Shortly after Benjamin Harrison received word in June of 1888 that he had been nominated for the presidency, he stepped outside to speak to the crowd of 8,000 people who had converged on his lawn and told them that his home would remain a welcoming place.... Read More
Indiana Legal Services, a civil legal aid agency for low-income Hoosiers, will receive $9.24 million in federal money for 2023 — a 15% increase over its 2022 appropriation which will help the nonprofit address pandemic-induced problems.... Read More
Revisions promised by U.S. News and World Report to how it calculates law school rankings do not appear to have reduced the animosity toward the rankings, with one Indiana professor claiming the changes do nothing to improve the annual evaluation.... Read More
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita will have to make public the government’s advisory opinion on his former employment with Apex Benefits after a trial court rejected his argument that the document is confidential.... Read More
The bipartisan vote of 60-31 by the U.S. Senate in favor of her confirmation to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals provided another example of how much people like and respect Judge Doris Pryor.... Read More
The Marion Superior Court has become the second trial court to block Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, this time on the grounds that the law violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Judge Heather Welch issued a 43-page ruling on the case Friday.... Read More
Indiana University’s two law schools say they are still deciding whether to join the list of law schools revolting against the annual rankings compiled by U.S. News & World Report. Conversely, Notre Dame has declined to offer any comment about its plans.... Read More
Frost Brown Todd, which has more than 500 attorneys in 14 markets including Indiana, is expanding to the West Coast through a merger with California-based AlvaradoSmith. The combination will become effective Jan. 1, 2023.... Read More
Near the end of an oral argument that stretched beyond 1½ hours, Arnold & Porter attorney Andrew Tutt reminded the U.S. Supreme Court what started the case — a family was trying to get proper medical care for their elderly father.... Read More
After Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita used the announcement of the landmark $507 million opioid settlement to take a swipe at trial lawyers, one plaintiff’s attorney is hitting back, accusing the state’s top lawyer of nearly scuttling the deal that will be bringing much-needed funds to local Hoosier communities.... Read More
