Liberty Publishing, Inc. v. Carter

OPINION

KIRSCH, Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal of the challenges of Liberty Publishing, Inc. (“Liberty”) and Nu-Sash of Indianapolis, Inc. (“Nu-Sash”) to the trial courts’ orders to enforce the Civil Investigation Demand (the “CID”)1 issued by the Attorney General of Indiana (the “AG”) to investigate the companies under the Indiana Deceptive Consumer’s Sales Act (the “IDCSA”) and the Indiana Home Improvement Contract Act (the “IHICA”), respectively. The appeal raises the following issues:

I. Whether a showing of reasonable cause under the statute requires the AG to introduce evidence…