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Peter Bartlett tells court he was 'stunned' by gold theft allegations against 'protégé' Patrick Keogh

Well-known mining entrepreneur Peter Bartlett has told the trial of his former "protégé" that he was in "shock", "stunned" and "broken" when Patrick Keogh was accused of stealing gold and repeatedly "begged" him to change his statement.

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Democratic attorneys general sue Biden administration over FDA abortion pill regulation

A group of 12 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Feb. 23, 2023, arguing that the agency’s regulations on the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone violate state sovereignty by limiting the…

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D.C. Circuit Reverses District Court for the Third Time in a Single Case

Somehow a district court has made erroneous rulings three times in one case, and still has not reached the merits.

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Former Byron Bay firefighter and co-accused jailed for smuggling cocaine in extinguisher

Scott Edward Biber, 59, and Philip David Emanuel, 52, will spend at least three years in jail for transporting cocaine from Sydney's eastern suburbs to the north coast in 2020.

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Toowoomba taxi driver gets seven weeks' jail for sexually assaulting passenger he followed to bed

Toowoomba driver avoids deportation after jury finds him guilty of following a drunk woman into her bedroom after helping her to her front door.

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Witness tells court Milton Orkopoulos gave him money after forcing him to perform oral sex

A witness has told a NSW District Court that, as a child, former state government minister Milton Orkopoulos forced him to perform a sex act.

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Former Adelaide Remand Centre general manager sentenced for stealing from prisoners

The former general manager of the Adelaide Remand Centre will spend at least another year behind bars for stealing money from the inmates he was managing, in offending that a District Court judge described as "striking at the heart" of the custodial system.

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Nathan Paul denies holding up pubs at Stockton and Cardiff

A Mayfield man accused of robbing the Iron Horse Inn at Cardiff and holding up the Boatrowers Hotel at Stockton has pleaded not guilty and will face a trial in Newcastle District Court.

Newcastle Herald

Ex-Trump campaign chairman agrees to pay $3.15m to settle case over failure to report foreign bank accounts

The Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Paul Manafort ends with the settlement

The Independent UK

Upcoming Article III Judicial Vacancies

According to the latest vacancy data from the U.S. Courts, there were 23 total announced upcoming vacancies for Article III judgeships. Article III judgeships refer to federal judges who serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of International Trade, or one of the 13 U.S. courts of appeal…

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Taxi driver Tariq Ali pleads not guilty in Toowoomba court to alleged sexual assault

A woman apologised to a taxi driver for becoming emotional while he was driving her home before he allegedly followed her into her house and assaulted her, a court has heard.

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Rape charges dropped against Townsville former doctor accused of assaulting patient

Prosecutors have dropped all charges against a former doctor accused of raping a woman who was his patient in Townsville.

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Man charged with raping and choking partner granted bail by SA Supreme Court because of trial delays

SA's highest-ranking judge found that the current delays in getting the case to trial amounted to "special circumstances" and ordered the man's release from custody under strict conditions.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Flouncing, flaunting, flirting, flouting, foundering, and flounting.

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Sexual abuse victim of convicted Penrhos College teacher Jay Walsh says women must 'rescue each other'

One of the women who was sexually abused by Jay Walsh at Perth's Penrhos College in the 1980s urges any other possible victims to come forward, saying they "need to rescue each other" from what happened to them.

Reason

Gun Carry Licenses, Self-Defense, and Sealing

From Montaquila v. Neronha, decided today by the Rhode Island Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Melissa Long: On October 28, 2020, Providence police officers arrested Mr. Montaquila for misdemeanor simple assault after an incident involving his firearm at his place of business…. Eventually the government dismissed the charge…

The Independent UK

Householder's claims questioned as corruption testimony ends

Prosecutors have used the former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder’s own speeches, photographs and conversations against him as they seek to unravel the Republican’s denials of key elements of the secretly funded $60 million racketeering scheme they allege he carried out on behalf of FirstEnergy Corp. Householder and co-defendant Matt…

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Penrhos College drama teacher Jay Walsh convicted of sexually abusing students

Jay Walsh was a drama teacher at Penrhos College, one of Perth's prestigious private schools, when he abused five students, with a District Court jury convicting him late yesterday.

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Man sentenced to six years' jail in Mackay District Court for 'depraved' sexual abuse of children

The Mackay man has been sentenced to six years behind bars for committing "depraved" acts of child abuse. During sentencing his lawyer told the court his client was having a "hard time" in custody, where he was being targeted by other inmates.

Tribune News Service

Brian Flores wins right to take NFL class action and cases against Giants, Broncos & Texans to court

INDIANAPOLIS – A U.S. District court judge ruled Wednesday that Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores can take his discrimination cases against the NFL, Giants, Denver Broncos and Houston Texans to an open federal court in front of a jury.

Tribune News Service

3M subsidiary claims many military plaintiffs in earplug case did not suffer hearing loss

A 3M subsidiary claims that U.S. Defense Department records show that over 175,00 military members who allege the Maplewood-based company's earplugs were defective have normal hearing under key medical standards.

ABC News

Former NSW minister Milton Orkopoulos stands trial over allegedly drugging, sexually abusing four boys

In her opening address, the Crown prosecutor claimed former NSW Labor minister Milton Orkopoulos demonstrated a pattern of behaviour during the time of the alleged offences between 1993 and 2003.

Reason

D.C. Circuit Refuses to Order Archivist to Certify Ratification of Equal Rights Amendment

From today's D.C. Circuit opinion in Illinois v. Ferriero, written by Judge David Wilkins and joined by Judges Neomi Rao and Michelle Childs: The States of Illinois and Nevada … filed this mandamus action in the district court, seeking to compel the Archivist of the United States to certify and…

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Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS closes February sitting

Welcome to the Feb. 28 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

The Independent UK

'Dances With Wolves' actor indicted in Nevada sex abuse case

A grand jury in Las Vegas has indicted a former “Dances With Wolves” actor on felony charges that he sexually abused and trafficked Indigenous women and girls in Nevada for a decade

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