IndyBar: Role Models from the Bench and Bar
John R. Maley writes about his role models in the legal profession.
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Disciplinary Actions – 11/19/14
A St. Joseph County attorney has been suspended indefinitely by the Indiana Supreme Court.
Indiana Court Decisions – Oct. 29 to Nov. 11, 2014
Read recent decisions from Indiana’s appellate courts.
DTCI: Is technology killing the work-life balance?
I will admit that when I first started practicing law, there were no BlackBerry phones, iPhones or tablets allowing one to access email at any time of the day, anywhere in the world. I also could not access the system in our office while at home or some other remote location. Now that all of these options are available to us, I can’t help but wonder is technology killing the ability to balance work with life?
Bell: 3 things to know when leaving a law firm
According to the all-reliable Internet, the economy is improving. That may mean lawyers will soon be moving from their secure jobs to (possibly perceived) greener pastures. The act of leaving a law firm implicates several Rules of Professional Conduct that both law firm management and departing attorneys should be aware of. Here are three things to know about leaving a law firm.
Quality of Life: Volunteer to live a longer and healthier life
Not only do the recipients of the volunteers’ time and effort benefit, but studies have shown that the volunteers themselves benefit as well.
Hammerle On…’Big Hero 6,’ ‘Interstellar,’ and ‘St. Vincent’
Bob Hammerle says he needs to see “Interstellar” again to try to grasp the moments that he didn’t understand from the movie.
On The Move – 11/19/14
Read who’s recently joined Indiana firms, been appointed to a board or been honored for volunteer work.
Attorney faces meth charges in 2 counties
The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission seeks an emergency suspension of a Corydon lawyer’s license to practice.
Leonard: Proposed rule expands safe harbors under federal Anti-Kickback Statute
The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently published a proposed rule seeking to add new safe harbors to the Anti-Kickback Statute, as well as amend certain existing safe harbors within the rule.
Preparing for Ebola
The first Ebola cases in the United States caused panic that Indiana legal and medical experts say has receded somewhat as public health systems contained the virus and educated people about the risks of the disease and the perils of overreacting.
Indianapolis attorney turns pastime into an album of children’s music
Dave Heger, an in-house counsel for AES Corp., is a musician in his off-hours, playing guitar and making up songs for his two children. He turned those snippets of melodies into songs and turned those songs into an album.
Dean’s Desk: Truly integrated experiential education
Legal education has lost its way. While many law schools seek to update and modernize their approach through the adoption of some required skills instruction and the addition of clinical experiences for more of their students, a significantly more aggressive approach is necessary to reform legal education fully and prepare law students to enter the practice of law today.
SCOTUS hears case of fisherman caught in Sarbanes-Oxley net
A dispute involving six-dozen undersized fish has a group of legal scholars arguing the federal government’s tendency to broadly interpret the criminal code runs the risk of making everyone guilty of an illegal act.
Globalization increases demand for foreign experience
Exchange programs with law schools in China are providing valuable experience to students who want to build careers in international or corporate law, attorneys say.
Indiana law schools part of a trend to establish exchanges with China
In addition to the scholarly research and visiting professorships, student exchanges between China and three Indiana law schools – IU McKinney, IU Maurer and Notre Dame Law School – give students in both countries the opportunity to learn about the law of another country as well as its culture and history.
Adoption case presents issues of first impression
Adoption laws are evolving, as evidenced by a case before the Indiana Supreme Court and a separate push for a pre-birth abandonment bill aimed at biological fathers who don’t support their baby’s mother during pregnancy.
Delay of protection order hearing called ‘disturbing’
The Indiana Court of Appeals called a trial court’s delay in setting a hearing on a petition for a permanent protection order “disturbing” and found the lower court’s denial of the order did not comply with the state’s trial rules.
Opinions Nov. 17, 2014 ILD
Indiana Court of Appeals
Ben Robinson v. State of Indiana (NFP)
71A03-1312-PC-489
Post conviction. Affirms denial of post-conviction relief.
In the Matter of the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of R.A., R.A. v. Indiana Department of Child Services (NFP)
49A02-1403-JT-196
Juvenile. Affirms termination of parental rights.
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Opinions Nov. 17, 2014
Indiana Court of Appeals
In the Matter of the Walter Penner Trust Under Agreement Created by the Grantor, Walter Penner on April 13, 2010, Stanley Penner v. Ronald Penner
45A03-1212-TR-516
Trust. Affirms trial court’s denial of Stanley Penner’s Petition for Trustee’s Accounting, for Order to Sell Real Estate, and Related Matters. Also affirmed trial court’s order that Stanley pay $13,166 in attorney fees to the Penner Trust. Remands for the trial court to determine and order Stanley to pay the appellate attorney fees for the trust. Finds Ronald did not breach the trust. The language of the trust is unambiguous and, therefore, overrides the state statutes that require trusts to provide access to an accounting.