Delayed Minnesota lawsuit against Syngenta heads to trial
A test lawsuit goes to trial in Minneapolis Monday against Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta for introducing a genetically-engineered corn variety before China approved it for imports.
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Court blocks Seattle law letting Uber, Lyft drivers unionize
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked Seattle’s first-in-the-nation law allowing drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize over pay and working conditions.
Man charged in Indiana school threats to remain in custody
A California man charged with making online threats to blow up two suburban Indianapolis high schools will remain jailed while the case proceeds.
Lawyers could be liable for staff misuse of confidential records
Indiana lawyers could face potential ethical liability if their paralegals or other staff misuse confidential information from online case records.
Cohen & Malad files class-action suit over Equifax breach
Indianapolis-based Cohen & Malad LLP has filed a class-action lawsuit against Equifax Inc. just one day after the credit reporting agency announced a massive data breach affecting roughly 143 million Americans.
Title VII split arrives at US Supreme Court
The split in the federal appellate courts caused by the Hively decision from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals over whether Title VII protections include sexual orientation has landed at the Supreme Court of the United States.
Patent dispute between RV suppliers returns to court
A pair of suppliers to the recreational vehicle industry are headed back to court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit revived the infringement claims made after a patented two-part seal was discovered on an RV in an Elkhart County, Indiana, factory.
Delinquent findings against twins affirmed under ‘new-crime’ rule
Two teenage brothers who each attacked police officers trying to conduct pat-down searches were properly found to be delinquent for their acts under the new-crime exception to the exclusionary rule, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
COA remands landlord-tenant dispute due to ‘informal’ proceedings
After concluding an Indiana trial court conducted a small claims landlord-tenant dispute too informally without considering testimony or evidence, the Indiana Court of Appeals has remanded the case for a “proper” evidentiary hearing.
Appellate court vacates battery conviction on double jeopardy grounds
Although a man’s battery of his ex-wife resulted in injury to two different people, the Indiana Court of Appeals has vacated one of the man’s battery convictions on double jeopardy grounds.
Charter School Act challenge cites ‘pervasively sectarian’ sponsor
A group challenging the constitutionality of Indiana’s Charter School Act argued in court filings this week that the sponsor of the school it named in its federal lawsuit “is pervasively sectarian and was allowed to reverse a discretionary decision of state officials.”
Man accused in Indiana school threats indicted on 26 counts
A federal grand jury in Indianapolis has returned a 26-count indictment against a California man charged with making online threats to blow up two suburban Indianapolis high schools.
Indianapolis man charged in officer’s death seeks trial move
An Indianapolis man accused of fatally shooting a police officer who was trying to help him following a car crash wants his trial moved out of Marion County.
Supreme Court: Officers had probable cause to detain man
Grant County law enforcement officials had probable cause to believe a Chicago man was in possession of a narcotic drug when they detained him and transported him to a police station, the Indiana Supreme Court held Thursday in an opinion affirming the man’s felony drug conviction.
COA considers whether ban on sex offenders attending church violates RFRA
Three Boone County men convicted of serious sex offenses are looking to the Indiana Court of Appeals to determine if they can return to their churches as the court considers whether a ruling that the men cannot attend church when children’s programming is in session violates their rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
COA: Officer’s stop of car for expired plate ‘reasonable’
An Indianapolis police officer who initiated a traffic stop that led to the arrest of a passenger in the stopped vehicle did not violate the man’s constitutional rights, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday, because the officer reasonably believed the vehicle had an expired license plate and registration.
Doctor must face civil trial in 2013 Lake County Jail death
A physician must face trial on a federal lawsuit alleging he was deliberately indifferent to the physical and mental illnesses of a man who died in 2013 after spending nearly four months in the Lake County Jail awaiting trial.
COA reverses summary judgment for aviation company
The Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed summary judgment for a Porter County aviation company after finding issues of fact exist as to whether the company breached its duty of care to a woman injured on its property.
7th Circuit correction: Make that ‘Indiana University’
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday corrected an opinion that twice errantly referred to the Hoosier institution of higher learning as “the University of Indiana.”
High court affirms restitution order in auto theft
The Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed a restitution order of more than $5,000 against a woman convicted of stealing a vehicle, finding the trial court did not err in determining damage to the vehicle was caused by the theft and that the woman has or will have the ability to pay.