It is no secret that the legal profession has been increasingly focused on community and pro bono services in the past few years. This emphasis has led many firms to recognize the pro bono efforts of their attorneys, with some firms enacting yearly pro bono hour requirements that count as credit toward an attorney’s billable hour requirement.
Read recent appellate decisions handed down by Indiana courts.
Bob Hammerle recommends you see “The East” to find out how domestic terrorists can be the good guys.
The case of Vance v. Ball State University hinged on the definition of 'supervisor.'
We give Don Hall’s Old Gas House 3 gavels!
The Southern District of Indiana has been experimenting this year with a pilot program for certain employment cases. The only eligible cases are individual Title VII, ADA and ADEA actions.
Renee Mortimer offers some advice to “Millennial” associates.
The organization was embroiled in controversy at its founding and continues to draw a leery, sometimes angry, response from the public. However, the group maintains that it fights solely for the rights provided in the U.S. and Indiana constitutions.
In the last term, the United States Supreme Court, in Missouri v. Frye, 132 S. Ct. 1399 (2012), took a small step toward inviting trial courts into plea negotiations.
Victims split $55 million, but some cases continue for former fugitive Merrillville ‘Nose Doctor.’
The Supreme Court of the United States issued the final decisions of the 2012 term June 26. In addition to the Vance v. Ball State University ruling on the definition of “supervisor,” several of the decisions handed down during waning days of the term promise to have far-reaching impact.
Muncie attorney John H. Brooke has a flair for providing hands-on help to his clients in the fireworks business. Say someone’s unavailable at the last minute to fire off a town’s Fourth of July display. Brooke can handle that.
The Commission for Continuing Legal Education encourages attorneys to be active in obtaining education and maintaining correct contact information.
The new requirement for judges to log more continuing education hours is not seen as burden.
Cathy Canny asks why is it any less important for paralegals to obtain continuing legal education as compared to attorneys.