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1 Answer | Asked in Banking and Communications Law for Texas on
Q: How much trouble am I in?

I was talking to a guy. He paid my credit card off. Then asked me to get him 350 dollars worth of gift cards to pay him back. I thought it was a scam and called then bank to have my account frozen and asked to have the payment sent back. But they guy is claiming that he can have me arrested

Bruce Alexander Minnick
Bruce Alexander Minnick
answered on Jun 19, 2019

I am not licensed to practice law in Texas but I do know banking law very well. People who have their bank stop payment on something without any cause are considered in the same category as people who write bad checks.

If "the guy" who paid off your credit card did so using a...
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2 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law and Communications Law for Texas on
Q: after divorce can one parent use a child's iPad to access other parents personal info. on personal device

ex husband used 8 yr old sons iPad to access ex wife's personal data from her phone because mother had a shared plan with son. ex husband then used personal info to call and harass local elected state officials

Kiele Linroth Pace
Kiele Linroth Pace
answered on Apr 9, 2018

Depending on the specific fact pattern, it might match the offense known as "Breach of Computer Security" as defined by Texas Penal Code 33.02.

Harassment is also a crime, and one of the ways a person can commit Harassment is by repeatedly sending electronic communication that...
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1 Answer | Asked in Criminal Law, Communications Law and Divorce for Texas on
Q: in a divorce can one parent access a child's iPad to retrieve personal info. from other parents device w/o permission

ex husband used child's iPad to access personal info from exes device because she had a shared plan with 8 year old son. ex husband then used personal numbers to call and harass publicly elected officials

Grant St Julian III
Grant St Julian III
answered on Apr 8, 2018

Access to the ipad is not the issue, it's the harassment. The subjects of the harassment shoul contact the police, and you can cooperate in the investigation.

2 Answers | Asked in Domestic Violence, Family Law, Personal Injury, Civil Litigation and Communications Law for Texas on
Q: Can you sue someone for sending emails that curse you out with abusive language in almost every other word.

Could you also sue for defamation in that email since now permanently on a public server since emails are stored forever?

Gary D. Peak
Gary D. Peak
answered on Apr 7, 2018

Better to block them and remove them from your life.

You will have trouble finding an attorney who would file such case. No money damages. Just some irritation and frustration.

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2 Answers | Asked in Communications Law for Texas on
Q: How do I fight a fake police report about me? It was for telephone harassment, which did not occur.

On April fool my friends and I called an ex-friend as a prank call. We were going to jokingly apologize for why our friendship ended and say happy Easter. The ex-friend never picked up the phone so we left a voicemail. Later that day, the ex-friend called back, we used an outsiders phone since the... View More

Grant St Julian III
Grant St Julian III
answered on Apr 4, 2018

If the allegations filed against you are not true. retain a local attorney, enter a plea of not guilty to the charges and force the State to prove those allegations beyond a reasonable doubt. You have the right to present whatever evidence you have to a jury, and let them decide who is telling... View More

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1 Answer | Asked in Copyright, Communications Law, Intellectual Property and Trademark for Texas on
Q: Removal of a person's image off a webpage

If a photographer post pictures on Facebook but the model did not sign the release form is there anything that can be done to remove the pictures from the photographers page.

Griffin Klema
Griffin Klema
answered on Jan 17, 2018

Maybe. It depends on the relationship between the photographer and the model. Was the model employed? Was there an employment contract? How well known is the model? The photographer likely owns the copyright, but the model may not have licensed her "likeness" (a right of privacy).... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Civil Litigation, Criminal Law and Communications Law for Texas on
Q: Is it aillegal to prevent me from calling 911, even if the person is a mom roomate blockin a door wit small kids inside?

I was having an issue with another female...and since my tablet doesn't have service, tried to make my way to my sister's cell, but a petite female barracaded the door proclaiming "not with since her kids are there"....I walked away from that and shouldn't have and wanna... View More

Kiele Linroth Pace
Kiele Linroth Pace
answered on Nov 29, 2017

It might be illegal if you were attempting to make an emergency call. The fact that you wanted to call 911 doesn't mean it was an emergency. The applicable definition of emergency is found in Texas Penal Code 42.062(d)

See: http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/PE/htm/PE.42.htm#42.062

1 Answer | Asked in Employment Law, Workers' Compensation, Business Law and Communications Law for Texas on
Q: Placed two weeks in new job then ran my driving record and said sorry but you can't work here even though it was arrang

I was searching for a new job found one they told me to place my two week in, which I did then come the day I start they run my driving record and tell me they can't cover me no job. Am I able to get legal compensation?

S. Michael Graham
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S. Michael Graham
answered on May 12, 2017

Texas is an employment at will State. I don't feel you would have any legal recourse. You would need to consult with a labor and employment law attorney. Workers' comp deals with on the job injuries

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