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In its final form, the federal student loan forgiveness plan covers both individuals with undergraduate and graduate degrees, including law school, where graduate debt levels can easily top six figures.
In late 2021, the Indianapolis Bar Foundation adopted recommendations to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive environment. Now is the time for further action while also taking the time to recognize positive changes and achievements along the way.
Earlier this month, Clio released its 2022 Legal Trends Report. What the study found is remote work “has brought new opportunities for flexibility, but has also contributed to the breakdown of work-life balance.”
Unless you are one of the few that read Indiana Lawyer on the day it is distributed, you will likely be reading this in November, my favorite month of the year.
Read Indiana appellate court decisions from the latest reporting period.
Indiana Lawyer reviewed the results of appellate retention votes and ISBA member polls for the last 12 years. Highlighted are selected results.
A Marion Superior Court has dismissed the whistleblower lawsuit filed against Indiana Treasurer Kelly Mitchell and a slew of other defendants, including the law firm Ice Miller.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Jeremiah Jordyn Smith v. State of Indiana
22A-CR-364
Criminal. Reverses the Tippecanoe Superior Court’s grant of the state’s motion to revoke the pretrial diversion agreement entered into with Jeremiah Jordyn Smith. Finds Smith’s diversion agreement was supported by consideration and the state was bound by its terms. Also finds revoking Smith’s diversion agreement without cause was a breach of the agreement’s terms. Remands with instructions to dismiss the case against Smith with prejudice.
Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch resumed public events on Tuesday after tests confirmed she had recovered from a COVID-19 infection, her office said.
A woman who was criminally charged after drugs were found in her purse as part of a search of someone else’s home has convinced the Court of Appeals of Indiana that the drug evidence should be suppressed.
The state must keep its end of the deal in a pretrial diversion agreement entered into by a man facing sex offense-related charges, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled, reversing an order allowing the state to withdraw the agreement.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb now has the names of the three finalists chosen by the state’s Judicial Nominating Commission to fill a vacancy on the Court of Appeals of Indiana left by now-Justice Derek Molter. Holcomb has until Dec. 22 to make his selection.
Recreational marijuana could be legal in half the country if the handful of states with cannabis measures on ballots this November pass them.
The U.S. Postal Service is honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as “an icon of American culture” with a stamp in the new year.
A Russian court on Tuesday upheld the nine-year prison sentence handed to American basketball star Brittney Griner for drug possession, rejecting her appeal.
A central Indiana man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to carrying a loaded gun on the Capitol grounds and assaulting police during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
A lawsuit has been filed against the members of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County Board of Trustees for violating Indiana’s Open Door Law in appealing a nursing home dispute to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
People for Community, Inc./PFC, Isaac Fincher v. City of Fort Wayne Neighborhood Code Compliance
22A-MI-447
Miscellaneous. Affirms the dismissal of the complaint filed by Rev. Isaac Fincher in Allen Circuit Court on behalf of People for Community Inc. Finds PFC’s argument fails on the merits because the trial court gave PFC ample opportunities to secure counsel. Concludes the COA cannot say that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to give PFC even more time to secure counsel as it gave PFC ample time to do so.
Video from a domestic violence incident at a liquor store would likely not have helped a South Bend man avoid a felony conviction and revocation of his probation, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
A Marion County man who learned at his hearing that, contrary to his attorneys’ advice, 10 years of his sentence was non-suspendable will still have to serve his time.
