Take a look back at the stories that made headlines in Indiana Lawyer in 2014. Opponents of the state's right-to-work law say the court battle may not be over. The artwork commissioned by the ISBA's inaugural Leadership Development Academy class to honor former Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard has "stalled," says one person involved in the project.
Indiana Lawyer recently invited Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush, Indiana Court of Appeals Chief Judge Nancy Vaidik, Indiana Tax Judge Martha Wentworth and Chief Judge Robyn Moberly of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana’s Bankruptcy Court to discuss their career paths as well as the opportunities and challenges today’s courts and lawyers face. State and federal courts are clamping down on confidential filings. A few pluck - and lucky - people have reclaimed and revived famous Hoosier trademarks. Remember Choc-Ola?
Five judges with a combined bench experience of more than a century are departing the Marion County courts at the end of the year, joining dozens of jurists around the state who are calling it a career. The Indiana State Bar Association's House of Delegates is seeking malpractice time-limit legislation. The recent $1.4 million judgment against Walgreen after its pharmacist accessed a customer's information in order to share details with her boyfriend is being called a "game-changer."
As courts around the state conducted special events to celebrate National Adoption Month, the Indiana Supreme Court grappled with a case that poses at least two issues of first impression, including whether an adoption agencies face negligence claims when a child mistakenly has been placed with an adopting family? Three Indiana legal scholars join a brief arguing that the case of a fisherman facing charges he violated Sarbanes-Oxley highlights the issue of overcriminalization. An in-house attorney in Indianapolis has turned his pastime into an album of children's music.
Interpreters understand the need for offering services remotely, but want all interpreters to be certified. Attorneys say Indiana's expungement law still has issues that the General Assembly needs to fix. Law firms struggle to create apps that have value and meet a specific need for users.
Forrest Bowman Jr.’s book retraces Indianapolis’ infamous Sylvia Likens murder case and his role defending two boys at trial. The book presents a thorough, day-by-day recollection of the trial that captivated and horrified the state in 1966. Attorneys debate the impact on the judicial process by reality crime TV shows, like "Cold Justice, which led to charges against a man in a 1975 cold case. Lawmakers are in no rush to fix Marion County's Superior judge election system after a federal judge deemed the statute unconstitutional. The legislators are already having to tackle the county's small claims court system.
Firms – especially those with multiple offices – say their practices benefit from retreats, team-building exercises and even regular face-to-face meetings of top partners. Millions more dollars are being sought to cover representation of juveniles, due in part to a new rule taking effect Jan. 1. An ISBA panel looks at how firms can maximize their paralegals' roles to get their money's worth.
Indiana’s public intoxication statute, amended in 2012 to add four conduct elements, is on thin ice constitutionally for vague and subjective language. The Marion attorney who told a judge he "doesn't like socks" and won't wear them while in court has sparked a discussion by attorneys on court dress code. Attorneys says representation is imperative to due process for the child immigrants who have come to the U.S. recently.
Paul Overhauser’s clients are often on the cutting edge of Internet technology, so he decided that in addition to dollars, he’ll take digital dough. The intellectual property attorney has been accepting Bitcoin for several months. A key legislator in the Indiana General Assembly thinks Marion County small claims reform will face hurdles in the Legislature. Lawyers say that communication is key to long-term preservation of large estates. You don't want to fall victim to the "three generations rule" - that your fortune will only last three generations.
A recent $2.5 million gift will expand the Indiana University Maurer School of Law-linked conservation law program to IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law students. Indiana has joined 11 states in challenging the EPA's regualtory authority over existing coal plants. Attorneys find enjoyment in playing board games. In fact, one is leaving the law to work for a board game company.