Opinion
Articles
IndyBar: Practice Toolkit: ‘Change the Narrative: Your Invoices Probably Need Better Billing Descriptions’
Every interaction a law firm has with a client is a marketing opportunity, a chance to cement your value as a service provider. And there’s actually no better place to solidify that relationship than through your invoicing.
Shoultz & Wheeler: Keeping the lights on in Indiana in transition to renewables
While the 2023 Indiana General Assembly is poised to enact some long overdue advancements to help keep the lights on, a perfect storm is looming that may leave Indiana in the dark.
IndyBar: Optimize Billing Thru IndyBar
Want to learn more about effective and efficient billing methods and alternatives? Several free webinars are available online 24/7 from IndyBar.
Doehrmann, Wieg & Haughey: Working in a PFAS world: What you need to know
PFAS are almost ubiquitous in our environment, contained in such everyday items as food packaging, nonstick cookware, furniture coatings, carpeting, apparel, paints, soaps and personal care products.
Van Winkle: An unintended consequence of Zoom mediations
It is submitted that the current reluctance of parties to attend mediation sessions in person has had and will continue to have significant and long-lasting negative impacts on the efficacy of the mediation process.
Relue, Connor & Townsend: The future’s so bright (I gotta wear shades)
Indiana communities can now choose to become solar energy-ready communities under Indiana Code § 8-1-42.
IndyBar: IndyBar Foundation Accepting Applications for $35,000 Grant
Legal professionals are active community volunteers, so it’s likely IndyBar members know of local law-related organizations that could benefit from a $35,000 grant from the Indianapolis Bar Foundation.
Marquez: Expanding your perimeter for your firm’s cybersecurity
The lines are being blurred where the perimeter of the law firm’s technology responsibilities end.
IndyBar: Practice Toolkit: You Have the Data. Do You Use It?
There is a pathway to make better decisions about how to run a law firm — and, as it turns out, the data’s right there in front of you.
Vladimirova: Policies on ESG issues create tensions for financial institutions
Companies both large and small continue to grapple with how ESG issues affect their risk management, strategic investments and external reporting.
IndyBar: Let’s Talk Books!
If you haven’t heard, the Women and the Law Division (WLD) of the IndyBar has a quarterly book club, and we invite you to join!
Maley: Notable January rulings from Indiana federal judges
During January, Indiana federal judges issued multiple informative opinions on common procedural issues.
Jurkiewicz: Deposit account security interest can overcome garnishment
As long as the bank takes appropriate steps in response to the garnishment paperwork, the bank’s perfected security interest in the deposit account will defeat any interest asserted by the judgment creditor.
Trimble: Plaintiff v. defendant: What does the ‘v.’ mean to you?
I have friends and acquaintances in the bar and the judiciary who have expressed concern that the polarization of our society has begun to spill over into how lawyers and their clients behave in litigation.
Hammerle on… “The Fabelmans” and “Babylon”
Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Robert Hammerle gives us his take on “The Fabelmans” and “Babylon.”
IndyBar: Special Masters a Special Solution
The Indiana Commercial Court Rules and a trend in the commercial courts provide judges with the discretion to appoint a special master to address and resolve discovery nightmares before they even begin.
IndyBar: Geyer Takes the Helm
On Jan. 26, 2023, the Indianapolis Bar Association celebrated the installation of its 145th president, Rebecca Geyer. The following is the address she gave to the nearly 200 members, family and friends in attendance.
IndyBar: Apply Now for Leadership Program
IndyBar’s Bar Leader Series Class XX applications are now being taken until Feb. 28.
Langford: Overcoming overconfidence bias in the settlement process
How does an attorney find that fine line between confidence and overconfidence when counseling clients on whether to accept the other side’s final settlement number or proceed to trial instead?