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Some firms still see plenty of value in billboards, other low-tech forms of advertising
The combination of high-traffic areas and hard-to-ignore visuals is a key reason some personal injury and family law firms stick to old-school billboards and bus wraps rather than blowing all their marketing budget chasing scrolling smartphone users or fickle TV viewers.
Sandy Hook families urge Supreme Court to uphold state and local bans on AR-15-style rifles
Gun rights advocates are arguing that it’s unconstitutional under the Second Amendment to ban semiautomatic rifles, which are legally owned by millions of Americans.
Home building company sues Fishers man for taking confidential company information to new employer
M/I Homes of Indiana claims in its lawsuit that Ethan Spalding transferred about 500 confidential files to a personal USB drive shortly before resigning.
Indiana justices weigh whether golf course must stop balls from landing on neighbor’s property
A trial court previously found the golf course liable for trespass but assigned Schultz 95% of the fault because he acquired ownership of the property knowing golf balls were landing there.
State Supreme Court rebukes Indiana Department of Education over food program decision
The court also affirmed a trial court order reinstating Mt. Zion’s Loving Day Care Ministry in the program.
Indiana governor rejects brain scans for death row inmate ahead of execution
The decision follows weeks of legal efforts by his attorneys to obtain additional medical evidence for his clemency case.
Evansville mom sues school corporation over sexual assault on kindergartner
An Evansville mom is suing the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation and its governing board for damages after her daughter was allegedly sexually assaulted by a fellow kindergartner.
Indiana state bar welcomes nearly 300 new attorneys to the practice
Bar admission ceremonies are held in Indiana in the spring and fall, with the fall ceremony generally involving more law students being admitted after taking the bar exam in July.
Illinois steel manufacturer accuses Indiana companies of misplacing more than $1M in steel beams
An Illinois-based steel manufacturer is suing two Indiana companies for allegedly misplacing $1.2 million in stored steel beams.
Judge rejects Justice Department bid to set aside California ballots
The Justice Department’s push to prevent the counting of ballots from any of more than 20,000 people on its list is unusual, and courts have been skeptical so far.
Utah charges Kalshi and its founders, escalating a fight over who can regulate prediction markets
Kalshi has maintained that prediction markets fall exclusively under federal jurisdiction and are not governed by state gambling laws.
Speedway files eminent domain lawsuit over long-stalled Wilshaw hotel project
The town filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Marion County seeking to condemn the roughly 1-acre property at the southeast corner of 16th and Main streets, allowing it to acquire the site for redevelopment.
CORRECTION: Appeals court remands case involving organ donor identity mistake
The appellate affirmed that Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act does not apply because the challenged conduct — searching the donor registry — does not qualify as health care.
Hasan Piker accuses fellow commentator Scott Jennings of defamation in $72.5M suit
Piker’s complaint says that Jennings took some clips of him out of context and that Piker had been reacting to a debate between two Black political commentators.
Widow sues Allen County sheriff, jail following husband’s fentanyl death inside jail
The wife argues that a tolerance for jail overcrowding is partially to blame for her husband’s death because it interfered with the duty to prevent drug use.
$44 million online charter school fraud trial begins in federal court
Phillip Holden, the former director of the Indiana Virtual School, faces 17 counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Two other men charged in the case have pleaded guilty rather than go to trial.
Former Cummins employees plead guilty in insider trading case tied to $3.7B acquisition
A Carmel couple who formerly worked for Cummins pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud in connection with the company’s 2022 acquisition of Meritor.
UPDATE: Braun declines Ballard’s request to urge Election Commission to meet before Election Day
Indiana’s governor said in a letter to secretary of state candidate Greg Ballard that he is satisfied that the commission has managed the business of election law “competently and efficiently.”
Trump administration can block immigration judges from closing deportation cases
After the first Trump administration tried to bar judges from using administrative closure, the Biden administration codified the practice in 2024.