INDOT accused of negligently designing construction zone, leading to fatal crash
Law firm Keller & Keller filed the lawsuit last week on behalf of the estate of Jerry Lamb, who died in a multi-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 20 last year.
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Kentucky Supreme Court opinion could inform case with Indiana ties
The Kentucky Supreme Court issued an opinion that a fee allocation provision contained in an attorney employment agreement does not violate legal public policy that prohibits the restriction of attorneys’ ability to practice law.
Analysis: Supreme Court expanded Trump’s power but was unwilling to go as far as he wanted
Legal experts said President Trump’s wins and losses at the Supreme Court reflect a divide in conservative ideology.
Investor advisory firms win preliminary injunction in Indiana court case
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction that prevents Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita from enforcing a new Indiana law against the firms.
Special judge halts part of new immigration law, finds it may violate the Constitution
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is now enjoined from enforcing a portion of the state’s new immigration law.
Appeals court affirms conviction in 2024 road-rage shooting on I-65
After a road-rage incident in 2024 left one truck driver seriously injured, the Indiana Court of Appeals recently affirmed convictions against the Indianapolis shooter and his wife.
12 charged in connection with drug operation run out of Westville Correctional Facility
Investigators say meth, cocaine, Suboxone and fentanyl were distributed to customers in Anderson, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis and other communities across the state.
High court to consider whether assault-weapons bans violate Second Amendment
Congress allowed a national assault weapons ban to expire in 2004, but Democrats have supported renewing it in response to a series of mass shootings.
High court strikes down limits on party spending in federal elections, backing Republican appeal
The 6-3 decision upends congressionally enacted limits on raising and spending money to influence elections.
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
More than one-quarter of a million babies born in the U.S. each year would have been affected by the executive order.
ACLU sues to stop Gov. Braun from displaying Ten Commandments at Statehouse
The ACLU’s amended complaint asks the court to declare Indiana Gov. Mike Braun’s plans unconstitutional and to keep the injunction in place.
Court of Appeals reverses trial court’s ruling that city of South Bend is not liable for pothole injury
The lawsuit stems from an incident in which the St. Joseph County auditor sued the city of South Bend after he stepped into a pothole during the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade and broke his leg.
AG Rokita demands Merrillville open its doors to ICE
Attorney General Todd Rokita said federal authorities had alerted his office of multiple instances over the last four months in which Merrillville officials contacted potential sellers to discourage them from doing business with ICE.
Supreme Court says police need warrant to obtain Google location data
In a vote that scrambled ideological lines, the majority found that a request by police officers for Google to turn over a robbery suspect’s location history constituted a search protected by the Constitution.
Supreme Court says Fed’s Cook can keep her job for now, but upholds other Trump firings
The Supreme Court on Monday dramatically expanded presidential power, upholding President Donald Trump’s firings of the heads of independent federal agencies with one important exception: the Federal Reserve.
Supreme Court rules mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day can be counted
In an close ruling, the justices turned aside a challenge by Republicans and Libertarians, who argued federal law preempts a statute that allows the counting of such ballots that arrive up to five days after polls close.
College Sports Commission wins key ruling in winning oversight of certain multimedia rights deals
A federal magistrate ruled that companies that represent athletic departments can continue to be subject to the same rules governing millions in third party name-image-likeness payments to players that are reshaping college sports.
Trump commission urges ‘bridges’ between church and state in sweeping draft report
The assertion — challenging a longstanding concept in American law — comes amid a raft of recommendations in a draft report of the Religious Liberty Commission, released Friday afternoon.
Disagreements between Supreme Court justices bubble into public view as major rulings loom
The Supreme Court is handing down major opinions at a rapid clip, but even with some of the biggest decisions yet to come there are signs of tension between the justices.
Supreme Court ruling could impact thousands of Haitians living in Indiana
Estimates on Indiana’s Haitian population vary. Some are as high as 50,000, but most put the number in the low tens of thousands.