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IBJ Media named veteran editor and journalist Greg Andrews as publisher and editor of The Indiana Lawyer, the first step in what CEO Nate Feltman called a major push to boost the profile and readership of the statewide legal publication.
A federal lawsuit filed by the Democratic mayor of Hammond and a Lake County attorney argues that Indiana’s judicial nominating system that appoints judges in the state’s four most diverse counties is racially discriminatory. Judges in Lake County should be directly elected or judges statewide should be appointed through merit selection, the suit says.
In a one-page order, Marion Superior Special Judge Lance Hamner did what a previous special judge and the Indiana Supreme Court had not done – dismiss the wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a gay teacher against the archdiocese of Indianapolis.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Karl Woodall v. State of Indiana
20A-CR-00862
Criminal. Affirms Karl Woodall’s murder conviction and the Marion Superior Court’s grant of the State of Indiana’s motion for a mistrial on grounds of jury taint. Finds Woodall was not subjected to procedural double jeopardy upon retrial. Finds the trial court did not commit fundamental error in instructing the jury or in conducting the sentencing hearing.
A bipartisan group of 44 attorneys general has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop company plans for a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced Monday.
The graduating law school classes of 2021 are participating this month in commencement ceremonies across the Hoosier state that began over the weekend with a virtual ceremony.
As Indiana courts prioritize their safe return to live and in-person hearings, the Indiana Supreme Court announced that public health conditions will likely require trial courts to retain expanded authority for remote hearings.
The U.S. will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow the scope of legal rights in sensitive situations involving medical care.
Advocates for nursing home residents say they worry a new Indiana law expanding COVID-19 liability protections for health care providers will effectively block many lawsuits over neglect and substandard treatment that weren’t caused by the pandemic.
A jury in Valparaiso has awarded nearly $96,000 in damages to a northwest Indiana girl who was injured in 2018 while playing in a bounce house at a local YMCA.
Indiana labor union leaders are calling for improved workplace safety enforcement with the state’s rate of deaths while working about one-third higher than the national average.
Gov. Eric Holcomb is set to reinstate a requirement that those applying to collect unemployment benefits actively seek jobs and be available for work — a requirement that the state has waived since the beginning of the pandemic.
Around central Indiana, employers are offering plenty of incentives to encourage their workers to get vaccinations as part of an effort to keep their office towers, stores, warehouses and factory floors safe for co-workers and visitors. But few, if any, are requiring workers to get vaccinated.
Some of Indiana’s top public health leaders are pleading with the Legislature not to overturn Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto of a bill they say would dramatically weaken the authority of local health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speakers: • Michael R. Asam, Eli Lilly and Company • Christine M. Hansen, Quarles & Brady LLP • Raymond S. Parker, BioNTech US Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Time (ET): noon – 1:00 pm Credit hours: 1.0 CLE (distance education credit) Cost: Click here or visit www.indybar.org for program costs Location: live webinar via Zoom […]
Speakers: • Daniel Cory, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP • Marc Menkveld, Menkveld Law & Mediation LLC Date: Thursday, June 3, 2021 Time (ET): noon – 1:00 pm Credit hours: 1.0 CLE (distance education credit) Cost: Click here or visit www.indybar.org for program costs Location: live webinar via Zoom conferencing An access link will […]
Speakers: • Jonathan Bont, Paganelli Law Group • Ian Goodman, Paganelli Law Group Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Time (ET): 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Credit hours: 1.0 CLE (distance education credit) Cost: Click here or visit www.indybar.org for program costs Location: live webinar via Zoom conferencing An access link will be emailed to you […]
Speakers: • James Knauer, Kroger Gardis & Regas LLP • Dan Motsinger, Krieg DeVault LLP • Jon Pactor, Pactor Law Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Time (ET): 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Credit hours: 1.0 CLE / Ethics (distance education credit) Cost: Click here or visit www.indybar.org for program costs Location: live webinar via Zoom […]
A northern Indiana man could not convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that a search of his home that revealed drugs and firearms was baseless and that he endured prosecutorial misconduct during his trial.
A debate over a federal criminal procedure rule and a restitution order did not sway a 7th Circuit Court of Appeals panel, which upheld a man’s conviction and sentence for child pornography.