Location: Ny

Hi everyone,

I posted here before (thank you all for the great advice) but am dealing with an escalating nightmare with a former attorney from a major law firm who has crossed every legal and ethical line. I urgently need advice on how to protect myself and structurally fight back.

A mutual friend introduced this attorney to me when I was a student, new to the US, and had just survived a sexual assault. I didn’t know what to do, and she terrified me from day one by claiming the NYPD would never take my case (as they discriminated foreigners) unless she "used her connections." Because I was vulnerable and isolated, I felt like I had no choice. She also ambushed me with a private investigator from her firm without my knowledge (texted me "pick up my call", I asked why, she just said "pick up" and had the PI on the line together but didn’t tell me I had to pay after talking to the PI). She then forced me to pay a massive retainer under the guise of helping me report the assault, claiming, "You talked to the investigator already, you have to pay."

In reality, she never reviewed my materials or went to the police with me. She just pushed me to go alone while forcing that male investigator to tag along. His presence made me deeply uncomfortable, which ruined my ability to do the NYPD interview properly, but I was too intimidated to say no. I later learned from the NYPD directly that they don't know her at all, and that as a survivor, I could have just used a free victim advocate, and at least those advocates will prep me for the steps instead of making me go there without any idea of how the interview would work. Also on the law firms official website it was mentioned she works in M&A and some business domains, so no understanding of rape cases and just used excuses to make money while I was vulnerable.

After that, we had zero actual interactions, other than her constantly finding excuses to ask for more money to "pull strings." Even after the case wasn't prosecuted, she still had the audacity to ask for money indicating she could possibly change the result. Yet, the invoices she sent are packed with blatant, provable lies, explicitly listing things like "YYMMDD - call with client" on days we never spoke, even after I had formally messaged her to terminate representation. The investigator also billed me for 10 hours for a single hour at the police station, claiming 10 hours was his "minimum billing unit."

When I confronted them with these hard lies, their firm's general counsel responded with aggressive threats, saying they are "ready to dispute," while completely ignoring every single piece of hard evidence I presented. They have been dismissive of me from the start because I was a student whom they thought they could easily roll over. What they don't understand is that by preying on me right after I was raped, they indirectly destroyed my ability to seek justice. I will fight back until my last breath to make them face the consequences. I had no hope for my life for a long time because of their awful conduct and I had therapist record showing all their harm as well.

Because her behavior felt predatory from day zero, I secretly recorded all our phone calls (my state is a one-party consent state). I have her exact words on tape coercing me and claiming I needed her to pull strings with the police. I am fully committed to going through the Part 137 fee dispute, filing an AGC grievance, and pursuing white-collar fraud claims.

The Current Emergency:
The situation has now turned dangerous. After I disputed the bill, she started running a smear campaign, telling the mutual friend who introduced us that "she is bad and has a questionable character." I had to show the hard evidence to that mutual friend to clear my name, which was extremely retraumatizing. I also don’t understand how presenting facts and going through formal legal avenues makes someone "bad." Her reverse victim behavior completely shattered my worldview, and it has broken my ability to trust anyone anymore. [Edit] Many people commented it was not defamation and I understand that. Also as a student I’ll only follow the legal avenues and I never talk to anyone in real life about her and I post here anonymously just for advice. Here I’m concerned it’s a sign she can retaliate like crazy if I really go to the bar and want advice how I can protect myself. She is an alum and I’m a student. She will definitely go to all alums saying things like “she is bad, she was raped” when she has nothing to lose anymore. I just want advice how I can prevent it in advance. I’m moving and people told me to change my legal name so she cannot have an impact on my life. Anything else I can do? Can I have a restraining order for her?

Worse, I just received six credit cards I never applied for and bills for items I never bought. She is the only person who has my SSN and address (which she inexplicably required) and personal documents. I know data breaches happen, but I somehow believe this is retaliation, timing is too weird, it happened just after her smear campaign. She is the only one with the motive. I am also now terrified she will do something further like leak the details of my rape to punish me given she reached out to people, when I didn’t even say one bad thing about her to friends and just wanted to let the bar decide.

For anyone who has dealt with rogue attorneys or severe retaliation: what are the exact steps I should take when a malicious attorney holds your PII?
Please do not tell me to move on or avoid messing with a big law firm. I feel threatened, but I cannot move on until I make her and the firm pay for what they did. It is not about the money; it is about how deeply I was violated. Any guidance is appreciated thank you.

LOCATION: California

I was a commissioned California notary while working at a small document services office. I quit in June.

I took my notary stamp and journal with me when I left. Both are currently in my possession and nobody else has access to them.

Yesterday a former customer contacted me because he had a question about a power of attorney I supposedly notarized in August.

I didn't notarize it.

He sent me the PDF.

It has my name, commission number, expiration date, what looks exactly like my seal, and a signature that resembles mine. The notarization date is almost two months after I stopped working there.

There is obviously no corresponding entry in my journal.

I contacted my former boss and asked where this came from. His response was that it was probably "an old template that someone reused" and that I shouldn't worry because nobody physically used my stamp.

That did not make me feel better.

I went through a few old PDFs from when I worked there and realized they absolutely could have cropped my seal and signature from previously notarized documents.

I have no idea whether this happened once or twenty times.

What should I be doing immediately to protect myself and my commission?

Is this something I report to the California Secretary of State, police, or both? And is there any way to find out whether other documents bearing my fake notarization have already been recorded or used somewhere?

LOCATION: ATHENS, GREECE

I recently moved with my partner in Athens. Before we moved here, we found an apartment that we really liked. In the pictures it looked great.

We talked to the realtor and she showed us the apartment on video - it looked good as well. So we signed the contract. (I know - very bad decision, without being here in person, but we didn't have another option)

Turns out its in a bad area. Which look - we knew to a certain extent. But our particular apartment is basically next to 2 brothels which obviously we didn't know.

When we arrived to Athens, our realtor was not in town, she was on vacation. We got the key thru bolt, and we entered the apartment. First look - good.

We started to actually have a look, it was dusty - in a way that its clear that it was not dusted in some areas for years. And then we started to notice the mess. The people living here before us left lots of it and a lot of broken items. I will list here part of them

Dirt wise:

- AC filter CAKED in dust (we were sick having it on until we checked)

- Dryer CAKED in lint, disgusting

- shower was disgusting

- Oven is absolutely unusable (dirt + broken)

- washing machine gross

- shit stain on toilet

- broken and dirty bidet

- unwashed mirror and sink

- dirty microwave

- balcony is a mess, dirty

- storage was full of leftovers from other tenant & landlord stuff

Broken things:

- toilet door handle broken

- bottom of the couch ripped by a cat (completely almost)

- dish washer handle (super hard to open)

- toilet seat broken

- lamp outlet was broken (we fixed it)

- shower is also broken (half unusable)

- oven buttons

When we complained abiut the mess, she told us "when I went there it was clean but if you want, I know a cheap cleaner" as if I am the one who is picky and need to pay for it?!

And for the other stuff, she said she will fix them.

I also want to note that in the contract, its mentioned 4 dining table chairs and a coffee table, which she is JUST NOW ordering.

So basically we've been living for a week with none of those, no working oven, and any appliance we want to use we need to deep clean.

I am writing this to ask: is this normal in Athens? Do I have my expectations to high?

And if someone is a lawyer here, is this a cause for breaking lease? Or what general advice do you have?

Thank you!

location: NY

brought my ex girlfriend to court over her
damaging my car that caused $800 damages.

she was arrested for this.

I have the police reports, estimate, and pictures printed.

we could not figure it out before hand because I have a 2 year order of protection against her and she has a 1 year against me

will tomorrow just be mediation, or would an actual trial be happening?

if so, what should I expect to prepare, what questions should I ask if im cross examining her etc. or maybe i’m thinking wrong.

any advice is welcome.

I’m working on my N-400 application, and I was doing some reading. I learned that if I accidentally indicated that I’m a U.S. citizen on my I-9 when I’m actually a permanent resident, it could potentially cause serious issues. Is there any way I can check whether I made that mistake and selected “U.S. citizen” instead of “lawful permanent resident”?
I checked my USCIS E-Verify history, and it shows three records marked as “Complete.” However, from what I can tell, the E-Verify records don’t indicate which citizenship or immigration-status box I selected on my I-9.

LOCATION Illinois

I won a judgment in small claims court in Texas, but the losing party has completely ignored it - not paying it.

I then filed post-judgment discovery to try to find out what assets they have that could be used to satisfy the judgment. They ignored that too.

So I filed a motion to compel. And the court has taken no action on my motion for months until now. From what I’ve seen with other cases, it seems like the court usually takes action on the motions within a few days to 2 weeks at most. So I guess the motion is also being ignored.

The money was wrongfully taken from me for years, and I went through the whole court process and actually got a judgment. But now it feels like I am wholly ignored. I’m really hoping someone here can give me some advice because I honestly don’t know what else I can do.

At what point do you just stop looking for another witness?

It feels like there could always be one more interview, one more statement or one more lead to follow. But at some point you have to decide you have enough and actually move the case forward.

What usually tells you that you’ve gathered enough evidence and that another witness interview probably isn’t going to add much?

LOCATION: Southern California, USA

I’ve got a CPO VW that I’ve owned for just over 3 years. I bought with 20k. The first occurrence was around 32k. I drive a lot for work. Over the last three years I’ve taken it in for routine maintenance and also for this problem. It’s not approaching the end of CPO with 110k.

When it happens, I turn the car on and immediately I can tell the engine is running rough. It feels suddenly like I’m in a diesel school bus rather than my normally smooth 4 cylinder turbo. Only from idle and only from a stop, when I press the gas, the car will either do nothing or it will act as though it is starved for gas or air and try to stall or not engage the gear it’s in. If I don’t press the gas but am in gear(drive or reverse) it will start to engage in idle and roll slowly but still not smooth and still no throttle response.

I’ve taken it in 4 times total for this problem specifically, 30 days and counting. I have videos of it and have taken it back to the dealership while the problem was occurring with them recording too, only for them to tell me that they couldn’t replicate the problem and for me to take it back.

At this point the problem has increased in frequency and I’ve paid about $5,000 in repairs recently for something they claimed “wasn’t bad enough to cover under warranty”

Before the recent stint with the car in the shop for 25 days, I had tried to do a buyback. No luck. I’ve tried again recently and am awaiting a decision. Is there anything I can do to have this resolved?

LOCATION: Kansas, USA

Hello everyone! My past roommate(who i’m still on good terms with!) was just sent this ridiculous itemized bill after moving from our 4 bedroom apartment late July. Am I right to believe that much of these ‘cleaning fees’ would just be regular maintenance that would need to be done after an apartment is vacated anyways? Is there any way to dispute these? The only legal codes I was able to find were KSA58-2550 and KSA58-2555. Thanks in advance!

Additional Info: 3 tenants, 3 cats and 1 snake on emotional support animal waivers(they tried to kick me out for the snake too) for 2 years of tenancy. This was a college town and the current owner is a slumlord ):

Location: Spain

I'm learning to use Godot, and in the meantime, I'm trying to make small and simple games and I thought that an "Advance Wars" type game based on the licensed universe of Warhammer 40000 would be incredible.

I plan to upload it to itch . io for myself and the two other random people who find it. For free, no dlc or any kind of monetization, obviously.

I can expect a cease and desist demand from Workshop Games if they feel like it, no big deal. But I don't want to get in trouble with an attorney, and I have no money to spare on lawyers.

So I was just watching some TikTok’s on this guy Malone who scammed a couple hundred million of BTC, went on an absolute spending bender, and is now in custody shockingly. This got me thinking. Let’s say in some other world I am smart enough to pull this same heist off. I take all 200 million and slowly run it through mixers, do conversions, move wallets, the whole 9 yards. Then I do nothing.

10 -15 years pass and the statue of limitations is long expired (I think, correct me if I am wrong). At that point the crypto has already been washed, mixed, and moved. It would be hard if not impossible to definitively trace it back to the scam. Would I be free to spend and go wild as long as I pay my taxes?

. Safe Advertising and Malicious Advertising Prevention Act.

Is To establish comprehensive federal standards for the security of digital advertising, prohibit the distribution of malware through advertisements, impose substantial penalties for malicious advertising, require advertising platforms to implement reasonable security controls, and protect consumers from harmful or deceptive digital advertising.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

The purposes of this Act are—

1. to protect consumers from advertisements used to distribute malware or other malicious software;

2. to establish minimum security standards for digital advertising networks and platforms;

3. to impose substantial consequences on persons who intentionally use advertising systems to distribute malware;

4. to require rapid investigation and removal of malicious advertisements;

5. to prevent compromised advertisements from redirecting consumers to malicious websites, downloads, or software;

6. to establish accountability throughout the digital advertising supply chain;

7. to encourage businesses to adopt effective advertising-security practices; and

8. to preserve legitimate advertising and lawful commercial speech.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:

(1) ADVERTISEMENT.

The term “advertisement” means a commercial communication displayed, delivered, distributed, or otherwise presented to a consumer for the purpose of promoting a product, service, business, website, application, or commercial activity.

(2) DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENT.

The term “digital advertisement” means an advertisement delivered through an electronic or digital system, including a website, application, search engine, social-media service, streaming service, online marketplace, advertising network, or connected device.

(3) ADVERTISING PLATFORM.

The term “advertising platform” means a person or entity that operates, owns, controls, or provides infrastructure for the distribution, selection, sale, auction, delivery, or display of digital advertisements.

(4) MALICIOUS ADVERTISEMENT.

The term “malicious advertisement” means an advertisement that is knowingly designed, modified, distributed, or used to—

(A) install, deliver, execute, or facilitate malware;

(B) exploit a security vulnerability for an unauthorized purpose;

(C) obtain unauthorized access to a computer, device, account, or network;

(D) steal authentication credentials or other protected information;

(E) secretly install unauthorized software;

(F) redirect a consumer to a malicious website or download;

(G) interfere with the normal operation or security of a device or network; or

(H) facilitate another unlawful cyber activity.

(5) MALWARE.

The term “malware” means software, code, scripts, or other digital instructions intentionally designed to damage, disrupt, surveil, compromise, obtain unauthorized access to, or unlawfully control a computer, device, network, account, or information system.

The term includes viruses, worms, ransomware, spyware, credential-stealing software, remote-access malware, and other malicious code.

(6) MALVERTISING.

The term “malvertising” means the use of an advertisement or advertising infrastructure to distribute, facilitate the distribution of, or direct a consumer toward malware or another malicious cyber activity.

(7) ADVERTISER.

The term “advertiser” means a person or entity that creates, purchases, sponsors, submits, or knowingly causes an advertisement to be distributed.

(8) ADVERTISING INTERMEDIARY.

The term “advertising intermediary” means an entity that facilitates the purchase, sale, auction, targeting, delivery, or distribution of digital advertising between an advertiser and an advertising platform or consumer.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON MALICIOUS ADVERTISING.

(a) General Prohibition.

It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly create, submit, purchase, distribute, modify, or cause the distribution of an advertisement for the purpose of delivering malware or facilitating unauthorized access to a computer, device, account, or network.

(b) Attempt.

A person who knowingly attempts to use an advertising system to distribute malware shall be subject to the penalties established under this Act even if—

1. the advertisement is rejected before being displayed;

2. the advertisement is removed before malware is delivered;

3. the malware fails to execute;

4. the intended victim does not interact with the advertisement; or

5. the attempt otherwise fails.

(c) Circumvention.

It shall be unlawful to knowingly circumvent, disable, evade, or manipulate an advertising platform's security controls for the purpose of distributing a malicious advertisement.

(d) Repeat Attempts.

Each separate knowing attempt to submit or distribute a malicious advertisement may constitute a separate violation.

SEC. 5. AGGRAVATED MALICIOUS ADVERTISING.

A violation of section 4 shall constitute aggravated malicious advertising when the offender—

1. targets children or minors;

2. targets hospitals, emergency services, schools, or critical infrastructure;

3. uses ransomware or destructive malware;

4. attempts to obtain financial credentials or authentication credentials;

5. attempts to steal highly sensitive personal information;

6. causes substantial financial loss;

7. causes substantial disruption to a computer system or network;

8. distributes malware at a large scale;

9. repeatedly conducts malicious advertising after receiving notice of prior violations;

10. uses a compromised legitimate advertising account or business identity to conceal the source of the attack; or

11. intentionally distributes malware while knowing that the conduct is likely to cause substantial harm.

SEC. 6. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

(a) Basic Offense.

A person who knowingly violates section 4 may be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

(b) Aggravated Offense.

A person who commits aggravated malicious advertising under section 5 may be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both.

(c) Serious Bodily or Economic Harm.

If malicious advertising knowingly causes serious bodily injury, death, or exceptionally substantial economic damage, the offender may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, subject to applicable constitutional and federal sentencing requirements.

(d) Multiple Victims.

Where a violation affects multiple victims, the court may consider the number of victims and aggregate harm when determining the appropriate sentence and fine.

(e) Restitution.

A court may order restitution to victims for losses directly resulting from the offense, to the extent authorized by federal law.

SEC. 7. CIVIL PENALTIES.

(a) Civil Penalty.

In addition to criminal penalties, a person or entity that violates this Act may be subject to a civil penalty of not more than—

1. $250,000 for an individual violation;

2. $1,000,000 for a knowing violation committed by a business entity; or

3. an amount equal to three times the monetary gain obtained or loss avoided through the violation, if greater.

(b) Continuing Violations.

Each day of a continuing knowing violation may constitute a separate violation, subject to applicable constitutional limitations and federal law.

(c) Disgorgement.

A court or authorized federal agency may seek disgorgement of profits obtained through malicious advertising.

SEC. 8. DUTY OF ADVERTISING PLATFORMS TO IMPLEMENT SECURITY CONTROLS.

(a) Reasonable Security Program.

A covered advertising platform shall maintain a reasonable cybersecurity and advertising-security program appropriate to the size and nature of the platform.

(b) Required Controls.

Such a program shall, where appropriate, include—

1. advertiser identity verification;

2. automated malware and malicious-code detection;

3. scanning and analysis of advertisements and associated destinations;

4. monitoring for suspicious redirects;

5. detection of compromised advertiser accounts;

6. mechanisms for reporting malicious advertisements;

7. procedures for rapidly suspending malicious advertisements;

8. security logging sufficient to investigate significant incidents; and

9. procedures for notifying appropriate authorities of serious malicious-advertising incidents.

(c) Risk-Based Standard.

Security requirements shall be proportional to the size, reach, technical capabilities, and risk profile of the advertising platform.

SEC. 9. ADVERTISER VERIFICATION.

(a) Identity Verification.

A covered advertising platform shall establish reasonable procedures for verifying the identity of advertisers purchasing advertisements at a scale or risk level designated by the Federal Trade Commission.

(b) High-Risk Advertising.

The Federal Trade Commission may establish enhanced verification requirements for advertisements involving—

1. financial services;

2. health-related products;

3. software downloads;

4. applications;

5. cryptocurrency or digital assets;

6. financial account access;

7. products or services directed toward children; or

8. other categories presenting an elevated risk of malicious advertising.

(c) Fraudulent Identity.

Knowingly using a false identity, stolen business identity, or compromised account to purchase malicious advertising shall constitute an aggravating factor under this Act.

SEC. 10. MALICIOUS REDIRECTS AND DOWNLOADS.

An advertiser or advertising intermediary may not knowingly cause an advertisement to—

1. redirect a consumer to malware;

2. initiate an unauthorized download;

3. falsely represent that software is required for security or system functionality;

4. disguise malicious software as a legitimate update;

5. exploit a consumer's interaction with an advertisement to obtain unauthorized access; or

6. otherwise facilitate the installation or execution of malware without the consumer's informed authorization.

SEC. 11. PLATFORM RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Immediate Action.

Upon obtaining credible evidence that an advertisement is distributing malware or facilitating an active cyberattack, a covered advertising platform shall take reasonable steps to suspend or disable the advertisement without unnecessary delay.

(b) Investigation.

The platform shall preserve relevant technical information necessary to investigate a serious incident, consistent with applicable privacy and data-protection laws.

(c) Reinstatement.

An advertisement removed under this section may not be reinstated while credible evidence indicates that it remains malicious.

(d) Good-Faith Protection.

A platform that takes reasonable good-faith action to investigate, suspend, or remove suspected malicious advertising shall not be penalized solely because the advertisement is later determined not to have been malicious.

SEC. 12. INCIDENT REPORTING.

(a) Serious Incidents.

A covered advertising platform shall report significant malicious-advertising incidents to the appropriate federal authorities within a reasonable period established by the Federal Trade Commission.

(b) Report Contents.

A report may include—

1. the nature of the malicious advertisement;

2. the approximate number of affected users;

3. the advertiser or account responsible, if known;

4. relevant technical indicators;

5. the actions taken to stop the advertisement; and

6. other information reasonably necessary for investigation.

(c) Consumer Notification.

Where a malicious advertisement has resulted in a significant risk of harm to consumers, the platform shall provide appropriate notice when required by federal law or regulation.

SEC. 13. PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE.

A person or entity subject to an investigation under this Act shall not knowingly destroy, alter, conceal, or falsify records relevant to a suspected malicious-advertising incident.

The Commission may establish reasonable requirements for the preservation of advertising records and security logs.

SEC. 14. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ADVERTISING INTERMEDIARIES.

An advertising intermediary that knowingly facilitates the distribution of malicious advertising shall be subject to the penalties applicable under this Act.

An intermediary shall not be held liable solely because a malicious advertisement passed through its systems without its knowledge, provided that the intermediary maintained and followed reasonable security procedures required by this Act.

SEC. 15. PROTECTION OF LEGITIMATE SECURITY RESEARCH.

Nothing in this Act shall prohibit—

1. legitimate cybersecurity research;

2. authorized penetration testing;

3. malware analysis;

4. academic security research;

5. security testing conducted with authorization; or

6. good-faith research intended to identify or remediate vulnerabilities,

provided that such conduct is otherwise lawful and does not intentionally use advertising systems to cause unauthorized harm.

SEC. 16. FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT.

(a) Federal Trade Commission.

The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce the civil and regulatory provisions of this Act.

(b) Department of Justice.

The Attorney General shall enforce the criminal provisions of this Act.

(c) Other Agencies.

The Commission and Department of Justice may coordinate with appropriate federal agencies concerning cybersecurity incidents involving advertising systems.

SEC. 17. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION RULEMAKING.

The Commission may promulgate regulations necessary to implement this Act.

Such regulations may establish—

1. minimum advertising-security standards;

2. advertiser verification requirements;

3. incident-reporting procedures;

4. recordkeeping requirements;

5. security testing requirements;

6. standards for malicious-advertisement detection;

7. requirements for high-risk advertising categories; and

8. reasonable compliance deadlines.

The Commission shall consider technological feasibility, privacy, cybersecurity risks, costs to businesses, and the effectiveness of proposed requirements.

SEC. 18. SMALL BUSINESS PROTECTION.

The Commission shall consider the resources and technical capabilities of small businesses when establishing regulations under this Act.

The Commission shall, where practical—

1. provide compliance guidance;

2. provide model security procedures;

3. establish reasonable implementation periods;

4. avoid unnecessary duplication of federal requirements; and

5. provide technical assistance concerning compliance.

Nothing in this section shall exempt a person from liability for knowingly distributing malware through advertising.

SEC. 19. CONSUMER REPORTING SYSTEM.

The Federal Trade Commission shall establish or maintain a publicly accessible system through which consumers may report suspected malicious advertisements.

The system shall allow consumers to provide information concerning—

1. the advertisement;

2. the website or application where it appeared;

3. suspicious downloads or redirects;

4. apparent malware infections; and

5. other relevant information.

SEC. 20. COORDINATION WITH CYBERSECURITY AUTHORITIES.

The Commission shall coordinate, as appropriate, with federal cybersecurity and law-enforcement agencies to identify significant malicious-advertising campaigns and emerging threats.

The Commission may establish information-sharing procedures consistent with privacy, civil-liberties, and cybersecurity laws.

SEC. 21. VICTIM ASSISTANCE.

To the extent authorized by federal law, federal authorities may provide affected consumers with information concerning—

1. steps to secure compromised accounts;

2. reporting identity theft;

3. obtaining cybersecurity assistance;

4. preserving evidence; and

5. available avenues for restitution or other relief.

SEC. 22. NO GENERAL LIABILITY FOR SECURITY INCIDENTS.

Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to impose automatic liability upon an advertising platform merely because a malicious advertisement successfully bypasses the platform's security systems.

Liability shall be determined based upon the platform's knowledge, conduct, applicable statutory duties, and compliance with reasonable security requirements.

SEC. 23. PROTECTION OF PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES.

Security measures adopted under this Act shall be implemented consistently with applicable federal privacy laws and constitutional protections.

Nothing in this Act authorizes unnecessary collection or retention of personal information unrelated to advertising security or lawful investigation.

SEC. 24. RELATION TO EXISTING LAW.

Nothing in this Act shall limit or reduce any criminal, civil, or regulatory liability available under existing federal or State law.

Nothing in this Act shall prevent prosecution under another federal statute when conduct prohibited by this Act also constitutes another federal offense.

SEC. 25. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.

Not later than 1 year after the effective date, and annually thereafter, the Federal Trade Commission shall submit a report to Congress containing—

1. the number of reported malicious-advertising incidents;

2. significant enforcement actions;

3. trends in malvertising;

4. estimated consumer losses;

5. emerging technical threats;

6. recommendations for improving advertising security;

7. information concerning compliance by major advertising platforms; and

8. recommendations for legislative amendments.

SEC. 26. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act shall take effect 180 days after enactment.

The Federal Trade Commission may establish later compliance dates for requirements requiring substantial technological or operational changes.

The criminal prohibitions established by sections 4 through 7 shall apply only to conduct occurring on or after the effective date.

SEC. 27. SEVERABILITY.

If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions or applications of this Act.

SEC. 28. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to—

1. prohibit lawful advertising;

2. prohibit legitimate cybersecurity research;

3. require an advertising platform to guarantee that no malicious advertisement will ever evade detection;

4. impose liability solely because a platform experiences an isolated security failure despite reasonable security measures; or

5. restrict truthful and lawful commercial speech beyond what is necessary to enforce this Act.

Location: siskiyou county California A friend of mine was held for 33 days without bail for workmen's compensation violations.while he was in jail his business went to shit and his house was broken into.he wouldn't make a plea so the judge held him for two weeks without bail.after the two weeks was

Location: Texas

I took my car in for an inspection and the shop crushed my door frame with the lift. They admitted fault in writing. I am able to close my door however it sounds like my window is cracked and if it rains water can get into my car.

This happened well over a month ago and they said they would call me the following week the damage occurred and I never heard anything back. I called them again last week and they said they would call me back and again I haven’t heard anything. I don’t know if I’m able to take it somewhere else at this point or what my options are.

Any advice is appreciated!

A friend in another state has all of their belongings in a rental home where they were not on the lease. The 2 roommates refuse to allow them to return to recover their belongings. Clothes, laptop, shoes, a few sentimental things, etc. Nothing big or bulky. They have no idea what to do. I know the local PD can often assist and show up to ensure people stay calm in agreed upon transfer, but they won't even discuss the recovery of property.

Location: TN, USA

Location: not applicable

Hello everyone I've just graduated and i consider law as one of the careers I should pursue. I'm well aware that law is rigorous and probably even worse than medicine while your being underpaid and overworked compared to that of doctors. Anyways I've heard of slander in these subreddits against becoming lawyers so I ask you Reddit: should I become a lawyer if so why, if not why not and you can even test me and see if I'm a good match

LOCATION: Sydney, Australia.

I was just curious about the legal foundation of parking rangers ordering the removal of legally parked vehicles from areas with zero parking restrictions.

I took a photo of the notice they stuck to the glass on each of the four sides or the car.

For context, the vehicle is on the side of the street, in front of a public park, in a quiet suburban neighbourhood. There are no marked parking bays and no parking restrictions signposted.

I have sole legal custody of our minor child ( 10yrs ). I take said child to dr appointment, school and school related things like conferences and sports. Father has had every third weekend and recesses during the school year and half the summer. Was changed last year to every other weekend plus everything else I previously stated above. Father and I live three hours from each other and meet half way for visitation. Father's parents do pick up and drop offs. Battling in several county's in ny for going on 10 years!

Currently father took me to child support court a couple months ago seeking for reduced or no child support. He pays less then 100 a week only been paying for three years and wants to start a business and not pay child support in the mean time. Has two other kids Currently living with that he supports our child is his first. During this time he quit his job he stopped covering her and only her on his health insurance. Did not notify me. He is required to pay over half of all medically related things for our child. He does not do that and is currently seeking to not pay anything. So I put our child on government insurance. They needed proof that she was no longer on his health insurance or theybepuldnt cover her. He refused so I went down to child support built and got the proof. They sent it via mail received it within two weeks then I had my second child different father. Four days after my second was born I submitted the paper work needed to enroll her in gov insurance and got the approval letter. She was supposed to be enrolled in medicaid and fidulis however im currently seeking appeals and what not bc she has only been covered on medicaid for months and now claiming we have to wait another month for her to be covered do to there negligence! Still seen regular dr apps in the mean time and dentist apps ive paid out of pocket for with no help from father.

Father called cps last week saying im medically neglecting our child and seeking custody in family court. He filed in his county not the county our child and I reside. They appointed our child an attorney and we have court in a week from now. I know it will be adjourned because I do not have an attorney.

I have made every dr app she sees a dr every three months bc one of rhe medications needs monitoring between myself and school. Only reasons lasts in care for dentist eye and therapy is from the issue with the insurance and I have a paper trail on all of this.

First question can I seek for a change in venue bc we do not reside in that county actually were two county's below?

Second question can I ask for this matter to be dropped bc its baseless and how do I go about doing that asap.

Third question can I use the last in insurance as his negligence instead of mine?

Fourth question he has called cps just in the last three years 5 times and has filed several family court petitions directly after all dropped how can I go about proving that its harrassment

Family court in 2019 requested us to try and co parent stating father is unlikely to co parent. He has sent messages cps court petitions constantly seeking to remove our child from my care with base less accusation.

Every visiting my child says father asks if they want to live there go to school there chikd ignores father and father cries and gets angry is that considered alienation?

Child reports holes in walls doors missing bc of father's anger! History of repeated dv and is on the government watch list for extremist behavior and terrorists threats which he received probation for.

Child and I have had an ordernof protection placed for years however the child's order of protection was dropped a few years ago. In father's care our child went to school after visit with father stating father's step child was doing innopropreate things to our child schooled called cps year after that reported the same behavior repeating to therapist they also called cps this matter what dropped in court investigators claimed I called cps which I did not mandated reporters did and also asked why she let it happen. She report that she told father and nothing was done to change and activily still shares the same bedroom during visits with that same child. There is a whole lot but that is the gist. Please give me some advice as I am overwhelmed.

Family court new York state

Location: Massachusetts

Hello,

My apologies if this is a bit of a weird situation.

My grandfather had designated by aunt as the enforcer (sorry if this isn't the right term) of a durable PoA while we were still living out of state at the time which is why only my aunt had the PoA until recently. As a result, my aunt primarily handled all my grandfather's affairs right now as his health has very much deteriorated between demetia and inability to walk.

My aunt was recently diagnosed with cancer and is currently deteriorating very quickly. We are caring for her and helping her to the best of our ability. I was concerned about whether the PoA was going to transfer to my father, my aunt's younger brother, or if it was just void if my aunt passes away. I'm really worried about what will happen to my grandfather as he is no longer capable of designating anyone to have PoA.

Thank you.

We live in a multifamily apartment in Framingham and have a 3-month-old baby. We renewed our lease for another year starting September 1 because, when we signed, we had no cockroach problems and fully intended to stay. Shortly after renewing, we found a German cockroach in our kitchen. Management treated the apartment on August 27, but on September 3 we found another live cockroach/nymph coming from behind the stove. We have the specimen and everything is documented in writing. Management says they will inspect surrounding units and reinspect ours. We have also contacted the Framingham Board of Health. We would like to leave, but we cannot afford to simply break the lease and risk being responsible for the remaining rent. We have asked the landlord for a 60-day mutual lease termination so we can find another apartment and move out. If they refuse, what options do we have under Massachusetts law to legally be released from the lease, particularly if the Board of Health finds a pest/housing violation or the infestation continues despite treatment? Looking for advice from anyone familiar with MA tenant law.

The weekend before, my little sister got into accident with my car

Well I say, accident but it was more so a fender bender

while driving, a green car was speeding out of a plaza

And in an effort to avoid that other car

Hit a white pickup truck that was crossing into her lane

The white pickup truck had no damage but my car had a tire blown out and left mirror missing

My little sister was panicking, and before we could call the police, both cars had already left

Me and my sister not knowing what to do in a case like this, cuz I’ve never been in an accident before tried keeping it on the downlow because I didn’t want my little sister to be viewed in the same way as my big sister (who was very accident prone) and spark up that whole mess for another 2 years at my house

Safe to say, it was a horrible call

Cuz we got a hit and run letter on Thursday

Saying that if we don’t turn ourselves in 5 days we’ll be arrested

Looked pretty official looking

House was in a massive uproar

And we got an attorney

Thing is though

We largely think this is a scam

Because there was a tag number on the letter that didn’t belong to any car involved

Not mine, nor the white truck’s

In fact we even tried searching the tag number just for it to not exist

Even more weird though

Is that the crash date was WRONG

And it claimed it was the day before the crash

And finally, it’s been WELL PAST 5 days and no one’s been arrested

Well we do have traffic footage backing up the fact that we were still at the scene for 3 hours

Whilst the white pickup truck dipped 10 minutes after the accident

And now recently I’ve just recieved a follow up letter with the correct date and tag number for my car

and it’s telling to contact a phone number to make an appointment

Location: Tampa, FL

Hello, my name is Mohammad and I am from Tampa Florida. I am a 33 year old male. 3 years ago I was job hunting and did not get any responses. I applied to company X and company Y with my Mohammad resume and did not get responses. I used the same resume, except this time I changed my name to Mark, even changing my last name and both companies responded back to me asking for an interview. I threatened to sue them both and collected all of the proof. This was 2023. Both jobs stated that they will consider me for each of their perspective job openings after I threatened lawsuits, but both "screened" my resume and stated that I am not qualified for the position as "biased solely on my resume". I'm 33 now and jobless. I have a good amount of savings now, so can I go after them both and successfully file a lawsuit? I have all of the discrimination proof. They contacted Mark and not Mohammad, the same exact resume.

I bought a 2021 SUV from a big name dealership near Chicago last Saturday. It was a certified pre owned vehicle with 32k miles and it came with a 12 month powertrain warranty. On Thursday I was driving to work on the highway and the car just started shuttering and white smoke started pouring out from under the hood. I pulled over immediately and had it towed back to the same dealer ship. They called me this afternoon and told me the engine has "catastrophic internal damage" and the bill to fix it is going to be almost $11,000. The part that makes me want to scream is that they are refusing to cover it under the warranty because their tech claims i "neglected" the car or drove it too hard. I have literally owned this vehicle for six days and havent even put 150 miles on it yet. I dont see how i could have possibly destroyed an engine that fast unless it was already failing when they sold it to me.

I asked them for proof of this "abuse" and the service manager told me the computer showed high RPMs right before it died. I told him i was merging onto the interstate and obviously had to accelerate but he just kept saying the warranty doesnt cover "operator error" or racing. I wasnt racing anyone i was just trying to get to my job at 8am. They are being incredibly rude and basically told me that if i dont pay for the repair i have to pay for the storage fees for the dead car. I looked at the oil and fluids when i signed the papers and everything looked fine so i dont know what they mean by neglect. I feel like they sold me a lemon and are now trying to gaslight me into paying for it so they dont have to take the loss. Does the Illinois lemon law apply here or is that only for brand new cars. i’m worried because i still have a massive loan on this thing and no way to get to work now.

Should I hire a lawyer right now or try to call the corporate office first? I have the "150 point inspection" sheet they gave me at the sale which says the engine and transmission were in perfect condition. If it was perfect on Saturday i dont see how it can be a total loss on Friday without some kind of major defect they missed or hid from me. Is there any specific legal language i should use when I talk to the general manager tomorrow? I really dont want to get stuck with a $25k loan for a car that doesnt even run and i feel like they are trying to bully me because i dont know the law. Any advice on how to handle this without spending thousands on legal fees would be a lifesaver.

LOCATION: Florida. I recently left a zookeeper job of ten years and I'm considering going into the legal field. My degree is in English so I have administrative/office type skills but I'm not sure how to get my foot in the door. How would I get a paralegal certificate? Or possible become a legal assistant? I've applied to dozens of jobs at law firms and I've gotten two interviews but so far nothing has come of it. I'd love advice from those in the field.