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State, abortion providers take home wins, losses in wide-ranging abortion ruling

August 10, 2021 | IL Staff and Associated Press

In an expansive decision detailing the “global assault” on numerous facets of Indiana’s abortion regulation scheme, a federal judge has struck down numerous Indiana abortion limits, such as those restricting telemedicine consultations between doctors and women seeking abortions. Other Hoosier abortion regulations, however, have been upheld, including those requiring an 18-hour delay between a patient’s receipt of required materials and her abortion procedure, as well as an ultrasound requirement.

Republican leader says redistricting contract should be shared

August 10, 2021 | Marilyn Odendahl

As House Republicans and Democrats continue to tussle over a consultant the GOP has hired to help with the redistricting process, the chair of the Indiana Senate Committee on Elections said he sees no reason for the consultant’s contract not to be made public.

Public Defender Commission seeks public input on proposals for lower caseloads, higher pay

August 10, 2021 | Marilyn Odendahl

The Indiana Public Defender Commission is proposing new standards that would significantly cut the caseloads and increase the pay for attorneys who represent adults and juveniles accused of criminal offenses.

7th Circuit upholds ruling for manufacturer in repair dispute over soiled RV

August 10, 2021 | Katie Stancombe

A retired couple who did not give the manufacturer of an issue-ridden recreational vehicle a sufficient opportunity to repair a leaking sewage tank cannot succeed in its case against the manufacturer, the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, deaths surging in Indiana

August 10, 2021 | Indianapolis Business Journal Staff

The Indiana State Department of Health reported 2,234 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number of new cases since Feb. 6, when 2,855 were reported. The state said more than 2.98 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday at 5 a.m.

Tax dispute over JW Marriott headed for trial

August 10, 2021 | Katie Stancombe

A decade-old dispute over the assessment of Indianapolis’ largest hotel is headed for trial after the Indiana Tax Court declined to enter summary judgment for either the owner of the downtown JW Marriott or the Marion County assessor.

Meiring officially named to head of Disciplinary Commission

August 10, 2021 | IL Staff

The longtime leader of Indiana’s judicial ethics body is now officially the executive director of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.

Indiana buried in unemployment appeals backlog

August 10, 2021 | Emily Ketterer and Indianapolis Business Journal Staff

There are more than 17,000 pending unemployment appeals in Indiana, according to the Department of Workforce Development. Only California, Texas and Virginia — states with much larger populations — have more.

Carmel-based firm uncovers three separate cases of employee fraud

August 10, 2021 | Susan Orr, Indianapolis Business Journal

Maria Caceres, a former employee of Carmel-based Seven Corners Inc., stands accused of defrauding the company by submitting false claims — the third employee to face such charges within two years in separate criminal cases that allege more than $3.5 million in fraud against the travel insurance company.

Indianapolis man alleges van ride to jail left him paralyzed

August 10, 2021 | Associated Press

An Indianapolis man who says he was paralyzed while being taken to jail in 2019 has filed a federal lawsuit alleging officers threw him head-first into the back of a van that had no safety restraints.

7th Circuit reverses, orders resentencing after finding man’s battery conviction serves as ACCA predicate

August 9, 2021 | Katie Stancombe

A man convicted on several drug counts who argued that a Northern Indiana judge was wrong about his armed robbery conviction has lost an argument before the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals, which reversed for the federal government in his case.

COA: Bail bondsmen prevail in slaying of Kosciusko County man with outstanding charges

August 9, 2021 | Katie Stancombe

Two parents seeking justice for their son after he was shot and killed during an attempt by bail bondsmen to apprehend him at their home did not sway an Indiana Court of Appeals decision that ruled for the bail bond company.

COA again knocks down law limiting deposition of alleged child victims

August 9, 2021 | Marilyn Odendahl

For at least the fourth time, the Indiana Court of Appeals has found a law passed by the Indiana General Assembly in 2020 which limited defendants’ ability to depose alleged victims of molestation “impermissibly conflicts” with the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure.