IBA: Paralegals Honored with Proclamations
As one lawyer remarked, “Wouldn’t it be great to have a job when you can proclaim a day to be anything you want it to
be?”
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IBA: Young Lawyers Go Green
IBA Young Lawyers Division members are hard at work planting juniper bushes in the Triangle Gateway area along East Morris Street downtown on Saturday, May 21. The Young Lawyers Division Go Green Subcommittee organized the group’s community service event in conjunction with the CSX “Trees for Tracks” program, which represented a local partnership between […]
BREAKING: Justice Boehm stepping down
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Theodore R. Boehm announced today that he is retiring from the state’s highest court on
Sept. 30, 2010.
IBA: Slow Pace of Law Firm Mergers Continues
There were eight new law firm combinations announced in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2010 according to Altman Weil MergerLine, continuing the slow down of mergers from 2009.
IBA: Indianapolis Bar Foundation Has Record Year
Ever heard the expression, “give a little, give a lot?” Those supporting the Indianapolis Bar Foundation in 2009 did just that.
DTCI: Effective risk transfer in a contract
For nearly every major construction project, a construction contract is entered into before construction begins. In almost all of those contracts, provisions are made for the transfer of risk.
Uninsured motorist coverage claim
Michael Dec Jr. and Pamela M. Dec v. Encompass Insurance
Court gives grants for family projects
Fifteen projects in 18 Indiana counties are receiving grants from the Indiana Supreme Court aimed at family court projects,
including Madison and Parke counties that are the newest to join the effort that’s been in place since 1999.
Casino-revenues case reversed
The Indiana Supreme Court has dodged a question about whether state lawmakers should be able to cram multiple unrelated issues into a single piece of legislation, leaving in place what some call the practice of “legislative logrolling” that hasn’t been specifically shot down in almost four decades. Finding focus in laws IL Oct. 28- […]
Suspension ends for LaPorte judge
The LaPorte Superior judge suspended for asking a law enforcement officer to destroy potential evidence in her accidental shooting returned to the bench May 11. Judge Jennifer Evans Koethe completed her 60-day suspension without pay that was handed down by the Indiana Supreme Court March 12 and was automatically reinstated. New judge gets 60-day […]
7th Circuit rehears gun-rights case
7th Circuit Court of Appeals judges in Chicago didn’t take the issue of Second Amendment rights lightly when they heard oral arguments en banc May 20 for United States of America v. Steven M. Skoien, No. 08-3770. That case, which a 7th Circuit panel first heard April 6, 2009, and decided Nov. 18, involved Steven […]
ISBA gets award for juvenile summit
The Indiana State Bar Association learned May 18 that it will receive the LexisNexis 2010 Community and Educational Outreach Award for the “Summit on Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System: A Statewide Dialogue,” which took place in August 2009. The ISBA will receive the award at the National Association of Bar Executives membership luncheon […]
This pizza ‘experience’ worth the trip to Carmel
One of the few things I remember from my undergraduate business studies is that if you want to succeed in retail or restaurant
the most important rule is LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION.
Civic education programs prepare students for public life
A letter to the editor asks all to support civic programs in Indiana.
Editorial: Hunt for victims’ rights
Here at the newspaper, we’re big fans of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. But we understand the
need for and exuberance some individuals feel for the Second Amendment: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to
the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Disciplinary Actions – 5/26
The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission brings charges against attorneys who have violated
the state’s rules for admission to the bar and Rules of Professional Conduct.
Federal Bar Update: New FRCP 15(a) is a little-noticed rules amendment
As federal practitioners well know by now, sweeping changes to the federal rules took effect Dec. 1, with most of those changes
incorporating the “days are days” time computation amendments.
Input sought on proposed changes
The Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure is seeking comment through June 20 on several proposed
rule changes.