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Indiana Supreme Court
In the Matter of: Robert Neary
46S00-1512-DI-705
Disciplinary. Suspends Robert Neary for at least four years without automatic reinstatement. Finds Neary, a former LaPorte County deputy prosecutor, committed attorney misconduct by eavesdropping on confidential attorney-client communications, among other things.
Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Richard Kammen won a reprieve Friday when the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana halted a military commission’s order that he continue representing a terrorism suspect held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
A federal judge said Monday that she was inclined to remove from house arrest two former aides to President Donald Trump’s campaign, but she would not do so until receiving more detailed financial information from them.
The bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy friend is built on assumptions and speculation and is devoid of evidence of an actual criminal agreement, the Democrat’s attorney told jurors in closing arguments Monday in Newark, New Jersey.
He asked, they told him no, but he did it anyway, authorities say, accusing a scrap-metal dealer of taking apart an abandoned railroad bridge and selling the metal for $18,000.
The Indiana Court of Appeals will be traveling south this week to hear oral arguments in Bartholomew County.
The Indiana Legislature could again consider prohibiting cities and towns from putting restrictions on short-term rental services such as Airbnb.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is visiting Indianapolis today to meet with members of a group known for its campaigns to stem violence in crime-plagued neighborhoods.
Thirty-eight homeowners in East Chicago have filed a lawsuit claiming the lead and arsenic contamination caused by former manufacturing operations near their neighborhood have decreased the value of their homes and inflicted emotional distress.
The following Indiana Supreme Court opinion was posted after IL deadline Thursday.
Suzanne E. Esserman v. Indiana Department of Environmental Management
49S02-1704-PL-189
Civil plenary. Affirms dismissal of Suzanne E. Esserman's suit seeking damages under Indiana’s False Claims and Whistleblower Protection Act against the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, which fired her after she said she inquired about questionable state expenses. Majority holds Indiana has not abrogated common-law sovereign immunity for non-tort claims premised on the violation of a statute. Justice Steven David dissents, writing the plain language of "employer" covered by the act includes the state.
Two men convicted in an elaborate fraud scheme involving the Indianapolis Land Bank have lost their federal appeal, with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Friday there was sufficient evidence to support their multiple fraud convictions.
The fate of a legal malpractice claim will be decided by the Indiana Supreme Court next week after the justices hear oral arguments to decide whether the claim can continue. Justices also will hear a case challenging the probable cause that led to a man’s conviction after discovery of a marijuana grow.
Note to lawyers with cases in the Southern District of Indiana: don’t give the overworked judicial officers cause to call you out for missing deadlines or shrugging off orders. Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker did just that in a blistering two-page order issued Friday.
A 25-year-old Chicago-based law firm has announced the opening of its first office in the Hoosier State to serve its industrial and manufacturing clients in northwestern Indiana.
Court documents show Special Counsel Robert Mueller thinks it will take three weeks to present a case against ex-Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates.
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, said Friday she is seeking an investigation of alleged war crimes committed in the war in Afghanistan, an unprecedented probe that could involve U.S. troops.
A divided Indiana Supreme Court has found that the state is immune from a non-tort claim made by a former state employee under the Indiana False Claims and Whistleblower Protection Act.
Accused terrorist Abd al-Rahim Hussein al-Nashiri has asked a federal court to stop his criminal proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, claiming the federal government is denying his right to qualified counsel during a death penalty case. The suit alleges his lead defender in his military trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been sentenced to to 21 days of confinement.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a woman’s convictions for health care fraud and misusing an identity. The panel determined the district court properly handed down indictments and admitted evidence to allow the government to prove the woman was involved in a plan to defraud Indiana’s Medicaid program.
The controversy surrounding Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals did not end with the Senate’s confirmation vote Oct. 31.