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Law - Dawn Johnsen and two other Assistant AG nominees "rejected" by Senate today [Updated]
Posted on December 24, 2009I'm not sure what this means. This item posted this morning by Ed O'Keefe the Washington Post, after the Senate...
Courts - Kentucky sex-offender case appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Posted on December 24, 2009Updating this list of ILB entries, Andrew Wolfson reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway is...
Ind. Decisions - "John Hancock and Hoosier Energy Settle Litigation"
Posted on December 24, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 17, 2009, a press release from John Hancock Life Insurance Company begins:BOSTON, Dec. 23...
Ind. Courts - "Proposed rule changes deal with attorney advertising, appellate court procedures and trial court procedures."
Posted on December 23, 2009From the press release:The Indiana Supreme Court is interested in receiving comments from judges, attorneys and the public as it...
Ind. Decisions - "Duke to reduce pollution at New Albany plant"
Posted on December 23, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries, including this one from May 29, 2009, Mireya Howard reported in the NY Times on Dec....
Ind. Decisions - More on "Flying J plans can proceed after high court ruling"
Posted on December 23, 2009Supplementing this ILB entry from Dec. 22nd, Amanda Iacone has this report today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some...
Courts - More on "Doing time well past their prime"
Posted on December 22, 2009That was the heading of the most recent of the ILB's list of entries on issues surrounding the Brooke Astor...
Ind. Decisions - "Flying J plans can proceed after high court ruling"
Posted on December 22, 2009Kevin Leininger reports today in the Fort Wayne News Sentinel on the Supreme Court's action last Thursday denying transfer in...
Ind. Decisions - "Convicted New Albany drug dealer?s 100-year sentence halved"
Posted on December 22, 2009The Court of Appeals' Dec. 17th NFP decision in the case of Larry L. Toops, Sr. v. State of Indiana...
Environment - "Michigan asks U.S. Supreme Court to close shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes"
Posted on December 22, 2009Here is the AP story by John Flesher in today's South Bend Tribune. From the story:State Attorney General Mike Cox...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 6 today (and 43 NFP)
Posted on December 22, 2009For publication opinions today (6): In Anna Williams b/n/f Randy Williams, et al v. M. Jayne Adelsperger, D.D.S., a 13-page...
Catch-up: What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB?
Posted on December 21, 2009Here is the answer to "What did you miss over the weekend from the ILB?" From Sunday, Dec. 20,...
Ind. Decisions - Upcoming oral arguments this week and next
Posted on December 21, 2009This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court (week of 12/21/09): Tuesday, December 22nd 9:00 AM - Wayne D....
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending December 18, 2009
Posted on December 21, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending December 18, 2009. It is four pages long. One...
Ind. Courts - More charges filed against suspended Bicknell City Court Judge
Posted on December 21, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 16, the Attorney General has now issued a press release headed "Attorney General files...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues two Indiana decisions today
Posted on December 21, 2009In Hendrickson v. Cooper (SD Ind., Judge McKinney), a 15-page opinion, Judge Tinder writes:Prison is rough. Violent prisoners can...
Law - "For a while, they could practically name their own price. Now, they're lucky if they can find a job"
Posted on December 21, 2009Leigh Jones of The National Law Journal today chronicles the decade of the big law firm associate. It begins:It was...
Law - "Colleges subpoenaed in gender bias investigation"
Posted on December 21, 2009Kathy Matheson reports in USA Today in a story that begins:PHILADELPHIA ? A federal civil rights agency investigating possible gender...
Ind. Courts - "Represent yourself in court? Experts say bad idea"
Posted on December 21, 2009Lydia X. McCoy reported yesterday in the Evansville Courier & Press in a long story that began:EVANSVILLE ? Defense attorney...
Environment - "Attorney General Greg Zoeller has filed a lawsuit against an Elkhart County recycler with a history of environmental violations, worker-safety violations and public complaints"
Posted on December 21, 2009From today's lengthy press release:The suit asks the court to require the company to cease its open dumping of wood...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 6 NFP)
Posted on December 21, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (1): Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of M.A.; C.B. v. Indiana Dept....
Ind. Gov't. - "BMV relaxes on Secure ID: Federal rules not in force"
Posted on December 20, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 15th, headed "Move to National ID Cards Delayed," Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier...
Ind. Law - More on "Proposed property tax caps won't prevent increases in bills"
Posted on December 20, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 13th, Stephanie Salter writes today in the Terre Haute Tribune-Star, under the headline "Think...
Courts - "Illinois Supreme Court delays medical malpractice damage cap ruling"
Posted on December 20, 2009Bruce Japsen has this story in the Thursday, Dec. 17 issue of the Chicago Tribune. Some quotes:The Illinois Supreme Court...
Courts - "Justices Revisit Rule Requiring Lab Testimony"
Posted on December 20, 2009Adam Liptak writes today in the Sunday NY Times, in a front-page story, about how:in an unusual move, the Supreme...
Law - Grandparents' visitation rights in Iowa
Posted on December 20, 2009Thanks to How Appealing, here is a link to a comprehensive story Friday in the Dec. 18, 2009 Des Moines...
Ind. Courts - "Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson said this week he can be ready in six months to retry David Camm for the murders of his family"
Posted on December 19, 2009This is, of course, if he is not disqualified. From Ben Zion Hershberg's Dec. 18th story in the Louisville Courier...
Ind. Courts - "Since suspension, Evans has been paid $70K"
Posted on December 19, 2009Updating earlier ILB entries on suspended LaPorte Superior Court Judge Jennifer L. Koethe, Craig Davison of the Michigan City News-Dispatch...
Ind. Decisions - One today from Tax Court, a NFP
Posted on December 18, 2009Michael H. Klosinski and Phyllis J. Klosinski v. Dept. of Local Government Finance (NFP) - "For the foregoing reasons, the...
Law - More on: "If Tiger and Elin Split, How Might They Divvy Up the Goods?"
Posted on December 18, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 16th, the Chicago Tribune today has this story by Jim Peltz and Carol J....
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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....








