IndyBar: Blainbridge Receives Paralegal of the Year Award
The Indianapolis Bar Association recently honored Sara C. Blainbridge of the Indiana Office of Judicial Administration with IndyBar’s 2023 Paralegal of the Year Award.
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Courts see boost in salaries, tech funding: Civil legal aid also sees boost in funds for coming fiscal year
The state’s multibillion-dollar biennial budget enacted during the 2023 legislative session includes increases all around for the sate’s judiciary, including additional funding for including civil legal aid, salaries and court technology.
A ‘manufacturing process’: SEA 472 paves way for growth of advanced recycling industry in Indiana
One of the new laws to emerge from the state’s 2023 legislative session could attract new advanced recycling companies to Indiana, something industry advocates and lawmakers hope results in less plastic going to landfills and more jobs coming into the state.
Jenkins, Moore: Indiana’s premortem validation statute takes effect
| Sarah Jenkins and Eileen Moore
On July 1, Indiana will become one of only a handful of states that have a premortem validation procedure for Hoosiers’ last wills and testaments, as well as their revocable trusts.
City, feds teaming up: Indianapolis, US Southern District planning partnership on guns
A partnership between the city of Indianapolis and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana is still in its early stages but will ultimately be designed to address gun crimes throughout the Circle City.
Curtis: Donning the cape: Indiana needs more prosecutors
Right now, there are several openings across the state for different areas of criminal law as deputy prosecutors.
Indiana Court Decisions: June 1-14, 2023
Read the latest Indiana appellate court opinions from the most recent reporting period.
Akard: Impact of CHIPS legislation on Indiana
Semiconductors function as the brains of almost every modern technology we use. They play an indispensable role for our national security, and competitiveness and can be found in everything from cars and phones to the electric grid and rocket ships.
Dreyer: The nine lives of Section 1983: 1871 to now
The unique tale of Section 1983 is an intriguing history of jurisprudence, social issues and federalism. The balance between central government power and individual rights has often been the rationale of applying Section 1983 or not.
Hammerle on… “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” and “The Greatest Beer Run Ever”
Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Robert Hammerle gives us his take on “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” and “The Greatest Beer Run Ever.”
Opinions June 20, 2023
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Andrea Moore and William Moore v. Jocelyn Negrelli (mem. dec.)
22A-CT-3056
Civil tort. Affirms the jury verdict in favor of Jocelyn Negrelli on a complaint filed by Andrea Moore. Finds the LaPorte Superior Court did not err by denying Moore’s motion for a directed verdict. Also finds the trial court did not err in instructing the jury, and even if it did, Moore was not prejudiced.
IN Southern District adopts amendments to 8 local rules
| IL Staff
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana will enact amendments to eight local rules next month.
Bravo book on legacy of slavery published this month
| IL Staff
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Dean Karen Bravo’s latest book written as part of the Slavery Past, Present, and Future project has been released.
ABA issues ethics opinion on using nonlawyers for client intake
| IL Staff
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has released an ethics opinion providing guidance on how a lawyer might use a legal assistant to perform client intake tasks.
IN Supreme Court releases proposed GAL guidelines, invites comment
| IL Staff
Qualifications, training requirements and the ability to retain counsel are among the rules included in a proposal that would introduce the state’s first guardian ad litem guidelines.
Hunter Biden will plead guilty in deal that likely averts time behind bars in tax, gun case
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses but avoid prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Department that likely spares him time behind bars.
Supreme Court turns away veterans who seek disability benefits over 1966 hydrogen bomb accident
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal on behalf of some U.S. veterans who want disability benefits because they were exposed to radiation while responding to a Cold War-era hydrogen bomb accident in Spain.
Indiana Rep. Lucas seen smiling, laughing in new police footage after DUI arrest
Republican state Rep. Jim Lucas was cooperative — even joking, at times — with police after he was arrested in May for driving under the influence, new body camera footage shows.
Eviction filings 50% higher than pre-pandemic in some cities as rents rise
After a lull during the pandemic, eviction filings by landlords have come roaring back, driven by rising rents and a long-running shortage of affordable housing.
Lawyer Eastman faces disciplinary hearing over efforts to keep Trump in power after 2020 loss
An effort to disbar conservative attorney John Eastman, who devised ways to keep President Donald Trump in the White House after his defeat in the 2020 election, will begin Tuesday in Los Angeles.
