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The first reaction when confronted with a client owning real estate outside Indiana is to transfer that property into a trust, LLC or other method. However, Florida’s property tax laws may yield a result that could be much worse than ancillary administration.
Read a summary of disciplinary actions handed down by the Indiana Supreme Court during the third quarter of 2022.
A lawsuit filed against the NCAA presented an issue of first impression and prompted the Indiana Supreme Court to develop a framework for trial courts to use when deciding discovery disputes involving executives or high-ranking officials in an organization.
Read Indiana appellate court decisions from the latest reporting period.
Questions about who will care for a pet upon the owner’s death or in the event of an emergency aren’t always asked until it’s too late. That’s where a pet trust could come into play.
Creating a central location for pro bono attorneys to receive training and resources has been on Dana Luetzelschwab’s brain for a long time. That’s why she pitched the idea to the state bar association: create the Pro Bono Academy and Resource Center.
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.
