Courts
Witnesses in case of accused child abuser Malka Leifer denied court time
The woman accused of child sex abuse while a teacher in Melbourne has had her case delayed again.
- by Tessa Fox
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USA
Australian ugg boots lose trademark fight against US giant
A jury in Chicago has found a Sydney-based company wilfully infringed a trademark registered in California.
- by Peter Mitchell
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Courts
ASIC loses bid for inquiry into liquidators of Crystal Carwash king's companies
The corporate watchdog has lost its bid to have Andrew Wily investigated for allegedly failing to properly run the administration of 12 companies linked to Anthony Sahade.
- by Lucy Cormack
AI
Who do you sue when a robot loses your fortune?
A Hong Kong tycoon is going after the salesman who persuaded him to entrust a chunk of his fortune to the supercomputer whose trades cost him more than $US20 million.
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Seven puppies escape legal limbo after breeder banned and fined $5000
Seven puppies can finally land their forever home after a dog breeder was convicted, fined and banned from selling animals.
- by Melissa Iaria
WikiLeaks
Chelsea Manning freed from jail - for now
Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been released from a northern Virginia jail after a two-month stay for refusing to testify to a grand jury.
USA
'Blinded by the glitter': fake German heiress sentenced in Manhattan
Anna Sorokin, the German con artist who passed herself off as a wealthy heiress to swindle banks, was sentenced Thursday to four to 12 years in prison.
Crime
Toddler fed vegan diet so malnourished she had no teeth, court told
The toddler's parents - who can't be named for legal reasons - have pleaded guilty to failing to provide for her, causing danger of serious injury.
- by Hannah Higgins
Chris Dawson
Teacher's Pet journalist could be called to give evidence at Dawson hearing
Hedley Thomas presented a podcast examining the disappearance of Sydney woman Lynette Dawson, whose then-husband Chris Dawson has been charged with murdering her.
- by Georgina Mitchell
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'Not serious': Fury after man gets 42 days' jail for mowing down emus
Animal advocacy group slams 42-day jail sentence given to a man who mowed down emus with his ute on an outback Victorian road and posted the footage online.
Defamation
Daily Mail tries to stop defamation case arising from William Tyrrell disappearance
Washing machine repairman Bill Spedding is suing the publisher after he was wrongly called a "convicted paedophile" in two of its news stories in 2016.
- by Georgina Mitchell