With other federal rules having been rewritten over the last several years to make them simpler, more understandable and easier to use, the U.S. Courts Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules is now considering whether to do the same for the federal rules of bankruptcy procedure.
A man serving an 80-year prison sentence for the 2015 rape and murder of an Indiana University student has pleaded guilty to the rape of an IU law student three years earlier.
The Supreme Court has upheld a challenged practice that is used to invalidate patents without the involvement of federal courts.
Women innovators in Indiana will be in the spotlight when the local legal and entrepreneurial communities celebrate World Intellectual Property Day in Indianapolis on Thursday.
Senior Judge Jeffrey C. Eggers will serve as judge pro tem in the Cumberland Town Court, the Indiana Supreme Court announced in an order last week.
Two women attorneys described as “silent leaders” were recognized by the Evansville Bar Association Friday for their service and contribution to the legal community.
The federal judiciary is requesting $7.22 billion in funding for Fiscal Year 2019, a 3.2 percent budget increase, to support court initiatives related to cyber and physical security.
Indiana Supreme Court Chief Administrative Officer Mary Willis has resigned from her position and is no longer working for the Supreme Court, the court announced Thursday. Jane Seigel, current and soon-to-retire executive director of the Indiana Office of Court Services, will serve as interim CAO.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals will head East next week to hear oral argument on an Indiana University campus.
Doris L. Pryor, the newest magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, will be officially sworn in later this week.The court announced Pryor’s appointment as magistrate judge in November, filling a vacancy created by the Aug. 2, 2017 death of Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue after a battle with cancer.
Forty Indianapolis attorneys and judicial officers have submitted their names for consideration to fill three upcoming vacancies in the Marion County courts. The field will be narrowed to nine, from which Gov. Eric Holcomb will select new judges to succeed three retiring judges.
Robert Grey, Jr., president of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity and retired senior counsel at the Richmond, Virginia-based Hunton & Williams law firm, will deliver the James P. White Lecture on Legal Education at IU McKinney later this month.
A cease and desist order has been issued against a company not licensed to sell insurance or conduct business in Indiana, according to the Indiana Department of Insurance.
The bar passage rate is continuing its downward trend, with only 47 percent of all takers passing the February 2018 Indiana bar exam.
Indiana Congresswoman Susan Brooks and Indiana Legal Services executive director Jon Laramore will be part of a Legal Services Corporation panel discussion Wednesday on the opioid epidemic.
Lake County plans to test some of the 240 untested rape kits that are part of a decade-long backlog and make policy changes to help prevent another logjam, officials said.
The Indiana Supreme Court will travel to southern Indiana later this month to hear an oral argument in Owen County. The court announced Thursday it will hear a case involving a 17-year-old’s reported suicide attempt.
The Indianapolis park where Robert Kennedy called for peace and unity just hours after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. has officially been designated a National Historic Site. The designation comes as events at the park mark the 50th anniversary of King’s death.
The Community-Wide Job Fair and Resource Fair on Friday aims to make the transition from prison to employment a bit easier with the help of attorneys and law students, among others.