Law firm Barnes & Thornburg opens two more East Coast offices
The New Jersey and Philadelphia offices will be anchored by former attorneys from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath.
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Juul to pay nearly $440M to settle with 33 states in teen vaping probe
The agreement, which includes Indiana, resolves one of the biggest legal threats facing the beleaguered company, which still faces nine separate lawsuits from other states and hundreds of individual suits.
Taft law firm expands Midwest presence with Detroit merger
The firm’s combination with Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss P.C. will take effect Dec. 31 and grow Taft’s presence to 12 cities and about 800 attorneys.
Rokita: No ‘woke’ criteria allowed in pension investments
Indiana and its investment managers can’t make government employee pension system investments based on environmental, social or governance criteria, Attorney General Todd Rokita wrote in an advisory opinion released Thursday.
Red flag laws get little use as shootings, gun deaths soar
An Associated Press analysis found many U.S. states barely use the red flag laws touted as the most powerful tool to stop gun violence before it happens.
State high court sides with Archdiocese in firing of gay Cathedral High teacher
The Indiana Supreme Court found the church-autonomy doctrine prohibits the state from interfering in the Catholic Church’s dispute with a high school teacher who claimed he was fired for being in a same-sex marriage.
Boone County councilor sues commissioner, files counterclaim against accuser in harassment case
Aaron Williams alleges a scheme to destroy his career in the legal filings made against Boone County Commissioner Tom Santelli and the county’s human resources director.
Dutch government ‘very concerned’ after soldier’s killing in Indianapolis
Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren told reporters in Prague, where she met with her European Union counterparts, that the state of affairs in the Netherlands’ “most important ally” had become troubling.
Musk cites whistleblower as new reason to exit $44B Twitter deal
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter lobbed more accusations at each other Tuesday in the latest round of legal filings over Musk’s efforts to rescind his offer to buy the social media platform.
Hamilton County administrator announces retirement after 49 years with county
Dan Stevens, who previously served eight years as Hamilton County sheriff, has been Hamilton County’s director of administration since 2009.
Product-liability lawsuits against 3M can proceed, Indianapolis judge rules
Indianapolis-based Aearo Technologies LLC’s recent bankruptcy filing won’t shield its corporate parent 3M Co. from the massive flood of product-liability lawsuits over Aeros’ military earplugs, a judge has ruled.
Moderna sues Pfizer over patents behind COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna accuses competitors Pfizer and BioNTech of copying Moderna’s technology in order to make their own vaccine.
Settlement proposed for downtown hotel’s $1M Spring League lawsuit
The agreement between Crowne Plaza Union Station owner B&D Associates LP and The Spring League LLC would require the league to pay about $850,000.
Court says city not liable in bar brawl involving off-duty officers
A man knocked out by two off-duty Indianapolis police officers during a bar fight and initially awarded more than $1 million in damages could not convince Court of Appeals that the municipality should be held vicariously liable for its employees’ actions.
Indy FOP vote shows almost no police confidence in county prosecutor, courts
The Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police said the confidence vote included input from police officers from every law enforcement agency in Indianapolis and Marion County.
Help wanted: Positions still unfilled as legal aid struggles to find attorneys
Legal aid agencies across the state are struggling to find and hire attorneys to fill full-time staff positions. Providers speculate that lower bar passage rates and high demand for lawyers across the legal profession have created a supply issue.
Ford to appeal $1.7 billion verdict in Georgia truck crash
The case involved what the plaintiffs’ lawyers called dangerously defective roofs on Ford pickup trucks. Lawyers for the plaintiffs had submitted evidence of nearly 80 rollover wrecks that involved truck roofs being crushed that injured or killed motorists.
Walmart expands abortion coverage for employees
Walmart, the nation’s largest employer, is expanding its abortion coverage for employees after staying largely mum on the issue for months following the Supreme Court ruling that overturned a nationwide right to abortion.
Conrad Indianapolis hotel loses appeal for COVID-19 insurance payout
In 2020, occupancy rates at the Conrad dropped “into the single digits” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The hotel “lost virtually all of its business income” while incurring “additional expenses for cleaning and disinfecting the property.”
‘Free’ job training can cost fortune for employees who quit
The debate over clawback contracts is taking place as part of a wider struggle between workers and employers in the U.S. economy.