Purdue University files patent-infringement suit against Google
The dispute concerns technology that the university says was developed and patented by a team of professors and graduate students to address “power bugs” in mobile phone apps.
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Parents can be silenced in special education settlements. A proposed bill would change that.
Advocates of the measure say non-disclosure agreements harm families of students with disabilities, while opponents say NDAs are a useful litigation strategy, and their elimination could result in more due-process requests.
Michigan AG seeks to investigate Eli Lilly for high insulin prices
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., one of three primary U.S. insulin manufacturers, said it was “deeply disappointed by the false accusations and inaccurate claims” made by the attorney general.
Tech firm Ironclad lands $150M in investment, plans to grow Indianapolis office
Ironclad, which allows users to negotiate, sign and manage online contracts, established a local presence when it acquired Indianapolis-based PactSafe a year ago.
IU general counsel, VP Simmons terminated without cause
The departure of Jacqueline “Jackie” Simmons follows a high-profile dispute with a faculty member involving a law professor’s allegations that the university violated Indiana’s Open Door Law in its doling out of more than $500,000 in additional pay to the school’s outgoing president.
Former Cummins employee sentenced to prison in $4.8M fraud case
Prosecutors say the Ohio man, who formerly worked for Cummins in Michigan, stole profit-sharing money that was supposed to have been distributed to company employees.
New lawsuit could further snarl-delayed Terre Haute casino plans
One of the companies that was pass over for the license, Las Vegas-based Full House Resorts, has sued the Indiana Gaming Commission, claiming it didn’t follow state law when it picked Churchill Downs to develop the casino.
USA Gymnastics reaches $380M settlement with Nassar victims
A federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis on Monday confirmed the settlement between USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the hundreds of victims, ending one aspect of the fallout of the largest sexual abuse scandal in the history of the U.S. Olympic movement.
Former Banc-Serv exec sentenced to more than five years in prison
Kerri Agee of Noblesville was sentenced Thursday for her role in a 13-year financial fraud scheme at the now-defunct financial services company she once owned.
Indiana should lift law requiring yellow buses, charter group says
The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based charter advocacy group, highlighted in a new report how the yellow-bus requirement creates a costly burden for charter schools in particular.
Trust Hardware owner faces lawsuit over north-side store closure
Trust Hardware owner Adam Taylor says supply-chain and labor issues made it too tough to operate, so he closed two of his three stores last month. The landlord at his former Binford Shoppes store is suing Taylor for back rent.
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.
Delta-8 derivative gaining popularity at hemp and CBD shops across Indiana
Despite the state’s long-standing refusal to legalize marijuana, the Delta-8 THC derivative is being sold thanks to a legal gray area that many state officials would rather not talk about.
Federal court blocks drug pricing enforcement action against Lilly
The ruling from Senior Judge Sarah Evans Barker also hinted that Congress needs to address the problems with the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
Justice Department reviewing decision not to charge FBI agents in Nassar case
The Justice Department is under fire for not pursuing false-statements charges against a supervisory FBI agent and his boss for what the agency’s inspector general concluded were lies to internal investigators to cover up their failures.
Indiana governor’s lawyers could bill nearly $200K for suit
The Indiana governor’s office has signed a contract paying a law firm up to nearly $200,000 for challenging the increased power state legislators gave themselves to intervene during public health emergencies.
Lawsuit accuses Lilly of favoring millennials over older job applicants
Two former job applicants, aged 55 and 49, filed a proposed class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis on Wednesday, accusing the Indianapolis-based drug maker of age discrimination.
Judge conditionally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
If it withstands appeals, the deal will resolve a mountain of 3,000 lawsuits from state and local governments, Native American tribes, unions and others that accuse the company of helping to spark the overdose epidemic.
USA Gymnastics eyes $425M settlement with Nassar victims
While it’s unclear how much each victim would receive under the proposed agreement, the sum is significantly higher than the $215 million settlement offer Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee put together in February 2020.
IBJ Podcast: Will the Prosecutor’s Office move to the new Community Justice Campus?
Host Mason King talks with IBJ reporters Leslie Bonilla Muñiz and Mickey Shuey about why Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears is hesitant about moving to the Twin Aire site and why the mayor wants the office at the campus.