DTCI: Blaiklock and Lee on Developing New Practice Areas within a Firm
How do you grow a commercial law practice within a traditional defense firm? That’s the question I posed Rich Blaiklock and Jason Lee of Lewis Wagner, LLP.
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DTCI: Young Lawyer Spotlight
Get to know a new lawyer through this occasional feature from Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana.
DTCI: A few estate planning strategies for peace of mind
Most people don’t want to think of their own mortality or the possibility that they may become incapacitated and incapable of expressing their health care wishes. Having an estate plan as well as a plan in place for end-of-life decisions will provide peace of mind for you and your family.
DTCI: Spotlight on New Defense Lawyers
The DTCI resumes its popular feature, “Young Lawyer Spotlight,” introducing a few of its new members to the Indiana legal community at large. DTCI members are encouraged to submit the names of their new associates for inclusion in future Spotlight features.
DTCI: Finding gratitude for the practice of law in difficult times
Practicing law occupies your mind. Being a lawyer has been described as a thinking job and not just a doing job. Lately the news around us has been horrible, and the decisions we face about tasks as simple as buying groceries have been daunting. In these times, I have found my law practice to be a welcome respite from the world around me.
DTCI: COVID-19 and Worker’s Compensation
As more employees are able to leave home and return to their traditional workplace with peers, exposure increases by default. Given the increased interaction, Indiana worker’s compensation defense attorneys may be seeing just the beginning of their indirect battle with COVID-19. This article sheds light on Indiana’s treatment of diseases in the worker’s compensation setting and describes what an employer, its insurer, and its defense attorney should expect if faced with a COVID-19 claim.
DTCI: Award Nominations Invited
The Defense Trial Counsel’s Annual Meeting will be held November 19-20 at French Lick Resort. One of the highlights of the meeting is the presentation of the “Defense Lawyer of the Year,” the “Diplomat of the Indiana Defense Trial Counsel,” and the “Outstanding Young Lawyer” awards. The DTCI’s Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for this year’s awards.
DTCI: Let’s meet in Washington this fall for the DRI Summit
What a stressful year this has been! I think you now deserve to have some fun with your colleagues. That is why I hope you will join us at the DRI Annual Meeting in October.
DTCI: Avoiding Trial By Ambush
This article looks at the practice of disclosing treating physicians as experts and the law underlying the reasons that treating physicians and their opinions should be disclosed in the course of discovery.
DTCI: A Federal Law Refresher on Marital Privilege
This article is part two of a two-part series exploring marital privilege at the Indiana state and federal levels.
DTCI: Practical lessons learned from social distancing
The somewhat solitary experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic have revealed several lessons that directly affect the practice of law, the ripple effects of which we may feel for a long time.
DTCI: Construction is Essential Infrastructure During the COVID-19 Pandemic
While many Hoosiers have been ordered by Gov. Holcomb to shelter in place and practice social distancing when necessary, others are on the front lines of essential businesses, taking care of the critical needs of the sick and healthy. One group that may appear less obviously “essential” comprises men and women in the construction workforce.
DTCI: Marital Privilege — A State Law Refresher
Marital privilege exists at the state and federal level, although the rules and law governing it differ by forum. The privilege aims to foster marital health and harmony, freeing spouses to communicate without concern that their intimate communications could be used against them.
DTCI: Finding positives: Togetherness in social distancing
Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana member Megan Culp reflects on the positive things I’ve experienced during the COVID-19 crisis to give others a small distraction from the negatives.
DTCI: Civil Forfeiture and the Eighth Amendment, Part Two
Attorneys representing governmental entities will serve their clients well to read the Indiana Supreme Court’s opinion from Timbs, which will provide insights into certain issues the court considers important in evaluating claims that a specific forfeiture violated the respondent’s rights under the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment.
DTCI: No New Exception to Product Liability Act
The Indiana Products Liability Act (IPLA) includes a 10-year statute of repose, which time-bars claims brought more than 10 years after delivery of the product to the buyer. Until recently, it was an open question of law whether a company refurbishing or repairing a product restarted the statute of repose clock.
DTCI: Indiana Employers, Out of State Employees, and Legal Marijuana Use
Currently, Indiana employers must cautiously navigate a maze of different marijuana laws affecting their employees working across state lines. This is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.
DTCI: Relationships matter, even among presumed strangers
You never know who you’ll meet, where they’ll end up or what role they might play in your future. And you never know who they may know. Relationships matter.
DTCI: Cross-Examining an Expert Witness; Attack of the Discipline
Complex litigation often boils down to a battle of experts, and jurors are frequently left to decipher which expert they find more credible. Most battle-of-the-expert cases hinge on a minor evidentiary score that casts your opposing party’s expert in an unfavorable light.
DTCI: Why Join DTCI?
Learn the many valuable and practical benefits of membership in Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana.