What legal recourse do I have if someone has hacked into my Yahoo e-mail account?
Someone I know personally has hacked into my e-mail account and printed off e-mails that I have sent and received. They are now threatening to distribute these e-mails to other people. The e-mails are personal e-mails between me and my boyfriend. The hacker is a former bitter boyfriend. Can I file any charges against him?
What legal recourse does someone have if they have been fraped?
There's both state and federal statutes covering unauthorized access crimes. Some are very specific to computer and internet hacking, and others, like Cal. Penal Code 484-502.9, apply to a range of misappropriation crimes.Fraping can also be a tortious trespass, meaning you can sue the frapist for damages. This gets tricky, however, because it can be hard to argue that even a malicious frape costs the victim money, which has to be proven to claim actual/compensatory damages.
Do I have any recourse against USPS?
OK - First of all, not all insured parcels require a signature, it depends on the level of shipping. How was the parcel shipped? Did Grandma pay for signature confirmation? Does she have her receipt - it would list what services she paid for. If she paid for any service that required a signature (return receipt, sig. confirmation, etc.) then you would have a case against the PO for reimbursement. Hopefully, she has the receipt, without it you have nothing to go on. I would suggest that Grandma take the receipt to the post office and talk to the claims clerk. If she is not able to do that then get the receipt from her and you take it to the post office that delivered the parcel and talk to the claims clerk. You will have to have the receipt AND have paid for some level of service that required a signature. Unfortunately, you will have to prove that the item was sent (the receipt) and that the PO failed to fulfill their responsibility of obtaining a signature in order to be reimbursed. I am not suggesting this is the case for you, but some people make false claims of loss, so there has to be proof of liability on the part of the PO. I would suggest in the future that you: a. - tell the station manager (not a clerk, not a supervisor - but the actual station manager) at your post office that packages should never be left out at your residence. It helps to tell the letter carrier, but if it is the carrier's day off, vacation, sick etc., then you will have a sub that does not know not to leave it. b. - make sure that anything of value being sent to you is always sent with a signature required level of service (certified with return receipt, sig, confirmation, registered).
Harassing text messages...do I have legal recourse?
For the past 6 months I have been in a legal battle with my family. My sisters daughter accused my son of [irrelevant detail here]. My sister is the one who instigated this issue and coerced her daughter into going to the police. In short, we were a very close family. My sisters son dropped out of high school and got a girl pregnant, but my son just got into U of Pennsylvania and he is the valedictorian of his class. She is extremely resentful. Recently my sister has been texting me (she does has been doing this intermittently, but nothing like this). She is degrading me and telling me that I am in denial and that I am a horrible sister for not calling her on her birthday (in Nov) and now she says she can't believe I don't want to spend Christmas with her. I have not responded to ANY of her text since the incident in August. The only time I saw her was when she attempted suicide a couple of months ago. My other sister was at the hospital with her and called me and told me to come to the hospital because my sister HAD commited suicide (when she actually just took a bunch of pills for attention). In the context of the legal situation at hand, would I have any legal recourse against my sister? Could I at least get a restraining order against her for myself and my son? I know she is going to be VERY upset when I don't even speak to her over Christmas. I just want to have something in writing stating that she can't contact me. I'm in Greenville, SC, btw Any websites that have this sort of information is appreciated. Please let me know if I can clarify any.
What legal recourse do i have for a nagging neighbor?
my wife and i bought our house nov 07. since we wanted to do improvements to our property this one neighbor tried to stop us from putting a stockade fence(w/permit)up smooth side towards us. law allows it. she claims we are on her property, survey says its ours.she told us to paint it her choice to match her house we wont.. she complained that there is a gap on bottom of fence may cause dirt on her side,fence is 2 days old. she made racial comment to my family(she is white, iam italian wife and kids are p.r. and black." whenever you people move in..." she has called cops on kids playing in front of house, in street(cops now ignore her), and she wants us to repave our driveway because water goes into street poor runoff, this will cost thousands that i dont have now. we live on l.i. n.y. any help pls. talking and ignoring did not work. her husband is no help either. any HELP pls.
Do you have any legal recourse against an employer that lies during the interview?
UPDATE: With all this being said, you need to do your homework about a company before you interview AND afterward to follow up and research whether the claims are fundamentally true or false. Just like having a mechanic check out a used car BEFORE you agree to buy it.//Just like selling used cars, a lot of what you are told is called “puffery,” which is used to make the place sound better than it does.If you accepted a position with a title and pay scale and when you showed up, you were told you were now going to do (this for $) and you don’t want to, you have a right to claim that wasn’t what you were promised, and you won’t accept the “new” offer.Unless you physically signed something (or accepted money in advance), there is really no “legal” grounds that I know of. Most people are told they’ll get “regular” performance reviews and/or raises — most aren’t as regular or “substantial” as promised.If, however, you were told FUNDAMENTAL lies, such as “We have a same-sex insurance opportunity,” or “We give *everyone* a $3,000 raise each quarter,” and those are in writing, it might be legal.Otherwise, like a lease, an “oral” agreement means much less, if anything. If one thing is in writing, the other must be, as well. For instance, after the interview, you need to (just a suggestion) send an e-mail, such as:“Thank you for your time yesterday. I wanted to confirm your stipulation that each employee receives a $3,000 raise each quarter, regardless of our sales projections,” or something like that.What you are doing is creating a “dialogue” in writing. If, when you accept the position, they are unwilling to put the $3,000 into your contract, you don’t sign. Don’t assume “they said” will hold any wait, because it won’t.Finding “legal” fault with employment issues, unless they are clearly discriminatory, is often difficult in the United States, because most places don’t need a reason to let someone go, and employees can leave if they choose, without a reason.So, if you start talking “legality” when there isn’t any, you might find yourself looking for a new job anyway.