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IndyBar: A Collaborative Column: Has Practicing Law Really Changed?
If there were ever a context to apply the adage that “no one size fits all” it is in judging the manner in which lawyers become successful at business development.
Split Indiana Supreme Court reverses lower court ruling in case of IU student injured by falling window
An Indiana University student injured in 2018 by a falling window demonstrated a genuine issue of material fact in inferring that the university’s negligence, a split Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Former U.S. Attorney Myers stays in Indianapolis, joins McCarter & English as partner
Former U.S. Attorney Zach Myers has started a new position at McCarter & English’s Indianapolis office as a partner in the firm’s business litigation group and leader of its multidisciplinary cybersecurity and data privacy team.
Donnelly will serve as new St. Joseph Circuit Court magistrate judge
The St. Joseph Circuit Court announced Molly Donnelly will serve as its newest magistrate judge. Donnelly replaces Judge Andre Gammage, who announced his retirement.
Last-minute change removes requirement for Indiana schools to teach consent in sex education
A Republican senator detailed changes to a contentious sex education bill on Monday, including deletion of a proposed requirement for K-12 schools to teach about consent.
Edison School of the Arts, ex-CEO settle lawsuit tied to firing, racial slur claims
The former CEO of Edison School of the Arts, who sued the school over defamation after his termination in 2023, has reached a deal with the school to receive a judgment of about $269,000 in his favor.
NCAA passes series of rules that sets table for schools to pay players directly
The NCAA passed rules Monday that would upend decades of precedent by allowing colleges to pay their athletes per terms of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit settlement expected to go into effect this summer.
Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says
The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday.
Rokita, Morales file lawsuit, allege federal failure to help with voter ID verification
Attorney General Todd Rokita and Secretary of State Diego Morales have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, with the Indiana officials alleging the federal agency has failed to help verify the citizenship status of voters who registered in Indiana without providing state-issued forms of identification.
7th Circuit upholds Evansville man’s drug, gun possession-related convictions
An Evansville man’s convictions in district court on several drug and gun possession offenses were based on overwhelming evidence and methamphetamine seized from his house fell within the legally permissible scope of a police search warrant, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday
The Supreme Court won’t revive a Minnesota ban on gun-carry permits for young adults
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Minnesota asking to revive the state’s ban on gun-carry permits for young adults.
Google to face off with US government in attempt to break up company in search monopoly case
Google will confront an existential threat Monday as the U.S. government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search engine into a ruthless monopoly.
‘They cared about us’: More rural Indiana communities losing access to labor and delivery services
A March of Dimes report revealed nearly a quarter of Indiana counties are considered maternity care deserts. The growing trend is concerning because lack of access to high-quality care is a factor in maternal and infant mortality rates.
60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts
Funding is expected to be used up by the end of next year, according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and obtained by The Associated Press. That would leave tens of thousands across the country scrambling to pay their rent.
Alito’s dissent in deportation case says court rushed to block Trump with middle-of-the night order
The Supreme Court acted “literally in the middle of the night” and without sufficient explanation in blocking the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in a sharp dissent that castigated the seven-member majority.
Appellate court traveling to Wabash College to hear cities’ case against Netflix, streaming service providers
The Indiana Court of Appeals will travel to Crawfordsville later this month and hear oral arguments in a case involving four Indiana cities that have sued Netflix, accusing the company and several other streaming service providers of failing to obtain franchises.
State sues Marion County Fair Board leader for allegedly misusing public funds
The Indiana Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Cindy Mowery, the leader of the Marion County Agricultural Fair Association’s board and a prominent player in local GOP politics, for more than $12,000.
Illinois absorption, prosecutors crackdown and local road funding bills head to Indiana governor
Indiana legislation to study the absorption of secessionist Illinois counties heads to Gov. Mike Braun after a successful concurrence vote Thursday, along with measures to examine “noncompliant” prosecutors and expand local funding options for transportation infrastructure.
Law firms, universities and now civil society groups are in Trump’s sights for punitive action
First the nation’s top law firms. Then its premier universities. Now, President Donald Trump is leaning on the advocacy groups that underpin U.S. civil society.