U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly announced Wednesday that he has invited Floyd Superior Court 3 Judge Maria Granger as his guest to President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union speech Jan. 12. Granger established Indiana’s first veterans court in 2011.
This month, the mycase.in.gov website, the public access site for Odyssey Case Management System for Indiana courts and clerks, will get an improved design for mobile users and new features.
The new year brings no sign of letup in the battle between New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and daily fantasy sites DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc.
Changes to local rules of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana take effect Friday and include changes to filing and maintaining documents under seal.
Here are the highlights of what made headlines in the Indiana Lawyer in 2015.
Indiana Justice Brent Dickson was recently recognized with the Indiana Bar Foundation President’s Award for his many years of service on the bench and support of civic education.
Why is the new pro bono rule somewhat controversial? Some worry that the reporting rule will lead to requiring attorneys to perform some amount of pro bono work. In September 2014, the Indiana Supreme Court approved the requirement for attorneys to report their pro bono hours when they update their annual registration. Attorneys had to […]
IU Maurer School of Law professor William Henderson discusses results of IL’s survey on practicing law in the state. (IL file photo) We thought this year, our 25th anniversary in print, would be a good time to survey the legal community in Indiana and see what the state of the practice is here. More than 500 […]
Lawyer Eugene Lausch is among just 10 people who’ve participated in every 500 Festival Mini-Marathon. (IL file photo) Lawyers do a lot of things to relieve stress: swim, play tennis, cycle, drink. We met two lawyers this year who’ve also made a mark as runners. Eugene Lausch has the distinction of being one of only […]
Fort Wayne attorney R. Mark Keaton lost his law license in April for stalking, intimidating and threatening a woman who ended a long-distance relationship with him. Keaton, who was in an intimate relationship with his daughter’s college roommate a decade ago, engaged in a “scorched earth” campaign when the woman discontinued the relationship in 2008. […]
Faculty and students at Indiana Tech Law School in Fort Wayne received bad news in June: The American Bar Association denied the school provisional accreditation, just four days after the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar met with law school officials. “While we are disappointed not to receive […]
Dickson Indiana Supreme Court Justice Brent Dickson announced in November that he will retire from the state’s highest court before he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 75 in July 2016. He is the second-longest serving justice in Indiana history, joining the court in 1986. Those who’ve worked with Dickson almost uniformly use the […]
For nearly 40 years, Marion Superior judges were elected in a unique way compared to other judges in Indiana. The Republican and Democratic parties “slated” ballot positions with candidates who made financial contributions to the parties – most recently five-figure contributions. The slating process essentially made the general election pointless, because those candidates who won […]
At the end of 2013, officials in Marion County announced plans to build a criminal justice complex that would house criminal courts, jails and other offices in one location. By mid-2015, the plan was dead. Some attorneys weren’t sold on the idea of locating the complex out of the heart of downtown Indianapolis. (The former […]
In 2014, same-sex marriage was legalized in Indiana after a federal judge found the state’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed and the Supreme Court of the United States declined to take the appeal involving the Indiana ruling. Then on June 26, in a 5-4 decision, SCOTUS held that couples […]
Indiana made national headlines again when Gov. Mike Pence joined several other governors in announcing their states would not accept refugees from Syria in light of the terrorist attacks in Paris on Nov. 13. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed the federal lawsuit Nov. 23 on behalf of Indianapolis-based nonprofit Exodus Refugee Immigration, […]
The passage of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act caused businesses to speak out against the legislation and some even canceled travel to the state until an amendment was added clarifying the bill. As passed, Senate Bill 101 would prohibit any state laws that “substantially burden” a person’s ability to follow his or her religious beliefs. […]
The Access Group, a nonprofit organization made up of law schools, has acquired the assets of Bloomington-based Lawyer Metrics LLC, which was co-founded by Indiana University Maurer School of Law professor William Henderson.