Technology - The Indiana Lawyer

Should you get insurance on your kid’s drone?

December 16, 2015

The next wave of hobby drones will be wrapped in boxes underneath Christmas trees before they fill the skies. If industry sales projections come true, the holiday season will put tens of thousands of relative novices at the controls of small unmanned aerial vehicles in densely populated cities and suburbs. All that amateurish swooping over houses and cars, spooking pets and dodging humans, will invariably lead to cracked windows and more than a few bloody injuries.

Drones, big and small, said to need registration in US plan

November 23, 2015

Owners of all but the smallest toy drones will have to register them with the U.S. government before the end of the year if the Obama administration adopts proposals issued by a task force it appointed.

Oracle says judge’s expert biased in $1B Google-Java case

November 20, 2015

Oracle Corp. says it can’t get a fair shake from an economics professor serving as a damages expert in its billion-dollar court battle with Google over the Java platform.

O’Neil: Litigating in a paperless environment

November 17, 2015

If you walked down the hallway of the average law firm in the year 2000, what would you see? Paper, and a lot of it!

4 attorneys disrupt market by launching legal services company in Indianapolis

November 17, 2015

Seeing an opportunity in helping businesses and lawyers with discovery in an electronic world, Hamish Cohen and three of his attorney colleagues – Ray Biederman, Sean Burke and Jon Mattingly – launched Proteus Discovery Group.

What’s in a domain name?

November 17, 2015

New .law Internet domain names offer lawyers and firms a rare chance to create an online brand that conveys to consumers a prestigious, professional identity. Or, .law names might just confuse people.

West Lafayette school officials considering drone ban

November 12, 2015

School officials in West Lafayette are considering a ban on the use of drones during school hours and school-related activities.

Start Page: 3 reasons to consider using an Apple Watch

November 3, 2015

Lawyers need help managing the massive amounts of information we process on a daily basis. Wearable devices can help weed through the noise and filter the most important information to you when and where you need it.

Apple fights DOJ over attempt to unlock seized iPhone

October 28, 2015

Apple Inc. is fighting the U.S. Justice Department’s demand for access to data on an iPhone seized during a drug probe just days after the company’s chief executive officer squared off against the director of National Security Agency over privacy.

Judge Frances Gull receives national award for innovations in Allen County

October 20, 2015

For more than 10 years, Judge Frances Gull has spearheaded efforts in Allen County to make the jury process easier and more convenient. She made jury duty less burdensome by incorporating technological advances that help potential jurors feel more comfortable.

Lawmakers may spoil fantasy sports party

October 12, 2015

The biggest showdown looming for fantasy football goliaths DraftKings and FanDuel has nothing to do with which one can nab the biggest share of the exploding daily fantasy sports market. Instead, state and federal lawmakers are taking a serious look at the legality of their services – a move that could put them out of business in Indiana and other states.

State courts roll out new public information web portal

June 16, 2015

A new one-stop public state courts Internet portal allows users to search trial and appellate court cases, apply for marriage licenses, pay traffic tickets and take care of other court business.

Meeting clients in cyberspace

June 2, 2015

Twenty-five years ago, people needing legal help either met with an attorney face-to-face or made a phone call. Person-to-person, they explained their problems and made up their minds if the lawyer had the answers. Today, when picking a lawyer, clients first visit the Internet.

Startups take cloud-based tech savvy to legal realm

May 19, 2015

To some, the phrase “legal challenges” means lawsuits. For a few Indianapolis tech startups, it has an entirely different meaning: attorney pain points and business opportunities.

Pressure on PACER

May 19, 2015

On May 1, protestors across the country launched their ire on the federal judicial branch. They were not maligning the judges or their decisions, but rather they were imploring the courts to upgrade and improve the online Public Access to Court Electronic Records system.

Senate under pressure after House votes to end NSA program

May 14, 2015

After the House of Representatives' lopsided bipartisan vote to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records, the Senate is under considerable pressure to pass a similar measure. If it doesn't, lawmakers risk letting the authority to collect the records expire June 1, along with other important counterterrorism provisions.

Ball State students learn secrets behind cyber forensics

April 22, 2015

If any computers or smartphones were to be confiscated during the investigation of recent identity thefts at Ball State University, BSU instructor Vinayak Tanksale's students would know what to do before examining the evidence.

Accident reconstruction advances light years in the last quarter-century

March 10, 2015

Portage attorney Greg Sarkisian remembers a time when trying to convince a jury how a crash happened involved moving magnetic cars around on a board.

Defendant waived right to confront victim by not attending Skype deposition

February 13, 2015

A man’s rights under the Indiana Constitution were not violated when the state admitted his victim’s deposition acquired through Skype because the man chose not to be present during the deposition, ruled the Indiana Court of Appeals.

Odyssey vendor chosen to handle statewide e-filing

February 10, 2015

Tyler Technologies Inc., which contracts with the Indiana judiciary to provide the Odyssey case management system to courts around the state, has been selected as the vendor that will manage statewide e-filing in trial courts.

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