Klump honored at investiture ceremony
Magistrate Judge M. Kendra Klump was honored at her official investiture ceremony last Friday.
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Frost Brown Todd reelects chairman, CEO to 3rd term
Frost Brown Todd has reelected chairman Robert Sartin and CEO Adam Hall to another three-year term, the firm announced Wednesday.
Distributor made ‘commercially reasonable’ efforts to sell products, 7th Circuit affirms
A group of medical device firm shareholders failed to show that a distributor didn’t make a reasonable effort to sell their products, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Thursday.
DCS accused of not accounting for documents in case of 4-year-old’s torture death
The Indiana Department of Child Services either can’t find or has failed to produce some documents in a case involving a 4-year-old who was tortured and killed shortly after the department placed him in his parents’ home, a plaintiff’s filing alleges.
A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial
A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody.
White House to announce first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention, AP sources say
President Joe Biden is creating the first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention, according to two people familiar with the plans.
Sen. Jack Sandlin dies at 72
State Sen. Jack Sandlin of Indianapolis has died, GOP officials said Wednesday evening. He was 72.
Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to financial crimes — the first time he’s admitted blame to a judge
Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh did something Thursday he hasn’t done in the two years since his life of privilege and power started to unravel — plead guilty to a crime.
Lilly files lawsuits over unauthorized versions of Mounjaro
Eli Lilly and Co. has filed lawsuits against 10 companies it accuses of selling unauthorized versions of its diabetes drug Mounjaro, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday.
Senate hopeful Rust says state law requiring candidates to vote in party’s previous primaries is unconstitutional
A would-be Republican candidate for U.S. Senate is challenging an Indiana law that would keep him off next year’s GOP primary ballot based on his previous voting record.
No error in rejecting insanity defense from woman who tried to drown child, COA affirms
A jury wasn’t wrong in rejecting an insanity defense from a woman who stabbed a man and attempted to drown her 6-week-old child, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed.
Wife’s interest in trust is marital asset, COA affirms
A trust providing regular payments to a woman should be considered a marital asset and included in the assets under consideration for division in the woman’s divorce case, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Wednesday.
House Republicans set first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing for Sept. 28
House Republicans plan to hold their first hearing next week in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
GOP lawmakers clash with Attorney General Garland over Hunter Biden investigation
House Republicans clashed with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, accusing him and the Justice Department of the “weaponization” of the department’s work in favor of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.
West Point sued over using race as admissions factor in wake of landmark Supreme Court ruling
West Point was accused in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of improperly using race and ethnicity as factors in admissions by the same group behind the legal challenge that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions.
Former U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer of Indiana sentenced to 22 months in prison for insider trading
A former U.S. congressman from Indiana was sentenced Tuesday to 22 months in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information while working as a consultant and lobbyist after he left office.
IN justices to hear arguments in 3 cases Thursday, including 2 with Duke Energy
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases that involve Duke Energy on Thursday, plus another involving the state’s Department of Natural Resources that hasn’t been granted transfer.
COA reverses summary judgment, allows negligence claim against Chinese restaurant to continue
A man who sued a Chinese restaurant after he slipped on what appeared to be grease can pursue his negligence claim after the Court of Appeals of Indiana reversed the grant of summary judgment to the restaurant.
Former substitute teacher sentenced to 10 months after making false bomb threats against schools, newspaper
A former substitute teacher who made multiple false bomb threats, including against a southern Indiana school where she was employed, has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison.
Clark Co. prosecutors win summary judgment after man gives brother’s name, brother gets arrested for crimes he didn’t commit
Clark County’s prosecutor and a deputy prosecutor won summary judgment in federal court on Friday, with a judge finding that a man’s arrest for crimes he did not commit were the result of misstatements made by his brother, not the actions of the prosecutors.