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Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial said Wednesday they would prove that Trump was no “innocent bystander” but the “inciter in chief” of the deadly attack at the Capitol aimed at overturning his election loss to Joe Biden.
After a career practicing in large Indianapolis law firms, intellectual property attorney Amie Peele has broken the “unspoken rule” that partners must retire from big law and instead decided to start her own firm.
Legislation to provide businesses and individuals with protection from COVID-related civil liability is getting closer to the governor’s desk, with the Indiana House amending the bill and setting it up for a final House vote Thursday.
A trial court order denying judgment to an Indianapolis restaurant sued for negligence has been reinstated, with the Indiana Supreme Court finding no reason to allow the restaurant’s forfeited appeal of the order to proceed.
A bill that would require students at public schools to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid advanced to the Indiana House after lawmakers approved the measure in a Senate vote Tuesday.
Opening arguments begin Wednesday in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial after an emotional first day that wrenched senators and the nation back to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
A West Texas judge has a word of caution to those attending court hearings via Zoom: Always check for filters before logging on. The advice came after a Texas lawyer had difficulty removing the filter during the hearing, assuring the judge, “I’m here live. I’m not a cat.”
Speakers: • Justine Overturf Singh, Fifth Third Private Bank • Elizabeth A. Schlueter, Schlueter Breman LLC Date: Thursday, February 18, 2021 Time (local time): 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Credit hours: 1.0 CLE Cost: Click here or visit www.indybar.org for program costs Location: Zoom Webinar A Zoom link will be included in your registration confirmation […]
Click here for speakers and agenda. Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Time (local time): 9:00 am – 10:00 am Credit hours: 1.0 CLE Cost: Click here or visit www.indybar.org for program costs Location: Zoom Webinar A Zoom link will be included in your registration confirmation email and resent the day of the program. Provider: Indianapolis […]
Click here for speakers and agenda. Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Time (local time): 9:00 am – 10:00 am Credit hours: 1.0 CLE Cost: Click here or visit www.indybar.org for program costs Location: Zoom Webinar A Zoom link will be included in your registration confirmation email and resent the day of the program. Provider: Indianapolis […]
As the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on a count of incitement of insurrection began Tuesday, his Indianapolis lawyer who asked the United States Supreme Court to overturn election results in Wisconsin pleaded anew for the high court to keep the case alive because Trump may run again for president.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Travis W. Phelps v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
20A-CR-831
Criminal. Affirms Travis Walker Phelps’ convictions for murder and attempted murder but reverses his firearm enhancement. Finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion in instructing the jury or admitting evidence. Also finds that the Vanderburgh Superior Court failed to advise Phelps of his rights and therefore Phelps did not knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waive his right to a jury trial on the enhancement. Remands for a new proceeding on the firearm enhancement.
For the second year in a row, the Indiana House Judiciary Committee has endorsed legislation to extend full faith and credit to tribal orders issued in Indiana by the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Indians.
Indiana lawmakers are moving forward with a pregnancy accommodations bill that won’t require businesses to make any adjustments for workers. Some legislators advocated for a measure that they said would offer pregnant workers more meaningful protections.
A larger surge of coronavirus deaths in Indiana during December than was initially reported contributed to an 18% jump in the state’s overall deaths during 2020.
An order requiring a confidential informant to sit down for a face-to-face interview with defense counsel will be reviewed by Indiana’s highest court after justices granted transfer to the Marion County case.
A Tennessee man has been charged with murder in the 1992 fatal shootings of a Gary woman and her 4-year-old daughter, the FBI said Monday.
The Justice Department will ask U.S. attorneys who were appointed by former President Donald Trump to resign from their posts, as the Biden administration moves to transition to its own nominees, a senior Justice Department official said Monday.
House Democrats proposed an additional $1,400 in direct payments to individuals as Congress began piecing together a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that tracks President Joe Biden’s plan for battling the pandemic and reviving a still staggering economy.
Dozens of civil rights and advocacy organizations are calling on the Biden administration to immediately halt federal executions after an unprecedented run of capital punishment under former President Donald Trump and to commute the sentences of inmates on federal death row.