Ice Miller strategy manager appointed to JNC
Ice Miller agribusiness strategy manager Katie Glick, Columbus, has been appointed as the newest member of the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission.
Latest News
Articles
Reversal: COA reinstates default judgment against nursing facilities
The Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated default judgement against three nursing facilities after concluding the defendants couldn’t explain why their response was so late and that the underlying complaint was not “insufficient.”
DOJ would take halted executions to high court
Attorney General William Barr told The Associated Press on Thursday that he would take the Trump administration’s bid to restart federal executions after a 16-year hiatus to the Supreme Court if necessary. Barr’s comments came hours after a district court judge temporarily blocked the administration’s plans to start executions next month.
Justices to consider ‘de facto life sentence’ against teen convicted of murder
Indiana Supreme Court justices will consider arguments this week in a teen murder case involving a question of whether the boy was denied the effective assistance of counsel such that he should receive a rehearing on his 181-year sentence.
Man gets 5 years for threatening to bomb Lafayette courthouse
A man who threatened to bomb a northwestern Indiana courthouse, prompting the building’s evacuation, has been sentenced to five years in prison. A special judge sentenced 48-year-old Michael Battering on Friday after detailing the lengthy criminal history he had amassed before he threatened to bomb the Tippecanoe County Courthouse in Lafayette.
What’s next in impeachment: Judiciary Committee up next
After two weeks of public hearings, Democrats could soon turn the impeachment process over to the House Judiciary Committee. There could be several steps along the way, including a Judiciary Committee vote, a House floor vote and, finally, a Senate trial.
Justices reject call for new trial in ‘Serial’ podcast case
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Maryland man’s bid for a new trial based on information uncovered by the hit podcast “Serial.”
Indiana man files wrongful death suit over his son’s death
The father of a 2-year-old Fort Wayne boy fatally beaten in 2017 is suing the child’s mother and her former boyfriend over his son’s death.
Authorities ID Indiana trooper shot in leg during standoff
Indiana State Police have identified a trooper who was shot in the leg during a standoff at a southern Indiana home. They say 18-year veteran Master Trooper Joseph Livers sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries to his lower left leg during the shooting about 8 a.m. Saturday near Madison.
Indiana lawmakers support raising legal age for tobacco use
Indiana lawmakers are voicing support for raising the state’s legal age to buy tobacco and vaping products. Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma said Monday that he supports raising the age from 18 to 21, along with the majority of the House Republican caucus.
7th Circuit affirms Indiana man’s conviction, sentence in child porn case
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a prison sentence and denial of a man’s motion to suppress stemming from his destruction of evidence and child-pornography related convictions, rejecting his argument that he was less likely to reoffend because he was white, among others.
Movie featuring Taft lawyer’s fight against chemical contamination now in theaters
A major motion picture highlighting an attorney known for defending communities against one of the world’s most powerful chemical manufacturers is now in select theaters ahead of its national Thanksgiving weekend release.
Justices publish dissent to jury admonishment transfer denial
A split Indiana Supreme Court has denied transfer to a case disputing exactly how many times a trial court is required to give admonishments to a jury, but two justices published a dissent to that decision.
COA: Drain reconstruction project can be paid by excess maintenance funds
The denial of a petition brought by several angry landowners against a multi-county drainage board has been affirmed by the Indiana Court of Appeals after it concluded that concerns about using 75% of a maintenance fund for a local reconstruction project were unwarranted.
COA: 75-25 split of marital estate was proper
A wife who received only 25% of the martial estate in her divorce from her golf pro husband failed to convince the Indiana Court of Appeals that she was entitled to a larger portion, though the appellate court did remand the case for the distribution of an overlooked vehicle’s value.
Tax Court denies charitable tax exemptions for medical center
The Indiana Tax Court has affirmed the denial of a Catholic nonprofit organization’s request for charitable tax exemption on a medical center it owns, finding none of its provided evidence supported its request.
COA scraps title for flood truck Louisiana says was crushed
Gregory Schneider took a photo of his Ford F-250 truck to court in Terre Haute to show it had not been crushed, despite what the state of Louisiana says. But that wasn’t enough for the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles or the Indiana Court of Appeals, which on Friday scrapped a trial court order that Schneider be issued a salvage title.
IU says it can’t fire professor for ‘bigoted’ remarks
A professor at Indiana University who defended “racist, sexist, and homophobic” comments that he posted on his social media accounts will keep his job because his views are protected under the First Amendment, university officials announced after they were bombarded with demands to fire him.
Absent witnesses close to Trump hover over impeachment
They are the ghosts of the House impeachment hearings: Vice President Mike Pence. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney. Rudy Giuliani. And perhaps most tantalizingly, the mustachioed John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser.
AG Hill once again moves to dismiss accusers’ civil case
Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is reviving his efforts to have a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against him and the state dismissed, also filing motions this month asking a federal judge to stay all discovery.