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Madden & Clouse: Here’s an open casting call for pro bono work
“The world is a stage,” and everyone has a role to play in pro bono service.
Bell & Thompson: 3 things to know about judges and the use of social media
Some judges choose to be on social media, but in doing so, they likely take on more risk than lawyers do.
Kilies and Watkins: The Cat’s Paw theory: Navigating employer liability
Under the Cat’s Paw Theory, employers may be liable if it is eventually uncovered that there was a discriminatory basis underlying the adverse employment decision.
IndyBar: Does Your Paralegal Know Their Value?
Data breaches are quite common for small law firms, happening far more often than you might expect. The obvious implication is one could happen to you.
Pettygrove and Williamson: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and EEOC regulations
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued its proposed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in August 2023, and its final rules may be imminent.
Trimble: Retirement planning: It is never too early to start
The overwhelming conclusion has been that lawyers, as a group, do a terrible job of retirement planning.
IndyBar: Practice Toolkit: ‘Your Regularly Scheduled Programming: Why Your Law Firm Needs a Data Security Management Document’
Data breaches are quite common for small law firms, happening far more often than you might expect. The obvious implication is one could happen to you.
Rokita: Op-ed: SCOTUS must protect Trump’s right to be on ballot
If courts disqualify Donald Trump from state ballots, then democracy in America is lost.
IndyBar: Practice Toolkit: The Difference: The Demands of Content Marketing Require Creativity
The demands of content marketing require you to generate new materials consistently, and that material needs to be sufficiently diversified to ensure that it is consistently interesting.
Dreyer: Judges: To text or not to text?
Most of us, lawyers and judges alike, were struck by the recent case in which a judge resigned after facing disciplinary action for, well, what we all are doing: multitasking on the job.
Hammerle on… The 2024 Oscars
Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Robert Hammerle gives us his picks for the 2024 Oscars.
IndyBar: Judicial Spotlight: Hon. Cynthia Ayers
Members of the Bench and Bar celebrated Judge Ayers’ retirement on Feb. 27 at the Community Justice Center. Judge Ayers will officially retire from the bench on March 15, 2024.
Van Winkle: Recent mediation articles discuss ‘first offers’
Two recent articles suggest that in certain circumstances, mediation may be advantageous to go against the conventional wisdom of the anchoring effect of making the first offer.
IndyBar: Indiana’s Growing Need for Attorneys in Federal Programs
IndyBar is proud to present our second of three CLEs focused all around on answering your questions on how to practice with contractors and government entities and all the spaces in-between on federal programs.
Lorbieski: Getting attorney fees in will contests, contested guardianships
For clients, the American Rule requiring each party to pay their own attorney fees, regardless of who wins a case, can make a win feel like less of a victory. That might explain why there are so many exceptions to the American Rule.
Nichols and Retzner: Using a purpose trust in a business succession plan
The “purpose trust” should be in an estate planner’s “tool kit” and considered in a client’s business succession and charitable planning.
McCarty: Tips for general practitioners: Estate planning for the unmarried
For those of you who don’t have an active estate planning practice, Indiana Code provides multiple safeguards for surviving spouses of an intestate decedent that are not provided to a surviving unmarried partner.
JLAP: In my ‘grief era’: Doing the ‘heart work’ of grief
It’s impossible for me to forget June 26, 2003, a day that marks more than a cruel summer.
IndyBar: The Racing Attorney Conference Heads to Austin, Texas in April!
The 2024 Racing Attorney Conference will be hosted April 9-10 at Circuit of Americas in Austin, Texas.