Blomquist: In Praise of the Paralegal
Why are we losing favor among our paralegals and more importantly what can we do to correct this?
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Why are we losing favor among our paralegals and more importantly what can we do to correct this?
The New Year is just weeks away … Save the date and jump online to register today for the 2014 Indianapolis Bar Association and Foundation Installation Luncheon, which will take place on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Columbia Club.
In today’s rapidly changing technology environment, programmers update software frequently. Your choice: accept the changes or move on. When was the last time you went more than a day without an update request from your smartphone?
Defense attorneys gathered from every corner of Indiana to attend the 20th Annual Conference & Meeting at the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City on Nov. 21-22.
In the new first-to-file system, the person who filed a patent application first would receive the benefit of getting the 20-year monopoly. However, there appear to be more subtle changes geared toward an international/European model that could substantially affect an inventor’s ability to obtain a patent in the United States, although these changes could be limited in duration.
Attorneys differ on whether the recent ruling benefits society or opens the door for infringement.
Like most judges, Shay Minton’s achievements were numerous, but largely unmeasured.
A federal appeals court ruled recently that savvy consumers might be confused if food branded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store was sold in grocery stores that carry Kraft’s Cracker Barrel brand cheese. Turns out even a law professor who teaches a course on trademarks and unfair competition might be fooled.
Shawn Marie Boyne writes that the Indiana State Bar Association needs to speak up in defense of marriage equality like the American Bar Association has.
A boost in membership rolls at some bar associations around the state is credited to the changing employment landscape in the legal community. People are joining the organizations because they are getting jobs or because they want to network to get future jobs.
The continued drop in the number of people taking the LSAT has brought more worries about the future of law schools; however, many would-be applicants may just be waiting for the economy to improve before they try for admission.
Bob Hammerle roots for Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen in the newest “Hunger Games” movie.
A small circle, including an Indiana lawyer, helped to build and sustain the global network Legal Netlink Alliance.
Members of the Evansville Bar Association have been getting into the spirit of giving.
The alteration the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society made this season to its letters soliciting donations reflects a strategic decision by the nonprofit to go after higher contributions and underscores the need for service organizations of any kind to be aggressive.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Nov. 22 Civil – Robo-Call Statute Patriotic Veterans Inc. v. State of Indiana, et al. 11-3265 The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision by a federal judge that Indiana’s Automated Dialing Machine Statute is preempted by the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The injunction entered against enforcing the […]
The recent Taft merger shows that expansion leads to a shrinking of traditional “home office” roles.
Indiana Court of Appeals judges spent the better part of a 90-minute oral argument Nov. 25 focused on whether a trial judge’s order applied the proper legal standards in awarding $62 million to IBM after the state canceled its $1.3 billion contract to overhaul Indiana’s welfare administration.