Volunteer judges sought for IUPUI mock trial competition
| IL Staff
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis’ mock trial team is seeking volunteers to serve as judges at a mock trial invitational next month.
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Indiana Southern District warns of scam callers posing as court staff
| IL Staff
Hoosiers with cases pending before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana are being advised to steer clear of scam callers posing as court employees and requesting personal information.
7th Circuit affirms $35 million verdict for Hoosier woman in pelvic implant lawsuit
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc. did not persuade the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a multi-million-dollar verdict for a northern Indiana woman who was injured by a transvaginal mesh implant produced by the company.
Judge advocates for competency evaluations upon arrest in post-conviction appeal
An appellate judge concurring with a one-paragraph opinion in a post-conviction case proposed reordering the way Indiana treats those who are arrested. But Judge Paul Mathias joined with judges Margret Robb and Rudolph Pyle III to affirm the denial of post-conviction relief in Charles E. Barber v. State of Indiana, 19A-PC-1234.
Lawyer, prosecutor, first gaming commission director ‘Jack’ Thar dies
| IL Staff
A longtime Indianapolis attorney and public servant whose career included stints as a federal prosecutor as well as leading the state agency that awarded Indiana’s first riverboat gambling licenses has died. John “Jack” James Thar, 71, died Jan. 8, surrounded by loved ones after a battle with heart disease.
Indiana House backs abolishing all township assessor offices
The Indiana House has voted to eliminate the last remaining township assessor offices around the state.
Gary man killed by police was wanted in woman’s death
A man who shot and wounded two police officers at a northwestern Indiana apartment complex before being fatally shot by police was a suspect in the strangulation death of a woman he had been dating, police said Tuesday.
Holcomb says again wait a year on teacher pay boost
Indiana’s governor on Tuesday outlined to state legislators how to free up tens of millions of dollars to boost teacher pay but said he didn’t want them to act on it until next year.
Pelosi names Schiff, Nadler as prosecutors for Trump trial
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday that two House chairmen who led President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry will be among the House prosecutors for Trump’s Senate trial.
Business Law Skills Series (11 monthly sessions – Indianapolis)
Date: February through December, 2020 Time (local time): noon – 1:00 pm Credit hours: 1.0 General CLE / 11 Total CLE available Cost: Sign up for the series and save! (See monthly program schedule below) Visit www.indybar.org for program costs Locations: TBD Provider: Indianapolis Bar Association Contact information: Indianapolis Bar Association 317-269-2000 [email protected] www.indybar.org and […]
2/7 – Lunar New Year CLE: The Year of the Rat (Indianapolis)
Program chairs for APABA-IN: • G. Michael Witte, Indiana Disciplinary Commission • Magistrate Tiffany Vivo, Marion Circuit Court Topics & Speakers: Working with Confidential Informants • Raquel Ramirez, Marion County Prosecutor’s Office • Kassi Rigney, Rigney Law LLC Fertility, Family and a Little Fun • Michele L. Jackson, Harden Jackson LLC Ethical Rules from The […]
2/7 – Free Video Replay CLE: Cryptocurrency: Practice Pointers from the U.S. Trustee (Indy & Indy Northside)
Cryptocurrency: Practice Pointers from the U.S. Trustee (original program date: 11/20/19) Date: Friday, February 7, 2020 Time (local time): noon – 1:00 pm Credit hours: 1.0 General CLE Cost: Visit www.indybar.org for program costs Location: Northside: Haverstick II Conference Room, 8250 Haverstick Rd. Downtown: BMO Conference Center, 135 N Pensylvania St, 7th Floor Provider: Indianapolis […]
Child Advocates celebrates ‘transformational’ $5M Lilly Endowment grant
Indiana’s largest organization that advocates for the interests of child victims of abuse has received the largest donation in its history — a $5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment. “They call it a transformational gift, and it certainly is for us,” Child Advocates CEO Cindy Booth said of the award.
Alliance brings together SmithAmundsen, Brannon Sowers IP firm
SmithAmundsen and the Indianapolis intellectual property firm of Brannon Sowers & Cracraft have agreed to a strategic alliance which will allow each firm to retain its identity while having access to the other’s attorneys and resources.
Justices, split 3-2, reject Facebook harassment, casino revenue cases
A mother who made threatening statements toward law enforcement on Facebook after the death of her son will not have her case heard by the Indiana Supreme Court, although two justices voted to grant transfer in the case. Justices also rejected two other appeals on a 3-2 vote.
Opinions Jan. 14, 2020
Indiana Court of Appeals
Malik Gardner v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
19A-CR-798
Criminal. Affirms Malik Gardner’s convictions in St. Joseph Superior Court of Level 6 felony counterfeiting and Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement. Finds the evidence was sufficient to support his conviction.
$156K in damages against business, lawyer in bad-faith litigation upheld
A lawyer and his clients who collectively were ordered to pay more than $156,000 in damages and attorney fees after defaulting in a Hamilton County business breach of contract and defamation suit won no relief Tuesday from the Indiana Court of Appeals.
Semi driver in deadly I-465 crash pleads guilty but mentally ill
| IL Staff
The semi driver charged in a crash on Interstate 465 last summer that killed three people has agreed to plead guilty but mentally ill to felony reckless homicide and misdemeanor recklessness charges. He could be sentenced to three to nine years.
Bogus $50 bill’s pot purchase can’t snuff out counterfeiting conviction
A St. Joseph County man failed to persuade the Indiana Court of Appeals to toss his counterfeiting conviction on his argument that his alleged pot dealer lied to police about how he had received a phony $50 bill.
Suspect killed, 2 SWAT officers injured in Gary shootout
Police fatally shot a suspect Monday after he opened fire and injured two members of a SWAT team who stormed a Gary apartment complex seeking to apprehend him, authorities said.