Ex-Dow Agro scientist pleads guilty in espionage case
Kexue Huang faces up to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday morning to sending trade secrets worth millions to China and Germany.
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Filing shows Durham’s personal finances in shambles
Even if everyone who owed Durham money paid him—which seems unlikely—his assets still would be a fraction of his debts.
Baker & Daniels completes merger with Minneapolis law firm
One of the city’s largest and oldest law firms said Wednesday that it has completed its merger with Minneapolis-based Faegre & Benson LLP. It will operate as Faegre Baker Daniels beginning Jan. 1.
Charlie White seeks voter-fraud probe of Bayhs
Indiana's beleaguered Indiana secretary of state requested an independent prosecutor to look into his allegations of vote fraud and homestead fraud against former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh and his wife, Susan.
Smoking ban in Delaware County bars, clubs upheld
Delaware Circuit Judge Marianne Vorhees denied a request to block an enhanced smoking ordinance passed by Delaware County commissioners in August.
Suit alleges religious bias at Defender Direct
A religious discrimination lawsuit brought in federal court by a former Defender Direct manager has an unusual twist: The employee says she was fired for not embracing her boss’s religious beliefs. The company denies the charges.
Junior Achievement prevails in lawsuit brought by former executive
A former executive vice president claimed Junior Achievement had failed to remit payments to his retirement and health-savings accounts, a violation of the Employment Retirement Security Act.
Law firm merger activity on the rise
Ice Miller is among the firms that merged this year and Baker & Daniels is exploring a merger.
Two injured on motorcycle sue Indy over police crash
Two people who were seriously injured when an allegedly intoxicated Indianapolis police officer collided with their stopped motorcycle are seeking unspecified damages from the officer, the police department and the city in at least the third civil suit over the case.
State to crack down on new online gambling machines
Indiana officials have decided to clamp down on new electronic gambling machines that let users connect to online games and are giving the state excise police authority to remove them and cite businesses that have them.
Indiana ACLU starts 3-year fundraising drive
The group is locked in two high-profile battles with the state seeking to invalidate new laws barring Planned Parenthood of Indiana from receiving Medicaid funds and cracking down on illegal immigration.
Hall Render is country’s second-largest health care law firm
The Indianapolis-based firm has held the rank the past three years and has been listed among the top-five health care firms since 2004.
Judge denies Plowman request to overturn convictions
Former City-County Councilor Lincoln Plowman had asked a judge to overturn his attempted extortion and bribery convictions after a jury found him guilty of the charges Sept. 15.
State receives 24 more tort claims for stage collapse
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s office said the new notices boost to 45 the total number of tort claims received to date from victims of the deadly state fair stage collapse.
Former Hoosier pleads guilty in Florida Ponzi case
Former Indianapolis developer Sydney “Jack” Williams admitted to failing to report $6.4 million in income from 2004 through 2007 that he earned from Miami Beach, Fla.-based Capitol Investments, run by CEO Nevin Shapiro.
NCAA sued by ex-college football players over head injuries
The National College Athletic Association has been sued by two former college football players who claim the organization failed to enforce safety measures to protect them from concussions.
Federal judge limits Indiana ban on robo-calls
Indiana's attorney general says he'll fight a federal judge's ruling limiting Indiana's ban on political robo-calls to in-state phone calls only.
Rep. DeLaney calls for stage collapse liability hearing
The Indianapolis Democrat said the $5 million liability cap the state has in place is "too little" for the seven people who died and dozens who were injured.
Federal judge nixes firm’s Bio Cremation lawsuit
A federal judge in Pittsburgh has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a Pittsburgh company that claimed its so-called "Bio Cremation" service — a flameless process to cremate remains — was being unfairly targeted by two Indiana competitors.
Lawsuit by fair victims challenges Indiana’s $5M tort cap
An Indiana law that caps the state's liability for damages at $5 million for a single event violates the U.S. and state constitutions and should be thrown out, six plaintiffs suing over the deadly collapse of an Indiana State Fair stage argue in a lawsuit filed Monday.