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DTCI: Meet the 2025 DTCI Board of Directors
Officers Scott B. Cockrum, the 2025 president, is a partner in the Northwest Indiana and Indianapolis offices of Lewis Brisbois. He has extensive experience handling professional liability claims in state and federal courts in Indiana, including ones involving the defense of architects, engineers, lawyers, accountants, surveyors, property managers, and realtors. He also frequently represents physicians […]
IndyBar: Take a Law Student to Lunch Returns!
This engaging luncheon offers a valuable opportunity for students to spend time with local practitioners as a way to gain insights into the legal profession, build meaningful connections, and explore potential career paths.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans
The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect. The administrative stay lasts until Monday afternoon and applies only to existing programs.
Banks could see M&A growth in 2025 with a more favorable regulatory environment
Will more Indiana-based banks will be included in M&A deals this year? Probably. But if recent trends hold true, those deals likely will involve Indiana banks acquiring out-of-state institutions, not other Indiana banks.
Cannabis company sues, alleging former employee worked simultaneously for a competitor
Colorado-based 3C LLC alleges the employee had been on staff for more than a year when the company discovered he was selling a competitor’s product while serving 3C customers.
Indiana senators seek applications for U.S. attorney, federal court judge
Sens. Todd Young and Jim Banks will help advise President Donald Trump on whom to nominate for the federal openings.
Opinions January 28, 2025
Indiana Court of Appeals
Anthony Graff v. State of Indiana
23A-CR-2546
Criminal. Affirms Dearborn Circuit Court Judge F. Aaron Negangard’s denial of Anthony Graff’s motion to suppress. Finds Graff’s statements were made voluntarily. Reverses the trial court’s grant of the state’s motion in limine, which was seeking to exclude evidence of the administration of the polygraph examination and any expert testimony related to it. Finds Graff should be allowed to present evidence regarding the polygraph examination. Remands for the trial court and parties to define the presentation of the evidence. Attorney for appellant: Michael Cunningham. Attorneys for appellee: Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and Supervising Deputy Attorney General Ian McLean.
Legal battle looms as Trump orders a funding freeze during a review of federal loans and grants
Administration officials said the decision was necessary to ensure that all funding complies with Trump’s executive orders, which are intended to undo progressive steps on transgender rights, environmental justice and diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, efforts.
Indiana bill would ban state contracts with foreign adversaries, give AG’s office more oversight
House Bill 1032, authored by Rep. Craig Haggard, R-Mooresville, would double down on restrictions already in effect for investors located in China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela — all countries currently labeled as foreign adversaries in state and federal code.
Elections bill would strike down student IDs as voting option
Some worry the measure will discourage college students from voting and add additional duties to local county voter registration offices.
Indy leaders support bill that could lead to roads-focused tax increase
The measure includes a provision to allow Marion County residents to vote, through a referendum, for property-tax hikes that would be used to pay for road improvements.
Justice Department fires employees involved in Trump prosecutions
The abrupt termination targeting career prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s team is consistent with the administration’s determination to purge the government of workers it perceives as disloyal to the president.
Trump signs order that likely sets in motion a future ban on transgender troops
The president also ordered troops to be reinstated who had left voluntarily or been booted for refusing COVID-19 vaccines and outlined new rollbacks in diversity programs.
New immigration court opens in Indianapolis
A new Indianapolis immigration court officially opened on Monday, the first of its kind to operate in Indiana.
Indy refugee organization seeks private donations following federal funding uncertainty
Indianapolis-based Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc. has begun asking for private donations and support, following a flurry of immigration-related changes President Donald Trump made last week through a series of executive orders.
Opinions January 27, 2025
Indiana Supreme Court
Charles Jennings v. Jessica A. Smiley and Progressive Southeastern Insurance Co.
24S-CT-186
Civil tort. Appeal from the Hamilton Superior Court. Affirms the trial court’s denial of Charles Jennings’ motion to compel. Finds that, because Jennings failed to meet his burden of showing how any benefit of producing Jessica Smiley’s iPhone for inspection outweighed Smiley’s privacy interest, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying Jennings’ motion to compel. Also finds Jennings’ request was overbroad and would produce duplicative evidence in part. Justice Derek Molter dissents with a separate opinion. Attorneys for appellant: Bryan Babb, Bradley Dick, Jonathan Hughes. Attorneys for appellees: Robert Durham, Matthew Trainor, Edward Kohan, Trevor Brown, James Hehner, Matthew Hobson, Benjamin Katchur.
Lindsey Graham, a top Trump ally, says pardoning Capitol attackers sends ‘the wrong signal’
A key ally of President Donald Trump said the White House pardoning rioters who fought with police while storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021 is “sending the wrong signal” and expressed concern about the future ramifications of issuing sweeping clemencies.
Indiana bill would expand K-12 curricular material ban to include ‘pornographic material’
As part of an ongoing effort to eradicate “obscene” and “harmful” books or curricular material from Indiana schools, a new bill floated by Republican lawmakers seeks to expand that ban to include “pornographic” content, too.
Vaccine bills stack up in statehouses across the US
Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.
