U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Courtrooms shift in Southern District
February 2, 2012
IL StaffWith construction winding down at the Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Indianapolis, there are
two changes regarding bankruptcy judges’ courtrooms.
MoreJudge dismisses final MDL case
January 18, 2012
Michael HoskinsThe final lawsuit in a multi-district litigation case involving Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) claims against
Indiana-based Zimmer Holdings has been resolved, with U.S. Judge Sarah Evans Barker in the Southern District of Indiana dismissing
with prejudice the suit against the company on Dec. 23.
MoreU.S. District Court maintenance Jan. 7
January 6, 2012
IL StaffDue to scheduled maintenance, e-filing and PACER access to case information for the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana will be unavailable from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 7.
ACLU says DOC should be held in contempt over kosher meals
December 23, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is asking a federal judge to hold the state’s Department of Correction
in contempt for not offering inmates kosher meals as it had been ordered to do a year ago.
MoreEx-Dow Agro scientist receives 7 years for economic espionage
December 22, 2011
IBJ StaffA federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a former Dow AgroSciences researcher to more than seven years in prison for sending
trade secrets worth millions of dollars to China and Germany.
MoreEx-Dow Agro scientist set to be sentenced in espionage case
December 21, 2011
Scott OlsonFederal prosecutors are recommending that a former Dow AgroSciences researcher be sentenced to more than seven years in prison
for sending trade secrets worth millions to China and Germany.
MoreDistrict Courts revise local rules
December 21, 2011
IL StaffThe U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana will be changing the style of Local Rules beginning
Jan.1.
MoreJudge won't allow auto-dialer statute enforcement during appeal
December 13, 2011
Michael HoskinsBalancing free speech rights with the public interest in preventing automated political calls from out-of-state entities,
U.S. Judge William Lawrence in Indianapolis denied the state’s request to continue enforcing Indiana’s auto-dialer
statute while a higher court is considering his ruling from two months ago that blocked enforcement.
MoreCourt seeks comment on changes to civil local rules
December 1, 2011
IL StaffThe U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, is seeking comment on proposed amendments to dozens of its local rules.
If adopted, the amendments will become effective Jan. 1, 2012.
MoreChanges to federal courts effective Thursday
November 30, 2011
IL StaffSeveral changes are coming to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana and the U.S. District
Court in the Northern District of Indiana Thursday.
MoreApplication process open for federal defense panel
November 30, 2011
IL StaffThe United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana is accepting applications from attorneys interested
in serving on the court’s Criminal Justice Act panel for the Indianapolis and Terre Haute divisions.
MoreJudge grants limited class certification in stage collapse lawsuit
November 28, 2011
Michael HoskinsWhile she said she doubts the plaintiffs can win their case, U.S. Judge Sarah Evans Barker is allowing limited class certification
in a lawsuit challenging the state’s $5 million damage liability cap. Plaintiffs incurred injuries in the Indiana State
Fair stage collapse Aug. 13.
MoreIndiana bankruptcy filings decrease in 2011
November 8, 2011
Michael HoskinsIndiana saw fewer bankruptcies for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2011, than it did the year before, with the state improving
its national ranking based on case filings.
More4th annual symposium to look at civil rights
November 8, 2011
IL StaffCivil rights in the Southern District will be the topic of the fourth annual Court History Symposium presented by the Historical
Society for the Southern District of Indiana Nov. 18.
MoreBankruptcy courts amend local rules
November 2, 2011
IL StaffThe United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Indiana has adopted revisions to Local Rule B-1009-1. The
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana has amended its Local Rule B-3007-1.
MoreBrief filed in NCAA scholarship appeal
October 28, 2011
Michael HoskinsTwo former college athletes who lost their scholarships because of injuries are now arguing to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
that they would have received multi-year athletic scholarships covering the costs of their bachelor’s degrees if it
wasn’t for the “anti-competitive” National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I bylaws.
MoreCourts limiting workers' online conduct
October 26, 2011
Michael HoskinsWorkplace Internet policies go up against free speech concerns.
MoreMan pleads guilty to espionage, theft
October 18, 2011
IL StaffA Chinese national and former employee of Dow AgroSciences LLC pleaded guilty Tuesday to economic espionage and theft of trade
secrets in federal court. Kexue Huang’s case is the first prosecution in Indiana for foreign economic espionage.
MoreJustices take certified questions
October 5, 2011
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court has accepted three certified questions stemming from a case in the Southern District of Indiana.
MoreFederal judge finds U.S. law preempts state 'robo-call' statute
September 28, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe state is not able to prevent out-of-state entities from placing political calls to residents within Indiana because of
an existing federal law, according to a federal judge’s ruling on Indiana’s auto-dialer statute.
MoreJudge: query goes too far
September 28, 2011
Michael HoskinsRuling strikes down one Indiana bar exam application question.
MoreBLE will strike broad question, revise other
September 27, 2011
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Supreme Court’s Board of Law Examiners is cutting one controversial question from its annual bar exam application
and will revise another in order to comply with a federal judge’s recent ruling.
MoreFederal judge: 1 bar exam application question goes too far
September 21, 2011
Michael HoskinsA federal judge has found that one of the Indiana bar exam application questions violates the Americans with Disabilities
Act because it infringes on potential lawyers’ privacy rights.
MoreJudge allows state to cut Medicaid fees to pharmacists
September 15, 2011
Michael HoskinsAn Indianapolis federal judge has reversed the temporary restraining order she issued two months ago that stopped the state
from cutting fees it pays to pharmacists for dispensing Medicaid prescriptions.
MoreNew magistrate takes the oath
September 14, 2011
U.S. Magistrate Denise K. LaRue was sworn in Sept. 8 as the Southern District of Indiana's newest magistrate.
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I've been a republican my whole life but to me this is despicable. Its a race to the bottom with the third world when it comes to trying to fetch manufacturing back by lowering wages. Only fools think that is going to really work. You can see that in the southern states they can't hold on to jobs any better than we can up here.
Much praise to Pat Bauer and the democrats and, most of all, to the the nine BOLD AND WISE republicans who voted and fought against this.
Yup, in Marion County we surely do have the best justice money can buy.
If Republican slating fees are $12,000 they've been lowered. They as of very recently was $25,000.
Indiana law does not require law enforcement agencies to remove "police blotter" records, nor does it require Court Clerks to remove their records. Limiting expungements in this way renders them useless, since many private firms check local and county records for employers. The result is the crime will be discovered, and the applicant rejected. Expungement means just that, and should be required of all criminal justice agencies.
Hope everything turned out okay. My father was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 65 yrs in jail in Indiana and after serving 17 yrs, the other co-defendants finally came forward and confessed he was not there. The court exonerated him, but left the conviction on his record. And of course, Indiana can lock you up on a wrongful conviction, but want pay you a dime for you time. Laws need to change, period!! My dad has since passed, but I trying to make it better.