Man whose conviction in killing was overturned gets 75 years
A central Indiana man whose conviction in his girlfriend’s killing was overturned has been sentenced to 75 years in prison after being convicted again in her slaying.
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Start Page: Online billing and e-invoicing options for lawyers
This article discusses the various online billing and e-invoicing tools available to lawyers today. As always, be aware of your ethical compliance responsibilities when utilizing any online or third-party service.
Dean’s Desk: A law degree opens doors to nontraditional legal jobs
Despite some narratives to the contrary, a law degree does not limit one’s professional trajectory. To the contrary, it opens doors.
Attorneys are anticipating the worst if internet regulations are rolled back
With the Federal Communications Commission poised to roll back net neutrality regulations and give internet service providers more control over their networks, the legal profession is uncertain how the change will impact lawyers. However, many are bracing for an internet that has slower speeds and higher costs.
IU Maurer professor rebuilds after losing home to fire
His students, unaware that his home had burned down, presented him with the Leon H. Wallace Teaching Award in April, the highest teaching honor given at the law school.
LaRue leaves legacy of compassion and grace
LaRue, 59, died Aug. 2 after a battle with cancer. The legal community is remembering LaRue as a calm presence in the courtroom, intelligent, even-keeled, genuine and always prepared.
Artificial intelligence is inevitable. Will you embrace or resist it in your practice?
Even as legal tech and other companies offer new and ever more advanced AI products, attorneys said the human mind will always be needed in the practice of law.
ICLEO turns 20
The Indiana judiciary celebrated the student program and focused on its diversity progress.
Hammerle on … ‘Dunkirk,’ ‘Girls Trip’
Bob Hammerle says “Dunkirk” teaches you more about an event in World War II than you will ever learn in a textbook.
Lawyers help 99-year-old man remove suicide as cause of son’s 1960 death
Michael Plume’s body was found slumped a the base of a scaffold, with a noose around his neck, at IU’s Memorial Stadium while it was under construction.
Legislature gives Supreme Court bump in funding
Court technology and several other court programs got a boost in the latest state biennial budget, including an additional $5.9 million to fund, in part, key initiatives for Hoosiers, such as court appointed special advocate programs.
Finding a balance: Indy firm built on 1-principal business model
Tony Paganelli leads his firm as the only principal, removing the pressure of running a law firm from the other attorneys and instead enabling them to have the same work-life balance he was seeking four years ago.
Allen County Bar Association project collects oral histories from the legal community
Since January, attorneys who have decades of experience have been invited into a television studio and asked by another attorney to reminisce about their early days of practicing law in Fort Wayne and the surrounding communities. The conversations are filmed and then posted online.
Parents’ lawsuit blames schools for bullying, child suicide
The parents of an 8-year-old Cincinnati boy who hanged himself blame a “treacherous school environment,” alleging in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that school officials allowed and covered up bullying.
Legal sector loses 4,300 jobs in July, ends growth streak
The U.S. legal sector suffered a loss in the number of available jobs in July, bringing an end to a three-month streak of job growth.
Indiana changes school child abuse reporting procedures
Indiana school employees are now required to report suspected child abuse or neglect directly to the Department of Child Services or local law enforcement instead of first notifying a school administrator.
Study committee to discuss civil forfeiture, indigent defense
Indiana lawmakers are preparing to return to the statehouse and consider legal issues such as civil forfeiture and indigent defense services when the Interim Study Committee on Courts and the Judiciary meets for the first time next week.
Opinions Aug. 7, 2017
Indiana Court of Appeals
Thomas W. Julian v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
84A01-1701-CR-103
Criminal. Affirms Thomas W. Julian’s sentence to 55 years for his convictions of two counts of child molesting as Level 1 felonies, two counts of child molesting as Class C felonies and one count of child exploitation as a Level 5 felony. Finds Julian has not carried his burden of proving his sentence is inappropriate.
US Senate reschedules hearing for 7th Circuit nominee Barrett
Notre Dame School of Law professor Amy Coney Barrett will appear before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Sept. 6 for the hearing on her nomination to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Navient can’t block US claim it duped student debtors, judge rules
Student loan giant Navient Corp., the industry’s largest, has suffered a pair of courtroom defeats in its attempt to block government lawsuits alleging borrowers had been mistreated.