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Indiana Supreme Court affirms $30K sanction on southern Indiana adult entertainment venue
Theatre X was operated by Midwest Entertainment Ventures in Clarksville on property owned by AMW Investments. The companies were penalized for violating court-imposed discovery rules during litigation with the town.
US Supreme Court rejects appeal from Boston parents over race bias in elite high school admissions
The Boston School Committee had temporarily dropped the entrance exam for Boston Latin School, Boston Latin Academy and the O’Bryant School of Math and Science because it was not safe to hold exams in-person during the pandemic. Instead, the committee used student performance and ZIP codes to weigh admission.
TikTok is inching closer to a potential ban in the US. So what’s next?
TikTok’s future in the U.S. appeared uncertain on Friday after a federal appeals court rejected a legal challenge to a law that requires the social media platform to cut ties with its China-based parent company or be banned by mid-January.
UPDATE: Women drop groping lawsuit against Curtis Hill
Dismissal of the lawsuit would appear to bring to a close more than six years of legal entanglements that former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has faced since a state lawmaker and three legislative staffers accused him of inappropriately touching them at a party in March 2018.
Indianapolis police officers are acquitted in the 2022 death of a man at his parents’ home
Jurors began deliberating Friday morning and took less than three hours to come up with a verdict following five days of testimony.
Indiana Supreme Court hears corporate infighting question
A quality controller serving two automotive parts suppliers is knee-deep in a legal battle with the suppliers’ own sister subsidiary, a parts manufacturer.
Cameras to be allowed in courtroom for Curtis Hill trial
Media cameras will be allowed in the courtroom if a civil lawsuit accusing former Attorney General Curtis Hill of groping goes to trial as scheduled on Monday.
Naval Academy can consider race in admissions, federal judge rules
The ruling came Friday in a closely watched case that followed last year’s Supreme Court decision rejecting the use of affirmative action in college admissions.
Indiana Supreme Court declines to halt execution
In a split decision, Indiana’s Supreme Court justices issued an order Thursday evening denying requests by death row inmate Joseph Corcoran’s lawyers to delay his impending execution date and allow for his case to be reviewed or his sentence overturned.
Biden is considering preemptive pardons for officials and allies before Trump takes office
The pardons would be for officials and allies who the White House fears could be unjustly targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, a preemptive move that would be a novel and risky use of the president’s extraordinary constitutional power.
US judge rejects Boeing’s plea deal in a conspiracy case stemming from fatal plane crashes
The deal would have let Boeing plead guilty to a felony conspiracy charge and pay a fine for misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people.
Indiana joins lawsuit targeting ESG practices of major investment firms
Indiana has joined 10 other states in bringing a lawsuit against three of the world’s largest investment companies, with Attorney General Todd Rokita alleging the firms are illegally conspiring to manipulate energy markets.
Gov.-elect Braun announces leadership picks for commerce, education
David Adams, a former state workforce development commissioner, will be Indiana’s next secretary of commerce in Indiana Gov.-elect Mike Braun’s administration, while current Secretary of Education Katie Jenner will continue to lead the state’s education system.
Indiana appellate Judge Robb inducted into Council of Chief Judges Hall of Fame
Indiana Court of Appeals Senior Judge Margret G. Robb was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Council of Chief Judges of the State Courts of Appeal for her contributions to advancing the legal profession.
Hoosier Survey says safety, health care are top policy concerns for 2025
Notably, the study found the priorities are shared across political affiliations, according to Dr. Kevin Smith, interim director of the Bowen Center and associate dean of Ball State’s College of Sciences and Humanities.
Gov.-elect Mike Braun names budget, transportation secretaries
Former Pentagon official Lisa Hershman will serve as secretary of management and budget and former state lawmaker Matthew Ubelhor will be secretary of transportation and infrastructure.
Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors
The justices’ decision, not expected for several months, could affect similar laws enacted by Indiana and 24 other states, as well as a range of other efforts to regulate the lives of transgender people, including which sports competitions they can join and which bathrooms they can use.
Justice Department and the city of Memphis to address results of scathing police investigation
The fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers after he ran away from a traffic stop in January 2023 exposed serious problems in the Memphis Police Department, from the use of excessive force to its mistreatment of Black people in the majority-Black city, a federal investigation has found.
High court reverses judgment for Martin County deputy facing discipline following arrest
A Martin County sheriff’s deputy failed to exhaust all of his administrative remedies in his efforts to prevent a state board from revoking his basic training certificate, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in reversing a lower court’s order.