AG files suit against foreclosure consultants
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller filed lawsuits today against five foreclosure consulting companies accused of violating state laws.
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Sidewalk Six defendant settles with state
What began a decade ago and became known as the Sidewalk Six paving-for-votes scandal is now nearing an end as one of the three remaining defendants in the civil racketeering case has settled with the state.
Attorneys ask justices to consider voter ID case
In an expected move, the Indiana Attorney General's Office has asked the state Supreme Court to consider whether the 4-year-old voter identification law is constitutional.
AG wants disclosure of riverboat casino money
Non-profit and for-profit companies that receive riverboat casino revenue through economic development agreements should have to disclose how they spend the money, the Indiana Attorney General told lawmakers at a legislative committee meeting on Monday.
AG uses new law to freeze employee’s assets
The Indiana Attorney General is using a new public-accountability law to freeze the assets of the Brownstown clerk-treasurer accused of overpaying herself more than $360,000 in taxpayer money.
AG discusses settlement of mortgage lender suit
A civil deceptive practices suit against the former Countrywide Home Loans has ended with a $2.83 million settlement, as well as other components designed to address the state and country's mortgage foreclosure crisis.
SCOTUS urged to not take Indiana case
The Indiana Attorney General's Office wants the nation's top jurists to reject a Hoosier case posing Fourth Amendment questions about police searches, valid search warrants, and probable cause.
AG food drive event is recruiting firms
The Indiana Attorney General's Office is teaming up with the Indiana State Bar Association and Feeding Indiana's Hungry to fight hunger and is looking to attorneys to enlist in the effort.
Lawyers ask for $3 or $109 million in RICO case
A federal judge is being asked to impose damages ranging anywhere from $3 to $109 million in a landmark racketeering suit.
Town officials now face federal charges
Some former Chesterfield town employees accused by the Indiana Attorney General of defrauding their town government now face federal charges.
AG wants Melendez-Diaz overturned
The Indiana Attorney General's Office is joining several states in co-authoring an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court of the United States to modify or overturn its decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
AG files state’s first lead-paint hazard suit
In the first lawsuit of its kind in Indiana, the state attorney general's office is going after two Evansville landlords who it says have ignored warnings to correct a lead-paint environmental hazard in a rental house.
AG targets East Chicago corruption
The Indiana Attorney General's Office wants a federal court to order an audit of East Chicago that might reveal the need for more oversight of a city that's endured a racketeering vote-buying enterprise carried out by a former mayor and multiple city officials.
AG files suit against former town employees
The Indiana Attorney General filed a suit Monday against former Chesterfield town officials seeking recovery of more than $259,000 in public funds they allegedly defrauded from the town government.
Zachary’s Law case could go to SCOTUS
The Indiana Attorney General’s Office wants the nation’s highest court to review the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling from last summer on a death-penalty case, which inspired Zachary’s Law that requires convicted child molesters to register their addresses in a statewide public database.
High court to hear riverboat receipts arguments
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday in two cases involving the dispersion of a percentage of riverboat casino revenues in East Chicago.
AG resolves credit freeze law violation
Equifax Information Services, one of the three national credit reporting agencies, has agreed to pay $65,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to comply with Indiana's credit freeze law, Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter said yesterday.
AG argues automated dialing statute in 7th Circuit
The Indiana Attorney General's Office made an appearance in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago this morning, arguing that the state's automated dialing statute is constitutional. Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter filed lawsuits in state court last year against FreeEats.com Inc., a Virginia-based company making automated calls on behalf of Economic Freedom Fund […]