Calm, works well with lawyers and litigants, and without a hint of personal or political agendas on the bench. That’s how colleagues, attorneys and judges describe Matthew Brookman.
There are a new financial disclosure requirements that Supreme Court justices and federal judges must follow, with regulations going into effect last month.
Independently-owned Circle City Broadcasting failed to show it faced racial discrimination in its negotiations with DISH Network, AT&T Services and DIRECTV, a federal judge ruled Friday.
A federal judge has blocked Indiana laws that require teachers and school corporations to comply with new procedures to authorize the deduction of union dues from their paychecks.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Matthew Brookman by voice vote Wednesday evening to fill an upcoming vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
The Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and Rainbow Realty Group Inc. have reached a $750,000 settlement in a dispute over an allegedly predatory rent-to-own program.
At a law firm, a wrong click on a suspicious email link could result in a cybersecurity breach that exposes a client’s intellectual property or privileged attorney-
client information.
Proposed legislation in the Indiana Legislature has put a spotlight on two schools of thought when it comes to investing public pension funds.
A Court of Appeals of Indiana opinion in a case involving the breach of a lease split three ways Monday, with the appellate court affirming in part, reversing and remanding the case back to a lower court.
A lower court will need to address constitutional concerns and look at how evidence was obtained in a case involving sexual exploitation of children, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday, remanding the case for an evidentiary hearing.
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed a trial court’s order amending a damages award but determined the lower court lacked jurisdiction to issue two other orders because each interfered with the subject matter of a pending appeal.
A trial court did not abuse its discretion in striking a portion of deposition testimony or in making evidentiary rulings, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Wednesday in affirming a lower court ruling.
A trial court did not err in awarding summary judgment to two couples in a Porter County property dispute case, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Monday.
A trial court ruled correctly in rejecting a Madison County woman’s insanity defense for her case, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed in an opinion issued Friday.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Wednesday a lower court’s decision to deny a motion to dismiss a claim that two restaurants negligently furnished alcohol to a driver who crashed into another vehicle, resulting in the death of another driver.
A trial court ruled correctly in granting a man’s petition to determine if he was an heir to the estate of a man who he claimed was his father, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Wednesday.
As staff shortages collide with overflowing caseloads, chief public defenders around the state are keeping a close eye on new funding proposed by Gov. Eric Holcomb that would reimburse public defender offices for handling misdemeanor cases.
Noncompete agreements are taking center stage in the Indiana Statehouse and on the federal level this year.
Overturning summary judgment in a dispute between insurance providers, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Tuesday that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the insurer that hadn’t met its payment obligation.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has found a northern Indiana construction company in contempt and imposed most of the National Labor Relations Board’s proposed sanctions against the company, including a $192,400 fine.