Computing the lost profits of a business as a result of a wrongful act is a complex task. And many times, the question to ask is: “But for” a wrongful act, what would the profits be? What would the value be?
So over many years, I found a kind of “sub-wisdom.” It came not from law study or research, but rather from living with real world cases.
Author Kim Brand says: you don’t like passwords or complicated password policies and you don’t think a secure password is worth the trouble.
The Indiana Lawyer would like to revive the trial report section of the newspaper in 2012.
Indianapolis class-action attorney Irwin Levin just helped lead a legal team that is going to collect more than $6.7 million in fees in a high-profile Iowa lawsuit involving price fixing in the concrete industry.
A trial judge’s job is often befuddling. We have to differentiate between peoples’ language, their values, even their competing views about what language means.
Editor Kelly Lucas discusses changes to the Indiana Lawyer daily.
Quality of Life columnist Jonna Kane MacDougall discusses how gratitude can improve a person's life.
IL Editor Kelly Lucas writes about keeping a focus on issues of importance and that maintain sense of gratitude.
Editor Kelly Lucas writes about the Indiana State Bar Association’s emphasis on attorney fitness and wellness.
IBJ Media president Greg Morris writes about the importance of participating in civic life.
The wave of technology that has swept the late 20th and early 21st centuries is taking us all for an interesting ride.
Reporter Jenny Montgomery writes about a new TV drug court.
What does the future hold for the law students who began their studies a few weeks ago in Bloomington and across the United States?
Earlier this month, the National Organization on Disability recognized nine U.S. companies for their work in hiring and engaging people with disabilities.
A patient comes to the hospital and receives twice the amount of thrombolytics ordered by the cardiologist. The thrombolytics have a risk of causing hemorrhagic stroke. Two days later, the patient strokes and dies. The treating cardiologist is of the opinion that the stroke was caused by the excessive dose given to the patient. Does this seem like a “no brainer” on causation?
Have you been thinking lately? Judges and lawyers make a profession of “thinking,” of analyzing, balancing, applying, and just plain old wondering. But do we think like we used to?
Author Wandini Riggins writes about Norman G. Tabler, Indiana University Health’s senior vice president and general counsel.
We surmised it would only be a matter of time before the clamor began, but we were a little taken aback at how few days passed after the Indiana Supreme Court decision in Barnes v. State was issued before a legislator told us he would put together a proposal to change the merit selection process that’s been in place for our appellate courts for nearly 40 years.
What we want to address here is the troubling descent into madness that has appeared alongside the reasonable discourse on the subject of the recent Indiana Supreme Court decision Barnes v. State .