Security guard, customer die after exchanging gunfire at Indianapolis home improvement store
A security guard and customer died Wednesday after exchanging gunfire with each other at an Indianapolis home improvement store, police said.
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Amici urging 7th Circuit to overturn injunction against law banning gender-transition procedures for minors
Multiple amici have filed briefs urging the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn an injunction against a new Indiana law that prohibits doctors from performing gender-transition procedures on minors.
Judge holds Giuliani liable in Georgia election workers’ defamation case, orders him to pay fees
A federal judge on Wednesday held Rudy Giuliani liable in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who say they were falsely accused of fraud.
Bernard says she won’t appeal Medical Licensing Board’s decision on privacy violation related to abortion case
Indianapolis OB-GYN Dr. Caitlin Bernard won’t appeal the Indiana Medical Licensing Board’s determination that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about an abortion she performed on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio.
DCS director ordered to attend Hendricks Co. court hearing for possible contempt
A judge has ordered Department of Child Services Director Eric Miller to appear at a hearing next week to make a case for why the department shouldn’t be held in contempt for failing to obey court orders to produce documents in an underlying civil case.
Legal hurdles loom for U.S. Senate hopeful John Rust
John Rust, a wealthy egg farmer from Seymour, is plowing ahead with his U.S. Senate bid even as Indiana statute would appear to prevent him from getting on the Republican primary ballot.
Jury convicts central Indiana man of 3 counts of murder in 2021 apartment slayings
A jury convicted a central Indiana man of three counts of murder Tuesday in the 2021 execution-style slayings of three people that authorities said resulted from an ongoing feud between one of the victims and a friend of the defendant.
Lawyers indicted with Trump say they were doing their jobs. But that may be a tough argument to make
The 18 defendants charged alongside Trump in Fulton County include more than a half-dozen lawyers, and their statements provide early foreshadowing of at least one of the defenses they seem poised to raise: that they were merely doing their jobs as attorneys.
After Supreme Court curtails federal power, Biden administration weakens clean water protections
The Biden administration weakened regulations protecting millions of acres of wetlands Tuesday, saying it had no choice after the Supreme Court sharply limited the federal government’s jurisdiction over them.
‘The battle isn’t over’: Near-total abortion ban in effect, but litigation continues
It’s been a year of legal battles for both sides of the abortion issue in Indiana, with a struggle in the courts still playing out as the state’s near-total ban takes effect for the second time.
Chinn and Boswell: Students for Fair Admissions: Why it matters and what’s next
Since the SFFA opinion was handed down, legal scholars and practitioners across the country have been grappling with the full extent of the holding.
IndyBar: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with IndyBar’s Hispanic Lawyers Division
Sept. 15 is a meaningful date for the Hispanic Lawyers Division.
Drowning in data: Attorneys grappling with increase in digital evidence
If you’re wanting to find out how prosecutor’s offices and law enforcement are doing in handling a growing amount of digital evidence, criminal defense attorney John Tompkins figures you could get 92 different answers — one for each of Indiana’s counties.
IndyBar: A Night On The Town: The Indybar Foundation’s 2023 Gala
The IndyBar Foundation’s 2023 Gala, “A Night on the Town,” will have something for everyone.
JLAP: What if our memory (no longer) serves?
Words and language are the tools of the lawyer’s trade. What if we notice we become more forgetful and search longer for the right word or case name than in the past?
Boyce and Butler: Special education and the least restrictive environment
One of the core principles of special education law under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, is to provide free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, or LRE. But what does LRE mean?
IndyBar: Practice Toolkit: Are Notifications Blowing Up Your Concentration?
Look, the fact of the matter is that software and hardware for work is designed to be “in your face” at all times.
DTCI: DRI Annual Meeting: San Antonio style
Everything is bigger in Texas, including this year’s DRI Annual Meeting!
Ballot access issues surviving court challenges ahead of 2024 elections: Minor parties, absentee voting at issue
Election-related lawsuits have challenged Indiana laws as they relate to ballot access for both candidates and voters. Decisions in those cases handed down in recent months have been mostly favorable to existing Indiana law.
IndyBar: Judicial Spotlight: Hon. Alicia A. Gooden
A judicial spotlight featuring Marion Superior Judge Alicia Gooden.