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423 law students pass July 2012 Indiana bar exam
Read the list of individuals who passed the Indiana bar exam in July 2012.
BMV puts the brakes on enforcing uninsured motorist registry
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles agreed Monday to halt enforcement of the “Previously Uninsured Motorist Registry” and reinstate the driver’s licenses of thousands of Hoosiers.
Justices take 1 case, reject 20
Indiana justices will review a case involving a search deemed illegal and a subsequent conviction for resisting law enforcement that was reversed by the Court of Appeals.
Court names Tippecanoe pro tem judge to replace Rush
Senior Judge Thomas K. Milligan will serve as Tippecanoe Superior 3 judge pro tem after Loretta Rush moves from that court to take her seat on the Indiana Supreme Court Nov. 7.
Rush to join Supreme Court Nov. 7
Indiana’s newest justice Loretta Rush will have a private swearing in ceremony Nov. 7. Her public ceremony will be held Dec. 28. Rush is just the second woman to serve on the state Supreme Court.
Justices suspend attorney for 3 years
Three Indiana justices have decided that a Boone County attorney should be suspended for at least three years because his repeated misconduct has “injured his clients” and “tarnished the reputation of the legal profession.”
Indianapolis attorney appointed to bankruptcy court
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP partner James M. Carr has been appointed to a 14-year term as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Carr joins the bench Jan. 1.
Justices vacate transfer in business dispute
After hearing arguments Oct. 24 in a dispute between former shareholders of a company and the new owners over what assets the new owners should receive, the Indiana Supreme Court decided that the Court of Appeals decision should stand.
Justices take suit involving tort claim notice
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear a case that divided the Court of Appeals on whether the victims in a car accident failed to provide notice to a government-funded agency under the Indiana Tort Claims Act.
Northern District taking comments on proposed rule changes
Revised rules for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, including a new section on local patent rules, are available for review and comment on the court’s website.
AG seeks to suspend license of pharmaceutical maker linked to meningitis outbreak
Attorney General Greg Zoeller on Friday asked the Indiana Pharmacy Board to suspend the license of a Massachusetts company whose contaminated steroid injections are linked to 43 cases of fungal meningitis and three deaths in the state.
Court affirms judgments in pollution case, remands for determination of credit due
The Indiana Court of Appeals found no errors in a trial court’s ruling in a dispute over insurance coverage to clean up a pollution spill at a westside Indianapolis business, but it sent the case back to the trial court for a determination of credit due an insurer.
Justices grant transfer in 2 cases
The Indiana Supreme Court accepted two cases for the week ending Oct. 19, according to a transfer list released Monday.
ISBA-led art project to honor former chief justice
The Indiana State Bar Association Leadership Development Academy is calling upon artisans to design a work of public art that will both honor a leader in the Indiana judiciary and invite children to play.