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Justices side with casinos' interests on card counters, problem gambling losses
October 13, 2010
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Supreme Court has given state casinos a double win, strengthening their rights by saying they can exclude card
counters and holding that pathological gamblers can’t recover damages stemming from gambling losses as long as the casinos
are following state regulations.
MoreFormer Justice Theodore R. Boehm joins Indy dispute resolution firm
October 13, 2010
Michael HoskinsAside from writing precedent-setting decisions and rules that govern the entire Hoosier legal community, now-retired Indiana
Supreme Court Justice Theodore R. Boehm said there’s one significant part of his legacy on the state’s highest
court that is mostly overlooked.
MoreReaching out to lawyers
October 13, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerCommission on Lawyer Assistance Programs conference held in Indianapolis this year considers the role of assistance programs
for attorneys.
MoreEducation conclave focuses on diversity, economy
October 13, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerWhen the Indiana State Bar Association gets law students, attorneys, professors, judges, court administrators, deans, and
representatives of Indiana’s Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program, Disciplinary Commission, Board of Law Examiners,
and the Indiana Bar Foundation are all in the same place for a few hours, some interesting dialogues are bound to take place.
MoreMarion County prosecutor candidates face off
October 13, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerThe two candidates for Marion County prosecutor faced each other at their alma mater, Indiana University School of Law –
Indianapolis, Sept. 29, in a debate sponsored by the Republican Law Coalition, the Democratic Law Society, and the Criminal
Law Association of the law school.
More5 Court of Appeals judges up for retention
October 13, 2010
Michael HoskinsOne third of the Indiana Court of Appeals judges face a retention vote this year. Read the judges’ answers to questions
posed by Indiana Lawyer.
More7 semi-finalists still vying for Tax Court
October 13, 2010
Michael HoskinsSeven attorneys remain in the running to be the next Indiana Tax Court judge, and they return for second interviews before
the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission Oct. 27.
MoreAnti-piracy legislation tackles IP enforcement
October 13, 2010
Michael HoskinsThe notion of pirates pillaging treasures and bartering it on the high seas isn’t that far fetched for Indianapolis
intellectual property attorney Jonathan Polak.
MoreDiscipline case poses questions on recusals, separation of powers
October 13, 2010
Michael HoskinsDelaware County Prosecutor Mark McKinney should be publicly reprimanded for violating four professional conduct rules in his
handling of civil forfeiture matters as a private attorney while simultaneously prosecuting those same criminal defendants,
according to a hearing officer the Indiana Supreme Court appointed to examine disciplinary charges against the prosecutor.
MoreCommissions applicants Q&A online
October 13, 2010
Michael HoskinsRead the responses from the five Indiana Judicial Nominating and Qualification commissions nominees to questions posed by
Indiana Lawyer.
MoreISBA panel still studying ALJ issues
October 13, 2010
Michael HoskinsGov. Mitch Daniels fired the state’s top utility regulator recently, citing ethical concerns about how a now-former
administrative law judge presided over cases involving a regulated energy company leading up to his taking a job there.
More7th Circuit finds for energy plant
October 12, 2010
Rebecca BerfangerThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed a decision out of Indiana regarding a claim by the Environmental Protection
Agency that Cinergy Corp. was wrong to modify its coal-burning plants without first obtaining a permit from the EPA.
MorePending dissolution settlement not enforceable upon a party's death
October 12, 2010
Elizabeth BrockettA property-settlement document is not an enforceable contract if one of the parties dies before the dissolution action is
finalized, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled today.
MoreActual notice denies bona fide purchaser defense
October 12, 2010
Elizabeth BrockettThe Indiana Court of Appeals today reversed an interlocutory order and remanded for the trial court to grant prejudgment possession
of farm equipment to a company that had security interest in it even though it had been traded to another company.
MoreSCOTUS rejects two Indiana cases
October 12, 2010
Michael HoskinsThe Supreme Court of the United States has declined to get involved in two appeals out of Indiana, upholding federal or state
rulings on both cases.
MoreWrongfully-convicted man sues for withholding evidence
October 11, 2010
Jennifer NelsonA man who spent nearly 18 years in prison for crimes from which he was later exonerated is now suing the City of Hammond and
various police officers involved in his arrest.
MoreSuit filed following inmate's suicide
October 11, 2010
Jennifer NelsonA father whose son committed suicide while in a southern Indiana jail has filed a lawsuit against the county and its sheriff.
MoreCourt cuts $42.4 million state back pay award
October 8, 2010
Michael HoskinsThe Indiana Court of Appeals today significantly slashed a $42.4 million damages award against the state, cutting the period
from which employees can recover back pay from 20 years to about two months.
MoreFormer Florida chief justice to speak on diversity
October 8, 2010
IL StaffA former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, who was on the bench during Bush v. Gore, is the keynote speaker
at this year’s President’s Dinner at the Indiana State Bar Association annual meeting in Indianapolis.
MoreCOA rules on military benefits to former spouses
October 8, 2010
Jennifer NelsonRuling on the issue for the first time, the Indiana Court of Appeals has held that a military spouse may not, by a post-decree
waiver of retirement pay in favor of disability benefits or combat-related special compensation, unilaterally and voluntarily
reduce the benefits awarded to the former spouse in a dissolution decree.
MoreJudge: Girls' basketball games schedule not discriminatory
October 7, 2010
Jennifer NelsonA federal judge has ruled that 14 school corporations haven’t discriminated against girls’ basketball teams by
scheduling more of their games on weeknights instead of weekends as compared to boys’ basketball games.
MoreJudge Pratt to be officially sworn in Friday
October 7, 2010
IL StaffThe state’s first African-American federal judge will be formally sworn in Friday afternoon at the United States Courthouse
in Indianapolis.
MoreSuit challenges Bible instruction at public school
October 7, 2010
Jennifer NelsonA mother’s objection to Bible study being taught at her son’s public school has led her to file a lawsuit to stop
the religious teaching.
MoreCourt affirms, denies challenge to DNA evidence, new mid-trial witness
October 6, 2010
Elizabeth BrockettThe Court of Appeals today affirmed a man’s convictions and sentence for felony robbery despite his challenge to whether
the trial court properly admitted DNA evidence and allowed the testimony of a witness discovered mid-trial.
MoreBLE executive director appointed to national bar admission council
October 6, 2010
IL StaffThe Indiana Board of Law Examiners executive director has been appointed executive secretary of the Council of Bar Admission
Administrators.
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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.