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An Indianapolis development partnership has now added Indiana University to a lawsuit that alleges one of the university’s professors and five former students allegedly stole trade secrets and interfered with contracts for a business development project in Puerto Rico.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Linda F. Slavick Trust v. Christmas Lake Properties Association, Inc.
24A-PL-1746
Civil plenary. Affirms Spencer Circuit Court Judge Jon Dartt’s summary judgment order in favor of Christmas Lake Properties Association, Inc. on claims and counterclaims related to whether the landowner was entitled to exclusive waterfront rights under covenants and restrictions adopted in 2005. Finds the trial court did not err in denying the landowner’s first motion for summary judgment. As to the HOA’s counterclaim concerning architectural review requirements, the appellate court reverses and remands for entry of summary judgment in favor of the landowner. Attorney for appellant: Kevin Patmore. Attorneys for appellee: Garrett Lewis, Karl Popowics.
Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump ’s blessing, sidelining career officials, gaining access to sensitive databases and dismantling a leading source of humanitarian assistance.
President Donald Trump’s administration is ending protections that shielded roughly 350,000 Venezuelans from deportation, leaving them with two months before they lose their right to work in the U.S.
A bill to increase inspections of confined livestock farms advanced Monday despite pushback from multiple Indiana farming groups who argued that additional oversight requirements will come at a cost to producers.
President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada as America’s two largest trading partners took steps to appease his concerns about border security and drug trafficking.
A Republican legislator made a public plea Monday for his bill to abolish Indiana’s death penalty, arguing that the state’s execution process was flawed and didn’t serve as a deterrent for “heinous crimes.”
A Greenwood man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to participating in multiple fraud schemes totaling a combined loss of $2.93 million.
U.S. President Donald Trump held off Monday on his tariff threats against Mexico for one month of further negotiations after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 members of her country’s national guard to the border to address drug trafficking.
Immigration-related executive orders issued by both President Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Braun have prompted at least one Indiana organization to adjust their day-to-day operations, as the state’s refugee resettlement groups wait to see the impacts of those directives.
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has joined the board of directors of the Liberty Fund, a private education foundation headquartered in Carmel.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for two cases Thursday, including one involving an Indianapolis man who died in 2018 from injuries sustained when an IndyGo bus driver allegedly ran over him at a bus stop.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, et. al. v. Republic Airways Inc., et al.
24-1530
Civil. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge Richard Young. Affirms the district court’s decision deeming the dispute between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Repulic Airways minor because its resolution centered on interpretation of the parties’ collective bargaining agreements and dismissing the unions’ complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Finds the unions can present their arguments to an adjustment board. Also finds the parties’ dispute minor and therefore subject to arbitration. Attorneys for appellants: Jeffrey Macey, William Wilder. Attorneys for appellees: Robert Siegel, David Carr, Paul Sweeney, Apama Joshi, Ellie Hylton.
Immigration advocates worry that due process and the backlogged immigration courts will suffer as President Donald Trump tries to make good on his campaign promise to crack down on illegal immigration.
The eight cabinet secretaries serving under Gov. Mike Braun will be some of the highest-paid employees in the state — with each taking home $275,000 for their new positions. Five of the secretaries will also directly lead an agency, though all oversee several agencies under the newly crafted cabinet structure.
President Donald Trump said Sunday that Americans could feel “some pain” from the emerging trade war triggered by his tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China, and claimed that Canada would “cease to exist” without its trade surplus with the United States.
A planned Trump administration freeze on federal funding is heading back to a Washington courtroom on Monday. A judge is expected to consider extending her temporary block on President Donald Trump’s plan to halt federal grants and loans, which originally targeted a wide range of funding totaling potentially trillions of dollars.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Kerry Silvers v. State of Indiana
24A-PC-277
Post-conviction relief. Affirms Lawrence Superior Court Judge Robert Cline’s denial of Kerry Silvers’ petition for post-conviction relief, which alleged he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Finds Silvers failed to meet his burden of showing he is entitled to post-conviction relief on any of his claims. Also finds the PCR court erred in determining that Silvers’ claims are barred by laches, but it did not err in denying Silvers’ PCR petition because Silvers’ did not meet his burden of showing he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Attorney for appellant: Victoria Casanova. Attorneys for appellee: Attorney General Todd Rokita, Deputy Attorney General Daylon Welliver.
Attorney General Todd Rokita is facing disciplinary action for a second time, after the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission filed another complaint against him Friday morning.
A federal judge extended a court agreement on Thursday ensuring safe and sanitary conditions for migrant children in federal custody a day after U.S. Customs and Border Protection was set to begin self-monitoring.