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.
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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.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: When deadlines matter: Lessons from the defamation trenches
Every now and then, a case offers a sharp reminder that the rules of civil procedure are not suggestions—they are the foundation of fairness.
Roy Graham: Let’s help extravagance make the most of its moment
Suppose instead of a $500,000 ring, Travis Kelce purchased a modest one for $2,000 and announced that the remaining $498,000 had gone to charity.
David J. Dreyer: Are we ignoring an obvious truth about legal representation?
The Legal Service Corporation’s most recent benchmark study shows less than 8% of low-income legal needs are met.
Roy Graham: Is it true that lawyers need a hide like a rhinoceros?
Should kindness and gratitude lead the way instead?
Brad Boswell: Tackle school funding inequalities before other issues
While other policy changes may have merit or be necessary, there are some underlying truths about school funding inequalities that are preventing these policy changes from having their fully intended impact.
Jonathon “Yogi” Snider: Let’s extend patience and compassion to those around us
In the fast-paced and often high-pressure environments of professional and personal life, we should remember to offer grace.
Supreme Court clears way for nearly $800M in cuts to NIH grants
A divided Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to cut nearly $800 million in National Institutes of Health grants for the study of diseases in minority, gay and transgender communities while legal battles over the funding play out in the lower courts.
John Maley: More federal court rule amendments are on their way
Absent Congressional action, which is unlikely, the new rules package will take effect Dec. 1.
Justin Sorrell: New AI case helps define fair use of copyrighted works
This landmark ruling provides the first judicial guidance on the extent to which AI services may use copyrighted works to train large language models without explicit agreement from the works’ owners.
Deanna Marquez: Highlighting what matters: Conditional formatting in Excel
With the use of Excel’s conditional formatting, you can set the rules once and let Excel do the highlighting for you.
Brock Easton: Quiet liquidity: Investor pressure is reshaping early-stage deals
Investors, especially those at the earliest stages, are asking for more. Not just better terms or lower valuations. They’re asking for exit options, built in from day one.
John R. Van Winkle: Are mini-trials an answer for certain civil disputes?
A mini-trial is defined in the alternative dispute resolution rules as a “settlement method in which each side presents a highly abbreviated summary of the case to senior officials who are authorized to settle the case.”