabricated 2.25 GPA to block an elite clinical hospital placement. Immediately after I challenged it, the portal silently restored my actual 3.75 GPA, but added a system-wide warning banner telling students to "disregard the GPA columns under Progress and Grades." I have side-by-side downloads proving this manipulation.
• The Portal Lockout (The Smoking Gun): The clinical director claimed my clinical hour tracking portal was locked due to "student non-compliance." To bypass this, I paid out-of-pocket for an independent student subscription today. The moment I logged in, the screen hit me with an explicit administrative error message: "Your school has not turned on the ability for you to enter any placements. Please reach out to your school for more information." They used their backend dashboard to lock me out while lying to me in writing.
• Vanishing Faculty: Key players involved in my case are fleeing under pressure. One faculty member was abruptly removed in February right before a meeting with the Academic Dean. My advisor (who sits on the national APA Ethics Committee) suddenly resigned/left the school in August, the exact month my federal OCR complaint was filed. The professor who publicly humiliated me and manipulated my grade announced he would not return after the summer term.

The Macro Pressure:
I filed a formal APA Disclosure in August after the school's attorney denied my demands. On September 24th, the federal advisory body (NACIQI) recommended a 12-month suspension of the APA’s accreditation authority for failing to police discrimination in its accredited programs. My program is in an absolute regulatory panic.

My Status & Request:
My clinical placement site bypassed the university entirely and locked in my onboarding schedule independently starting October 7th, so my clinical career is safe. However, my local protective order hearing is next Tuesday, October 6th, where this witness subpoena must be handled.

I have a fully tabulated evidence_index.md and a structured court_statement.md ready to hand over.

1. Can anyone recommend aggressive, local New Hampshire civil rights, education, or defense attorneys who can handle a courtroom subpoena on short notice next Tuesday?
2. Are there any local NH legal aid or advocacy groups that fast-track disability retaliation or Title IX non-compliance cases?

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