May 1, 2013
Jennifer NelsonLaw Day, celebrated May 1, is a day to mark the nation’s commitment to the rule of law. President Barack Obama has issued
his Law Day proclamation on this year’s theme, “Realizing the Dream: Equality of All.”
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April 30, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals held Tuesday that a dismissal based on the failure to provide an appraisal with an offer to purchase
property for road work improvements was not an adjudication on the merits, allowing a city’s counterclaim for appropriation
of the property to be dismissed without prejudice.
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April 30, 2013
IL StaffGov. Mike Pence signed 25 bills into law Monday, including legislation restricting criminal background checks and changes
to probate and trust administration.
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April 29, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana General Assembly completed its 2013 legislative session late Friday, passing a two-year budget that retroactively
eliminates the state inheritance tax and increases funding for the Department of Child Services.
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April 26, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Friday found that the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration acted within its statutory
and constitutional authority in demanding review of employee medical records to ensure mines were not under-reporting injuries
or illnesses.
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April 26, 2013
IL StaffThe Indiana Senate Friday passed the legislation that is the first comprehensive reform of the state’s criminal code
in more than 35 years. It now goes to Gov. Mike Pence for his signature.
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April 26, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe dissenting judge in a case involving the dismissal of a company’s petition for judicial review of a decision by
the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission believed the petition must be dismissed based on the language of the Administrative Orders
and Procedures Act. The majority ordered resolution of the issue on the merits.
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April 25, 2013
IL StaffGov. Mike Pence signed Senate Enrolled Act 486 Wednesday, which will allow three counties to appoint additional magistrates
or judges.
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April 24, 2013
Jennifer NelsonInaction by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to update a man’s driving record to reflect his lifetime suspended license
is not enough to nullify a statutory requirement that his lifetime suspension be imposed, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled
Wednesday.
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April 24, 2013
Dave StaffordProsecutors and police helped clear more than half of those exonerated in 2012, according to a report by the National Registry
of Exonerations.
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April 24, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlLaw professors involved with immigration clinics agree that a change in the national immigration law could create more work
for the clinics, especially if undocumented workers currently in the country had a path to citizenship.
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April 24, 2013
Dave StaffordA defense subcontractor marked up kits, resulting in millions of dollars in armor overcharges.
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April 23, 2013
IL StaffHoosiers with criminal records might soon be able to erase their past.
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April 19, 2013
IL StaffThe Indiana House of Representatives passed on concurrence several bills Wednesday, including legislation dealing with judicial
technology and automation.
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April 18, 2013
Jennifer NelsonFinding that a liability administrative law judge erred in determining that a company that previously operated a call center
in Fishers owed more than $125,000 in unemployment insurance contributions, interest and penalties for a year when the company
had no Indiana employees, the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed.
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April 18, 2013
IL StaffThe March Against Hunger food drive competition among legal organizations in Indiana and Kentucky has raised the equivalent
of 143 tons of food, the Office of the Indiana Attorney General announced Wednesday.
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April 17, 2013
IL StaffThe Indiana House of Representatives passed several bills on concurrence Tuesday, including legislation on trust administration,
magistrates and adoption history information.
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April 16, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA longtime employee at the Bloomington General Electric Co. plant could not prove to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that
the company discriminated against her because of a disability and retaliated against her when she filed a complaint with the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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April 16, 2013
IL StaffThe Indiana House of Representatives approved Senate Bills 224 and 225 introduced by Senate President Pro Tem David Long outlining
details of the state’s call for a Constitutional Convention. The legislation returns to the Senate with some changes.
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April 12, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA former assistant police chief of the City of Greenwood who was demoted to lieutenant may be disciplined by the city’s
Police Merit Commission, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday. The officer argued that based on ordinances and codes,
only the mayor could discipline police chiefs or assistant chiefs.
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April 11, 2013
Jennifer NelsonLegislation out of the House of Representatives reconfiguring workers’ compensation in Indiana passed the Senate Wednesday
and goes back to the House with some changes.
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April 11, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA case involving a compensation award for condemnation initiated by Fort Wayne’s Board of Public Works that may appear
at first blush as a “no brainer” is actually not as simple as it seems, the Indiana Supreme Court pointed out
Thursday.
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April 10, 2013
IL StaffIndiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller joined a bipartisan group of 35 state and district attorneys general who Tuesday sent
a letter to Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress urging federal immigration reform.
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April 10, 2013
IL StaffHouse Bill 1006, which is the first comprehensive overhaul of Indiana’s felony statutes in 35 years, was passed by the
full Senate Wednesday and returned to the House of Representatives with amendments.
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April 10, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlAdvocates for alternative programs are asking the Indiana Legislature for funding.
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Never heard of remand to another state. How often does that happen?
I highly recommend Deanna and her team of professionals that serve the legal community. Great information and many thanks for sharing.
they are pushing these cases against lawyers too far. thought-crime.
vagueness cannot challenged, so let's write all laws vaguely and throw the constitution out the window.Even if the court is operating under a particular law, if they don't it they will change it to their liking. What a joke!!!
Two convictions becomes one conviction with exactly the same sentence, only it is not clear wheter or not that sentence will be 18 months, 120 months or 138 months. Actually if the guns were in a home, whether or not they were his, he is protected under the 2nd amendment. Jurors need to learn the law and the constitution before judging others. The cour5ts need to do this as well.