May 15, 2012
Associated PressA federal judge in Indianapolis refused to throw out wiretap evidence in the $200 million fraud trial of former Indiana businessman
Tim Durham as the government outlined a case largely based on those recordings.
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May 7, 2012
Associated PressIndiana's newest Supreme Court justice says the court and its justices are "fallible" and that public institutions
should acknowledge that they won't always get things right.
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May 5, 2012
Scott OlsonA spate of turnover on the Indiana Supreme Court won't bring a change in the court's reputation for consensus-building and
consistency, court watchers say.
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May 2, 2012
Associated PressMarion County's small-claims courts could get a thorough makeover after a report released Tuesday detailed "significant
and widespread problems" with how they're run.
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April 2, 2012
Associated PressJustice Frank Sullivan Jr. announced Monday that he will be leaving the court after 19 years to join the faculty at Indiana
University's law school in Indianapolis. Sullivan says he will remain on the court until near the start of the law school's
fall semester.
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April 2, 2012
Associated PressThe newest member of the Indiana Supreme Court has been sworn into office. The court says Mark Massa took the oath to become
Indiana's 107th Supreme Court justice during a private ceremony Monday morning.
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March 26, 2012
Associated PressBrent Dickson will preside as the acting chief justice on the Indiana Supreme Court following the retirement of longtime Chief
Justice Randall Shepard.
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March 19, 2012
Associated PressJudges, attorneys, many former law clerks and others honored retiring Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard on Monday, praising
his ongoing commitment to the state and leadership in its legal community.
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February 29, 2012
Jennifer Nelson / The Indiana LawyerA defamation lawsuit filed by Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon and his wife against a California attorney looks as though it
will be thrown out after an appeal.
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January 11, 2012
Associated PressIndiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard used his final speech to the Legislature on Wednesday to chart how far the state's
judicial system has come during his 25 years heading the state's highest court.
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December 28, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinA federal judge has dismissed a shareholder class-action lawsuit against WellPoint stemming from the company’s 2001
conversion from a mutual insurer to a publicly traded company.
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December 10, 2011
Greg AndrewsThe federal judge said class counsel achieved “fabulous results with incredible efficiency” and that he had never
been more proud of his profession in his 36-year legal career.
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December 8, 2011
Associated PressSpeculation suggests that Indiana's newest Supreme Court's justice is a likely possibility to serve as the next chief
justice, one day after longtime Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard announced his retirement.
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December 7, 2011
Associated PressA former student at a central Indiana high school has agreed to a $150,000 settlement of her lawsuit claiming school officials
failed to stop bullying by a male classmate.
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December 7, 2011
Jennifer Nelson / The Indiana LawyerIndiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard announced Wednesday that he will step down from the bench in March 2012. Shepard
is the longest serving state court chief justice in the United States.
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December 6, 2011
Michael W. HoskinsA Marion Superior judge has ruled that state courts don’t have the ability to interfere with the Indiana General Assembly’s
constitutional authority to pass laws or its own internal rules, including how it compels attendance or imposes fines.
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December 1, 2011
Scott OlsonA federal judge on Thursday afternoon sentenced former City-County Councilor Lincoln Plowman to 40 months in prison for attempted
extortion and bribery.
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December 1, 2011
Scott OlsonThe former City-County Councilor, convicted in September on federal bribery and attempted extortion charges, is scheduled
to be sentenced Thursday afternoon.
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November 30, 2011
Michael W. HoskinsJudge Rebekah Pierson-Treacy received the admonishment after an August fundraising solicitation sparked controversy.
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September 29, 2011
Former City-County Councilor Lincoln Plowman had asked a judge to overturn his attempted extortion and bribery convictions
after a jury found him guilty of the charges Sept. 15.
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September 23, 2011
J.K. WallFormer policyholders of WellPoint Inc., who won a right to a class-action trial over their claims that they were shortchanged
when the company went public a decade ago, will have to put their trial plans on hold.
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September 22, 2011
The Center Township Board on Wednesday approved a plan to move the township's small claims court from the City-County Building
to the Julia M. Carson Government Center on Fall Creek Parkway despite a judge's objections.
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September 19, 2011
Scott OlsonCiting budget cuts and a rent increase, Center Township Trustee Eugene Akers wants to move the small claims court into the
Julia Carson Government Center, against the judge's wishes.
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September 15, 2011
Scott OlsonFormer City County Councilor Lincoln Plowman, found guilty Thursday afternoon of federal bribery and attempted extortion charges,
will await sentencing on home detention.
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September 13, 2011
The amount paid to lawyers so far nearly accounts for the entire $1.8 million that a Fair Finance trustee has recovered so
far for investors of the Akron, Ohio-based company led by indicted financier Tim Durham.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.