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DTCI: Diversity in firm life — Make room for me and let me eat
Hiring diverse attorneys is a good start; however, giving diverse attorneys a seat at the table will ultimately determine whether a firm’s diversity and inclusion efforts have been effective.
DTCI: Meet the 2020 DTCI Board of Directors
At the November annual meeting of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, the following officers and directors were elected. They assumed office January 1, 2020.
DTCI: Where have all the jury trials gone, revisited
Trials are the training ground in which this generation of lead trial lawyers prepares the next. My concern was and is that the ability to effectively exercise the right to trial will someday (maybe soon) be limited because there will be no one left with experience doing the work.
DTCI: Outstanding defense attorneys honored
In conjunction with its 2019 Annual Meeting in Bloomington Nov. 21-22, DTCI recognized the outstanding defense lawyers of the year.
DTCI: Photos from the Annual Meeting and Board of Directors meeting at Monroe Convention Center, Bloomington
Click here to see photos from the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana in Bloomington.
DTCI: 2020 officers and directors named
The Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana named its 2020 officers and directors at its 26th Annual Conference and Annual Meeting last month. The officers and directors will take office Jan. 1, 2020.
DTCI: 2019 amicus activity — summary of key cases
This year, the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana has participated as amicus in a variety of issues of significant interest to the defense bar. Here are highlights from some of those key cases.
DTCI: Young Lawyers Step Up
The September community service event at Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana was hosted by the Young Lawyers Committees of DTCI and ITLA. Six DTCI members and two ITLA members attended.
DTCI: Using Misuse as a Defense
Indiana’s state and federal courts have long held that the incurred risk and product alteration defenses under Indiana’s Product Liability Act (IPLA) constitute “complete defenses.” But applying the misuse doctrine, particularly as a complete defense, is nuanced and requires a more thorough understanding of Campbell Hausfeld/Scott Fetzer v. Johnson and related law than the headlines might suggest.
DTCI: Limited Recovery for the Uninsured Plaintiff
The law limits an uninsured person’s recovery to economic damages when an insured driver is at fault. Insurance companies are actually prohibited from paying noneconomic damages to uninsured claimants who have had a financial responsibility citation within the previous five years.
DTCI: How can employers minimize the risk of workplace violence?
In assessing workplace violence situations, there are clearly certain occupations where the risk of aggression is higher. Even though the risk of workplace violence exists in many different vocations, there are some proactive approaches that employers can and should use to minimize the risk.
DTCI 26th Annual Conference: Registration Now Open
The annual meeting of membership and the Board of Directors will take place Nov. 21-22 at the Monroe Convention Center in Bloomington.
DTCI: When Expert’s Testimony Should Be Inadmissible
Considering the clear prohibition against expert contingency fee agreements expressed by the Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct and the overwhelming authority from other jurisdictions, it is likely courts in our state will adopt a rule excluding contingent expert testimony, should the issue arise.
DTCI: Grateful reminiscences of service on the DTCI board
My DTCI board term is about to expire. It has been particularly rewarding to lend a voice from the northwestern part of the state as a member of the board of directors. Thus, I want to take the opportunity to reflect upon many grateful memories of being on the DTCI Board of Directors.
DTCI: The Right to a Meaningful Medical Review Panel
A slight and modest modification to the medical review panel statutes, modeled after procedures used by other states, could remedy the problem raised in cases involving defendants from a breadth of practice areas.
DTCI: Young Lawyers Summer Golf
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Jordan Slusher of Kightlinger & Gray, chair of the DTCI Young Lawyers, reported that 22 golfers enjoyed the Young Lawyer three-hour outing at TopGolf in July.[/caption]
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Jordan Slusher of Kightlinger & Gray, chair of the DTCI Young Lawyers, reported that 22 golfers enjoyed the Young Lawyer three-hour outing at TopGolf in July.[/caption]
DTCI: Neglected DEA regulatory obligations that ruin pharmacies
Most pharmacies’ legal and financial exposure is not with the diversion of controlled substances (e.g., stealing, selling or dispensing drugs without a legitimate medical purpose); it is instead with the tedious, prosaic record-keeping requirements that often go neglected.
DTCI: Clash or Talking Heads — The hard question of stay or go
Every lawyer must answer The Clash’s Mick Jones’ question, “Should I Say or Should I Go?” many times, in one context or another.
DTCI: Young lawyers have active summer
DTCI Young Lawyers gathered for Happy Hour in the private pub room of The Tap in downtown Indianapolis on June 5. The event, hosted by Exponent, an engineering consultant firm, was a hit!