Monarch Beverage loses appeal to buck state liquor laws
The Indianapolis-based alcohol wholesaler had challenged Indiana laws that prevent beer wholesalers from also selling liquor.
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Holcomb removes criminal record question from state job application
The state of Indiana will stop asking executive branch job candidates if they have a criminal history on initial employment applications starting Saturday.
Debt-collection exec sentenced to more than 4 years in prison
Todd Wolfe, who was indicted on federal fraud charges in 2015 following the collapse of Fishers collection agency Deca Financial Services LLC, must make restitution of more than $5 million to his victims.
Federal judge blocks parts of Indiana’s new abortion law
U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker approved a temporary injunction that blocked provisions of a new Indiana law that would make it tougher for girls under age 18 to get an abortion without their parents’ knowledge.
Legal fight over Indiana’s anti-political robocall law ends
A Chicago-based veterans advocacy group’s seven-year struggle to strike down Indiana’s ban on political robocalls has ended with the U.S. Supreme Court declining to review a lower-court ruling upholding the law.
Pharmacy boss blamed for meningitis outbreak gets 9 years
The co-owner of a pharmacy responsible for the deaths of 76 people was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison. Indiana was one of the state hit hardest by the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak.
High court partly reinstates Trump travel ban, sets fall arguments
The Supreme Court is letting a limited version of the Trump administration ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries to take effect, a victory for President Donald Trump in the biggest legal controversy of his young presidency.
Supreme Court agrees to hear gay-marriage cake case
The U.S. Supreme Court stepped into a clash that pits gay rights against religious freedoms, agreeing to hear arguments from a baker who says he shouldn’t have to make cakes for same-sex weddings.
Anthem agrees to $115 million settlement over data breach
Anthem Inc. has agreed to pay $115 million to resolve consumer claims over a 2015 cyber-attack that compromised data on 78.8 million people, marking what attorneys in the case called the largest data-breach settlement in history.
Indiana crackdown on opioids sparks more pharmacy robberies
While making opioid prescriptions harder to get, Indiana’s crackdown helped spur a twofold increase in robberies of pharmacies that exacerbated the state’s standing as No. 1 in the nation for those crimes.
Hall Render health care attorneys jump to smaller Katz & Korin
Norris Cunningham, who has been Hall Render’s health care litigation practice group leader, will become a shareholder and name partner at the Katz firm, which will be renamed Katz Korin Cunningham.
Hamilton County Jail adds re-entry, jobs program
The five-week Transitioning Opportunities for Work, Education, and Reality program, known as TOWER, began in April and aims to reduce the rate of inmates’ returning to the county jail.
Fishers tax business owner sentenced to four years in prison
A Fishers business owner who pleaded guilty to instructing his employees to prepare more than 2,300 false tax returns must make $1.5 million in restitution.
Indianapolis tries to halt Carmel’s 96th Street roundabout plan
In a lawsuit filed this month in Marion Superior Court, Indianapolis claims its northern neighbor is encroaching on the city’s corporate boundary. The seven-page complaint is seeking a preliminary injunction preventing Carmel from continuing with plans to build four roundabouts.
Suspended lawyer in estate misappropriation case receives 8-year sentence
Stephen Schuyler pleaded guilty earlier this month to 15 felony counts, including theft.
California insurance boss under fire for climate initiative
Officials from Oklahoma and more than a dozen other states—including Indiana—have sent two letters to California’s insurance commissioner, asking that he stop pressing insurance companies to publicly disclose fossil fuel investments and divest from the coal industry.
Records show Messer works part time in $240K job for Fishers
The wife of Congressman Luke Messer, a likely Senate candidate, averages a 26.5-hour work week in her $240,000-a-year job doing legal consulting for Fishers, according to timesheets reviewed by The Associated Press.
Indy among 12 cities chosen to receive Justice Department crime help
The U.S. Justice Department said it chose cities that have higher-than-average rates of violence and showed receptiveness to receiving assistance.
Indiana restaurant owners sentenced for underreporting $1.8M in sales
Two central Indiana restaurant owners have been sentenced to home detention and ordered to make restitution for failing to collect and remit sales taxes, Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry announced Monday.
Justices rule law on offensive trademarks unconstitutional
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of a law that bans offensive trademarks in a ruling that is expected to help the Washington Redskins in their legal fight over the team name.