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Judges can “Google” too

March 23, 2010 – 12:45 pm

The Second Circuit of the Court of Appeals in the US has handed down a decision concluding that it’s permissible for a judge to use Google to confirm a hunch in some circumstances (United States v Bari). The defendant was one Anthony Bari who was released on terms from prison after committing a bank robbery. [...]

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Mr Pratt’s fall from grace

May 1, 2009 – 7:45 am

[Also posted at Online Opinion] Richard Pratt, billionaire, philanthropist and head of the Visy packing industry, died on April 28, 2009. The day before he died, the Federal Court ruled that a large part of the evidence against Mr Pratt in relation to evidence he had given about a price-fixing cartel was inadmissible. At the [...]

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