A man who had repeatedly threatened city employees is now barred from visiting South Bend governmental offices after a St. Joseph Circuit judge granted a workplace violence protective order and permanent injunction against the man.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has tossed out the convictions and 106-year sentence of a former Hamilton County child welfare worker accused of molesting two boys, including an autistic boy who he'd mentored.
Expect some talk of sweeping court reforms in the coming legislative session.
The International Human Rights Law Society at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis will have more money to work with now than its $375 budget from the beginning of the school year, thanks to the organization’s vice president. The IHRLS is the student group that has researched, written, and presented shadow reports to experts for the United Nations Human Rights Council. Funds for the organization bring international human rights experts to speak at the school, present movie nights that are…
The Indianapolis Mayor’s Office is currently accepting nominations for the Charles L. Whistler Award.The award is named after a Baker & Daniels senior partner, Whistler, who gave his time and abilities to the Indianapolis community. At the time of his death in 1981, he was chairman of the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee’s Urban Growth and Revitalization Task Force, and the White River State Park Citizen’s Advisory Committee. Nominations are open to anyone in Indianapolis except currently appointed government employees and public…
A professor at Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington has been chosen to serve on President-elect Barack Obama's transition team, the law school announced this week.
Arguments played out in the Supreme Court of the United States this morning on the legality of Indiana’s voter identification law.The nine justices heard an hour of arguments at 10 a.m. in the combined Hoosier cases of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, No. 07-21, and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita, No. 07-25. Both challenge the state’s three-year-old voter photo ID law that’s been upheld by both U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker and the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.Stakes are…
Indiana Commerce Secretary Nate Feltman said Thursday he likely will return to practicing law and become involved in business after leaving the post at the end of the month.
A legal battle that was once about Indiana's requirements to obtain a driver's license or state identification turned into a tug-of-war appeal about attorney fees.
A case where an African country’s government was accused of kidnapping and torturing a journalist was decided on June 5 in favor of the reporter and his family.Indianapolis attorney Dan Byron assisted the Ghana-based Media Foundation for West Africa, which filed the suit on behalf of Chief Ebrima Manneh.Byron spent October and November in Africa and has remained in touch with the foundation’s attorneys since then.In what Byron called a “good day for human rights and press rights in West Africa”…
Just one day after the general election, Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard will discuss the challenges of local government reform at an event organized by provocate.org.
A Valparaiso University law professor and expert on predatory mortgage lending and foreclosures will testify in front of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Wednesday. Assistant professor Alan White was invited to testify during the committee's hearing at 10 a.m. EDT on "The Implementation of the HOPE for Homeowners Program and a Review of […]
A retired teacher will be honored Thursday for her volunteer work for Court Appointed Special Advocates.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed an order by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, finding the commission had the authority to hear a dispute between a town and a water company.
The man elected Terre Haute's mayor was ineligible because of federal law to become a candidate or assume office, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled today on an issue of first impression. As a result, a special election is needed to fill the vacancy.
ccording to the Indiana Secretary of State’s Web site, Indiana has nearly 4.4 million registered voters, based on information last updated Sept. 27.
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday in three cases involving different issues – the cleanup of hazardous material, a defendant sentenced to death, and a child-custody dispute. In the arguments scheduled at 9 a.m., the justices will hear The Indiana Department of Environmental Management v. Raybestos Products Co., No. 49A02-0609-CV-782, in which the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a Marion Superior Court decision granting summary judgment for Raybestos on the issue of breach of contract against IDEM. Raybestos filed a…
Governor Mitch Daniels has appointed Brian G. Poindexter as judge of the Carmel City Court.
A new Midwest family law conference is looking for a few good papers to kick off its inaugural meeting in Indianapolis. The conference, “Jazzing up Family Law,” will be June 13 at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. The Midwest Family Law Consortium founding members – Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, University of Missouri – Kansas City, and William Mitchell College of Law – are seeking papers and presenters for its family law conference. Papers can be submitted…
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer last week to a case of first impression involving the courts' authority to review the state's school financing formula.