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Courts - More on: "Post-Chandra Levy murder trial 12/1: The secret juror questionnaires"

Posted on January 04, 2011
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 1, 2010, Michael Doyle, a reporter for McClatchy's Washington Bureau continues to follow the...

Ind. Courts - Mortgage Foreclosure Best Practice posted on Indiana Courts website

Posted on January 04, 2011
A document identified as "Trial Court Resources: Mortgage Foreclosure Best Practices," was posted on the Indiana Courts website on Jan....

Courts - "Muncie native Robert Wilkins has been approved as a U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia"

Posted on January 03, 2011
From a Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology news release:TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The new year has brought a new position for...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 2 NFP)

Posted on January 03, 2011
For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (2): Kyle Beals v. State of...

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Ind. Gov't. - "Daniels takes natural gas bet that others refused"

Posted on January 03, 2011
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 31st, the subheading to Ted Evanoff's Jan. 2, 2011 front-page story in the Indianapolis...

Ind. Courts - "Unless there is a change in state law, Howard Superior Court 4 Judge George Hopkins will be ineligible to run for re-election in 2012"

Posted on January 03, 2011
That is the lede to this Dec. 29th story by Ken de la Bastide in the Kokomo Tribune. More from...

Ind. Courts - "US attorney job poses challenges for Hogsett"

Posted on January 03, 2011
Charles Wilson of the AP reports in a story that begins:Longtime Indiana Democratic insider Joe Hogsett acknowledges his new job...

Ind. Gov't. - Star editorial: "Take break from hot button issues"

Posted on January 03, 2011
Here is how the editorial today in the Indianapolis Star, stressing the need for "setting priorities in an emergency," concludes:Still,...

Courts - Updating: Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold and her daughter Sydney 's $50 million lawsuit against the Plain Dealer and Advance Internet

Posted on January 03, 2011
Updating a list of ILB entries from last spring, the most recent from April 8, 2010, Anthony Sowell of the...

Ind. Gov't. - "Indiana's part-time lawmakers juggle duties with jobs, families"

Posted on January 03, 2011
Kevin Allen of the South Bend Tribune takes a look at what it means to be a part-time legislator today,...

Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next

Posted on January 03, 2011
This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 1/3/11): No oral arguments currenly scheduled. Next week's oral...

Not Law - Three interesting stories from recent issues of the NY Times

Posted on January 02, 2011
The first actually is law, it is a follow-up on jurors who served on the panel for a gruesome murder...

Ind. Decisions - Indiana mortgage decision nationally noted [Updated]

Posted on December 31, 2010
The Nov. 19, 2010 Court of Appeals opinion in Florence R. Lacy-McKinney v. Bean Taylor and Whitaker Mortgage Corp. (one...

Ind. Gov't. - "E-mails reveal Duke's rising worries: Critics compare saga of cost overruns, setbacks to 1980s nuclear plant fiasco"

Posted on December 31, 2010
Another John Russell story today in the Indianapolis Star relating to "Duke Energy Corp.'s massive power plant in Edwardsport." (Here...

Environment - "Ohio gov.-elect eyes gas riches of Marcellus Shale"

Posted on December 31, 2010
Following up on yesterday's ILB entry re the new Ohio governor's naming of an IDEM official to head the Ohio...

Courts - C-SPAN Radio's Saturday night broadcast of selected oral arguments

Posted on December 31, 2010
The ILB missed these, but this article from Andrew Cohen of Politics Daily makes me want to look for rebroadcasts....

Courts - Interview with Justice Kagan

Posted on December 31, 2010
The entire 49:21 minute C-SPAN interview with Justice Elena Kagan, from which you may have seen excerpts....

Ind. Gov't. - "Anybody could be in their basement, unload this and draw their own plan, using all the tools we have"

Posted on December 31, 2010
That is a quote from Cathy McCully, who heads the U.S. Census Bureau's redistricting data division, in a Washington Post...

Ind. Gov't. - Several TV news stories about Marion County prosecutor changeover

Posted on December 30, 2010
Troy Kehoe of WISHTV had a story Tuesday, Dec. 28 headed "New prosecutor terminates six deputies." Some quotes:At least six...

Environment - "Kasich names heads of state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Agency"

Posted on December 30, 2010
Aaron Marshall of the Cleveland Plain Dealer has the story. Some quotes:COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio is open for business. That...

Ind. Decisions - Month-long, year-end desk-clearing still continues: Court of Appeals issues 7 today (and 18 NFP)

Posted on December 30, 2010
For publication opinions today (7): Richmond State Hospital, et al. v. Paula Brattain, Francis Ernst, et al. is the state...

Ind. Decisions - Two filed yesterday by Tax Court

Posted on December 30, 2010
Somehow, unlike the other two courts, the filed Tax Court decisions never show up online until the next day. Maybe...

Ind. Courts - "State files to block lawsuit naming prosecutors"

Posted on December 30, 2010
Sophia Voravong reports today in the Lafayette Journal Courier:County prosecutors should be immune from a lawsuit alleging that they violated...

Ind. Courts - "New location for Marion County traffic court aims to ease frustrations and bolster efficiency"

Posted on December 30, 2010
Carrie Richie reports today in the Indianapolis Star about the new location of the Marion County Traffic Court, starting Jan....

Law - More on "The Changing Role of Criminal Defense Lawyers"

Posted on December 30, 2010
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 22nd, here is another story on the impact of the Supreme Court's March decision...

Courts - "Golf Courses: A Gold Mine for Lawsuits"

Posted on December 30, 2010
On Sept. 13th, 2010 the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Cassie Pfenning v. Joseph Lineman, et...

Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Not everyone is happy with our Supreme Court's unauthorized practice decision

Posted on December 22, 2010
Updating earlier entries (the latest from Oct. 7, 2010) re the Supreme Court's April 14, 2010 opinion finding that "United...

Ind. Decisions - Attorney suspended for 30 days without automatic reinstatement

Posted on December 22, 2010
In the Matter of Daniel C. McCarthy is a 2-page disciplinary opinion dated Dec. 21, 2010. From the order:The hearing...

Law - "The Changing Role of Criminal Defense Lawyers"

Posted on December 22, 2010
That is the heading of this Blog of LegalTimes entry today by Tony Mauro that begins:Is the role of the...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues one Indiana opinion today

Posted on December 22, 2010
In Trinity Homes v. Ohio Casualty (SD Ind., J. Barker), a 14-page opinion, Judge Kanne writes:Plaintiffs Trinity Homes and...

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