Indianapolis Public Schools latest district to join vaping suit
The 2018 Indiana Youth Tobacco Survey found that more than one-third of Indiana high school students had used a Juul product.
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Biden administration asks court to allow vaccine mandate
The legal tussle over the vaccine mandate for larger private employers is one of several challenges over Biden administration vaccine rules. Courts so far have not halted two other mandates—one for health care workers and one for contractors for the federal government.
Appeals court revives high school teacher’s lawsuit against archdiocese
A gay teacher who sued the Archdiocese of Indianapolis after he was terminated from his teaching position at Cathedral High School has been given another chance to make his case.
Fired exec at Community Health can pursue retaliation lawsuit, judge rules
U.S. District Judge Richard Young this week threw out most of Community Health’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Thomas Fischer, who served as the hospital system’s chief financial officer for eight years before he was fired in 2013.
FedEx shooting victims ask Indianapolis for $2.1 million
Lawyers for the victims said the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office failed to follow Indiana’s red flag law when they decided not to file a case with the courts to suspend the shooter’s gun rights in March of 2020.
Indiana high court taking governor’s suit over emergency law
The legal fight over the increased power Indiana legislators gave themselves to intervene during public health emergencies will be going before the state Supreme Court, although not for nearly five months.
IPS’ plan to share tax funds with charters draws legal question
The IPS board is scheduled to vote Thursday on a plan to give $5 million per year to charter partners from the district’s 2018 operating referendum.
GOP-majority court chosen to consider Biden vaccine mandate
The selection could be good news for those challenging the administration’s vaccine requirement, which includes officials in 27 Republican-led states, employers and several conservative and business organizations.
A dozen states, including Indiana, challenge health worker vaccine mandate
The latest suit, dated Monday, was filed in Louisiana on behalf of 12 states and comes less than a week after another lawsuit challenging the rule was filed in Missouri by a coalition of 10 states.
Broadcasting of trial court proceedings permitted under new pilot program, Supreme Court announces
Judges in Allen, Delaware, Lake, Tippecanoe and Vanderburgh counties are participating in the four-month broadcasting pilot project beginning Dec. 1.
Justices turn away VW appeals over emissions scandal lawsuits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals from Volkswagen that sought to stop state and local lawsuits related to the 2015 scandal in which the automaker was found to have rigged its vehicles to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests.
Ex-Muncie mayor sentenced to year in prison for bribery
Dennis Tyler was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison on federal charges of taking a $5,000 bribe in exchange for steering city projects to a contractor.
Grand to step down as managing partner at Barnes & Thornburg
Andrew Detherage, partner in the firm’s litigation group, will take over as managing partner.
GOP state officials push back on employer vaccine mandate
Republican governors or attorneys general in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and South Dakota said Thursday they would file lawsuits against the mandate.
Indianapolis attorney suspended, ordered to refund client’s retainer
Loren Comstock has been suspended from the practice of law for 120 days for failing to provide competent representation and to keep his client reasonably informed about the progress of her federal lawsuit against her former employer and labor union.
Justice Department escalating cyber crackdown
The U.S. is stepping up actions to combat ransomware and cybercrime through arrests and other actions, its No. 2 official said, as the Biden administration escalates its response to what it regards as an urgent economic and national security threat.
Indiana Supreme Court Justice David announces retirement plans
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Steven H. David, the longest-serving justice on the Hoosier high court, has announced that he will step down from the bench in fall 2022.
Minneapolis voters reject measure to replace police department
Voters in the city where the defund the police movement began soundly rejected a proposal Tuesday to replace their troubled police department in an election likely to have national implications in the debate over policing and racial justice.
Both sides ask Indiana high court to decide on emergency law
Indiana’s attorney general continues to criticize Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb for trying to block a new law that gives state legislators more power to intervene during public health emergencies, even while agreeing that the state Supreme Court should take up the dispute.
Indianapolis man found guilty of securities fraud
A businessman who was accused of taking part in a Ponzi-like scheme that robbed numerous investors of their retirement savings was convicted of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, federal authorities announced Monday.