Court declines to review commitment cases differently
The Indiana Court of Appeals declined Thursday to change how it reviews cases dealing with involuntary commitment.
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Indy lobbyists now required to register info
Lobbyists who work in Indianapolis and Marion County will now have to register their information in a public database beginning
next year. Effective Jan. 1, 2010, a new ordinance requires all lobbyists engaging in executive or legislative branch lobbying
activity with an agency of the City of Indianapolis or Marion County to register with the Department of Code Enforcement.
Indy to host national conference for Lawyers Assistance Programs
Indiana’s Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program is partnering with the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer
Assistance Programs to host this year’s national conference in October in Indianapolis.
Attorneys to debate constitutionality of health-care reform
The Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum will hold a CLE on health-care reform which will include a debate between Indiana
Solicitor General Thomas M. Fisher and Indiana University School of Law –Indianapolis professor David Orentlicher.
Furniture designer uses old law books
One Indianapolis furniture designer make benches, tables, a screen, and even a functioning chandelier out of book bindings.
Attorneys assist young entrepreneurs
When an attorney in a bar association’s program for young lawyers learned that a program that helps at-risk youth to start and maintain their own businesses was in transition and needed a little help, he suggested his group step in.
Marion Superior traffic judge charged with misconduct
A Marion Superior judge presiding over the county’s traffic court faces four judicial misconduct charges as a result
of his general handling of traffic infraction cases and one suit in particular, where the state justices have described him
as being “biased.”
7th Circuit reverses dismissal of NCAA illegal ticket-lottery suit
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed a proposed class action case claiming the National Collegiate Athletic Association
operates an illegal lottery to sell tickets to certain sporting events to go forward.
Lawyer-owned bar opens in Indianapolis
The Ball & Biscuit had its soft opening at 331 Massachusetts Ave. in Indianapolis June 24.
Renovations under way at federal courthouse
As attorneys and judges continue filing and litigating cases in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana,
a renovation project is underway and adding new life into the federal courthouse in downtown Indianapolis.
COA reverses judgment on 1 cross-claim in library appeal
The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library should be able to pursue a cross-claim against an engineering company for breach
of professional standard of care, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled today.
Court: refusal to identify law applies to passengers
Although state law allows police to request identification from passengers inside a car that they’ve stopped, two Indianapolis
officers shouldn’t have done arrested a man for refusing to identify himself when there was no reasonable suspicion
he’d done anything wrong.
Unique medical-legal partnership expands
Practitioners involved with the state’s first medical-legal partnership are excited about the cases they’ve taken
on, as they help patients who have unmet legal needs that can make medical conditions persist, if not worsen.
Judge Pratt makes history in move to federal bench
With approval from the U.S. Senate, Marion Superior Judge Tanya Walton Pratt is ready to make a historic move to the state’s
federal court system.
Committee OKs idea of new Indiana federal magistrate
The state could be on its way to getting a new federal magistrate in the Southern District of Indiana, the first new magistrate
in more than two decades.
Indiana Scouts proud of their own
A small paperweight sits on attorney Terry White’s desk in Evansville, reminding him of an organization and motto that’s been a central part of his life since childhood.
No matter the issue he faces in the legal world or in his personal life, he knows that he can always find guidance in the phrase close to his heart.
Lawyers manage restaurants, legal work in Evansville, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis
Usually being served by a lawyer is a bad thing. That is, unless the lawyer is offering a cool martini or a warm plate of
shrimp and grits.
Ohio law firm acquires Indianapolis firm
One of Indianapolis’ oldest law practices has been absorbed by a Cleveland law firm.
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.
PBS to show terrorism simulation documentary
A documentary of a simulated terrorist attack that took place at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis in October will premiere on Indianapolis PBS affiliate WFYI, Channel 20, Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m.