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Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress in forceful testimony Wednesday that federal law enforcement and gymnastics officials turned a “blind eye” to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women.
The following 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion was posted after IL deadline Tuesday:
Ann Robbins v. MED-1 Solutions, LLC
20-1343
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker.
Civil. Affirms the entry of judgment for MED-1 Solutions LLC in Ann Robbins’ federal action seeking damages under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Finds a related state-court dismissal order does not have preclusive effect. Also finds Robbins’ contract with the hospital system required her to pay all collection costs, including attorney fees MED-1 did not violate the FDCPA by attempted to collect fees-on-fees in the state-court proceedings.
Indiana has reached a settlement with an online ticket provider allowing Hoosiers to get cash refunds for tickets they purchased to concerts and sporting events that were then canceled because of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to consider a cyclist’s appeal of her negligence case against Michigan City after she was injured while riding her bike on a local road.
A collection agency didn’t violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when it attempted to collect attorney fees and “fees-on-fees” from an Indianapolis woman who defaulted on a small debt to an Indiana hospital system, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Drafts of the state’s proposed new congressional and House district maps released Tuesday by Republicans aren’t likely to make a sizable change in Indiana’s political landscape.
A U.S. Marine from Indiana who was killed during the frenzied evacuation at Afghanistan’s Kabul airport was hailed Tuesday as a hero during a funeral in his hometown.
A nine-member task force created by the Indiana Supreme Court will help landlords and tenants resolve their disputes and access federal rental assistance resources.
The Indiana governor’s office has signed a contract paying a law firm up to nearly $200,000 for challenging the increased power state legislators gave themselves to intervene during public health emergencies.
The Justice Department has asked a federal court in Texas to stop the enforcement of a new state law that bans most abortions in the state while it decides the case.
Four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a federal hearing that included arguments on several pretrial motions, including requests to hold separate trials.
For eight weeks this fall semester, 32 sophomores, juniors and seniors from Arsenal Tech High School in Indianapolis will have ample opportunity to learn about the law from attorneys with Katz Korin Cunningham and the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana through a program designed to extend the pipeline into the legal profession further back.
Federal practitioners regularly issue and respond to third-party subpoenas for documents. Expansive revisions to Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were made in 2013, but many subpoenas are still issued that do not comply. One of the most common issues is failing to serve parties with the third-party subpoena prior to (or even after) service on the third party.
Indianapolis lawyer Clayton Miller will be tasked with helping to implement the Indiana State Bar Association’s new strategic plan as president of the state bar, a position he’ll assume Oct. 15. Miller will also lead the bar through the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and he wants to address other big-picture issues impacting Hoosier legal professionals.
The IndyBar Women and the Law Division (WLD) is pleased to announce former U.S. Representative Susan Brooks as the 2021 Antoinette Dakin Leach (ADL) Award winner.
Indiana courts recognize that social media posts can form the basis of defamation claims.
The Indiana State Bar Association recently released its strategic plan through 2023. In it, the organization breaks down its priorities into four categories: advocacy, connections, education, and equity and inclusion.
Reach for Youth Inc. has been named the 2021 recipient of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation’s Community Empowerment Fund grant of $35,000. Reach for Youth will use the funds to pilot a Restorative Justice Circles model, which diverts young people from suspension, expulsion and the justice system by helping them understand the negative consequences of their actions, how they impact others and how to restore and repair relationships.
Nearly 20 years’ worth of data tracking trends of federal civil pro se filings show that civil rights cases make up the second-highest percentage of filings, next to pro se prisoner cases. In recent years, a growing number of those cases have targeted law enforcement or other government actors.
Could I reflect on the intersection between the lyrics of “Jagged Little Pill,” a two-plus-decade-old feminist empowerment anthem, and the practice of law and do any justice to either? Let’s find out.