Ahead of annual conference this week for the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, incoming president Scott Cockrum sat down with the Indiana Lawyer to discuss his plans for the next year.
Mass deportations. More U.S. troops at the country’s southern border. The possible deployment of the National Guard, even in non-border states like Indiana. They could all be on the table come January.
Amber Finley, Corporation Counsel for the City of Lawrence, has been selected to lead the Indianapolis Bar Foundation in 2027.
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IndyBar will host two judicial retirement ceremonies and a swearing-in ceremony for all judges elected during the 2024 election.
In a national survey of 200 senior executives and dealmaking advisers, 70% said they expect a stronger U.S. merger and acquisition landscape in the next 12 months.
Two women told House Ethics Committee investigators that former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who has been tapped to be attorney general in the next Trump administration, paid them for sex, and one of the women testified she saw him having sex with a 17-year-old, according to an attorney for the women.
A Georgia appeals court on Monday canceled oral arguments that were scheduled for next month on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against President-elect Donald Trump.
Disciplinary charges have been filed against a Putnam County judge for his alleged bias against a woman involved in a case he presided over in late 2021 and early 2022.
Indiana’s revenues are down as tax collections continue to lag behind estimates, according to November’s state revenue report. Projections are based on analysis from December 2023 and due for an update next month.
Indiana Statehouse leaders said Monday that their legislative economic and business priorities during the upcoming General Assembly will be fixed on the budget.
Attorneys for Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX argued in a federal appeals court Monday that the National Labor Relations Board’s structure is unconstitutional, advancing a legal fight that may last into the Trump administration where Musk is expected to oversee bureaucratic cost-cutting.
The Indiana Senate Democratic caucus on Monday reelected its leader, Sen. Greg Taylor of Indianapolis — just hours after the Indianapolis Star reported three woman have accused Taylor of sexual harassment.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case involving a man’s public records access dispute with members of the Indiana Election Division.
The Indiana Supreme Court granted jurisdiction over a tax case in which a gaming company claims it doesn’t need to include the value of out-of-state payments on its Indiana taxes.
Commerce Secretary David Rosenberg withdrew his request to waive job change conflict-of-interest requirements midway through a State Ethics Commission meeting Thursday. A spokeswoman for his agency acknowledged the commission found his ask “premature” in comments to the Capital Chronicle.
Attorneys for convicted murderer Joseph Corcoran on Friday filed for a stay of execution, arguing it’s cruel and unusual punishment to execute someone who is seriously mentally ill.
A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from the Biden administration that would have expanded access to overtime pay to millions more salaried workers across the U.S.
Just a week after winning a majority of the vote in several of the nation’s largest Arab-majority cities, President-elect Donald Trump has filled top administration posts with staunch Israel supporters, including an ambassador to Israel who has claimed “there is no such thing as Palestinians.”