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Foreclosure rates have remained at record highs for Indiana the past few years, and a court program to help homeowners hasn’t
been as successful as hoped. That’s now changing.
Why must a defendant wait until the deposition of a plaintiff’s treating physician to discover the doctor’s opinions on injury causation, the plaintiff’s prognosis, or the permanency of the plaintiff’s injury?
When he was being considered for a seat on the federal appellate bench, Judge John D. Tinder recalled getting a phone call
about an ongoing case just before he was set to appear before senators in Washington, D.C.
Trial Reports: Reports on recent Indiana cases from the lawyers and judges involved. Dog bite to child.
Dawn Johnsen deserved the nomination, and definitely was the right woman for the job, but unfortunately partisan vitriol appears to
be worth more in Washington, D.C., than doing the right thing.
The Evansville Bar Association recognized a judge and others in the legal profession during two annual events that take place
near Law Day.
One of the problems with upgrading to a new computer every few years is that you often must upgrade to a new version of Windows.
This time around, it’s Windows 7.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that independent state organization Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services
has the right to sue a state government agency about the practices and programs regarding mentally ill inmates.
After spending countless hours in an office, some attorneys seem to crave vacations that will take them out of their comfort
zones. So maybe it’s no surprise that nine out of 38 people on a trip to Egypt in late March were Indianapolis attorneys.
In the March 17-30, 2010, issue of Indiana Lawyer, my colleague David A. Temple authored an informative article on cellular
phone use while driving. In closing his article, he posed the question, “[w]ho will care for, raise and play with your family
when you are disabled or dead?”
Possibly the first practicing attorney to take on a task of this nature, veteran lawyer Don
Knebel has set out as the 2010 campaign chair to expand the United Way donor base and raise as much as $40 million this year
in central Indiana.
When Indianapolis attorney Larry Stroble read two recent rulings from the Indiana Tax Court, he saw one consistent message
that speaks broadly to an overall inadequacy of the legal system.
Like it or not, we live in a time where, for some people at least, it’s become acceptable to speak about “reloading” when
doing battle against political opponents and to mark their political districts with gun sites, and where members of a Midwestern
church believe it’s their duty to travel the nation and spew hate-laced messages in places where people are mourning tragedy.
As a response to the Carnegie Foundation’s report, “Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law” released in
early 2007, an Indiana law school has been offering a mandatory class to 1Ls about the professional and ethical rigors of
the legal profession.
The Indiana Supreme Court disbarred a northern Indiana attorney April 1 for violating the terms of a previous suspension,
entering into an improper business transaction with a client, and engaging in dishonest conduct.
The chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States was warmly greeted by a full house April 7 at Indiana University
School of Law – Indianapolis at the annual James P. White Lecture on Legal Education.
While a Sports Law Clinic at an Indiana law school hasn’t gone to the Olympics since the 2006 winter games in Torino, Italy,
it doesn’t mean they haven’t been busy.
As controversy swirls around the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, attorneys throughout Indiana have their eyes on how the
ethical issues can be a lesson for the state’s legal community.
Experts look to staffing agencies to see how employers are weathering the storm. After the economy took a hit in late 2008,
companies first cut their temporary staffers, then their full-time workers, and were unlikely to hire new employees, temporary
or otherwise.
While most of the country is concentrating on March Madness, my thoughts have turned to America’s national pastime – and the
concept of the curve ball (and not just because I had picked Kansas to win the NCAA Championship). What happens when life
is humming along just fine and suddenly you’re up to bat and the unanticipated curve ball causes you to strike out?