Hammerle On … The Oscars revisited; ‘McFarland, USA’
Bob Hammerle calls “McFarland, USA” a Hispanic version of the movie “Hoosiers.”
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Chamberlain: Brain injury awareness month highlights affects on survivors
March is brain injury awareness month in the United States, recognizing that 3.5 million Americans suffer a brain injury each year. Brain injury is a lifelong, ongoing and degenerative disease process that affects survivors, their families and the general public.
Technology Untangled: Meet face-to-face with these free video-chat apps
This article will look at Firefox Hello and compare it to the similar GoToMeeting.
Lucas: Indiana Lawyer names 2015 Leadership in Law award winners
Congratulations to our 2015 Leadership in Law Distinguished Barristers and Up and Coming Lawyers! This year’s group comprises an exceptional representation of legal talent, and Indiana Lawyer is pleased to have the opportunity to honor their work.
Dean’s Desk: Learning to write for the law
One of the educational challenges facing those of us in higher education (not just law) is teaching writing. The entry of what is often referred to as the millennial generation into higher education has shown a marked decrease in prior opportunities to write, to be critiqued, and, sadly, even to have been instructed in the basics of grammar, sentence structure and syntax.
Hammerle On… ‘Still Alice,’ ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
Bob Hammerle says Julianne Moore’s performance in “Still Alice” won an Oscar for a role you will never forget.
DTCI: Still learning after all these years in practice
The practice of law is still exciting and challenging for me, even as I approach my 34th year of practice.
Start Page: Get more out of your iPhone using these 3 tips
It seems to me that more lawyers are using iPhones. Almost all the attorneys in my office use an iPhone, and I see iPhones at depositions, hearings and client meetings.
Hammerle makes his 2015 Oscar picks
Let me again venture out on a limb and make my Academy Awards picks. Of course, I will likely be wrong, but never in my cinematic heart.
Neutral Corner: Use of mediator’s proposal should be a last resort
Mediation got an early and strong foothold in California in the late 1980s and that state has been an incubation site for several trends in the mediation process – some good, some bad and some perhaps a little ugly.
BGBC: Don’t get duped. Test your fraud skills
Do you think you are too smart to be duped by a fraudster? Have you been paying attention to our fraud articles? The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners estimates that the typical organization loses 5 percent of its annual revenue to fraud. Test your knowledge on fraud by taking this 10-question quiz.
Lundberg: The importance of preserving the attorney-client privilege
The dispute between former Indiana University Purdue-Fort Wayne Chancellor Michael Wartell and Purdue University has attracted much media attention – some of it wondering why Purdue would fight so hard to protect its claim that a lawyer-investigator’s report was protected by the attorney-client privilege and should not be released.
Indiana Judges Association: Law, time and judgment are shared responsibilities
When New York City claimed 20-30 inches of snow were coming (and got less than 10), I was reminded of so many lawyers who claim three days for their case (but only use one). All of us on the bench or bar tailor our talents toward forming our best judgments. Such a responsibility necessarily includes the talented due consideration of time.
Lucas: Looking back, looking ahead, and saying thanks
The dramatic changes that our world has experienced, and the impact those changes have had on the practice of law, has produced a fertile supply of topics to address over the years.
Foos: Forget the next big thing; focus on your existing technology
What we often forget is that the focus of legal-based technology is to increase the productivity of attorneys, paralegals and administrative staff. We’re focused on the next big thing when we should be identifying how to customize our existing technology to save time and increase productivity.
Hammerle on … ‘Selma,’ ‘American Sniper’
Bob Hammerle says the strength of “Selma” flows from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s relationship with his wife and President Lyndon Johnson.
Making Rain: Business strategies for in 2015
The beginning of a new year always seems like a good time to look at what’s working and what’s not in terms of your business development strategies.
Federal Bar Update: Southern District’s uniform protective order
Throughout 2014, a subcommittee of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana’s Local Rules Committee, including Magistrate Judges Denise LaRue and Debra McVicker Lynch, was hard at work on a proposed uniform protective order.
Riggins: The effects of Obama’s immigration executive actions
A debate is being waged regarding the effects of the executive actions. Proponents tout ameliorative socioeconomic effects, while opponents decry a thinly veiled grant of amnesty. In this landscape, it is important to understand the intent and effect of the executive actions.
Hammerle On… ‘The Imitation Game,’ ‘Into the Woods’
Bob Hammerle says that “The Imitation Game” is one of the best films of 2014.