Van Winkle: Recent mediation articles discuss ‘first offers’
Two recent articles suggest that in certain circumstances, mediation may be advantageous to go against the conventional wisdom of the anchoring effect of making the first offer.
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IndyBar: Indiana’s Growing Need for Attorneys in Federal Programs
IndyBar is proud to present our second of three CLEs focused all around on answering your questions on how to practice with contractors and government entities and all the spaces in-between on federal programs.
Lorbieski: Getting attorney fees in will contests, contested guardianships
For clients, the American Rule requiring each party to pay their own attorney fees, regardless of who wins a case, can make a win feel like less of a victory. That might explain why there are so many exceptions to the American Rule.
Nichols and Retzner: Using a purpose trust in a business succession plan
The “purpose trust” should be in an estate planner’s “tool kit” and considered in a client’s business succession and charitable planning.
McCarty: Tips for general practitioners: Estate planning for the unmarried
For those of you who don’t have an active estate planning practice, Indiana Code provides multiple safeguards for surviving spouses of an intestate decedent that are not provided to a surviving unmarried partner.
JLAP: In my ‘grief era’: Doing the ‘heart work’ of grief
It’s impossible for me to forget June 26, 2003, a day that marks more than a cruel summer.
IndyBar: The Racing Attorney Conference Heads to Austin, Texas in April!
The 2024 Racing Attorney Conference will be hosted April 9-10 at Circuit of Americas in Austin, Texas.
IndyBar Foundation Events to Attend this Spring
Whether 2024 is the year you learn more, mentor, travel, socialize or just plain show off your skills, IndyBar has you covered as we make our way into spring.
Hammerle on… “The Color Purple” and “The Boys in the Boat”
Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Bob Hammerle gives us his take on “The Color Purple” and “The Boys in the Boat.”
Popovich: 6 tips on how to discuss your mental health with others
It can be frustrating to struggle with your mental health and to get your family and friends to understand where you are coming from. Here are six suggestions on how to deal with the people you know regarding your mental health situation.
IndyBar: The IndyBar Foundation invites applications for its Community Empowerment Grant!
The Community Empowerment Grant serves as a vehicle to maximize the financial generosity of IndyBar Foundation donors and to provide members of IndyBar’s legal community with compelling opportunities to donate their time through free legal service.
Covington: Reflections from the editor: Making changes, saying goodbye
Yes, it’s true; at the end of the day on Feb. 27, I will sign off as editor of Indiana Lawyer.
Hamer: Commercial property environmental due diligence
Many new property owners and lessors also aren’t aware of — and don’t budget for — the duty to perform ongoing obligations in order to keep whatever legal defenses they may have from their environmental site assessment.
DTCI: 2024 eclipse may eclipse ‘business as usual’ for employers
At 3:06 p.m. on April 8, the city of Indianapolis will experience its first total solar eclipse in 819 years. As an attorney who advises employers, the impact of this rare celestial event on Indiana’s employers has been on my mind.
IndyBar: WLD Mentorship Reception emphasizes importance of relationships
The IndyBar Women and the Law Division’s mentoring program connects mentors and mentees to navigate a legal career from just out of law school to 20 years or more in the field.
IndyBar: Hair Discrimination Has No Age Limits
Please join the Marion County Bar Association, which will host Jantina Anderson, an IUPUI doctoral candidate, to speak on the topic of hair discrimination as part of a statewide racial equity humanities initiative in partnership with Indiana Humanities.
Alson and Pashos: Judicial deference to administrative agencies in 2024
In the four decades since Chevron was decided, it has been cited in more than 18,000 cases. Today, however, the future of the “Chevron deference” is uncertain.
Sugarman: Change coming to judicial review of agency action in Indiana?
Two cases currently pending before the United States Supreme Court have the potential to change the face of administrative law at the federal and, perhaps, state level by eliminating or significantly curtailing Chevron deference.
IndyBar: 2024 Indianapolis Bar Foundation Installation Remarks
On Jan. 25, the Indianapolis Bar Foundation celebrated the installation of its 28th president, Travis N. Jensen. The following is the address he gave to the nearly 200 members, family, and friends in attendance.