Even as digital recording is grows, charged sentiment surrounds the use of artificial intelligence in court reporting, industry experts say. According to some, there’s a middle ground to be found: embracing technology to increase efficiency while also relying on humans for nuance.
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Despite a landmark election, a Hoosier’s appointment to the United States Supreme Court and countless major developments in the Indiana legal community, this year belonged to the coronavirus, Indiana Lawyer’s top story of 2020.
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Thomas Kirsch II has been confirmed to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on a 51-44 vote in the U.S. Senate. Kirsch succeeds Amy Coney Barrett after her confirmation to the United States Supreme Court.
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With two vacancies now on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, President Donald Trump’s nominee for an Indiana seat faced tough questioning on Capitol Hill while bar and civil rights groups called for change on the Chicago-based court, the only all-white federal appeals bench in the nation.
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U.S. District Judge Phillip Simon sentenced Valencia Franklin, 52, of Lynwood, Illinois, after she pleaded guilty to wire fraud, a federal felony offense.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Holly Brady sentenced Melvin Green, 35, to 60 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indiana’s Northern District.
U.S. District Judge Damon Leichty sentenced James Dockins, 37, of South Bend to 128 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl.
A former East Chicago police commander convicted of providing cocaine to an associate was sentenced to three years in federal prison Thursday.
Nominees must be individuals who serve the Northern District of Indiana either as a staff member of the clerk’s office or as chambers staff to a district court judge (Article III or Magistrate) or bankruptcy court judge.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a man’s sentence for drug trafficking after determining a district court did not account for the difference in mixed and pure substances.
The city of Gary has been awarded $1 million for permanent mounted license plate recognition cameras and stationary video surveillance cameras, Northern District U.S. Attorney Clifford Johnson and Gary Police Chief Anthony Titus announced Aug. 11.
A federal magistrate judge in the Indiana Northern District Court has denied a motion to recuse brought by a male student at Purdue University who was expelled after the school determined he had sexually assaulted a female student.
A district court ruled correctly in granting summary judgment and denying a transgender man and his significant other’s claims that they had their rights to privacy violated, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.
Judge Holly Brady is the new chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, replacing now-Senior Judge Jon DeGuilio.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana collected $7,065,356.11 in civil and criminal actions for the fiscal year 2022, the office announced Dec. 21.
An inmate who filed a suit against more than a dozen individuals using placeholders should have the chance to amend his claims against some of them, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
A man involved in a multimillion-dollar drug trafficking ring did not convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that his motion to suppress hefty amounts of drugs and cash found in his hotel room should have been granted.
A federal prisoner’s appeal of a magistrate judge’s denial of his request to access a wiretap warrant from his case was dismissed Monday after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals found the order was not entered by a district judge and that it ultimately lacked jurisdiction to do anything else with the case.
South Bend attorney Sven Eric Marshall has been sentenced to serve more than 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.94 million in restitution for defrauding investors in his former business, Trust & Investment Advisory Services of Indiana, Inc.
Steven A. Johnson, a Crown Point mediation and labor attorney, has been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana after two cases he handed off to his son resulted in two five-figure sanctions and a default judgment of $1.8 million against his client due to negligence.
The Northern District of Indiana approved amendments to five local rules effective Feb. 25, specifically to Local Rules 5-3, 6-1, 7-1, 7-6 and 56-1. Several of the amendments are significant and impact everyday federal civil practice.
The family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a white Indiana police officer in 2019 is appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of their wrongful death lawsuit.
A class certification under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act was properly denied against a motel franchisee who sued a fitness equipment vendor, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
In response to a lawsuit challenging judicial selection in Lake County, the state of Indiana is claiming the judicial nominating process does not violate the Constitution or federal voting laws and asserting the court should enter judgment in the case against the plaintiffs.