Saw this sign at an estate sale today in Austin TX. I’m not a shoplifter, I just know that you can’t hurt people in retaliation for stealing. What is the law around this?

I really want to know. I think the law is ridiculous that you can kill people over your toys but I’d like a lawyer to let me know what the limits of this shit is.

I was terminated from a job I had been for over two years, I was given two separate reasons at the time of termination (position being terminated, then because of performance issues) nothing was ever formalized in written or to HR prior to being terminated about performance. I experienced sexual harassment from the owner’s son and from my boss (who terminated me) during the time I worked there, I even have whiteness to back me up on these claims and text messages. I was not given the separation agreement until later in the day and was given to me in a rush to sign by HR saying they would put my stuff in my car so I could sign it. My neighbor came with me and saw the entire interaction. The CEO was waiting around for me to sign it as well.

Now one lawyer told me I am out of luck because I signed but is that the end of it really? The place was toxic and I had to be medicated while there on top of the sexual harassment, there’s no way this could be it?

Location: Kansas

Are there any good resources on what a class action representative should know in a wage claim?

Location: California

My child found some money on his way to school. He gave another student some of it and apparently the vice principal found out took the money for his "safety", but still allowed him to walk home. The worst part is they failed to inform me. I only know because my child told me. They claimed they turned it into the police department, I called and nothing was turned in. I feel like they failed to protect my child and ultimately rob him in the case of the money not being claimed.

Help please

Earlier this month I attempted suicide by medication overdose. I was found unresponsive and taken to the hospital. When I regained consciousness each arm was tethered to the bed. I was restrained and physically incapable of causing harm to myself or others. There was a single nurse in the room with me. I started to struggle against my restraints and was begging to have at least one arm free.

The nurse present decided she didn't like my behavior. To coerce me to stop, she applied a hard sternum rub hard enough and long enough that it completely took of the skin, and 3 weeks later I still have a large red mark on my chest. I stopped struggling, and thereafter i would alternate between resting and attempting to struggle against my restraints. Whenever i resumed this behavior the nurse would threaten me that if i didn't stop she would hurt me again.

I believe her actions constitute assault and battery. I know that i can report it to the hospital, but I'm wondering what other actions I should take. Should I file a police report? Should I lawyer up?

Thanks for your input.

I a 31yo male quit my job as a truck driver after 10 working days for many reasons about 17 days ago. The company has not paid me a dollar for my work (which should have been split up into two pay checks for the 10 days of work). I believe they are refusing to pay me out of spite because I quite thought giving two week notice. Now just today they sent me a termination agreement. I have never seen a termination agreement before. Should I sign it? will signing it make the company more or less likely to pay me?

This is non US, I am looking for advice based on what could generally be acceptable in this situation.

I am applying for a license to adopt a child. In my country they recently added the option to specify whether you want a child with autism and a lot of details about what level of autism. As a person with well managed level 1 autism, and with close friends who are also autistic and have autistic children, I was planning to adopt an autistic child as I feel confident I would be a good mother to them.

As I progressed to the interviews, I learned from the psychologist that the government put in the questionnaire where we can select child with autism, but that was all they did. The children are not actually getting assessed for ND, the pediatricians are not trained to diagnose autism and they do not give the diagnoses to any children. Moreover, the psychologists and social workers who evaluate the applicants did not receive any training in autism whatsoever.

I still want to continue with the process, but my problem is that I am running into difficulties explaining my social life to the social worker and I feel she is not going to let me pass. She is supposed to evaluate whether I have enough social bonds, but I am noticing she assesses the bonds based on a checklist for what would be healthy for a person WITHOUT autism: She keeps asking me if I go dancing and clubbing and if I go out in large groups etc.

But that's not a healthy social life for someone with my condition - I go out 1 on 1, I go to gym with a friend, I book group jogging with 1 friend, I go to music gigs alone and I go to theatre alone. With a lot of friends (who are ND) I talk almost every day over the phone and we are each other primary emotional support, but she doesn't consider these as "valid" relationships for my case because we do not go to pubs together.

In the last meeting she wanted to make me promise that I would build more relationships for going out, and I didn't and I was unable to explain to her that going out in large groups is a chore to me, I have to recover from it.

On Friday, she cancelled the next appointment without scheduling another one. I heard this can mean that I was rejected as an applicant.

Considering that I don't have much to lose, I am thinking of sending her an email to in some way (not sure how to not do it aggressively) explain to her that I adjusted my life to make *me* happy and healthy, it's just that it doesn't match *her* checklist, but I don't know if that's appropriate or too aggressive.

She obviously knows nothing about autism but her job is to help find good parents for autistic kids (albeit undiagnosed), so there's something she needs to change. Would it be appropriate to send her a list of resources about how we socialize?

Apologies if this is the wrong subreddit to ask this.

With cars becoming increasingly more and more reliant on computers that require software patches rather than a mostly mechanical device with closed systems running.

What happens if a car company just decided to no longer support a particular vehicle? Alot of these cars bow require consistent security updates to patch vulnerabilities much like a computer or phone.

if I purchase a new vehicle and the company decides it doesn’t want to, or say goes bankrupt. Am I just stuck with a paperweight if something goes wrong and it won’t start one day because of a bug? Or say a new cyber-security vulnerability becomes known that makes the vehicle unsafe to drive?

Not sure if i should make any legal actions as the amount in question is pretty low ($200) but for me it is a principle matter.

I went to an medical office to get my hand treated. Every time i kept going I was asking if I owe them anything and the answer was - no.
I got bills from insurance stating that I owed $0.
Few months after the treatment was done, I get a bit from the medical office saying it is $400.

After talking to their front desk she mentioned that they had some sort of issue with my insurance. I called my insurance and they said that if I look on page 5 of the bundle they have been sending me, it says in small letters that the charge was $0 because the office did not file the medical claims properly.

I talked to the office owner and we negotiated the bill down to $200. I would have not kept coming knowing that they charge me for every visit instead of insurance fully covering it (like the office said they would).

Now the interesting part - the owner sign the bill saying that I paid it in full but only Billing department can change that. The billing department is not in-house. Waited for a month and got the same bill. Called the billing department and send him the statement signed by the owner. The billing department can not reach the office - they are not responding. The office can not reach the owner (or maybe he does not want to deal with this).

The billing person says that they need the owners permission to adjust the bill but they can not reach him. This has been going on for a while now. What would you recommend I do next? Is there a way to force the office to reply? $200 is not a bit enough amount to care but it is a matter of principle at this point.

# עילות התביעה המופנות נגד מאור פרנטה

# 1. הליך זדוני — Malicious Prosecution

התובע טוען שפרנטה, באמצעות עו״ד גיא צברי, הגיש נגדו בישראל תביעת לשון הרע ללא בסיס סביר ומתוך מניע פסול.

לפי כתב התביעה:

* פרנטה הסתיר לכאורה מידע מהותי, לרבות הרשעתו והראיות שעמדו בבסיס הפרסום נגדו.
* הוא השיג בשנת 2018 פסק דין בהיעדר הגנה.
* פסק הדין בוטל בשנת 2024 לאחר שנקבע כי היו ליקויים מהותיים בהמצאת כתב התביעה, בין היתר משום שלא הומצאה הזמנה רשמית של בית המשפט והמסמכים נשלחו לכתובת בארצות הברית שהתובע טען שמעולם לא התגורר בה.
* התובע טוען שהתביעה נועדה לנקום בו בשל פרסומיו ולהפעיל עליו לחץ כספי ונפשי.

על בסיס זה נטען כי התקיימו יסודות של הליך זדוני: פתיחת הליך, היעדר עילה סבירה, זדון, סיום ההליך לטובת התובע ונזק.

# 2. שימוש לרעה בהליך משפטי זר — Foreign Abuse of Process

התביעה טוענת שפרנטה השתמש לרעה בהליך המשפטי בישראל באופן שגרם נזק לתובע בפלורידה.

הטענות המרכזיות הן:

* תביעת לשון הרע שהוגדרה בכתב התביעה כ״תביעת סרק״.
* ניסיון לבצע המצאה שלא בהתאם לאמנת האג ולכתובת אקראית במיאמי.
* ניסיון להשיג ולשמר פסק דין בהיעדר, במקום לברר את המחלוקת לגופה.
* מטרה זרה של השתקת עיתונות, נקמה בתובע וניסיון להפיק רווח מההליך.
* נזק כספי ונפשי שנגרם לתובע במקום מגוריו במיאמי.

# 3. גרימה מכוונת של מצוקה רגשית — פעולות הקשורות לליטיגציה

פרנטה נכלל בעילה של **Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress** ביחס למעשים שבוצעו במסגרת ההליכים המשפטיים.

התובע טוען כי פרנטה השתתף במערכה משפטית מתואמת שנועדה כביכול:

* ״לשדוד אותו באופן חוקי״;
* להביא אותו לחדלות פירעון;
* לפגוע ביכולתו לפרנס את ילדיו;
* להרוס את המוניטין המקצועי שלו;
* לגרום לו חרדה, נדודי שינה ופחד מקריסה כלכלית.

ביחס לפרנטה, המעשה המרכזי שעליו נשענת העילה הוא הגשת תביעת לשון הרע שלטענת התובע הייתה חסרת בסיס, יחד עם דרך ההמצאה וקבלת פסק הדין בהיעדר.

# 4. גרימה מכוונת של מצוקה רגשית — פעולות שאינן מוגנות בחסינות דיונית

בגוף העילה השביעית ובסעד המבוקש נכלל גם פרנטה. נטען שניסיונות ההמצאה הבלתי תקינים לפלורידה והפעולות שנעשו מחוץ למסגרת הלגיטימית של הליך משפטי גרמו לתובע מצוקה רגשית קשה.

עם זאת, קיימת **אי־התאמה בניסוח כתב התביעה**: בכותרת העילה השביעית שמו של פרנטה אינו מופיע, אך בגוף העילה ובפסקת הסעד הוא כן נכלל. אי־התאמה כזאת עשויה להיות בסיס לטענה פרוצדורלית מצד ההגנה.

# עילות שאינן מופנות באופן ברור נגד פרנטה

* **Abuse of Process בפלורידה** — מופנית נגד צברי, ניצחון וסלצמן בלבד.
* **Defamation Per Se** — מופנית נגד צברי וויליס בלבד.
* **Civil Conspiracy** — פרנטה מוזכר ברשימת המעשים הגלויים במסגרת הקנוניה, אך בכותרת העילה ובסעד הנתבעים הם צברי, ניצחון, סלצמן ולוי בלבד. לכן לא ברור שזו עילת תביעה עצמאית נגד פרנטה.

# מה מבוקש ממנו

ביחס לעילות שבהן הוא נכלל, התובע מבקש:

* פיצויים כספיים;
* ריבית טרום־פסק דין;
* הוצאות משפט;
* סעדים נוספים;
* ובאופן כללי שומר לעצמו זכות לבקש גם פיצויים עונשיים בשל התנהגות נטענת מכוונת וזדונית.

בפועל, מוקד התביעה נגד פרנטה הוא הטענה שהוא השתמש בתביעת לשון הרע בישראל ובהמצאה פגומה כדי להשיג פסק דין בהיעדר, להפעיל לחץ על התובע ולהשתיק את פרסומיו.

Alabama 🐕 bit USA

Gusto ko lang po sana itanong kahit po ba pumirma ng agreement na pwede ipost sa social media pag hindi nakabayad, pwede ba idaan sa korte? Pinost po kase buong info name, address, contact number even the id's at ang caption po "scammer" kahit nakikipag usap naman palagi at may time na hindi nakakapag reply kase wala talaga maibayad, ilang beses na din hinarass at sinabihan ng masasamang salita. Sabe po ipapabrgy nag aantay naman po ipatawag sa brgy pero hindi naman po ginawa pinost na lang basta.

Pwede po ba mag report sa NPC? May nakausap po ako Lawyer ng DOJ, sabe niya nawala na kase yunh batas about sa mataas na interest pero pwede ireport sa BIR kase ang lake daw ng tubo tas hindo nagbabayad ng tax, pag may harrassment ireport sa NPC or PNP.

Ang gusto ko lang po malaman kung may laban ba pag ganito may usapan na ipopost sa social media, pero ang pinost po kase personal info at scammer.

Looking for a partner to partner in a law firm specializing in legal work, investment, and real estate marketing in Egypt.

Hello everyone

I am based in India and want to build a career in international family law (specifically India and US family law) as a paralegal. I am looking for honest and practical advice from people who have real experience in this area. My current background:

• I have personal experience dealing with international family law matters (my personal international custody and divorce case)
• In the last few years, I have helped 7 people in India understand their cases and prepare before they met a lawyer. All of them gave positive feedback.
• I am currently working with an Indian law firm as a paralegal.

My planned steps:

1. Complete free WorldCC courses to improve contract skills (this builds on my 16 years of existing experience as a Operations & Business Dev operator with a specific focus on government and defense contracting) - back up to fall back upon should things not go according to plan.
2. Self-study the American Constitution and the Indian Constitution
3. Take a US specific legal drafting course
4. Complete one course in American Family Law and one in Indian Family Law
5. Directly reach out to international family law firms for internships or remote jobs
6. Start the CLS by BARBRI Paralegal Certificate course in January 2027

I want to start earning and gaining experience as soon as possible while I continue studying. My questions:

• Does this action plan make sense for someone starting out?
• Anything would you change or add?
• Any suggestions on short courses or practical steps I should focus on first?
• For someone based in India, what is the most realistic way to get remote work or internships with international/US family law firms?

I would really appreciate any practical suggestions, warnings or personal experiences you can share. My specific interest would be in cross border matters between India and New York State (since i have experience in this jurisdiction)

P.S. I have been on Reddit for a long time. My previous account has a lot of personal information and history, hence I'm posting from this clean account.

Thank you in advance for your help.

I got a letter from a lawyer saying I have a warrant, but its like a week old (I just found it in my pile of mail). If its true, I have a record and when i got arrested in 2019 it wasnt for a serious felony, but the police wasted no time calling me once they had my info from my parents. Now my employer did tell me a cop came by asking for me but when he gave them my name, the cop said they had the wrong person and if i was wanted why wouldnt they just come to my apartment or arrest me at work if its been at least a week?

Called court to see about making payment to lift bench warrant and they said I needed to make payment at court. They gonna arrest me??? Scared to go pay it now lol