IndyBar: New IndyBar Resource Available to Marion County Litigators
IndyBar members will be walking into the courtroom with even more confidence, thanks to a recent resource compiled by the association’s Litigation Section.
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IndyBar: Stay in the Loop with News and Resources Just for Solo/Small Firm Attorneys!
Signing up for the new IndyBar solo/small firm listserv is easy AND FREE! This new resource gives you a chance to personally interact with colleagues to solve a problem and provide tips and guidance.
Campbell: Everything Is AWESOME!!! At The Indianapolis Bar Foundation
Everything is AWESOME!!! from the "Lego Movie" is really about what the Indianapolis Bar Foundation (IBF) does every day—advance justice and lead positive change in our community through philanthropy, education, and service. And, yes, that work is awesome!
Ball State police still face excessive force lawsuit
A federal judge’s recent ruling means Ball State University will have to settle or defend itself at trial in a two-year-old civil rights lawsuit filed by a hip-hop artist.
IndyBar: Cheryl Keene Named IndyBar Paralegal of the Year
The Indianapolis Bar Association is proud to recognize Cheryl Keene of Cohen & Malad LLP as the association’s Paralegal of the Year for 2016.
IndyBar: IndyBar Service Plays a Supporting Role in Historic Oral Argument
Josh Tatum discusses the Indiana Appellate Institute.
Justices weigh duty of care for house party hosts
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Steven David posed a graphic hypothetical to an attorney defending a liability suit against a homeowner who hosted a party where a guest died after a fight. David’s scenario encapsulated the justices’ apparent concern over a trial court’s grant of summary judgment in the homeowner’s favor.
Hammerle on … ‘The Jungle Book,’ ‘Elvis & Nixon’
Bob Hammerle says “Elvis & Nixon” is a hidden cinematic gem.
Indiana Court Decisions – April 13-26, 2016
Read recent appellate decisions involving Indiana cases.
Jones: Examining the evolution of hospitals’ vicarious liability
The evolution of legal precedent regarding vicarious liability claims has left hospitals shifting in their seats.
Lawyer turns ‘crisis’ into ‘dream’ with album made with pros
Craig Helmreich says he couldn’t have planned his midlife crisis any better.
DTCI: A protracted push and pull
The Indiana Supreme Court’s history with asbestos litigation and its statute of repose.
Neutral Corner: Recent appellate case raises mediation issues
The recent Indiana Court of Appeals decision Jonas v. State Farm Life Ins. Co., ____N.E. 3d ______, 2016 WL 1248589 (Ind. Ct. App. 2016) highlights several issues concerning mediation and settlement in both state and federal courts.
Undocumented immigrant issues left unanswered
A recent Indiana Court of Appeals decision didn’t provide the guidance one attorney had hoped from the court regarding injured undocumented workers. But the judges did decide that the worker’s immigration status is important in his lawsuit.
Immigration debate returns to Statehouse
A special Senate committee is looking at undocumented Hoosiers and stirs up some controversy in the process.
US Supreme Court ruling affirms class waivers in arbitration clauses
In today’s marketplace, consumers have a choice when purchasing such things as cellphones, banking services and even medical procedures. Sign the contract and get the product. Don’t sign the contract and don’t get the product.
Dean’s Desk: New faculty continue legacy of legal scholarship
Inspired and challenged by the school's awesome legacy, IU Maurer has been fortunate to recruit some of the most promising rising stars in legal education today, all of whom are classroom standouts as well.
Fee shifts an issue for court reporters
In certain situations, Tom Richardson will watch two attorneys in a deposition and will know one is going to get stuck with a bigger bill for the same service.
Keyes: An alternative alternative dispute resolution process
The components of structured negotiation are not new; people resolve problems every day without resorting to litigation. But now the process has been better defined, refined and expanded.
Bluebook: Here to stay, but lawyers don’t have to like it
A valuable way to standardize citations and make court cases and sources easier to find, or “560 pages of rubbish” as 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner said in a recent article for the Green Bag? That’s been the debate over The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation for several years.