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Private law firms aren’t for everybody, and some private practices and private attorneys are destined to struggle whether due to poor management, stagnate client development, shifting markets for their legal services or 100-year pandemics.
Criminal justice leaders in Indianapolis have looked at the disparities our system struggles with and are working to rebalance it.
With the highly lethal synthetic substance fentanyl being trafficked across state and country borders, often laced with other drugs on the black market, law enforcement and public health experts are trying to keep up with its increased use and distribution.
A selection committee acting on behalf of the Indianapolis Bar Association and the Foundation has announced the selection of John F. Kautzman as the recipient of IndyBar’s prestigious Luminary Award of Excellence.
On Sept. 29, dozens of Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity fellows from the last quarter-century met in Indianapolis to celebrate 25 years of the program.
While a Monroe County couple convinced the Court of Appeals of Indiana that a trial court misapplied the state’s product-liability statute in their case, that ruling still didn’t win them any relief for the allegedly defective decks at their home.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Gene DeVane and Gladys DeVane, Husband and Wife v. Arch Wood Protection, Inc., a Lonza Company, Osmose, Inc., n/k/a Koppers Performance Chemicals Inc., Chemical Specialties, Inc., n/k/a Venator Materials PLC
22A-CT-233
Civil tort. Affirms the dismissal with prejudice of Gene and Gladys DeVane’s complaint against Arch Wood Protection Inc., Koppers Performance Chemicals Inc. and Venator Materials PLC seeking the replacement of their decks. Finds the Monroe Circuit Court erred by dismissing the complaint based on the product-liability statute of repose because the DeVanes have alleged no past or existing physical harm. Also finds the DeVanes have not established that “equitable remediation” is a valid cause of action, nor have they identified any other statutory or common-law cause of action that might be viable here.
The Lawyers Basketball League is inviting partners, associates, law clerks and their staff to form teams and play a little amateur hoops during the 2022-23 hardcourt season.
The Indianapolis attorney charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has opted for a bench trial on the four federal misdemeanors filed against him.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over a California animal cruelty law that could raise the cost of bacon and other pork products nationwide.
Video of a landmark 2010 trial that cleared the way for gay marriage in California can be made public, the culmination of a years-long legal fight.
The two candidates who participated in an Indiana Secretary of State debate Monday night — Democrat Destiny Wells and Libertarian Jeff Maurer — differed sharply on election security, with divergent viewpoints that led to disparate signature policy stances.
A small-business advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration’s efforts to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans — the latest legal challenge to the program.
A marketing executive at Roche Diagnostics Corp. in Indianapolis who lost her job in a restructuring last year is suing the company in a wide-ranging discrimination complaint.
Joshua Payne-Elliott, the former Cathedral High School teacher who sued the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis after he lost his job for being in a same-sex marriage, has decided to end his litigation.
An Evansville attorney’s noncooperation suspension has become indefinite due to his continued failure to cooperate with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
Four students who are interested in studying the law and religion have been selected to participate in a new Notre Dame Law School fellowship addressing both areas of study.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana will be hosting a panel discussion to take a look at the history of the law, its current application and how the law may be applied in the future.
No one is disputing the fact that AES Indiana’s newest power plant, Eagle Valley in Martinsville, conked out twice last year and stayed out of service for 11 months while dozens of experts tried to fix it. But now plenty of people are arguing over who was at fault—and who should pay.
