SEC hits ITT Educational, execs with fraud charges
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing ITT Educational Services Inc. and its top two executives for fraud, the agency announced Tuesday.
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Sheriff: Federal oversight could end soon at Indiana jail
A sheriff in northwest Indiana says a county jail could be released from oversight by the U.S. Department of Justice later this year.
2nd Circuit: NSA phone record collection is excessive
The bulk collection of Americans' phone records by the government exceeds what Congress has allowed, a federal appeals court said Thursday as it asked Congress to step in and decide how best to protect national security and privacy interests.
Lynch to be sworn in as US attorney general on Monday
United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch assumes a portfolio that includes fighting terrorism, preventing cyberattacks and dealing with police and race — issues strikingly similar to what she's dealt with as top federal prosecutor for much of New York City and its eastern suburbs.
SEC: Indy-based Veros’ farm loans defrauded 80 of $15 million
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a federal lawsuit against Indianapolis-based Veros Partners Inc. and multiple related co-defendants. The SEC alleges the financial advisers defrauded 80 farm-loan investors of $15 million in 2013 and 2014, using those proceeds to repay earlier investors.
Senate deal may yield attorney general vote
U.S. Senate leaders announced a deal Tuesday to move forward on a stalled human trafficking bill, clearing the way for a vote on President Barack Obama's attorney general nominee within days.
Court skeptical of challenge to Obama’s climate change plan
Two out of three judges on a federal appeals court panel are expressing doubts about a legal challenge to the Obama administration's far-reaching plan to address climate change.
Zoeller calls for congressional inquiry into herbal supplements
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller and his New York counterpart A.G. Schneiderman are leading a bipartisan group of 14 attorneys general who want Congress to look into the herbal supplements industry.
Prosecutor: 50-plus warrants issued in Evansville meth ring
Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Nicholas Hermann said federal arrest warrants have been issued for more than 50 people allegedly involved in a meth-trafficking ring that funneled the drug into the area from four other states.
Indiana will get share of $1.38B Standard & Poor’s settlement
A billion-dollar settlement stemming from allegations that Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC misled investors in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis will net Indiana $21.5 million.
State union membership counters national trend
Indiana bucked a national trend in 2014 by experiencing an increase in labor union membership, new statistics released by the U. S. Labor Department show.
Judges affirm DOE can counterclaim for repayment of student loans
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the lower court that the U.S. Department of Education’s counterclaim for loan repayment, filed in a man’s lawsuit seeking to not have to repay his student loans, is not barred.
US to recognize same-sex marriages in Indiana, 6 other states
The federal government will recognize same-sex marriages in seven more states and extend federal benefits to those couples, the Justice Department said Friday.
Nursing home chain to pay $38M in US settlement
A nursing home chain has agreed to pay $38 million to resolve allegations that it billed Medicare and Medicaid for substandard care at dozens of facilities around the country, the Justice Department said.
Prison agency gets $1 million to fight injuries
The Indiana Department of Correction has been awarded nearly $1 million to identify offenders with traumatic brain injuries and help them avoid a return to prison.
White House says Holder resigning as attorney general
Eric Holder, who served as the public face of the Obama administration's legal fight against terrorism and pushed to make the criminal justice system more even-handed, is resigning after six years on the job. He is the nation's first black attorney general.
7th Circuit rejects denial of disabled woman’s benefits
Finding repeated fault with the administrative law judge who denied a Chandler woman Social Security disability payments, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the case to the Social Security Administration.
Feds reach settlement for East Chicago cleanup
The federal government has reached a proposed settlement under which two companies will pay for an estimated $26 million cleanup of lead and arsenic contamination in an East Chicago neighborhood.
Indiana joins other states challenging EPA regulatory authority
Indiana has joined 11 other states in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, taking the unusual tactic of challenging the federal government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases rather than challenging the rule itself.
Hemp’s growing pains in Indiana
Industrial hemp was legalized in Indiana when Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill into law this year, but you still can’t grow the crop in the Hoosier State.