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Morning Plenary Speaker: The NDI Experiment: Results to Date • Dr. Jerry Sheward, Chief Medical Officer, Neurodiagnostic Institute Afternoon Keynote Speaker: Officer Wellness – Stopping the Stigma – A Personal Journey • Boone County Sheriff Mike Nielsen Date: Friday, March 22, 2020 Time (local time): Program: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Credit hours: 1.3 CLE […]
Two of the lawyers on President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team have shared another client: Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr both helped the late hedge fund manager and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein win a lenient sentence for abusing underaged girls.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Stephen W. Peele v. State of Indiana
19A-CR-1775
Criminal. Reverses the dismissal of Stephen Peele’s petition for removal from the Indiana Sex Offender Registry. Finds the Marion Superior Court erred in dismissing Peele’s petition, finding Peele properly brought his petition for removal within a criminal cause in a qualifying court. Remands with instructions to the trial court to consider the merits of Peele’s petition.
Two union members involved in a fight outside of a church in Lake County have pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act extortion conspiracy after attempting to obtain union contracts from two employers that refused to only hire local union workers.
A Shelbyville lawyer whose legal secretary was convicted of felony theft and fraud charges has been suspended for 60 days for his failure to supervise the secretary’s actions. The secretary was convicted and ordered to make restitution of more than $178,000, including more than $72,000 to her former boss.
The Indiana Gaming Commission confirmed Friday that it is postponing approval of a new Indiana casino while it investigates allegations that top executives at former Indianapolis racino business Centaur Gaming were involved in directing illegal campaign contributions to an Indiana congressional candidate in 2015.
A man’s petition to remove his name from the Indiana Sex Offender Registry was reinstated Friday when an appellate panel concluded that the trial court that dismissed the petition had jurisdiction to consider it.
Just three weeks into the legislative session, Indiana lawmakers have spent a spending bill to Gov. Eric Holcomb for his signature.
A Republican strategist who worked for an Annapolis, Maryland-based consulting firm has admitted to taking part in a scheme to funnel corporate contributions to political candidates — including former Indiana Sen. Brent Waltz when he ran for U.S. Congress in 2016 — in a case that is part of a federal crackdown on fraudulent political action committees.
Indiana Supreme Court justices said Thursday they will have to determine whether to grant transfer in a wrong-way-driver case focused on the suppression of a post-crash blood draw from a driver who had been an Indianapolis police recruit.
Democratic House prosecutors made an expansive case at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial that he abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a “completely bogus” Ukraine theory pushed by attorney Rudy Giuliani.
A third woman has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a man near Portland, Indiana, that allegedly arose from a child custody dispute.
Indiana International and Comparative Law Review Symposium Keynote Speaker: Richard Albert, William Stamps Farish Professor of Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law Date: Friday, February 28, 2020 Time (local time): 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Credit hours: 6.25 CLE (pending) Cost: free (registration required) Click here to register. Location: IU McKinney School […]
Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker: Sapna Kumar, Law Foundation Professor of Law, Co-director, Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law, University of Houston Law Center Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020 Time (local time): 5:00 pm (reception follows) Credit hours: 1.0 CLE (pending) Cost: free (registration required) Click here to […]
Hall Center for Law and Health McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Award Lecture Award Recipient & Speaker: Françoise Baylis, Professor, Dalhousie University Panelists: • Emily Munson, Indiana Disability Rights • Tyler Cho, Patent Attorney • Peter Schwartz, IU Center for Bioethics Date: Friday, February 14, 2020 Time (local time): Lecture: 12:00 – 1:00 pm Panel: 1:00 – 2:00 pm […]
Speaker: Lea Shaver, Professor of Law and Dean’s Fellow, IU McKinney School of Law Reception and book signing follows. Date: Thursday, February 13, 2020 Time (local time): 5:00 pm Credit hours: 1.0 CLE (pending) Cost: free (registration required) Click here to register. Location: IU McKinney School of Law Wynne Courtroom, 530 W New York St, […]
The following 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinions were posted after IL deadline Wednesday:
United States of America v. Jose Trinidad Garcia, Jr., and Alfonso Pineda-Hernandez, also known as Flaco
18-1890, 18-2261
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson
Criminal. Reverses the 20-year mandatory minimum sentence for Jose Garcia after he pleaded guilty to a drug-dealing conspiracy count, finding the predicate Indiana offense used to enhance his sentence does not qualify as a federal drug offense. Remands for resentencing. Affirms the 25-year sentence imposed on Alfonso Pineda-Hernandez after he was found guilty on two trafficking charges, finding no error in his sentencing or conviction.
A bill that proponents say would show legislative leadership in efforts to end jail overcrowding by issuing summonses to appear to misdemeanor defendants has advanced out of an Indiana House committee.
Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is publicly renouncing the articles of impeachment brought against President Donald Trump, traveling to Washington, D.C., this week to join 20 other attorneys general in opposition to the impeachment proceedings.
A trial court erred in terminating a mother’s parental rights to her two minor children, finding the potential of the children’s reunification with their father and their continuing bond with their mom made the termination of their relationship with their mother not in their best interests.