Indianapolis man arraigned in officer’s slaying
A man accused of fatally shooting an Indiana police officer who stopped to help him has been formally arraigned.
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7th Circuit upholds anti-spoofing conviction
A commodities trader who was the first person to be convicted of a kind of illegal trading dubbed spoofing failed to convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that the anti-spoofing statute in the Dodd-Frank Act is unconstitutionally vague.
Fired black officer can take racial discrimination case to trial
A black former Whitley County merit officer who raised a racial discrimination claim after he was fired will present his case to a jury after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals determined Tuesday he had evidence of possible racial discrimination by the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department.
Services set for Magistrate Judge LaRue
Services have been scheduled Friday and Saturday for U.S. Magistrate Judge Denise LaRue, who died last week after an illness. LaRue, 59, was remembered for her legal skill and compassion.
COA: No request for jury waived that right at misdemeanor trial
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a man’s conviction of operating a vehicle while intoxicated after finding that his failure to request a jury trial for his misdemeanor charge constituted a waiver of his right to a jury.
CVS Health is sued over ‘clawbacks’ of prescription drug co-pays
CVS Health Corp. was sued by a California woman who accused the drugstore operator of charging customers co-payments for certain prescription drugs that exceed the cost of medicines.
Sheriff’s lawyer tells jurors FBI invented bribery case
A lawyer for a northwestern Indiana sheriff on trial for federal bribery charges told jurors that the FBI tried to buy a crime where one didn’t exist.
‘Wholly indefensible system’ owes nothing to victims
Lawyer calls the ruling against Clark County drug court plaintiffs jailed without hearings or legal representation ‘manifestly unjust.’
Plaintiffs to appeal loss in bid to restrict use of license info
Lawyers and the public may continue to buy crash report information online after an Indiana judge ruled against plaintiffs who argued information gathered from their driver’s licenses was protected from disclosure by federal law. But that won’t be the last word on the matter.
Man whose conviction in killing was overturned gets 75 years
A central Indiana man whose conviction in his girlfriend’s killing was overturned has been sentenced to 75 years in prison after being convicted again in her slaying.
LaRue leaves legacy of compassion and grace
LaRue, 59, died Aug. 2 after a battle with cancer. The legal community is remembering LaRue as a calm presence in the courtroom, intelligent, even-keeled, genuine and always prepared.
ICLEO turns 20
The Indiana judiciary celebrated the student program and focused on its diversity progress.
Legislature gives Supreme Court bump in funding
Court technology and several other court programs got a boost in the latest state biennial budget, including an additional $5.9 million to fund, in part, key initiatives for Hoosiers, such as court appointed special advocate programs.
Allen County Bar Association project collects oral histories from the legal community
Since January, attorneys who have decades of experience have been invited into a television studio and asked by another attorney to reminisce about their early days of practicing law in Fort Wayne and the surrounding communities. The conversations are filmed and then posted online.
Parents’ lawsuit blames schools for bullying, child suicide
The parents of an 8-year-old Cincinnati boy who hanged himself blame a “treacherous school environment,” alleging in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that school officials allowed and covered up bullying.
US Senate reschedules hearing for 7th Circuit nominee Barrett
Notre Dame School of Law professor Amy Coney Barrett will appear before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Sept. 6 for the hearing on her nomination to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Navient can’t block US claim it duped student debtors, judge rules
Student loan giant Navient Corp., the industry’s largest, has suffered a pair of courtroom defeats in its attempt to block government lawsuits alleging borrowers had been mistreated.
Man charged over threats to blow up Indiana shopping center, schools
A 26-year-old man from Bakersfield, California, has been charged with making online threats to blow up two Indiana high schools and an Indianapolis-area shopping center.
UPDATE: IBM to appeal $78M breach of contract award to state
IBM said Monday it will appeal a judge’s ruling that the computer services giant owes Indiana a net of nearly $78.2 million in damages for breaching a contract to modernize and privatize the state’s welfare systems.
Judge: IBM owes Indiana $78M for contract breach
IBM owes Indiana a net of nearly $78.2 million in damages for breaching a contract to modernize the state’s welfare privatization efforts, a Marion County judge has determined.