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Federal Court dismisses mega mine challenge

The hears mine projects would raise climate change for decades.

Newcastle Herald

Palmer fails last-minute legal challenge to referendum

Clive Palmer has failed in a court appeal to argue ticks should not count in Saturday's voice referendum but if they do then 'X' votes should count as well.

AAP

Why the 'drug dealers defence' doesn't work for exporting coal. It's actually Economics 101

In defending a Federal Court case brought by opponents of her decisions to approve two export coal mines, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is relying in part on what critics call the “drug dealer’s defence”.

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Traditional owner wins court challenge against Woodside

Mardudhunera woman Raelene Cooper has won a Federal Court challenge, halting Woodside's seismic blasting plans for the massive offshore Scarborough gas project.

AAP

Traditional owner challenges Woodside's seismic testing

A judge has reserved his decision in a Mardudhunera woman's court challenge to Woodside's Scarborough Gas Project seismic blasting plans.

AAP

Security concerns 'red herring' in Syrian repatriations

A trial over the repatriation of 11 Australian women and 20 children, who are being detained in Syrian refugee camps, has begun in the Federal Court.

AAP

Actor sues for $2m over alleged Rocky Horror sex abuse

Christie Whelan Browne is seeking millions of dollars from a theatrical firm she says ignored complaints of sexual abuse during a Rocky Horror Show production.

AAP

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Music theory, cell phone seizures, and gratuitous strip searches.

Reason

Call to dismiss actor's sexual discrimination lawsuit

A theatrical company being sued by an actor who alleges she faced discrimination after making a sexual harassment claim says her case has come too late.

AAP

Federal Court Blocks N.M. Governor's 30-Day Ban on Gun Carrying in Albuquerque Area

In Wednesday's Nat'l Ass'n for Gun Rights [and companion cases] v. Grisham, Judge David Herrera Urias (D.N.M.) issued a temporary restraining order blocking the ban. The court's reasoning was simple: In Bruen, the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment generally protects a right to carry arms in most public…

Reason

Australia's highest court finds Qantas illegally fired 1,700 ground staff during pandemic

Qantas Airways has lost its challenge to a court ruling that the Australian flag carrier had illegally fired 1,700 baggage handlers, cleaners and other ground staff at the height of pandemic travel disruptions

The Independent UK

Federal Court Strikes Blow Against Categorical Denials of Online Teaching Accommodations

Prof. Katherine Macfarlane and I break down Oross v. Kutztown University

Reason

An Accidental Reply-All Email Cost This Teacher His 22-Year Career At A Brisbane Private School

A teacher's 22-year employment was terminated after he accidentally sent reply-all email in which he criticised "the big end of town".

Pedestrian.tv

Federal Court Rules Against Texas in Case Where State Claimed Immigration and Drug Smuggling Qualify as "Invasion"

The court ruled that the definition of "invasion" is a political question, and that Texas therefore could not rely on the Invasion Clause to justify placing buoys in the Rio Grande River in defiance of federal law.

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Mercedes-Benz's legal win over car dealers could transform the way new cars are sold in Australia

In what has been called the most important legal case in the history of the Australian automotive industry, the Federal Court has rejected a $650 million compensation claim against Mercedes-Benz for replacing its traditional dealership model with a fixed-price, direct-to-customer agency model.

Reason

Federal Court Blocks $20 Billion in Student Loan Forgiveness

The injunction is the latest in a series of setbacks for the Biden administration's loan forgiveness agenda.

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3 Sydney Influencers Are Suing A Chinese Restaurant For Accusing Them Of Faking Food Poisoning

"Note the CCTV footage of them continuing to eat WHILST complaining about the food too."

Reason

Federal Court Rules Against Biden Policy Severely Restricting Asylum

The decision is an unsurprising, straightforward application of the text of the relevant statute. It could have a major impact.

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Microsoft Activision deal moves closer to completion after FTC court case triumph

Microsoft wins its fight against the FTC in US Federal Court, meaning its Activision Blizzard acquisition is all but guaranteed

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Volatile behavior, boorish flirtation, insufficient collegiality.

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

David Sosa has some important thoughts. And so does David Sosa. As well as David Sosa. Also, David Sosa.

Los Angeles Times

US is rejecting asylum seekers at much higher rates under new Biden policy

A new Biden administration policy has dramatically lowered the percentage of migrants at the southern border who enter the United States and are allowed to apply for asylum, according to numbers revealed in court documents obtained by The Times. Without these new limits to asylum, border crossings could overwhelm local…

AAP

Yunupingu's last case could be headed to High Court

The Commonwealth is seeking leave from the High Court to appeal a Federal Court decision that potentially paved the way for compensation to the Gumatj clan.

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Fake Instagram accounts, offensive Facebook comments, and pro se parents.

The New Daily

Leaked Brittany Higgins texts to be raised in Federal Court

Leaked text messages between Brittany Higgins and her partner appear to have set off another legal stoush – this time in the Federal Court.

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