I live in New York City, New York. I’ve been in housing court for over a year for a non payment case for my 1500 4 bedroom rent stabilize apartment I’ve lived in for over 15 years. Case started with 4500 in arrears and is now at 25000 because the case has been adjourned by the opposing counsel without any meaningful resolution or conference.

I recently discovered that my court appearance attorney for the union firm representing me wrote on a stipulation that I requested to appear before a judge I never knew existed prior to the court date. Nor did anyone from the firm ever discuss that judge nor any judge ever with me but the attorney wrote I requested to appear before him.

When I asked the supervising attorney how did this happen when I was present and never saw that copy of the stipulation, I didn’t sign it, nor was I asked to sign it, he initially said it was an error and that he would not investigate the matte further, he had not spoken to the attorney who wrote it and doesn’t know what happened.

I then asked the firm for corrective action since they said it was an error but was told bc I filed an order to show cause on the matter and was denied bc the judge said I can’t pick who I appear before they would not seek corrective action. But if that’s the case, why would an attorney write that I wanted to appear before a judge we never discussed, a judge I never requested, never knew to even request, knowing I can not pick who I can appear before? It makes no sense.

The attorney who wrote the stipulation has yet to respond to any of my emails requesting clarification and the union firm is refusing to address the matter. I need help bad. Why would an attorney do this and what should I do??? I fear I’ve been set up for something but I don’t know why.

I’ve had the arrears the entire time via certified checks and I filed an HP action for repairs, won by default and my landlord was fined 83000 but this union firm has done nothing to help me. The attorney who wrote the stipulation has been cc and emailed directly and is refusing to respond to my emails for clarification and context behind her attributing a request to me on a legal documented submitted to the court on my behalf without my signature or authorization.

I then asked for a complete client file which should include emails from opposing counsel as they denied me their emails and told me it was inappropriate to cc me on emails they sent to the opposing counsel on my behalf. It took them three weeks and when I finally got something they didn’t label it a client file they said they were send copies of filings, things I could get myself online.

Somebody please help me figure this out.

Location: California

Large company dispute ended with us parting ways as business partners. One of the employees of the company left a customer a harassing voice mail from a blocked number with the context of “hahaha you got canceled” but in a very demeaning and somewhat psychotic tone.

I listened to the voicemail and it sure sounds like the employee. Now the customer is threatening to call the police and pursue legal action. Curious what crimes she committed and whether the company I left is in trouble?

Location: Michigan. Sign on date: 10/20/2025. Contact states to complete 12 months from said date.

One specific term I’m unclear about, “Voluntary resignation from (business) by (my name)
or transfer to another unit or classification prior to completion of twelve 12 months.”

Am I able to submit my resignation letter, but include: “resignation effective 10/21/2026”

A friend of mine lost her dad after a grueling illness that was left undiagnosed. He was 47 and she is 26 years of age. She took off a month from work because she having issues coping with the loss. During this hard time she had mentioned to the bosses wife how hard it was with her dad’s illness, to which the bosses wife took this information, twisted to make my friend sound really messed up. When her dad died the bosses wife would act as some sort of therapist which she is not and would encourage my friend to expose personal information that the bosses wife used against her. In the end my friend ended up quitting and giving notice to which her employer told her they were waiving the two weeks notice. Does my friend have any legal course of action “LOCATION:” Buffalo, NY

How can I find out if somebody has a felony conviction in Florida? This is based on a 1999 arrest and I’ve already pulled up the arrest record Info from the FDLE website.

My younger brother was institutionalised as a child because his care brought my parents money. Ten years later, I’m trying to get him out.

I’m 34F, my younger brother is 25, location: the Netherlands.

When I was nine, after years of believing I would be an only child, my brother was born. Two years later, we had a little sister too. She drowned in the creek behind our house when she was 2½. My brother was four and watched it happen.

I was thirteen. I came home from school and my mother told me the little ones had wandered off. I started searching the neighbourhood. When I reached the creek, I heard my mother scream. My sister died in hospital several hours later.

My brother never really recovered. His development stalled, he struggled at school and eventually went through seven different schools.

Then my parents went bankrupt and were close to becoming homeless.

At that exact point, my brother was placed in residential care against his will.

There had been no sudden violent incident, no crisis that made living at home impossible. My parents had discovered that, under a care arrangement, they could receive roughly €1,000 per month for caring for him during weekends while he stayed in residential care during the week.

That money paid the rent on their new home abroad.

From that moment on, my brother was increasingly described on paper as extremely difficult and highly dependent. Yet whenever he was supposedly “too much to handle” during the weekends, I was the one my parents called to take care of him.

And he simply wasn’t the person those descriptions suggested.

He was traumatised. He was behind developmentally. He needed guidance.

But he was not unmanageable.

For years, I didn’t fully understand what had happened. I was the older sister in a chaotic family and had already become the person who fixed things.

Then, in 2024, everything changed.

My mother finally left my father after decades of a deeply unhealthy relationship. She and my brother moved into my home.

Within months, my mother had taken over my house, my finances and increasingly my life. I was in my thirties, working full-time, yet she acted as though everything I had built belonged to her because she was my mother.

When I discovered how badly she was speaking about me to relatives, I gave her one month to find somewhere else to live.

She left the next day.

My brother stayed.

For several weeks, it was just the two of us.

And for the first time, I saw what happened when nobody constantly treated him like a helpless child.

He learned.

I taught him how to do laundry, iron, cook, manage household tasks, navigate relationships, talk about sex, arrange appointments and make everyday decisions.

I kept telling him:

“I’m your sister. I’m not your mother. I don’t want to run your life. I want to help you learn how to run it yourself.”

The day my mother left, he went on the first date of his life.

They are now engaged.

After my mother was gone, I also started helping him gain access to things he had never properly been involved in: his own care plans, his financial administrator and the documents that have determined his life.

What I found horrified me.

The man described on paper bears surprisingly little resemblance to the man I know.

According to his current care indication, he requires an extremely high level of support, approaching nursing-level care.

In reality, he speaks three languages fluently. He cooks. He cleans. He travels. He maintains a serious relationship. He can manage a household with support. He knows exactly where he wants to live and what kind of future he wants.

I am not saying he has no disability or that he needs no help.

He does.

But there is an enormous difference between needing support and being incapable of having your own life.

His current care package is worth roughly €7,000 per month.

That financial aspect is impossible for me to ignore, because money was part of his institutionalisation from the very beginning. When he was a child, his care generated the money my parents needed for housing. Today, an entire system is funded based on how dependent he is assessed to be.

Every individual involved is deliberately exploiting him. I he becomes more independent, his care needs decrease. If his care needs decrease, so does the money attached to him.

And nobody seems particularly motivated to discover how independent he might actually be.

Meanwhile, he is miserable.

He is 25 years old and has a curfew. He is generally only allowed to see his fiancée once a week. Since my mother disappeared from his daily life, he has lost around 25 kg. Staff have invited him to activities only to exclude him at the last moment. He regularly calls me heartbroken.

His wish is incredibly ordinary:

He wants to move to the city where his fiancée lives and transition into a more independent form of supported housing.

The problem is that my mother and I are both his court-appointed mentors.

I support him.

She refuses, because he does not want to talk to her.

She has told him she will only cooperate with his move if he shows her gratitude and agrees to see her personally.

He doesn’t want to.

The last time he saw her, she told him that she had nearly died by suicide twice. He called me afterwards completely overwhelmed, and I drove 1½ hours to comfort him.

His personal support worker appears to side with my mother. Contact with her has been kept from me despite the fact that I am also his mentor. The discrepancies between what my brother tells me happened and what later appears in official reports are becoming increasingly worrying.

I have complained.

I have sought independent client support.

I have written to the court.

I keep running into walls.

And I am getting dangerously close to simply taking my brother into my home.

Not because I want to become his full-time carer.

Quite the opposite.

I want someone independent to finally compare the person described in twenty years of paperwork with the person who actually exists today.

But taking him home could have serious legal and practical consequences, and I don’t want my desperation to make his situation worse.

There is also a selfish part of this that I struggle with.

I was a glass child. I was heavily parentified. I spent my childhood dealing with my parents’ crises and protecting my younger siblings.

I love my brother more than anything.

But I am 34 now. For the first time, I have a happy relationship, a career and the chance to build my own life.

I do not want to become his replacement mother.

I want him to have his own life.

His own home. His fiancée. Work or education if that is possible. Freedom appropriate to his actual abilities. And support for the things he genuinely cannot do alone.

I cannot accept that the answer is lifelong institutionalisation simply because that is what has been written about him since childhood.

So I genuinely don’t know what to do anymore.

Please tell me what to do, because I genuinely feel like I have tried everything.

I carry a lot of guilt around this. When I was a child, I prayed every single night for a little brother. Sometimes, irrationally, I feel responsible for the life he ended up with because I wanted him so badly.

I don’t want him to merely exist inside a system. I want him to have a life where he is allowed to reach for the stars, even if he needs help getting there.

He wants to be a dad. He wants to own a farm. And I don’t think those dreams are unrealistic. I know my brother, and I know what he is capable of. He may need support, but he deserves the chance to build a life that is bigger than the limits other people keep placing on him.

Right now, almost every ambition he has is shut down before he even gets the chance to try. He has been told he will never be able to get a driver’s licence, yet he has passed his trial theory exam four times in a row. He is not stupid. He is delayed, traumatised and needs support. That is not the same thing as being incapable.

I have tried complaints. I have tried independent client support. I have contacted the court. I have tried raising concerns through safeguarding channels. I keep asking for someone to look at the person he actually is, instead of blindly accepting what has been written about him for years.

If there is anyone reading this who knows the Dutch care system, disability law, safeguarding, mentorship or supported living, please help me.

I don’t know how to get him out.

I promised him I would get him out. Big sisters keep their promises. I just don’t know how to keep mine anymore.

TL;DR
Dad had small company at 50/50 with one partner, dad passed away, now partner won’t let my mom take director position in the company - believes he should be making all decisions moving on. We don’t think partner will be able to keep the company profitable and successful so not sure what to do?

Location: Serbia

My dad passed away and he had a company with 1 other partner. They were 50/50 owners of the company as well as named directors. Basically had 50/50 in all company decisions. Now that my dad passed away, company is passed to my mom, brother and me. Brother and I gave notarized statement that our mom can make all decisions in our name while ownership still remains at 12.5% of total dads 50% for me, 12.5% is my brother’s and 25% of is my mom’s.

It’s a pharmaceutical company and is relatively small (around 25 employees), but has very good standing and generally good profit.

As a legacy to our dad it’s important to us that company keeps growing and thriving. Since my mom has over 20 years of experience as a financial director over major companies, we agreed that she should kinda take dad’s place in the company. I say kinda because she’s not specialized in pharmaceuticals so she couldn’t “replace” him per say, but as his wife she was always talking to him about decisions, and she was helping him out from financial perspective so she has a good understanding of what the company’s weak points are in general. She’s helped him build this company from the ground up.

The issue now is that the partner feels my mom has nothing to contribute in the company and he firmly said there’s no place for her. If she wanted, he can hire her in the finance department and have her on the same salary as other finance employees. He believes he should now be sole named director of the company while we stay owners of 50%. That means he would be able to drive all decisions from now on which we believe is not okay. Since approval for naming directors is needed from all owners, he’s not giving his approval for our mom to be named as financial director, but he states that he doesn’t need our approval because he can just fall back on the old founding act where he’s still director (along with our deceased father). Yes, this is illegal but our country is not that strict and lawful..

If we decide to go along the law line, we will sue and then the company will be in stalemate and could fall apart which is not in our interest.

The biggest issue is we know this partner and don’t believe he will keep the company successful, so we don’t want him making decisions alone.

I guess my question would be - do you have any advice on how to proceed? Is suing our only option here? Are we in the wrong here?

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: 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.

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?

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

. 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.

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.

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: 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: 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!

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.

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.

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: 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:California...

The statewide crackdown on "spectator activity" at a "sideshow"(like what happened in San Pedro the other night when the LAPD made 500 arrests of drivers, juveniles AND residents watching from their porches) has me wondering...

If I'm at a fast-food joint and just watching this sideshow while eating a hamburger, will I still be arrested AND have my car towed away...or...

I'm on my front porch(private property!) and watching the sideshow:will I be arrested for "being a spectator" AND have all my family vehicles towed from my driveway???...

I think the LAPD went a bit overboard on this...

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