Marilyn Odendahl - The Indiana Lawyer

Updated law provides more protection for abandoned medical records

July 11, 2017

Indiana already had a statute covering abandoned medical records, but Senate Enrolled Act 549, which sailed through the Statehouse during the 2017 session, updated the law. The new provisions expanded the definition of “abandoned,” added language requiring database owners to safeguard the medical information stored in their systems, and gave the Indiana Attorney General the power to recover the costs of protecting the discarded health records.

Arkansas birth certificate ruling could impact Indiana

June 29, 2017

As lesbian married couples in Indiana wait on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to rule whether both mothers can be listed on their children’s birth certificates, the Supreme Court of the United States may have just decided the outcome of the case.

Judge charged with violating Code of Judicial Conduct

June 28, 2017

A Blackford County judge has been charged with judicial misconduct related to his banning the court clerk from the county courthouse and threatening to arrest and possibly incarcerate her if she even stepped on the sidewalks surrounding the property.

Bamberger merger gives Kentucky firm stronger presence in Indiana

June 27, 2017

Since it was founded in 1959, the law firm of Bamberger Foreman Oswald & Hahn LLP has always had an office in the Hulman Building on Fourth Street in Evansville, but by the end of the summer, the mainstay in the local legal community will have a new name and a new location.

Make rain through relationships

June 27, 2017

A recent Altman Weil survey found firm leaders are concerned about lawyers’ business development skills.

Legal service provider offers residency to law school graduates

June 27, 2017

The dean of Notre Dame Law School, which participates in the program, says full-scale post-graduation training program would not be economically feasible or necessary.

Indiana Legal Services’ pilot project offers on-the-spot help to small claims defendants

June 27, 2017

The Tenant Assistance Program clinic offers triage services for tenants who have eviction notices and are appearing in court that day.

Treatment seen as antidote for opioid crisis

June 27, 2017

The Indiana Legislature approved several measures to expand recovery programs and prevent spread of opioid epidemic.

Double sentencing enhancements don’t violate precedent

June 26, 2017

The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled double enhancements that added 25 years to a man’s sentence did not violate precedent because each was given for a different offense.

COA remands dispute over attorney fees owed to doctor

June 22, 2017

A cardiologist who was denied his request for attorney fees totaling $450,000 will get a second chance to make his argument after the Indiana Court of Appeals found the trial court abused its discretion in awarding nearly $423,000 less.

Indianapolis tries to halt Carmel’s 96th Street roundabout

June 21, 2017

Four planned roundabouts on 96th Street may have hit a roadblock with the city of Indianapolis asking a court to stop the city of Carmel from moving forward with the project.

COA: attorney fees and litigation costs allowed in child’s wrongful death

June 20, 2017

In a case of first impression, the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the award of attorney fees in a child’s wrongful death case.

Public outcry may be able to keep offensive trademarks at bay

June 20, 2017

While Monday’s decision from the Supreme Court of the United States that barred the federal government from asserting which names are offensive has been viewed as a victory for the Washington Redskins, a high school in northern Indiana may provide an example of what the eight justices were trying to accomplish.

Desire for second boat lift not enough to override prior orders

June 13, 2017

The Indiana Court of Appeals swatted away an appeal of a dispute between pier owners, finding previous trial court orders resulting from more than 26 years of litigation over access to a lake clearly stated when a pier’s location can be changed.

Indiana joins ABA’s portal offering free legal advice

June 13, 2017

In recent months, the Indiana resource transitioned from being a stand-alone website that the Indiana Bar Foundation operated to becoming a part of the American Bar Association’s online portal, ABAFreeLegalAnswers.org. Currently, the bar foundation is reintroducing the website — indiana.freelegalanswers.org — to attorneys around the state.

4 lawyers and a businessman walk into a bar…

June 13, 2017

… and begin distilling, bottling and selling their own artisan liquor.

Tax sale purchasers lose as COA tangles over statutory interpretation

June 12, 2017

Likening people who buy property at tax sales to gamblers, an Indiana Court of Appeals panel split over how much due diligence the tax sale statute requires of purchasers but still found the buyers of a cell tower property in Bloomington did not do enough.

ABA supports Supreme Court review of ‘enemy combatant’

June 2, 2017

A Guantanamo Bay detainee, represented by Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Richard Kammen, has picked up support from the American Bar Association in his challenge to the validity of the military tribunal to try him.

Title VII sexual orientation cases bubbling in federal courts

June 1, 2017

As the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana continues with its first case allowing a Title VII claim on the basis of sexual orientation, the 2^nd Circuit Court of Appeals is preparing for an en banc rehearing to consider whether Title VII prohibitions include sexual orientation discrimination.

U.S. Supreme Court: selling product exhausts patent

May 31, 2017

In a decision that Zimmer Biomet and other medical device manufacturers argued will change their industry, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled Tuesday that patent holders cannot keep their patent protections after they sell their products.

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