IBA: Troubled Times Increase Need for IOLTA Concept
Although income generated from IOLTA accounts has declined precipitously in the recent recession, it is important to maintain support for the IOLTA concept.
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IBA: MPRE Course is Like Free Insurance
For nearly ten years now a passing score on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE) has been required for admission to the Indiana Bar.
IBA: Website to Provide Info About Appellate Judges on Retention Ballot
Indiana’s Appellate Courts are once again providing voters with a simple avenue for learning about judges who are on the November retention ballot.
IBA: Lawyer Referral Service to Reduce Fees and Upgrade Services
Last week the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Board of Directors approved a plan that provides for a reduction in Lawyer Referral Service member fees while increasing marketing efforts and adding online reporting of referrals made.
IBA: Babbitt Selected to Lead Bar Foundation
Robin Babbitt was recently selected by the Board of Directors of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation (IBF) as its 2011 President.
DTCI: The broad scope of MDA preemption
In a series of decisions culminating in Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc., federal courts came to recognize that the
Medial Device Amendments preempted not only traditional products liability claims such as those based on an alleged defect
or implied warranty but also causes of action premised on theories such as consumer fraud.
Disciplinary Actions – 6/9
Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission actions from the June 9 Indiana Lawyer.
Veteran lawyers leave Taft to launch own firm
Linda Pence, one of Indianapolis’ highest-profile litigators, is launching her own firm with a longtime law colleague. She and David Hensel left the Indianapolis office of Cincinnati-based Taft Stettinius Hollister to start PenceHensel. The new firm began operating June 1. The pair hung their shingle on the 18th floor of the downtown M&I Plaza and […]
Indiana Judges Association: Choose between the good and the good
Judge David J. Dreyer urges the governor to appoint a Notre Dame Law School alum.
Editorial: Don’t keep quiet, join a healthy debate
We know you have opinions – thoughtful, reasonable ones that would make for great discourse in the newspaper. But getting
you to share them is more difficult than we would like.
County official wants review of new ethics leader
A Dearborn County commissioner alleges the county’s former attorney has wrongly accused two officials of violating federal law and has asked the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission to launch an investigation of its soon-to-be leader who starts in that office June 21.
Indiana law schools mark graduations
All four Indiana law schools had commencement ceremonies in May recognizing more than 800 graduates around the state.
Tippecanoe bar gets new officers
The Tippecanoe County Bar Association, which has about 100 active dues-paying members, has elected the several Lafayette attorneys
to be officers.
General counsel enjoys job for communications provider
An attorney who works for a telecommunications cooperative in Hancock County has seen many changes since he was admitted to the Indiana Bar in June 1988.
Nominees sought for pro bono Shepard award
The Indiana Pro Bono Commission is seeking nominees for the Excellence in Pro Bono Publico Randall T. Shepard Award.
7th Circuit upholds denial of alien’s motion to dismiss
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals sidestepped ruling directly on the exhaustion requirement of a federal law dealing with an
alien’s challenge to the validity of a deportation order. The appellate court could affirm the denial of the man’s
motion to dismiss because he failed to meet any of the law’s exhaustion requirements.
Court excited about magistrate’s elevation
Within a week, the state's third federal female judge could be ready to handle her constitutionally created duties in
the Southern District of Indiana.
Opinions – June 8, 2010
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States of America v. Mario Arita-Campos
09-2368
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division, Chief Judge Philip P. Simon.
Criminal. Denies motion to dismiss Arita-Campos’ 2005 indictment of re-entry after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. Section 1326(a).