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Monroe County Prosecutor Erika Oliphant will receive an award Friday from the Indiana University Public Policy Institute to recognize her work in promoting equitable justice.
In a show of support for the decisional independence of administrative law judges, the American Bar Association has filed an amicus brief in a case involving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Joshua N. Pennington v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
23A-CR-374
Criminal. Affirms the denial of Joshua Pennington’s petition to file a belated appeal on his sentence of 14 years in the Indiana Department of Correction for sexual misconduct with a minor, a Level 4 felony, and possession of child pornography, a Level 6 felony. Finds the Tippecanoe Superior Court was correct to deny the petition without a hearing. Also finds Pennington is not eligible to appeal his sentence, due to a waiver provision in his plea agreement that plainly stated he was giving up the right to appeal his sentence.
Indiana Tax Court Judge Justin McAdam began work in his new position last week after having a private oath ceremony.
The Judicial Conference is warning Congress that proposed funding for the judicial branch for fiscal year 2024 would have a “detrimental impact” on the administration of justice and the functioning of federal courts.
From 2019 to 2022, Indiana legislators were reimbursed for $335,226 for costs associated with legislative travel, including hotels, flights and conference registration fees.
A state task force focused on land use delved into site readiness, regulation challenges and demographic changes during its first meeting Friday.
About 146,000 U.S. auto workers are set to go on strike this week if General Motors, Ford and Stellantis fail to meet their demands for big pay raises and the restoration of concessions the workers made years ago when the companies were in financial trouble.
The Justice Department will finally take Google to court Tuesday, in a landmark trial that marks the department’s first antitrust case against a major tech company in more than 20 years.
An Indianapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to kicking a handcuffed man in the face during a 2021 arrest was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison Friday by a judge who said the attack “shocked the conscience.”
A longtime employee for the City of Valparaiso has amended her complaint against the city with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
A Bristol attorney has been publicly reprimanded by the Indiana Supreme Court in an order issued Thursday.
Former Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Dean and IUPUI Chancellor Emeritus Gerald “Jerry” Bepko, 83, died Sept. 5.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
R.G. v. J.S. (mem. dec.)
22A-PO-2546
Protection order. Dismisses R.G.’s appeal because it is unable to address his arguments concerning Hendricks Superior Court’s orders denying his motions for relief from judgment and dismissing his combined motion to enforce settlement agreement and motion for breach of contract. Finds he waived the issues he attempted to raise because he failed to comply with the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
The Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure has approved publication of proposed amendments to appellate, bankruptcy and civil rules.
A federal judge has denied an HBCU student-athlete’s motion to intervene in a lawsuit that alleges the NCAA’s formula to measure a team’s academic performance is discriminatory.
A special grand jury that aided a Georgia election subversion probe that ultimately ended up indicting Donald Trump and 18 others had recommended charging many more people, including South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Salaried workers who have been ineligible for overtime pay would benefit from a proposed Biden administration regulation.
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh told a judicial conference he hopes there will be “concrete steps soon” to address recent ethics concerns surrounding the court, but he stopped short of addressing calls for justices to institute a code of conduct.
A man who fatally shot a former girlfriend and her grandmother outside an Indiana automotive seating plant was sentenced to 110 years in prison by a judge who called the killings “brutal and heinous.”
