[giardia]

A slight tangent, but it's funny how everyday people are on the hook for legal consequences, even when legal professionals can't agree which laws apply, or even what they mean.

[readthenotes1]

That is why there is the old joke that in a town with only one lawyer the lawyer starves but business picks up when there are two.

[thatguy0900]

Even more funny how you can't even ask the government in advance how a particular situation would be resolved, as courts don't rule on hypothetical situations. People on the cutting edge in a lot of spaces really just have to do it and find out the legality later.

[hgsgm]

Not quite true, you can request an administrative ruling in many circumstances.

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-31/subtitle-B/chapter-X/p...

How could it possible for a court to "pre settle" a dispute between 2 private parties , based on only one side presenting their case?

[pixl97]

Eh, mock trials are very common. I had a family member that was paid to be a juror in an IP trial in East Texas that was testing the waters.

[AnimalMuppet]

That's different. That's one side of a trial practicing - presenting a case to a mock jury to see what flies and what doesn't.

What GP is asking for is a way to get an actual decision from an actual court, before it's needed.

[heavenlyblue]

If it went to court then the legal professionals would agree?

[bee_rider]

They would agree on what the ruling was, and agree that it sets some kind of precedent on some level, but not necessarily that it was good.