The state’s highest court heard arguments Thursday from the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. and six customers known as the NIPSCO Industrial Group.
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The state’s high court issued the order on Thursday, with all justices concurring apart from Justice Christopher Goff, who voted to grant the transfer.
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As of late Monday morning, more than half the state remained under a travel warning.
He was suspended from practicing in August 2025 for failing to submit written responses to pending allegations of professional misconduct against him.
Attorney General Todd Rokita’s lawyers argued that Sen. Liz Brown’s grievance was “meritless on its face” and was filed in retaliation for statements protected under First Amendment free speech rights.
The Indiana Supreme Court has issued final determinations regarding recommendations to relieve the ongoing state attorney shortage, including a number of approaches to encourage lawyers to become public defenders or prosecutors.
The high court granted a joint request from Rokita and the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission to dismiss the case as moot, saying the two sides had resolved their dispute.
Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush discussed tight budgets, technology and security, among other topics, when meeting with reporters Tuesday.
At the time of the misconduct, Zachary Kester served as the managing attorney for Indianapolis-based Charitable Allies Inc., which was marketed as a “nonprofit for nonprofits” that provides “low bono” legal services.
About 66% of test takers passed the bar during the 2024-2025 fiscal year, up from 61% in the 2023-2024 year.
A divided Indiana Supreme Court on Monday reversed an appeals court decision and upheld a $700,000 judgment.
Indian’s attorney general “vehemently” disputed the state’s attorney disciplinary commission’s most recent charges against him in his response Friday to its complaint.
Several attorneys privately told The Indiana Lawyer they had never heard of mediation being used in an attorney disciplinary case, and even one state Supreme Court justice noted that no rules exist that explicitly allow or prohibit such a process.
The Hoosier State’s rate of 2.26 lawyers per capita was 43rd worst in the nation last year, per the American Bar Association.
The Supreme Court found that local elected officials may be designated as part-time employees per Indiana code and the county has permission to exclude all part-time employees from group health insurance.
Local governments could lose significant property tax revenue under a case heard by the Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday about how much land falls under the state’s 1% tax cap for homesteads.
The state paid four law firms between 2022 and 2025 to represent Attorney General Todd Rokita in at least six separate matters before the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
Justices said they didn’t “condone the BMV’s alleged failings in this case,” but said there was no remedy for the Marion County resident who claimed the bureau’s error cost him a job opportunity and more than $1,000 in fines.
Tensions ran high as justices heard arguments in a case that could change who has the duty of care—private property owners or county officials—for visual obstructions at rural intersections.
The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that appeals of expired commitments are not moot if any potential collateral consequences remain.
The Indiana Supreme Court’s ruling shot down a previous ruling that the student-plaintiff wasn’t due attorney fees because he didn’t “substantially prevail” in the case.
An Indiana man maintains that an agency error cost him a job opportunity, over $1,000 in fines and a night in jail—but state attorneys argued Thursday that the Bureau of Motor Vehicles isn’t responsible for any damages.
