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A slight tangent, but it's funny how everyday people are on the hook for legal consequences, even when legal professionals can't agree which laws apply, or even
by giardia 4y ago
A slight tangent, but it's funny how everyday people are on the hook for legal consequences, even when legal professionals can't agree which laws apply, or even what they mean.
- heavenlyblue 4y agoIf it went to court then the legal professionals would agree?
- bee_rider 4y agoThey would agree on what the ruling was, and agree that it sets some kind of precedent on some level, but not necessarily that it was good.
- readthenotes1 4y agoThat is why there is the old joke that in a town with only one lawyer the lawyer starves but business picks up when there are two.
- thatguy0900 4y agoEven more funny how you can't even ask the government in advance how a particular situation would be resolved, as courts don't rule on hypothetical situations. People on the cutting edge in a lot of spaces really just have to do it and find out the legality later.
- hgsgm 4y agoNot quite true, you can request an administrative ruling in many circumstances. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-31/subtitle-B/chapter-X/part-1010/subpart-G https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-31/subtitle-B/chapter-X/p... How could it possible for a court to "pre settle" a dispute between 2 private parties , based on only one side presenting their case?
- pixl97 4y agoEh, mock trials are very common. I had a family member that was paid to be a juror in an IP trial in East Texas that was testing the waters.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoThat's different. That's one side of a trial practicing - presenting a case to a mock jury to see what flies and what doesn't. What GP is asking for is a way to get an actual decision from an actual court, before it's needed.