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Indianapolis-based law firm Cohen & Malad LLP has taken a lawsuit to trial in New Jersey that alleges a medical device used to repair hernias causes life-threatening complications and says the case will be a bellwether for dozens of other lawsuits filed against the device’s makers.
State lawmakers approved a slew of new laws affecting Indiana’s colleges and universities during the 2024 legislative session — but questions remain about how some of those measures will be implemented.
Under Senate Enrolled Act 211, the Indiana Department of Education will create a designation for excellence in civic engagement, which high school students can earn and put on their transcript.
Marion Superior Court Judge Kurt Eisgruber said in his ruling that the Indiana Election Commission properly interpreted the state’s political party affiliation statute when it voted in favor of Rust’s six campaign challengers during a meeting last month.
Gov. Eric Holcomb indicated the last-day compromise House and Senate lawmakers struck on the antisemitism bill may be crumbling.
Indiana Court of Appeals
C.U. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
23A-JV-2073
Juvenile. Affirms the Lake Superior Court’s finding that C.U. had violated the terms of her placement and order that she be a ward of the Indiana Department of Correction. Finds the juvenile court did not abuse its discretion by making her a ward of the DOC.
Exemptions that allow religious organizations to avoid paying Wisconsin’s unemployment tax don’t apply to a Catholic charitable organization because its on-the-ground operations aren’t primarily religious, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Lawyers for Donald Trump urged a federal judge on Thursday to dismiss the classified documents case against him, arguing the statute that underpins the bulk of the charges is unconstitutionally vague as applied to a former president.
The Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Cave Quarries Inc. v. Warex LLC Thursday morning, a case involving the 2021 blasting procedure that damaged an asphalt plant in Paoli.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a whopping 75 bills into law on Wednesday, including a heavily debated proposal that conservative proponents hope will spur “intellectual diversity” in publicly funded college classrooms.
The jury returned the verdict Wednesday against Tesla Inc. and its long-time employee Kyle Kaszuba for the accident in which motorcyclist Chris Dugan was severely injured. The jury found Kaszuba 70% responsible for the accident and Dugan 30% responsible.
Traditional antitrust lawsuits have focused on the impact of mergers on consumers. But the Federal Trade Commission’s complaint regarding the proposed Kroger-Albertsons deal also notes that union grocery workers’ ability to leverage the threat of a boycott or strike to negotiate better terms would also be weakened.
Indiana Court of Appeals
P.S. v. R.S. (mem. dec.)
23A-PO-2159
Protection order. Reverses the Vigo Superior Court’s order denying P.S.’s motion to correct error in which she argued that the trial court erred by sua sponte imposing on the parties a mutual restraining order after the court had denied R.S.’s petition for a protection order. Finds the trial court abused its discretion by denying P.S.’s motion to correct error. Remands with instructions to grant P.S.’s motion to correct error.
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled this week that juvenile offenses for possession of a dangerous firearm and possession of a machine gun constituted double jeopardy for an Indianapolis teen, providing more guidance on the test used to determine whether a person is being prosecuted more than once for the same crime.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee quashed six counts in the indictment, including three against former President Donald Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee. But the judge left in place other counts—including 10 facing Trump—and said prosecutors could seek a new indictment to try to reinstate the ones he dismissed.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties’ presidential nominations Tuesday with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want.
After a Tuesday court hearing, a Marion County judge is weighing whether the Indiana Election Commission’s decision to deny U.S. Senate hopeful John Rust from accessing Indiana’s GOP primary ballot should be upheld.
Gubernatorial hopeful and U.S. Sen. Mike Braun published a new advertisement Tuesday morning targeting competitor Eric Doden in a 17-second clip.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita on Tuesday called on Gov. Eric Holcomb to veto a bill—which he dubbed a “toothless mess”—that defines and bans antisemitism within the state’s public education system.
House Republicans are launching a vast reinvestigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, seeking to push the blame away from Donald Trump, who has been indicted over his actions or his supporters in the mob siege trying to overturn the 2020 election.
