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John McAfee is 'liable' for 2012 death of Belize neighbour, rules court

Jon 37

Re: It makes sense

> All very interesting, but as US States, they all come under US law.

No, they all have different state laws although they have common Federal law / Constitution / International law. This may significantly affect how the contract and the alleged breach are treated in court. Think of the US as a more top-heavy version of the European Union - the states still have different laws despite some overall laws.

> If I travel to Belize and punch another British citizen in the face then travel back to the UK, the UK court system would basically tell the "victim" to piss off if he tried to sue me here.

It was quite common for a website published in country X to be sued by a company based in country Y for libel in the UK courts, because a UK person might have seen the website and the UK has good-for-the-complainant libel laws. They were talking about fixing that, not sure if they did.

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