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* MyBelovedSmother: [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-mother-of-all-legal-advice/115316/ This law firm's client's mother]] "keeps a stranglehold on his activities," and whenever he tries to leave her, she frantically tries to get him to come home. During one such episode, he asks that the law firm not share details of his case with her. When his mother calls the firm, and sure enough, she wants to know the details. After getting stonewalled by the firm, the mother all but threatens to make sure her son doesn't show up at a hearing. She subsequently gets her son to call them, and can noticeably be heard giving her son word-for-word instructions on what to say.
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* IRejectYourReality: In [[https://notalwaysright.com/time-for-some-employee-rehabilitation/263853/ this story]], a client runs away from a drug rehabilitation center and gives a random phone number as contact information before doing so, resulting in an employee at the rehabilitation center barraging another woman (the submitter) with calls telling her to turn herself in no matter how much she and her husband tell them that she is not the person they are looking for. They end up going to the police with the submitter's identification material and the deputy is able to prove that the woman is not the runaway woman, but even when confronted with this evidence the employee insists that she must have forged ''every'' piece of ID and is still trying to throw them off her trail. The employee ends up being fired from the center and forced to pay fines for harassment and restitution to the submitter because they still refuse to believe the submitter is not the runaway.
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** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/time-for-some-employee-rehabilitation/263853/ this story]], a client runs away from a drug rehabilitation center and gives a random phone number as contact information before doing so, resulting in an employee at the rehabilitation center barraging another woman (the submitter) with calls telling her to turn herself in no matter how much she and her husband tell them that she is not the person they are looking for. They end up going to the police with the submitter's identification material and the deputy is able to prove that the woman is not the runaway woman, but even when confronted with this evidence the employee insists that she must have forged ''every'' piece of ID and is still trying to throw them off her trail. The employee ends up being fired from the center and forced to pay fines for harassment and restitution to the submitter because they still refuse to believe the submitter is not therunaway.runaway.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/sovereign-citizen-stupid-criminal/298363/ This defendant]] claims that the court can't try him because he's "declaring [him]self a sovereign nation" and thus immune to prosecution.
--->'''Judge:''' "I'm calling a fifteen-minute recess so that someone with more patience than I can explain to you why that's not how the law works."
** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/time-for-some-employee-rehabilitation/263853/ this story]], a client runs away from a drug rehabilitation center and gives a random phone number as contact information before doing so, resulting in an employee at the rehabilitation center barraging another woman (the submitter) with calls telling her to turn herself in no matter how much she and her husband tell them that she is not the person they are looking for. They end up going to the police with the submitter's identification material and the deputy is able to prove that the woman is not the runaway woman, but even when confronted with this evidence the employee insists that she must have forged ''every'' piece of ID and is still trying to throw them off her trail. The employee ends up being fired from the center and forced to pay fines for harassment and restitution to the submitter because they still refuse to believe the submitter is not the
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/sovereign-citizen-stupid-criminal/298363/ This defendant]] claims that the court can't try him because he's "declaring [him]self a sovereign nation" and thus immune to prosecution.
--->'''Judge:''' "I'm calling a fifteen-minute recess so that someone with more patience than I can explain to you why that's not how the law works."
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* FabricatedBlackmail: [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-kind-of-stupid-shouldnt-be-legal/118849/ This story]] has a woman try to extort one hundred thousand dollars from a man or she will post confidential information on him. He doesn't pay and she makes good on her threat, but the information she releases is all untrue. He sues her for libel.
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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/humans-versus-zombies-versus-the-long-arm-of-the-law/321664/ A college campus police officer]], answering a complaint, begs a young woman to [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn put a shirt on]], even though -- as she repeatedly points out -- she's not actually breaking any laws since she's weaping [[NippleAndDimed duct-tape pasties]]. And he claims he can't leave until she does, not even to answer that other call about '''gunshots''' on another part of the campus.
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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/humans-versus-zombies-versus-the-long-arm-of-the-law/321664/ A college campus police officer]], answering a complaint, begs a young woman to [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn put a shirt on]], even though -- as she repeatedly points out -- she's not actually breaking any laws since she's weaping wearing [[NippleAndDimed duct-tape pasties]]. And he claims he can't leave until she does, not even to answer that other call about '''gunshots''' on another part of the campus.
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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/humans-versus-zombies-versus-the-long-arm-of-the-law/321664/ A college campus police officer]], answering a complaint, begs a young woman to [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn put a shirt on]], even though -- as she repeatedly points out -- she's not actually breaking any laws since she's weaping [[NippleAndDimed duct-tape pasties]]. And he claims he can't leave until she does, not even to answer that other call about '''gunshots''' on another part of the campus.
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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/everythings-coming-up-sunflowers/231544/ This HOA]] refused to let the submitter's cliet plant sunflowers. The submitter looks over the HOA contract does indeed prohibit sunflowers, but notices that due to a slipshod lawyer padding out their hours, [[AintNoRule there are a number of things that it doesn't mention people can't plant, like corn]]. [[LoopholeAbuse The client gleefully takes advantage of this, planting big ugly stalks of corn]] until the HOA relents and lets the client plant sunflowers instead.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/you-run-a-homeowners-association-not-a-country/309204/ This HOA]] takes umbrage with the cars the submitter's household leaves parked out front, saying that the "junk" was devaluing the neighbourhood. The HOA head tries to get the cars towed multiple times, eventually (amusingly) calling the submitter's own towing company. This prompts the submitter to sue the HOA for the cost of the towings among other things, and they prove that the HOA proves that the cars are in good condition and that in fact the HOA head's car is in worse condition. When the judge rules in the submitter's favour, the HOA head [[VillainousBreakdown throws a fit in court]], ranting about [[RedScare communism]] and [[ConspiracyTheorist every nutty conspiracy theory under the sun]], which puts him in jail over the weekend for contempt of court.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/everythings-coming-up-sunflowers/231544/ This HOA]] refused to let the submitter's cliet plant sunflowers. The submitter looks over the HOA contract does indeed prohibit sunflowers, but notices that due to a slipshod lawyer padding out their hours, [[AintNoRule there are a number of things that it doesn't mention people can't plant, like corn]]. [[LoopholeAbuse The client gleefully takes advantage of this, planting big ugly stalks of corn]] until the HOA relents and lets the client plant sunflowers instead.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/you-run-a-homeowners-association-not-a-country/309204/ This HOA]] takes umbrage with the cars the submitter's household leaves parked out front, saying that the "junk" was devaluing the neighbourhood. The HOA head tries to get the cars towed multiple times, eventually (amusingly) calling the submitter's own towing company. This prompts the submitter to sue the HOA for the cost of the towings among other things, and they prove that the HOA proves that the cars are in good condition and that in fact the HOA head's car is in worse condition. When the judge rules in the submitter's favour, the HOA head [[VillainousBreakdown throws a fit in court]], ranting about [[RedScare communism]] and [[ConspiracyTheorist every nutty conspiracy theory under the sun]], which puts him in jail over the weekend for contempt of court.
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* ExplosiveInstrumentation: Narrowly {{Averted}}. [[https://notalwaysright.com/explosive-legal-proceedings/310677/ This laptop]] is potential evidence in a court case, so no one can tamper with it. As a result, no one is able to do anything about its swelling battery. The people storing it had to put it in a fireproof box for fear it would explode. By the time the court case concludes (without the computer being called in as evidence), the base of the computer is described as having "the profile of a rugby ball," and even if it had been called in, any data on it would have been irretrievable.
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* UnexpectedInheritance: [[https://notalwaysright.com/keepin-em-guessing-until-the-bitter-end-and-beyond/290250/ This story]] centres around a rich man dying intestate with his only living relatives being a bunch of nieces and nephews. Right off the bat, the niblings agree to split the inheritance evenly among them, and decide to remodel the decedent's house before selling it. As they remodel, however, they keep finding money, stocks, and bonds squirreled away all throughout the house. They keep finding more and more money, with them comparing it to a "demented Easter egg hunt." In the end, they find an additional million dollar's worth of hidden cash.
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* UnexpectedInheritance: [[https://notalwaysright.com/keepin-em-guessing-until-the-bitter-end-and-beyond/290250/ This story]] centres around a rich man dying intestate with his only living relatives being a bunch of nieces and nephews. Right off the bat, the niblings agree to split the inheritance evenly among them, and decide to remodel the decedent's house before selling it. As they remodel, however, they keep finding money, stocks, and bonds squirreled away all throughout the house. They keep finding more and more money, with them comparing it to a "demented Easter egg hunt." In the end, they find an additional million dollar's dollars' worth of hidden cash.
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* CassandraTruth: [[https://notalwaysright.com/doing-some-damages/321317/ This young lawyer]], when applying for a position with a law firm, mentions the well-read legal blog she writes (under a non-gender-specific pen name) among her hobbies, hoping it will increase her chances. Instead, it gets her rejected -- since [[{{Jerkass}} one of the partners]] is convinced she's lying about writing it, insisting that the author is a man and not a recent graduate (never mind that she started it while still in law school, and that nothing in it indicates the author's gender), and won't be convinced otherwise, brushing it aside when she tries to explain that she does have proof that she is the author. When she gets home, she writes about the interview (naming the firm but not the specific individual), pointing out the irony that a ''law firm'' refused to look at actual evidence and instead simply handed out a predetermined verdict, and bringing up the sexist attitude. The blog entry evidently gains some attention, as a few weeks later she gets angry phone calls, first from the partner's secretary and then (when she insists he handle his mess himself) from the partner, claiming the blog was "factually incorrect" and it's affecting their recruitment. He threatens to sue her for libel, but she points out that he is now attempting to threaten her over a blog he insists she doesn't write, and he can't do anything more without admitting he was wrong -- which he isn't willing to do. She finishes by noting that, 20 years later, she still hasn't been sued.
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* UnexpectedInheritance: [[https://notalwaysright.com/keepin-em-guessing-until-the-bitter-end-and-beyond/290250/ This story]] centres around a rich man dying intestate with his only living relatives being a bunch of nieces and nephews. Right off the bat, the niblings agree to split the inheritance evenly among them, and decide to remodel the decedent's house before selling it. As they remodelled, however, they kept finding money, stocks, and bonds squirrelled away al throughout the house. They keep finding more and more money, with them comparing it to a "demented Easter egg hunt." In the end, they found an additional million worth of hidden cash.
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* UnexpectedInheritance: [[https://notalwaysright.com/keepin-em-guessing-until-the-bitter-end-and-beyond/290250/ This story]] centres around a rich man dying intestate with his only living relatives being a bunch of nieces and nephews. Right off the bat, the niblings agree to split the inheritance evenly among them, and decide to remodel the decedent's house before selling it. As they remodelled, remodel, however, they kept keep finding money, stocks, and bonds squirrelled squirreled away al all throughout the house. They keep finding more and more money, with them comparing it to a "demented Easter egg hunt." In the end, they found find an additional million dollar's worth of hidden cash.
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