What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn’t legalize it for recreational use.
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The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn’t legalize it for recreational use.
The increasing cost of public defenders for misdemeanor cases is each county’s own problem. Indiana hasn’t reimbursed for those services in nearly three decades. That’s about to change.
A ruling from the Federal Trade Commission could ban the use of noncompetes for all but the highest earners if it survives legal scrutiny.
The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft used copyrighted newspaper articles to train their algorithms without compensating content owners.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.
A Vanderburgh County jury has found a man guilty but mentally ill in a murder trial involving a January 2023 shooting incident.
Indiana Court of Appeals
David R. Benjamin v. State of Indiana
23A-CR-2367
Criminal. Affirms David Benjamin’s conviction in Knox Circuit Court for Level 3 felony aggravated battery. Finds that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting a doctor’s testimony regarding whether the victim’s injuries created a substantial risk of death. Also finds Benjamin has waived his evidentiary appellate challenge because he objected at trial on one ground and raised a different ground on appeal. Finally, finds that any error in the admission of the evidence was harmless.
The Indiana Supreme Court granted the transfer of a battery case last week and denied 47 other requests.
The special judge in the Delphi double-murder case has ruled that no cameras will be allowed in the courtroom when jurors are selected in Allen County starting May 13.
Six moms of medically complex children pressured Gov. Eric Holcomb to reform his administration’s approach to transitioning families from attendant care to another caregiving program in a private Monday meeting at the Statehouse
Several Republican state attorneys general are challenging a new federal rule that bans blanket policies that bar transgender students from using certain school bathrooms, among other provisions.
Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have spread to college campuses nationwide.
The first week of testimony at Donald Trump’s hush money trial was the scene-setter for jurors: Manhattan prosecutors portrayed what they say was an illegal scheme to influence the 2016 presidential campaign by burying negative stories.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court opinion granting summary judgment to a plaintiff requesting information from an informal advisory opinion issued to Attorney General Todd Rokita.
The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee announced three nominees on Friday to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Marion Superior Court Judge Cynthia Ayers.
IBJ won 11 awards and Indiana Lawyer won five honors in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Best of Indiana competition for work published in 2023.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Theodore Rokita v. Barbara Tully
23A-PL-705
Civil plenary. Reverses the Marion Superior Court’s granting of summary judgment to Barbara Tully regarding her public records request for access to an informal advisory opinion from the Indiana Office of the Inspector General relating to the ethical implications of Attorney General Todd Rokita’s continued outside employment with Apex Benefits. Finds the Indiana General Assembly amended the statute relating to the Inspector General’s duties and made that amendment retroactive. Also finds the amended statute explicitly provides the Inspector General’s informal advisory opinions are confidential and excepted from disclosure under Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act. Remands with instructions that the trial court grant Rokita’s cross-motion for summary judgment.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Elon Musk over a settlement with securities regulators that requires him to get approval in advance of some tweets that relate to Tesla, the electric vehicle company he leads.
Tension between police and student protesters enveloped Indiana University’s Bloomington campus in recent days as arrests mounted along with distrust in IU leadership after a change to long-standing policy the day before the initial protest.
President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November.