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The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track—and to go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.
Last week, the Justice Department and the FBI abruptly walked back the notion that there’s an Epstein client list of elites who participated in the wealthy New York financier’s trafficking of underage girls.
The Allen County Judicial Nomination Commission will interview four applicants this month to fill an approaching vacancy on the Allen Superior Court in the Family Division.
The Indianapolis Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Indianapolis Bar Association, recently gave $35,000 to Exodus Refugee, a nonprofit organization which supports refugees’ legal needs when coming to Indiana, the foundation announced in a press release.
A Fort Wayne man faces more than 16 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to several drug trafficking-related charges.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company v. Technicolor USA, Inc., et al.
24A-PL-1522
Civil plenary. Affirms the Marion Superior Commercial Court’s granting of partial summary judgment for Technicolor on the issue of coverage under the Umbrella Policies and its order to Allianz to defend Technicolor and reimburse costs Technicolor incurred defending itself in the Second Class Action. Finds neither the known loss doctrine nor the deemer clauses in the Umbrella Policies preclude coverage for Technicolor’s defense costs and attorneys’ fees for the Second Class Action. Also finds Allianz owes a duty to indemnify Technicolor for fees and costs associated with Technicolor S.A. Also finds the Commercial Court did not abuse its discretion by ordering prejudgment interest on Technicolor’s attorneys’ fee invoices, calculated from the date the invoices were due. Finally, finds Allianz is obligated to pay costs related to Technicolor’s arbitration proceedings. Attorneys for appellant: Katherine Haire, Lyndsay Ignasiak, John O’Malley. Attorneys for appellees: George Plews, Sean Hirschten, Ryan Leagre.
Congress’ passage of President Donald Trump’s spending and tax cuts bill this month could help grow the market for sustainable aviation fuel.
Senate Republicans will test the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts this week by aiming to pass President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in public media and foreign aid spending.
Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with President Donald Trump’s attack on one of their few reliable sources of workers: immigration.
The United States District Court in Southern Indiana has named James Sweeney II as the court’s new chief judge. Sweeney succeeds Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, who has served in the position since March 2021.
A former Noble County athletic director previously charged with theft and official misconduct is now suing members of the school district for allegedly failed to notify him of his Garrity rights—a protection for public employees from self-incrimination during internal investigations.
Indianapolis broadcast station WISH-TV’s former chief meteorologist is suing the station’s broadcasting company over a noncompete agreement that she claims is preventing her from accepting new job opportunities.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Ethane Potts v. State of Indiana
24A-CR-2072
Criminal. Affirms Ethane Potts’ convictions in St. Joseph Superior Court for one count of rape by sexual intercourse and one count of rape by “other sexual conduct,” as well as his sentence of 22 years, with 18 years to serve and four years suspended to probation. Finds rape by sexual intercourse and rape by “other sexual conduct” are separate criminal acts even when committed during a single episode. Also finds nothing about the nature of the offenses makes Potts’s sentence inappropriate. Attorneys for appellant: James Voyles, Jr., Tyler Helmond. Attorneys for appellee: Attorney General Todd Rokita, Deputy Attorney General Ellen Meilaender.
Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyers filed a claim for $20 million in damages against the Trump administration, alleging Khalil was falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted and smeared as an antisemite as the government sought to deport him over his prominent role in campus protests.
Indiana Republican Party Chairwoman Lana Keesling announced Thursday that Rep. Robb Greene will serve as the next executive director of the state party, effective later this month.
The new agency in charge of regulating name, image, likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools Thursday saying it had rejected deals between players and donor-backed collectives formed over the past several years to funnel money to athletes or their schools.
The Trump administration will restrict immigrants in the country illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday.
Jackson, increasingly known for her fiery dissents on the U.S. Supreme Court, explained that she feels compelled to include additional thoughts in her written opinions when a particular issue is important to her.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Holcim (US) Inc. v. ACMS Group, Inc.
24A-PL-2458
Civil plenary. Affirms Lake Superior Court Judge John Sedia’s ruling that Holcim Inc. had breached its agreement with ACMS Group, Inc. for jobsite cleaning and awarded ACMS direct and consequential damages, prejudgment interest, and attorney’s fees totaling almost $6 million. Finds that taken as a whole, the record supports an inference that the damages caused to ACMS by Holcim’s nonpayment of contract and other extra costs were reasonably foreseeable. Also finds that the trial court did not err in finding that Holcim had breached the terms of the agreement. Attorney for appellant: Jeff Carroll. Attorneys for appellee: Stephen Maish, Patrick Mysliwy.
Amid state budget troubles, alternative schools lost more than $4 million in funding.