Because the special administrator provision in the Indiana Code did not apply, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled the trial court did not abuse is discretion when it removed a special administrator of an estate without considering the state statute.
While some legal scholars lament the deterioration of Gideon v. Wainwright 50 years after the landmark Supreme Court of the United States decision, Marion Superior Judge David Dreyer is calling for an expansion of the principle to include civil litigants.
Growing tension between the bench and bail bond agents has been shoved into the spotlight at the Statehouse and could be the subject of bills introduced during the 2014 session of the Indiana General Assembly.
The Indianapolis legal community is mourning the sudden death July 16 of attorney Joe Russell.
A change in policy from its largest contributor is pushing Indianapolis Legal Aid Society to introduce itself to a wider audience.
While some legal scholars lament the deterioration of Gideon v. Wainwright 50 years after the landmark Supreme Court of the United States decision, Marion Superior Judge David Dreyer is calling for an expansion of the principle to include civil litigants.
With the students arriving in less than a month, Indiana Tech Law School is opening the doors of its new building and giving academics, lawyers and community members a peek inside.
Although charged with only one duty, the Commission on Courts has added the controversial topic of bail bonds to its summer study agenda.
The Indianapolis legal community is in mourning after learning of the sudden death Tuesday night of attorney Joe Russell.
In affirming the conviction of a man who violated a no-contact order, the Indiana Court of Appeals split over what a “reasonable person” would have done in similar circumstances.
A real estate investor who argued that he should not be held personally liable because the loan documents were ambiguous was reminded by the Indiana Court of Appeals that “a failure to read does not equate with an ambiguity….”
Retired Indianapolis attorney Henry C. Ryder has been selected to receive the Indiana Bar Foundation’s 2013 Legendary Lawyer Award.
The courts are limiting relatives’ rights while the Indiana General Assembly seeks to expand them.
A task force has made three recommendations to the Indiana Supreme Court on how to encourage lawyers to perform more services for indigent Hoosiers.
Hoosier Veterans Assistance Foundation of Indiana Inc. and Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic recently signed an agreement for a clinic attorney to work with veterans.
Lawyers build niche practices in franchise law, and representing clients in eminent domain cases.
A business owner will have to serve his sentence after the Indiana Court of Appeals rejected his argument that his criminal convictions and financial penalties imposed for failing to pay taxes violated double jeopardy principles.
A partnership between two Indianapolis nonprofits will provide for the first time ongoing legal services to homeless veterans working to become self-sufficient.
The Office of the Indiana Attorney General has filed an answer to a lawsuit challenging the state’s laws and regulations that keep gas stations and grocery stores from selling cold beer.
Even though a trial court initially certified a class in a lawsuit, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled in a case of first impression that the lower court can change its mind.