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The Indiana Supreme Court courtroom was filled with laughter and joy Wednesday, as judges and attorneys gathered to honor outgoing Indiana Tax Court Judge Martha Blood Wentworth at her retirement ceremony.
A former organizer of the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years in prison for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
On the Level Fence & Deck Inc. v. Indiana Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Indiana
22A-CT-3073
Civil tort. Reverses the denial of the motion for default judgment and remands the matter to the Lake Superior Court for further proceedings. Finds that On the Level Fence & Deck’s failure to answer the complaint was the result of excusable neglect. Judge Peter Foley dissents with a separate opinion.
It was reasonable for a fencing company that was being sued to believe its insurer would know about and handle the complaint, a split Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled in reversing a lower court’s decision.
Indianapolis-based Charitable Allies unveiled a new website designed to expand charitable organizations’ access to affordable legal services and educational resources for nonprofit professionals.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delivered a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration on marijuana policy, and Senate leaders hailed it Wednesday as a first step toward easing federal restrictions on the drug.
A long-time Indiana state senator announced Wednesday that he will resign from the chamber in late September, citing the growing pressures of balancing his legislative duties and “business, personal and family obligations.”
The Marion County sheriff in Indianapolis announced changes to a prisoner transport policy Wednesday following the killing of a sheriff’s deputy during an escape attempt.
A security guard and customer died Wednesday after exchanging gunfire with each other at an Indianapolis home improvement store, police said.
Multiple amici have filed briefs urging the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn an injunction against a new Indiana law that prohibits doctors from performing gender-transition procedures on minors.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Tarah L. Weaver v. Samuel B. Weaver (mem. dec.)
22A-DC-2111
Domestic relations with children. Affirms the Kosciusko Superior Court’s order for Tarah Weaver to pay Samuel Weaver $2,250 in attorney fees, finding that Tarah had filed several untimely and defective motions. Finds no abuse of discretion by the trial court.
A federal judge on Wednesday held Rudy Giuliani liable in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who say they were falsely accused of fraud.
Indianapolis OB-GYN Dr. Caitlin Bernard won’t appeal the Indiana Medical Licensing Board’s determination that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about an abortion she performed on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio.
A judge has ordered Department of Child Services Director Eric Miller to appear at a hearing next week to make a case for why the department shouldn’t be held in contempt for failing to obey court orders to produce documents in an underlying civil case.
John Rust, a wealthy egg farmer from Seymour, is plowing ahead with his U.S. Senate bid even as Indiana statute would appear to prevent him from getting on the Republican primary ballot.
A jury convicted a central Indiana man of three counts of murder Tuesday in the 2021 execution-style slayings of three people that authorities said resulted from an ongoing feud between one of the victims and a friend of the defendant.
The 18 defendants charged alongside Trump in Fulton County include more than a half-dozen lawyers, and their statements provide early foreshadowing of at least one of the defenses they seem poised to raise: that they were merely doing their jobs as attorneys.
The Biden administration weakened regulations protecting millions of acres of wetlands Tuesday, saying it had no choice after the Supreme Court sharply limited the federal government’s jurisdiction over them.
It’s been a year of legal battles for both sides of the abortion issue in Indiana, with a struggle in the courts still playing out as the state’s near-total ban takes effect for the second time.
Since the SFFA opinion was handed down, legal scholars and practitioners across the country have been grappling with the full extent of the holding.