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Brooke Burtnett and Kate Collins: Hoosier business owners need advocates who keep up
The ability to see around the corner, before legislation is filed and regulations finalized, has become a powerful competitive advantage.
David Dreyer: Is an avalanche of injunction requests on the way?
My traditional joy about injunctive relief may be facing a very practical challenge.
Katie S. Riles: What businesses need to know about new fraud prevention law
While the law’s stated purpose is to prevent fraudulent activity in Indiana, its most practical effects will be felt in how businesses list their addresses, use commercial mail services and handle required filing with the Indiana Secretary of State’s office.
Tony Paganelli: Here’s a practitioner’s checklist for litigating injunctions
Too many lawyers try to win their case at the temporary restraining order stage and lose credibility when they can’t explain why money damages won’t suffice later.
Madden & Clouse: Wicked problems and the people who work to solve them
Wicked problems require innovative leaders and a patchwork of approaches; cue, Indiana Justice Project and its Executive Director, Adam Mueller.
Dustin Houchin: How about we just let the bail reform movement die?
The bail reform movement is dying, but it is not yet dead.
Raio Krishnayya: Due process doesn’t stop at the border — or on social media
The framers of the Constitution did not invent due process; they inherited it from centuries of English law, most notably the Magna Carta’s promise that no person could be deprived of liberty except by the “law of the land.”
Dana Soeurt and Eric Wood: JLAP shines light on Delta-8, the new reefer madness
JLAP is not taking a position on the legalization debate. We simply want to illuminate a disturbing trend which we have witnessed firsthand—that is, the profound impact on mental health by Delta-8.
Roy Graham: When you are facing a jury, you just need to be yourself
If your seminar spent more than an hour on wardrobe choices, ask for a refund.
John Krull: Todd Rokita, the Indiana Supreme Court and bad choices
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and the Indiana Supreme Court made a set of linked choices regarding a second disciplinary complaint against Rokita—choices that will have consequences for the people of Indiana.
John R. Van Winkle: Should Indiana adopt the Uniform Mediation Act?
The act has been adopted in 13 states including Indiana’s neighboring states of Illinois and Ohio.
Roy Graham: When you’re in a situation that’s causing doubt, get out
After you’ve taken a case, and a conflict—probable or possible—surfaces. What do you do? My motto: When in doubt, get out. Err on the side of caution.
IndyBar: Legal Impacts on Property and Casualty Insurance Post-COVID: Navigating a New Risk Landscape
The COVID-19 pandemic produced a seismic wave of litigation across multiple sectors, but few areas were as profoundly tested as the property and casualty insurance industry.
IndyBar: President’s Update
The IndyBar Foundation Board of Directors Retreat is scheduled for Nov. 6-7 in French Lick, and the IndyBar Association Committee Chairs and Board of Directors Retreat is scheduled for Nov. 13-14 in French Lick.
IndyBar: A Collaborative Column Has Practicing Law Really Changed?
Here’s a look at the hard trutsh and some hopes about work-life balance.
Ashley Hart: How to play six strings and learn leadership things
In every role I’ve taken in the legal world, someone inevitably looks at my background and asks how music fits into the puzzle.
Roy Graham: In the blink of an eye, it seems that everything changes
Failing to decide at crucial moments has consequences that reverberate far beyond the courtroom.
Dustin Houchin: Let’s reconsider the rehabilitation model of justice
Our criminal justice system attempts to provide social work and psychological and medical services. To state the obvious, lawyers are not trained or suited to do these things.
John Maley: Courts provide guidance on federal pleadings and deadlines
U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Mark Dinsmore denied defendants’ unopposed motion to extend the discovery and dispositive motion deadlines by 60 days.