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Dentists and state regulators at odds over compliance fund spending
Indiana dentists and hygienists have for a decade paid a $20 compliance fee every other year as part of license renewals. But that changes this year, after a long-simmering dispute between dentists and state regulators boiled over.
Senate committee approves legislation to impose stronger ethics standards on Supreme Court justices
The Supreme Court would have to abide by stronger ethics standards under legislation approved on Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, a response to recent revelations about donor-funded trips by justices.
Indiana State Police investigate fatal shooting where sheriff’s deputy fired his rifle
A man has been found dead after a sheriff’s deputy in southwestern Indiana fired his rifle at a tent where officers had heard a gunshot.
Indiana police recover 2 DNA profiles from human remains found at property of long-dead businessman
Indiana authorities have recovered two complete human DNA profiles from bones and bone fragments found on property once owned by a long-deceased businessman suspected in a string of killings in the 1980s and 1990s.
IN Supreme Court amends rules on special judge selection
The Indiana Supreme Court has amended the Rules of Trial Procedure to simplify eligibility for special judge selection in circuit, superior and probate courts.
Database readout wasn’t hearsay, administrative violation, COA affirms
A database readout that was admitted in lieu of a missing breath-test ticket was not hearsay, nor was it a violation of the Indiana Administrative Code, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled in a decision that drew a word of “caution” from the panel.
‘Profits over public safety’: Indianapolis files suit against Kia, Hyundai for shoddy anti-theft features
Indianapolis has joined other cities in suing Kia and Hyundai, accusing the automakers of cutting costs by forgoing security features, which has led to an increase in thefts.
COA dismisses company’s appeal in default judgment case, finding it wasn’t a party of record
A debt purchasing company was not substituted as the party of record or determined to be the plaintiff that owned a default judgment of $1,010 against an Ohio resident, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Thursday in dismissing the appeal.
Holcomb makes appointments to Marion, Allen, Delaware Co. courts
Gov. Eric Holcomb has announced new judicial appointments for courts in Marion, Allen and Delaware counties.
Judge orders man charged with killing 2 Delphi teenage girls to remain at northern Indiana prison
A man charged with killing two teenage girls from Delphi will remain held at a northern Indiana prison after a judge concluded Wednesday that he’s being treated better there than other inmates.
Republican, Democratic senators clash over proposed ethics rules for Supreme Court
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on a new ethics code for the Supreme Court.
Ex-officer Derek Chauvin to ask US Supreme Court to review his conviction in murder of George Floyd
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review his conviction for second-degree murder in the killing of George Floyd, now that the Minnesota Supreme Court has declined to hear the case, his attorney said Wednesday.
Biden administration tells judge that its new asylum rule is not a reboot of Trump’s efforts
The Biden administration argued Wednesday that its new asylum rule is different from versions put forward under President Donald Trump in a court hearing before a judge who threw out Trump’s attempts to limit asylum on the U.S.-Mexico border.
IBJ Media releases Indiana 250 list of influential leaders
Check out this year’s class of Indiana 250 honorees.
PRESS RELEASE: IBJ Media releases second annual Indiana 250 list of influential Hoosiers
IBJ Media on Thursday released its second annual Indiana 250, a list of the state’s most influential and impactful business and community leaders.
COA to hear oral arguments in insurance, blasting damage cases
The Court of Appeals of Indiana will hear oral arguments this week and next in cases involving a company seeking a determination of rights under policies sold by various insurers and a dispute over blasting procedure at a quarry that went wrong.
COA affirms court doesn’t need to revisit suppression issue for man who lodged ‘standing objection’ to ‘literally anything’
A man who objected to “literally anything” stemming from a warrantless search of his home didn’t argue the evidence presented at trial conflicted with evidence presented at a suppression hearing, so the trial court didn’t need to revisit the issue.
Family of pregnant woman killed by speeding officer loses 7th Circuit appeal
A district court correctly dismissed a complaint alleging an Indianapolis police officer violated a woman’s 14th Amendment rights when he struck and killed her while driving to work, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Tuesday.
Justices find consumer lacked standing to pursue counterclaim, but concurrence expresses concern about federal standing doctrine
The Indiana Supreme Court has ordered a trial court to dismiss a consumer’s counterclaim to a breach-of-contract suit brought by a contractor, finding the consumer did not prove he was actually injured by the contractor’s allegedly deceptive acts.