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Making Rain: Avoid being just another vendor
As a lawyer or law firm, you may have recently experienced a conversation with one or more of your clients that included being, in your opinion, treated like a vendor. This is never the position you want to be in with your client.
As ILS celebrates 50 years, it prepares for a changing future
Looking ahead to the next 50 years, Indiana Legal Services Inc. is certain one thing will remain constant — the need for legal assistance among low-income individuals. However, the manner in which clients come to the agency and the kind of representation offered will likely change.
Nurse-attorney Barbra Bachmeier removes obstacles to helping victims
The philosophy of empowering her patients transfers into Barbra Bachmeier’s practice as an attorney. Working solely in the area of adult guardianships, she gives her clients the freedom to make their own choices.
Indiana judge co-chairs ABA program aiming to increase diversity in judicial chambers
Law student Diego Wu’s dream job is working as a law clerk in a judge’s chambers, but he never dreamed of what judges told him they look for when they evaluate candidates for those typically one- to two-year positions.
Domestic violence bill joined to study of ‘constitutional carry’ effort
Supporters of a bill that would have allowed victims of domestic violence to carry handguns without a license say a broader effort to eliminate all carry permit requirements delayed needed protections for a vulnerable population and could muddle the issues.
7th Circuit: Title VII includes sexual orientation
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals made history when it ruled in early April that Title VII does prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. But whether that opinion becomes the inspiration for other circuits to make similar findings has yet to be seen.
Putting technology into practice
The ISBA’s new law practice management coordinator wants to help solo and small firms stay competitive in today’s market.
Disciplinary Actions – 4/19/17
Read who’s been suspended or reinstated by the Indiana Supreme Court.
Schantz: Software patents — the phoenix of patent subject matter
The Supreme Court shook the foundations of the software patent world in 2012 (Mayo v. Prometheus) and 2014 (Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International), leaving business leaders (and their patent attorneys) to wonder whether — or even hope that — software patents were dead.
Boots: IP audits, management programs have value
An IP audit maximizes the value of the organization’s IP assets, mitigates IP liabilities and supports an effective IP management program, which is often made an integral part of its strategic planning.
Growth of craft breweries means more IP fights
The rise in trademark litigation reflects the changing flavor of the craft beer industry as brewers seek to protect existing names and designs.
Texas Roadhouse brands Indiana chain a trademark rustler, lassos favorable rulings
Texas Roadhouse has a prime beef with Texas Corral restaurants, claiming in a federal lawsuit that from their look and feel to their logos and building designs, the smaller Indiana-based chain is all hat, no cattle.
Southern District seeking public comment on proposed rule changes
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana is seeking public feedback on proposed changes to some of its local rules.
February 2017 bar exam results released
The February results for the Indiana Bar Exam have dropped to a historic low with the overall pass rate at 48 percent in 2017.
Senate Judiciary Committee sends 3 issues to study committee
The effect that revisions to Indiana’s Criminal Code are having on the population of county jails is now a topic up for further legislative review after the Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee passed a resolution to recommend the issue for a summer study committee.
Opinions April 17, 2017
Indiana Court of Appeals
Rueth Development Company and Rueth Development Company d/b/a Superior Lumber Company v. H&H Rueth, Inc. (mem. dec.)
45A03-1608-CP-1821
Civil plenary. Affirms the grant of summary judgment to H&H Rueth Inc. in complaint that it owed money to Rueth Development Co. The Lake Superior Court correctly found that Rueth Development’s untimely response to H&H’s motion for summary judgment and corresponding documents could not be considered.
Next round of justice interviews begins Tuesday
The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission will select the three finalists this week to fill Justice Robert Rucker’s spot on the Indiana Supreme Court. Second-round interviews with the remaining 11 candidates begin Tuesday.
SCOTUS to hear church-state case
Justice Neil Gorsuch's first week on the U.S. Supreme Court bench features an important case about the separation of church and state that has its roots on a Midwestern church playground. The outcome could make it easier to use state money to pay for private, religious schooling in many states.
US Supreme Court rejects bid by detained asylum seekers
The Supreme Court of the United States has rejected an appeal from detained immigrant mothers and their children who claim they will be persecuted if they are returned to their Latin American homelands.