A Dearborn County commissioner alleges the county’s former attorney has wrongly accused two officials of violating federal law and has asked the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission to launch an investigation of its soon-to-be leader who starts in that office June 21.
Within a week, the state's third federal female judge could be ready to handle her constitutionally created duties in
the Southern District of Indiana.
A July 2009 law put more strength behind local prosecutors and state regulators who can now more diligently pursue
illegal animal activity of puppy mills who don’t pay taxes.
Local successes exist; systematic changes lag.
Indiana explores what revisions to make to its criminal justice system.
The U.S. Senate plans to vote Monday on an Indianapolis federal magistrate’s nomination for a constitutionally created
judgeship in the Southern District of Indiana.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals won’t stay its ruling that allows an independent state agency access to records about
mentally ill inmates’ treatment, even though the Indiana government agency being sued is appealing to the Supreme Court
of the United States.
Lawmakers have passed a bill that allows the Indiana Department of Child Services to more efficiently collect delinquent child
support, including a gaming intercept requiring casinos to check whether gamers are on a state delinquency list before releasing
large jackpots to them.
A bill that incorporated suggestions from attendees and organizers of an Indiana State Bar Association-sponsored juvenile
justice summit last summer passed the Indiana Senate 45-3 Feb. 18.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee had a chance to ask questions of Indiana's three judicial nominees Feb. 11, and it's
now poised to decide whether the full Senate should have a chance to consider them for the federal bench.
The Indiana State Bar Association has learned it will receive the LexisNexis 2010 Community and Educational Outreach Award
for the “Summit on Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System: A Statewide Dialogue,” which took place
in August 2009.
The Indiana Attorney General’s Office has promoted one of its longtime lawyers to a second-in-command spot that means
guiding 144 state government attorneys and working more closely with local prosecutors, police officers, and those in the
county criminal justice systems.
Following through on a promise from more than a month ago, the Indiana Attorney General today joined a lawsuit challenging
the new federal health care law passed by Congress earlier this year.
Attorneys from around the state raised more than 50 tons of food through the Attorney General’s annual March Against
Hunger competition.
The FBI is collecting records on an Elkhart real estate deal and an Indianapolis drug case, both involving Marion County Prosecutor
Carl Brizzi and defense attorney Paul Page.
The Indianapolis Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society will host a discussion May 12 about the recent Supreme
Court of the United States decision Citizens United.
The Indiana Court of Appeals was faced with two issues of first impression in one opinion – the meaning of Indiana Code
Section 27-9-3-34(d) and whether a party is entitled to a jury trial for disputes concerning claims in liquidation proceedings.
Several attorneys were among those Gov. Mitch Daniels appointed to various boards and commissions Monday.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding an officer's
injury at a 2008 fundraiser for Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi.