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DTCI: Potential Issues for Excess Insurers in Long Term Environmental Contamination Cases

Declaratory judgment actions in which policyholders seek insurance coverage for historical environmental contamination
under comprehensive general liability policies, umbrella insurance policies, and/or excess insurance policies present complex
legal, factual, and scientific issues to defense practitioners. Often, the alleged contamination at issue took place over
decades. These cases usually involve layers of policies offering potential coverage and significant uncertainty regarding
the potential scope of remediation costs.

Judge resigns, Surpreme Court bans from bench

The Indiana Supreme Court has accepted the resignation of a suspended city court judge accused of theft. The judge is also
permanently banned from judicial office.

Courthouse artwork on display at ISBA

The Indiana State Bar Association’s courthouse art project is now on display for the public at the ISBA’s offices in downtown
Indianapolis.

Legal process on mental illness isn’t yet where it should be

Courts nationally began in the mid-1990s to focus on mental illness and how the judiciary could fine-tune what it does to
better address that issue. But many within the Hoosier legal community say that the criminal justice system hasn’t gone far
enough in the past decade, and both the courts and society are a long way from where they need to be on addressing mental
illness.

Schools partner for performance, charity

For the fifth time in the past six years, the Feminist Law Society of the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis
will present the “Vagina Monologues.”

Lawyers support ISBA’s oral history project

Having read some of the transcripts from an oral history project, it’s easy to see why members of the Indiana State Bar Association’s
Senior Lawyers Section decided to interview men and women who’ve significantly contributed to the practice of law in Indiana.

Agencies examine UPL

Long before he became Greenwood’s police chief, attorney Joe Pitcher recalls sitting as a special judge in town court and
facing an Unauthorized Practice of Law case that may be one of few like it in Indiana.

IBA: Committee stresses civility, member outreach

Mentoring and assisting lawyers of all ages and experiences are among the goals of the 2010 IBA Standing Committee on Professionalism,
according to the 2010 committee chairs, Hon. William T. Lawrence, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, and Kathleen
I. Hart, Bose McKinney & Evans LLP. T

Sidebars: Get down to business at Palomino

Now it’s time to get serious. During the past couple of years writing this column Jenny and I have had a great deal of fun.
If you readers enjoy our contribution to the Indiana Lawyer only half as much as we do then this article serves its intended
purpose – a break from the hard-nosed realities of practicing law.

RICO case against former East Chicago mayor nets $108M in damages

A federal judge has ordered an ex-mayor and top allies to pay more than $108 million in damages for a voting scandal a decade
ago, but in doing so he’s rejected the Indiana Attorney General’s most novel and far-reaching legal arguments in a landmark
civil racketeering case centered on public corruption in East Chicago.

Re-entry program offers support, services to inmates

It’s not a secret this is a tough economy.
Add in a criminal record and time served, and that only complicates one’s situation when looking for a job, housing, treatment,
or other services.

German law student chooses Indianapolis firm for unique internship

During the early months of the year you might have found Andreas Wissman clerking at an Indianapolis firm, having dinner at
a state appellate judge’s home, observing a civil or criminal trial in federal court, or even paging at the Indiana Statehouse.
But the well-versed 28-year-old law student isn’t a permanent part of the Hoosier legal community.

Editorial: Lawmakers don’t inspire confidence

Indiana Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan certainly spoke for us when he asked this question a couple of weeks ago: “Wouldn’t
we feel better about all of this if it hadn’t been enacted on partyline votes, though?”