The Indiana Supreme Court’s approval of a “regulatory sandbox” creates a safe space for the state to test approaches that might someday lead to non-attorneys being licensed to perform certain specialized legal services.
The merger, effective Jan. 1, 2025, combines the Chicago firm’s 25 legal professionals with Krieg DeVault’s existing team, bringing the latter’s Chicago presence to nearly 40 professionals.
The program will focus on supporting victims, witnesses and defendants caught in the criminal justice system who need housing.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the U.S. Court for the Southern District of Indiana by former players Haris Mujezinovic and Charlie Miller.
Experts say the move reflects a national trend of increasing client demand for deep legal specialists who often can only be acquired through mergers.
Nearly two years after his arrest, the man accused of the February 2017 murders of 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams in Delphi is set to go to trial.
Counsel for Benjamin Ritchie, a man convicted in 2002 of murdering Beech Grove Police Officer William Toney, have until Nov. 1 to file a clemency request in response to the state’s motion to set an execution date, Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush wrote in an Oct. 3 order.
Agricultural Chemical Solutions Inc. and the wife of the company’s president are suing the bank for fees incurred because they allegedly were unnecessarily denied access to more than $3 million. A representative for JP Morgan Chase did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Richard Allen’s trial once held the promise of being the most high-profile court proceeding in Indiana history to be allowed to be captured live by television and streaming service cameras. But Judge Frances Gull ultimately decided to deny access.
Two years after enactment of a law that shields certain eviction records, the Justice Project and students at the University of Notre Dame Law School are looking at how the statute can be improved, both to protect tenants’ right to privacy and maintain transparency with the public.
The Indiana Kids Election kicked off in 2022 as a pilot program, but this year, the program is available to K-12 students in all districts across the state through the Indiana Bar Foundation.
The agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice would settle allegations that the county violated federal laws by denying zoning approval for an Islamic seminary, K-12 school and accompanying housing.
Members of the public gathered at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Monday to celebrate Constitution Week in Indiana.
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The ACLU of Indiana filed a new lawsuit over SEA 202, a law requiring professors to be disciplined for not fostering “a culture of free inquiry, free expression, and intellectual diversity,” citing policies recently enacted at Purdue University and Indiana University.
Indiana social work leaders say that while the need for more professionals isn’t dire, additional work still needs to be done to keep the profession well-staffed and supported.
Roosevelt Glenn’s children were 2, 7, and 8 years old when he left for prison after being wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting a woman in Gary in December 1989.
According to a 2022 survey of 300 U.S.-based in-house counsel by the legal talent provider Axiom, 47 percent of surveyed lawyers reported feeling very or extremely stressed or burned out in their jobs.
The Indiana Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Friday in the case of a man sentenced for murdering his girlfriend, with judges weighing whether the man’s cell phone was legally seized for evidence.
A new law enacted on July 1 across the state requires principals to allow students to be dismissed from class during the week to attend religious instruction.
Senate Bill 185, which became law on July 1, requires school corporations and charter schools to adopt a policy that prohibits students from using cellphones in the classroom. For students who haven’t known a world without the handheld device, the change is just that: a change, but one that many say is warranted and necessary for student learning and cooperation.