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Ind. Courts - More on "Attorney quits practice, leaving clients in lurch"
Posted on April 15, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 16, 2009, Alicia Gallegos reported yesterday in the South Bend Tribune under the heading...
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on "Porter County cannot leave RDA "
Posted on April 15, 2010Updating this ILB entry from April 10th, Jeff Schultz reported yesterday in the Chesterton Tribune:The Porter County Council has announced...
Ind. Courts - COA holds oral argument at Floyd Central High School
Posted on April 15, 2010Panels of the Court of Appeals conduct many of their oral arguments outside their Statehouse courtroom, in locations throughout the...
Ind. Courts - More on "Life, Death and Insurance: Indiana's $15 Million Mystery "
Posted on April 14, 2010Following up on Monday's entry quoting a WSJ story reported by Leslie Scism and Mark Maremont, the same team has...
Law - More on: "In N.C.A.A., Question of Bias Over a Test for a Genetic Trait"
Posted on April 14, 2010Updating this ILB entry from Monday, April 12th, the NYT's Kate Thomas reports today under the headline "N.C.A.A. Council Approves...
Ind. Decisions - One opinion today from the Supreme Court
Posted on April 14, 2010In Robert E. Carter, Jr., et al. (IDNR) v. Nugent Sand Co., et al., an 8-page, 5-0 opinion, Chief Justice...
Courts - "Several States Look to Boost Retirement Age for Judges"
Posted on April 14, 2010Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal reports today:As Justice John Paul Stevens is so ably about to prove, "90"...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 6 today (and 27 NFP)
Posted on April 14, 2010For publication opinions today (6): In Eric D. Smith v. Jeff Wrigley and Lt. Gard, a 7-page pro se appeal,...
Ind. Law - Opinions of the Indiana Attorney General
Posted on April 14, 2010I happened onto this site while looking for recent opinions of the Indiana Attorney General. Called IUPUI Scholar Works,...
Law - "Dusk for Dawn Johnsen: Why Obama Backed Down on a Nominee"
Posted on April 14, 2010That is the heading to a Time story today by Theo Emery. Some quotes:And a recess appointment, which some liberals...
Ind. Law - Still more on: "The politics of trash" in Lake County
Posted on April 14, 2010Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Marc Chase and Christine Kraly of the NWI Times today have a third long...
Ind. Gov't. - "Trial court rules Jeffersonville owes sewer plant operator $584,000"
Posted on April 14, 2010Updating this most recent ILB entry, from Jan. 27, 2009, headed "City water and sewer contracts to be put up...
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court posts a second decision today, this one on unauthorized practice of law
Posted on April 14, 2010Inn State ex Rel. Indiana State Bar Association v. United Financial Systems Corporation, et al., a 17-page per curiam opinion,...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case today
Posted on April 13, 2010In Whittington v. Indpls Motor Speedway Foundation (SD Ind. McKinney), a 10-page opinion, Judge Kanne writes:Reginald Whittington sued the...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 18 NFP)
Posted on April 13, 2010For publication opinions today (2): In Nevin Tew v. Beverly Tew , a 13-page opinion, Judge Bradford concludes:In sum, the...
Law - "The Future of Legal Education: Get Real"
Posted on April 13, 2010Here is a sample from a story by Irene Plagianos of The American Lawyer re a conference called "Future Ed:...
Ind. Law - "Heather's Law" - new abuse education law
Posted on April 13, 2010Mary Beth Schneider of the Indianapolis Star reports today that Gov. Daniels held a ceremonial signing yesterday for SEA 316:Heather's...
Ind. Courts - Ready Mixed Concrete Settlements in Price Fixing Litigation will Total $59 Million
Posted on April 13, 2010From a press release: On March 31, 2010, United States District Judge Sarah Evans Barker granted final approval to the...
Ind. Law - More on: "The politics of trash" in Lake County
Posted on April 13, 2010Updating yesterday's ILB entry, today Marc Chase and Christine Kraly of the NWI Times have a story that begins:Lake County...
Ind. Gov't. - "The State of America's Libraries"
Posted on April 13, 2010Just released, a 66-page report by the Amercian Library Association on the state of America's libraries. A quote from the...
Ind. Courts - Wayne County Prosecutor sued for defamation by coroner
Posted on April 13, 2010Bill Engle reports today in the Richmond Palladium-Item:The pathologist who performed the autopsy on the body of Erin Stanley of...
Ind. Gov't. - "Chicken Underground" has not yet reached the City of Washington Indiana
Posted on April 13, 2010As these ILB entries attest, one of the ILB's favorite entries was this one from Sept. 15, 2009, headed "Chicken...
Catch-up: What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB?
Posted on April 12, 2010Here is the answer to "What did you miss from the ILB during the weekend? From Sunday, April 11,...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on April 12, 2010This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 4/12/10): None currently scheduled. Wednesday, April 7th 9:00 AM...
Law - "In N.C.A.A., Question of Bias Over a Test for a Genetic Trait"
Posted on April 12, 2010A number of issues may occur to you while reading this lengthy story today in the NY Times, reported by...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: Who's on your ballot?
Posted on April 12, 2010Updating this ILB entry from April 11, 2010, Nick Fankhauser, Chair of the Union Co. Election Board, writes re this...
Ind. Law - Carmel assault, bullying, sexual assault case deserves continued attention"
Posted on April 12, 2010Kent Sterling's (former director of news and programming for WIBC Radio) Indy sports blog has a long entry dated April...
Environment - "IDEM map called 'deceptive'"
Posted on April 12, 2010From a long story today in the Gary Post-Tribune, reported by Gitte Laasby, continue the controversy about "Easterly's Pile." The...
Ind. Law - "Hendricks sheriff to host sexting forum tonight"
Posted on April 12, 2010Josh Duke reports in the Indianapolis Star:DANVILLE -- Hendricks County Sheriff David Galloway will host a free public forum tonight...
Ind. Law - "The politics of trash" in Lake County
Posted on April 12, 2010A long, long story today in the NWI Times, reported by March Chase. Some quotes:Enmeshed in the process of bringing...
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The plates & registration are currently valid and acknowledged by the state.The issue is these plates were on a car I owned and sold privately and legally.Per the Indiana BMV, I can legally transfer plates,which I did. I
That would depend on if you registered the plate to your new vehicle with the BM...
Can a city library prevent you from using thier facilities based on a school district being from another city reaching into your city?
that seems a little ridiculous that they would do that. libraries are supposed t...
Is it libel to write blog posts and/or online reviews about a local business that defames one's reputation?
Libel is the form of defamation expressed in fixed-- usually written form. Sland...
How can I make my blog more popular?
You have to write and submit articles, with backlinks to your blogsite....

The plates & registration are currently valid and acknowledged by the state.The issue is these plates were on a car I owned and sold privately and legally.Per the Indiana BMV, I can legally transfer plates,which I did. I
That would depend on if you registered the plate to your new vehicle with the BM...
Can a city library prevent you from using thier facilities based on a school district being from another city reaching into your city?
that seems a little ridiculous that they would do that. libraries are supposed t...
Is it libel to write blog posts and/or online reviews about a local business that defames one's reputation?
Libel is the form of defamation expressed in fixed-- usually written form. Sland...
How can I make my blog more popular?
You have to write and submit articles, with backlinks to your blogsite....








