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The warnings have grown louder and more urgent as 2024 approaches: The rapid advance of artificial intelligence tools threatens to amplify misinformation in next year’s presidential election at a scale never seen before.
A man who admitted setting several barn fires in a northern Indiana county in 2021 pleaded guilty Thursday to setting three others in a neighboring county.
The ACLU of Indiana has filed a lawsuit against the city of Indianapolis on behalf of two animal shelter volunteers who allege Indianapolis Animal Care Services’ attempts to restrain speech that was critical of the shelter violated their constitutional rights.
The city of Fort Wayne has joined a host of other cities from around the country suing the manufacturers of Hyundai and Kia vehicles, alleging the companies have neglected anti-theft technology and in turn created a public safety problem.
A district court did not plainly err in applying a sentencing enhancement to a man who pleaded guilty to distributing drugs, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
A worldwide retailer’s complaint against its insurer will not continue in Indiana state court after the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction.
Despite an improper jury instruction, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has upheld murder and attempted robbery convictions in a case involving a drug deal turned deadly.
The Court of Appeals has declined to overturn a man’s methamphetamine-related convictions, rejecting the man’s argument that the search of his vehicle violated his constitutional rights.
Community Health Network has socked away $75 million in a “potential settlement agreement” with the U.S. Justice Department and a former chief financial officer who filed a whistleblower suit nearly a decade ago.
Indiana Supreme Court
In the Matter of Theodore E. Rokita
23S-DI-258
Attorney discipline. Publicly reprimands Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita for violating Indiana Professional Conduct Rules 3.6(a) and 4.4(a) by making an extrajudicial statement that had a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding and had no substantial purpose other than to embarrass or burden Dr. Caitlin Bernard. The costs of the proceeding, $250, are assessed against Rokita. Chief Justice Loretta Rush and Justice Christopher Goff dissent without separate opinion, finding the discipline too lenient based on Rokita’s position and the scope and breadth of the admitted misconduct.
The Indiana Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded Attorney General Todd Rokita for comments he made about Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the OB-GYN at the center of a controversy over abortion rights in Indiana.
Former President Donald Trump has endorsed U.S. Sen. Mike Braun to be the next governor of Indiana.
A Marion County judge heard hours of argument Wednesday about whether an Indiana law disenfranchises Hoosiers from running on their preferred primary election ballot.
Could Indiana be moving toward less stringent marijuana laws, or even total cannabis legalization?
Several police documents related to the death of Herman Whitfield III can be withheld until the criminal cases against two officers involved in his death are resolved, a judge has ruled. But other documents not related to the criminal cases must be produced.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Frank Garber v. Robert Blair (mem. dec.)
23A-CT-953
Civil tort. Affirms the judgment in favor of Frank Garber on his counterclaim against Robert Blair in which Garber sought to foreclose on Blair’s mortgage and recover damages for breach of contract. Finds Garber has not shown any error in the Kosciusko Circuit Court awarding him $100,200 plus $5,000 in attorney fees.
The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it would rule against a man who wants to trademark the suggestive phrase “Trump too small.”
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush received the Lady Justice Award from the National Association of Women Judges during its annual convention in Indianapolis.
A federal judge has denied a benched girls basketball player’s request for a preliminary injunction against her coach and school district, determining the teen’s alleged harms are “slight, speculative, and economic.”
