Trump’s attorney renews call for mistrial in defamation case brought by writer in sex abuse case
Donald Trump’s lawyer on Friday renewed a mistrial request in a New York defamation case against the former president.

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Donald Trump’s lawyer on Friday renewed a mistrial request in a New York defamation case against the former president.
The Indiana Senate has given its approval to a bill that would provide guardians ad litem to parents in adoption cases who have mental disabilities.
A Richmond bank’s mortgage interest, in its entirety, takes priority in a complex land project case involving multiple developers, contractors and the city of Westfield, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Friday.
A trial court must consider the discovery objections lodged by a company that leases space to an adult theater in Clarksville after the Court of Appeals of Indiana overturned a contempt ruling against the company.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
AMW Investments, Inc. et al. v. The Town of Clarksville, et al.
23A-PL-508
Civil plenary. Reverses the order finding AMW Investments Inc. in contempt of an order compelling discovery responses. Finds AMW’s supplemental discovery responses, including objections, were timely submitted. Also finds the Clark Circuit Court erred when it refused to consider the objections contained in AMW’s first supplemental discovery responses. Remands with instructions to consider those objections. Judge Paul Felix concurs in result with separate opinion.
The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case in which a defendant is challenging the admission of drug-related evidence that he says was illegally obtained.
House lawmakers unanimously passed a bill defining antisemitism in educational settings with little discussion, even as protestors interrupted proceedings and chanted outside.
The prosecutor in the case of an Indiana man charged in the killings of two teenage girls asked a judge Thursday to allow new two new counts each of kidnapping and murder while kidnapping.
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court “to put a swift and decisive end” to efforts to kick him off the 2024 presidential ballot over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March.
Mere hours after hearing arguments in a dispute between the man accused of killing two teen girls from Delphi and the judge who removed his attorneys over his objection, the Indiana Supreme Court issued an order reinstating the man’s legal team.
A proposed bill that would establish a seven-county pilot program for misdemeanor reimbursement of public defender offices passed its first legislative test Wednesday.
Republican Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita finished 2023 with nearly $1.1 million in his campaign coffers as he mounts his reelection bid this year.
The Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in a dispute between the man accused of killing two teenage girls from Delphi and the judge who removed his attorneys over his objection.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Michael Puchowski v. Tamara Wade (mem. dec.)
23A-EV-321
Evictions. Affirms the denial of recovery for Michael Puchowski for claimed property damages after he was awarded a $1,505 judgment against his former tenant. Finds Puchowski waived his arguments by failing to comply with appellate rules, so he has not shown prima facie error.
Beth White, a former elected official and longtime attorney, announced Thursday she is running for the Democratic nomination for Indiana attorney general.
Indiana’s judicial nominees to 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana cleared another hurdle on their confirmation paths Thursday.
Candidates for statewide office filed their campaign finance reports for the second half of 2023 on Wednesday, offering more insight into just how expensive the competitive GOP primary in the 2024 Indiana governor’s race is becoming.
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday voiced support for weakening the power of federal regulators, but it was not clear whether a majority would overturn a precedent that has guided American law for four decades.
A Maine judge on Wednesday put on hold a decision on former President Donald Trump’s ballot status to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a similar case in Colorado.