February 4, 2009
Jennifer NelsonA Southern District magistrate judge has decided a letter between the city of Madison's mayor and city attorney isn't
protected by attorney-client privilege in a civil action seeking damages over strip searches of three women.
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January 28, 2009
Michael HoskinsThe foot or more of snow dumped on the southern two-thirds of Indiana hasn't stopped some attorneys from making it to
their offices today, but it has closed some courts around the state.
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January 26, 2009
Jennifer NelsonA Northern District magistrate judge has issued sanctions for the third time against Gary Community School Corp. for its lack
of cooperation in a suit involving a transgender student.
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January 21, 2009
Jennifer NelsonEli Lilly & Co. must produce documents related to the handling of a noose being found in an area its employees frequent
for discovery in a separate suit alleging discrimination in the company.
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January 21, 2009
Jennifer NelsonA man's pro se prisoner suit against the public information officer of a correctional facility and a reporter that he
claimed are responsible for his shooting injury was dismissed Tuesday by a U.S. District Court judge.
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January 13, 2009
Michael HoskinsA federal judge in Indianapolis has decided disciplinary actions aren't needed against a handful of attorneys relating
to their conduct in a clean air trial last year, though he hasn't changed his mind about setting aside the jury verdict
and holding a new trial as a result of the behavior of in-house counsel.
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January 13, 2009
IL StaffThe United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana is seeking comments from bar members and the public
as to whether Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker should be reappointed to a new eight-year term.
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January 9, 2009
Michael HoskinsA newly appointed federal magistrate in Indianapolis denies any misconduct or knowledge of wrongdoing that a judge says happened
during a clean air trial last spring prior to her taking the bench.
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January 8, 2009
Jennifer NelsonAnyone who danced in the past three years at one Indianapolis strip club embroiled in a lawsuit over minimum wage may be able
to collect on unpaid wages, ruled a District Court judge Wednesday.
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January 6, 2009
Jennifer MehalikA District Court judge today granted summary judgment in favor of a convenience store company that was being sued by a transgender
employee for sex discrimination after she was fired.
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December 1, 2008
Jennifer NelsonA Northern District magistrate judge has again denied an attorney's motion to proceed with a lawsuit under a pseudonym,
finding the type of injury the attorney may suffer as a result of suit doesn't rise to the level to justify anonymity.
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October 30, 2008
Jennifer NelsonA federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against an Allen Circuit judge because the judge was entitled to judicial immunity
in a suit filed by a pro se plaintiff disgruntled about a small claims ruling.
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October 30, 2008
IL StaffThe United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana will conduct a free CLE event next week in New Albany
regarding judicial restraint.
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October 24, 2008
IL StaffA new annual event has been created by the Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Southern District
of Indiana to focus on past and present legal issues, part of the group's shift from project-focused events to membership
focused efforts.
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October 22, 2008
Michael HoskinsA federal judge in Indianapolis won't interfere with the state law requiring voters to show photo identification at the
election polls.
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October 22, 2008
Jennifer NelsonA federal grand jury in Hammond has indicted a Schererville attorney with two counts of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud
after being accused of stealing money from two clients.
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October 8, 2008
IBJ StaffLarry Bird has settled a lawsuit against a bed-and-breakfast that operates from his boyhood home in the southern Indiana town
of French Lick.
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October 2, 2008
Michael HoskinsA state agency created in response to a federal mandate is suing the Indiana Department of Correction for what it claims is
poor treatment of mentally ill prisoners.
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October 1, 2008
IL StaffThe United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana has amended its Local Rule 72.1 - Authority of United
States Magistrate Judges.
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September 26, 2008
Michael HoskinsA transgender former high school student who was barred from his senior prom in Gary because he was wearing a pink dress for
the occasion will have his day in court.
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September 25, 2008
Michael HoskinsThe first-ever federal death penalty trial in the Southern District of Indiana may still happen, even though the defendant
has signed a plea agreement in connection with a violent killing spree almost three years ago.
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September 25, 2008
IL StaffThe Federal Rules of Evidence have been amended in hopes of lessening the skyrocketing costs of discovery.
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September 16, 2008
Michael HoskinsThe American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Plainfield ordinance restricting political
lawn signs.
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September 11, 2008
IL StaffHon. William T. Lawrence, the newest judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, will be formally
sworn in tomorrow at the federal courthouse in Indianapolis.
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September 5, 2008
Jennifer NelsonA U.S. District magistrate judge granted a joint motion Sept. 2 to vacate a jury verdict in favor of a man wrongfully imprisoned
for rape, allowing a settlement reached between the man and the city of Hammond to be approved.
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Never heard of remand to another state. How often does that happen?
I highly recommend Deanna and her team of professionals that serve the legal community. Great information and many thanks for sharing.
they are pushing these cases against lawyers too far. thought-crime.
vagueness cannot challenged, so let's write all laws vaguely and throw the constitution out the window.Even if the court is operating under a particular law, if they don't it they will change it to their liking. What a joke!!!
Two convictions becomes one conviction with exactly the same sentence, only it is not clear wheter or not that sentence will be 18 months, 120 months or 138 months. Actually if the guns were in a home, whether or not they were his, he is protected under the 2nd amendment. Jurors need to learn the law and the constitution before judging others. The cour5ts need to do this as well.