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Brown: Launching your own law firm: 10 steps for starting well
Before the ultimate act of hanging out your proverbial shingle, here are 10 action areas to ensure the final step of launching goes off as smoothly as possible
Notre Dame Law School, University of Cape Town partner on human rights research and more
The two schools have solidified a new partnership that will allow faculty and students to collaborate on legal topics of interest to their respective countries and to travel to each other’s schools, furthering the educational experience. One key focus will be human rights.
IndyBar: Bar Leader Class XX to Celebrate Service and Success
Through insight from and interaction with top leaders in our community, a skills building retreat, and group discussion, class members have spent the past twelve months developing skills and have been cultivating the ability to motivate and inspire others.
Web Exclusive: Meet the Judges: Dearborn and Ohio Circuit Judge Aaron Negangard
Serving as the only circuit court judge in two counties is not an easy task, but Aaron Negangard said he manages.
Exonerated man sues Indianapolis police, alleges he was framed for murder
Leon Benson spent 25 years at the Correctional Industrial Facility in Pendleton for the 1998 murder of Kasey Schoen but was exonerated last year.
Hearing in Delphi case cancelled after defense files second motion to disqualify judge
The special judge in the ongoing case of Richard Allen, the man accused of killing two teenage girls in Delphi in February 2017, has cancelled this week’s hearings after the defense team filed a motion to disqualify the judge from the case.
Opinions May 21, 2024
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles Brumitt v. Sam Smith
23-1321
Civil. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Evansville Division. Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt. Reverses the district court’s denial of Sam Smith’s motion for summary judgment on the grounds the force he used was objectively reasonable and that, because no clearly established law held otherwise, he was entitled to qualified immunity. Finds Smith’s conduct did not violate Charles Brumitt’s clearly established Fourth Amendment rights. Remands with instructions to enter judgment in Smith’s favor on the Fourth Amendment claim. Judge Doris Pryor concurs with a separate opinion.
7th Circuit reverses, finds Evansville police officer entitled to qualified immunity
An Evansville police officer did not violate a man’s Fourth Amendment rights and was entitled to qualified immunity after a physical confrontation resulted in the man being knocked unconscious, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday.
Over 1 million claims related to toxic exposure granted under new veterans law, Biden will announce
President Joe Biden, intent on selling his legislative accomplishments this election year, will travel to New Hampshire on Tuesday to detail the impact of a law that helps veterans get key benefits as a result of burn pit or other toxic exposure during their service.
Seoul AI summit opens with companies including Google, Meta, OpenAI pledging to develop AI safely
The world’s leading artificial intelligence companies pledged at the start of a mini summit on AI to develop the technology safely, including pulling the plug if they can’t rein in the most extreme risks.
Israeli officials seize AP equipment and take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law
Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on Tuesday, accusing the news organization of violating a new media law by providing images to Al Jazeera.
FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg says he will resign after hostile workplace claims
Martin Gruenberg, chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., announced Monday that he would resign once President Biden appoints and the Senate confirms a successor to lead the banking regulator, after a searing report said Gruenberg led a hostile workplace at the agency.
Defense witness who angered the judge in Trump’s hush money trial will return to the stand
A defense witness in Donald Trump’s hush money case whom the judge threatened to remove from the trial over his behavior will return to the stand Tuesday as the trial nears its end.
Former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge joins Taft as new partner
Fudge, a former member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet, brings experience that will help Taft’s Indiana clients deal with toxic “forever” chemicals, brownfields and agricultural issues, the firm’s leaders said.
Opinions May 20, 2024
Indiana Court of Appeals
Angela Hendrix v. Donald Campbell, et al.
23A-PL-2234
Civil plenary. Affirms the Owen Circuit Court’s denial of Angela Hendrix’s motion for a “set-off” of Donald and Pamela Campbell’s judgment against Hendrix by an amount equal to a judgment Hendrix won against Pamela Campbell in the separate case. Finds Hendrix cannot set off Judgment 1 by Judgment 2 because mutuality does not exist between the parties owing the judgments, because only Pamela Campbell was responsible for Judgment 2. Also finds Hendrix has not demonstrated that an irremediable injustice supports dispensing with the mutuality requirement.
Indiana’s new diplomas emphasize flexibility, but some requirements are controversial
A proposed redesign of Indiana’s high school graduation requirements to emphasize student choice and work-based learning has drawn concerns from educators who say it’s too much change too soon.
Indiana Disability Rights, ACLU file complaint over FSSA’s attendant care changes
Indiana Disability Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana (ACLU) filed a complaint against the state Friday alleging that changes to an attendant care program threaten the safety and well-being of medically complex children.
Guidance updated on new literacy training mandate following criticism from Indiana teachers
In response to widespread pushback from Hoosier educators, state officials have issued new guidance — with more “flexibility” — on a new literacy licensure requirement that was adopted by the General Assembly earlier this year.
Michael Cohen faces more grilling as Trump’s hush money trial enters its final stretch
Donald Trump’s hush money trial is heading into the final stretch, with prosecutors’ last and star witness back on the stand Monday for more grilling before the former president’s lawyers get their chance to put on a case.