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Law firm mergers continue at record pace

This year might be one for the record books. According to Altman Weil Inc., 2017 is shaping up as a record year for U.S. law firm mergers and acquisitions.

Opinions July 5, 2017

Indiana Court of Appeals
401 Public Safety and Lifeline Data Centers, LLC v. David Ray and the Committee to Elect David Ray
49A02-1609-PL-2132
Civil plenary. Affirms the Marion Superior Court’s order dismissing 401 Public Safety and Lifeline Data Centers LLC’s defamation complaint against David Ray and the Committee to Elect David Ray based on the Anti-SLAAP Statute. Finds the speech contained in a flyer constitutes a matter of public interest. Also finds Ray and the committee have established as a matter of law that they acted in good faith, without malice and with a reasonable basis in law and fact. Judge Paul Mathias concurs and dissent in part with separate opinion.

Divided COA rules campaign flyer was protected speech

Summary judgment in a political defamation suit has been affirmed after a divided Indiana Court of Appeals decided Wednesday that language included on a campaign flyer is considered protected speech under the Anti-SLAAP statute.

State challenges COA ruling that suspended death penalty

An Indiana Court of Appeals decision that suspended executions in the state violated the separation of powers and resulted in new, unintended burdens that could lead to “dysfunction” in carrying out executions, the state argues in seeking an appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court.

Indiana will likely go to court over online sales tax

Indiana lawmakers passed a law this spring claiming the state has a right to collect sales taxes from companies using only online transactions. But a 25-year-old U.S. Supreme Court case prohibits states from collecting sales tax from businesses unless they've got a physical presence in the state.

Monarch loses federal challenge seeking to wholesale liquor

Indianapolis-based Monarch Beverage Co.’s attempt to obtain a wholesale liquor permit rests with the Indiana Supreme Court after its federal challenge to Indiana law was rejected by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Friday.

Jury finds that NYC skyscraper owner violated Iran sanctions

The U.S. government said it's ready to seize a Manhattan skyscraper from an Iranian-American charity to benefit victims of terrorism after a jury found Thursday that the charity's majority ownership was derived from financial dealings that violated sanctions against Iran.

More court challenges expected for Trump’s new travel ban

A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump's travel ban is now in force, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights.

Opinions June 30, 2017

Indiana Court of Appeals
Ryan Martin v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
75A04-1609-CR-2098
Criminal. Affirms Ryan Martin’s conviction of Level 5 felony dealing in meth. Finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting testimony indicating that he was on probation and that the rules of probation provided that he would waive his Fourth Amendment right and submit his place of residence to a reasonable search.

Southern District to block e-filing by lawyers not in good standing

Lawyers not in good standing with the federal bar for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana will be blocked from electronic filing under rule changes taking effect July 1. A separate new rule aims to protect cooperating defendants who plead guilty.

Justices split in protective sweep case; reinstate COA opinion

The Indiana Supreme Court was evenly divided after hearing arguments in a protective sweep case as to its proper disposition, so the court has reinstated the Court of Appeals decision reversing a man’s gun conviction in the Lafayette case.

Trump commission on voting fraud asks states for voter data

President Donald Trump's commission investigating alleged voter fraud in the 2016 elections has asked states for a list of the names, party affiliations, addresses and voting histories of all voters, if state law allows it to be public. Indiana and several other states have said they won't give data to the panel.

Citizens Action Coalition sues for state records on Carrier deal

A complaint filed Friday in Marion County by Citizens Action Coalition alleges that the governor’s office has violated the Indiana Access to Public Records Act by not providing the grass-roots consumer group documents it wants about Vice President and former Gov. Mike Pence’s communications involving Carrier Corp. and United Technologies.

Opinions June 29, 2017

Indiana Supreme Court
Jordan Jacobs v. State of Indiana
49S02-1706-CR-438
Criminal. Reverses Jordan Jacobs’ conviction of Class A misdemeanor possession of a handgun without a license. Finds the search of Jacobs by police was constitutionally impermissible. Remands for further proceedings.

Justices reverse teen’s handgun conviction

Finding police did not have reasonable suspicion to stop an 18-year-old male who was in a high-crime area where a shooting had occurred days earlier by a group of youths, the Indiana Supreme Court reversed his conviction of misdemeanor possession of a handgun without a license.

Court affirms firearms conviction after warrantless search

Evidence that a felon possessed firearms was properly admitted in his criminal case even though authorities lacked a search warrant, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held Wednesday. Authorities relied on permission to search from the man’s live-in girlfriend who said he had sexually assaulted her daughter and placed her in fear for her safety.