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Courts - "MLB savior and judge Sotomayor to throw out ceremonial pitch"
Posted on September 23, 2009This story today in USA Today, complete with photo. From Joan Biskupic's story:WASHINGTON ? Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who grew up...
Environment - "Request to install up to 2 wind turbines goes to Hancock County zoning board Thursday"
Posted on September 23, 2009The ILB has had a number of entries now on wind turbines, their impact, and local regulation. Today Bill McCleery...
Environment - "Big Polluters Told to Report Emissions "
Posted on September 23, 2009This story today by Leslie Kaufman of the NY Times - it begins:The Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that...
Ind. Courts - More on "Clark Circuit Court to hold night sessions"
Posted on September 23, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 12th, Braden Lammers has a story in the Jeffersonville News & Tribune headlined "Tuesdays...
Ind. Courts - "State raising the bar on taped interrogations: Recently adopted rule is among the most stringent in the U.S."
Posted on September 23, 2009As noted in this ILB entry yesterday, the Supreme Court's amendment adding a new Section 617 to the Rules of...
Ind. Courts - Madison Circuit Court Judge Fredrick R. Spencer is resigning as Judge of the Madison Circuit Court effective September 25, 2009
Posted on September 23, 2009Announcement from the Indiana Courts public information office:Madison Circuit Court Judge Fredrick R. Spencer is resigning as Judge of the...
Ind. Gov't. - "State official linked to sex calls resigns"
Posted on September 23, 2009Mark Alesia just posted this story in the Indianapolis Star website:Gary Wilfert, senior state steward of the Indiana Horse Racing...
About this Blog - Please sign on as annual ILB supporter
Posted on September 22, 2009Please sign on as annual ILB supporter -- pay quarterly, the next quarter starts October 1st. Check the Law Firm...
Courts - "Judicial Campaign Speech Case May Be Destined for Supreme Court: Wisconsin justice faces sanctions for ad that may have gone too far"
Posted on September 22, 2009Marcia Coyle reports today in The National Law Journal - some quotes from the lengthy story:The challenger's ad in the...
Ind. Decisions - Still more on the COA voter ID decision
Posted on September 22, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 20th, more reaction. From the Evansville Courier & Press, this editorial today. Some quotes:Although...
Ind. Courts - "Now-retired Perry educator asks that felony charges of hitting mentally disabled man be dropped"
Posted on September 22, 2009Jon Murray reports today in the Indianapolis Star:A former Perry Township teacher accused of twice striking a disabled student asked...
Law - "Keep Your Resume Honest"
Posted on September 22, 2009That is the advice in this article today from Deborah Ben-Canaan and Martha Fay Africa of The Recorder. Some quotes:In...
Ind. Courts - More on: Court makes a number of rule changes
Posted on September 22, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 16th, which providing links showing the nine sets of new rule amendments (i.e. with...
Ind. Courts - "The public can now be the judge of whether a former South Bend Police officer used excessive force while arresting a man after a high speed chase"
Posted on September 22, 2009Reminiscent of this ILB entry from March 2nd, headed "Supreme Court Enters the YouTube Era ", is this WNDU South...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: Daniels' welfare privatization: Too big to fail? Shouldn't we be working on a Plan B?
Posted on September 22, 2009From a Star story quoted in this ILB entry July 20th:FSSA Secretary Anne Murphy has said that if IBM's service...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 10 NFP)
Posted on September 22, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (4): Francean (Moad) Bohm v. Anderson Woods, Inc., and Liberty Mutual...
Courts - "Astor Trial (Finally!) Heads to the Jury"
Posted on September 22, 2009The ILB has had a number of entries on the Brooke Astor estate dispute and trial. Today Ashby Jones of...
Ind. Gov't. - "DC's Real-Time Data Program Wins Award"
Posted on September 22, 2009Kari Lydersen reported in the Washington Post on Sept. 14th:The District of Columbia's real-time city data program and a water...
Courts - "A lawsuit seeking to identify a Gmail user who accidentally received confidential bank information must proceed in public"
Posted on September 22, 2009That's the headline to this long story by Thomas Claburn in Information Week that begins:A bank's effort to prevent the...
Ind. Decisions - Following up on: "Apparently there are all sorts of surprises in the special session budget"; my plan
Posted on September 22, 2009The ILB has posted a number of entries on this year's budget bill and its surprises: items added into the...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 7 NFP)
Posted on September 21, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Peter and Lori Cook v. Ford Motor Company, a 38-page, 2-1 opinion, Judge Robb...
Ind. Courts - "County library could be endangered legal resource"
Posted on September 21, 2009Francesca Jarosz of the Indianapolis Star has this lengthy, and important, story today that begins.Scott Vaughn hovered near a table...
Ind. Gov't. - More on: AP story features new public access counselor
Posted on September 21, 2009Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, the Star, which ran the AP story today, includes this sidebar headed "Test your...
Ind. Courts - More on: Briefs for upcoming argument in Thomas v. FSSA
Posted on September 21, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 16, for the case set to be argued this Wednesday, Sept. 23rd before a...
Courts - More on: Sotomayor not yet decided on cert pool
Posted on September 21, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 16th, Tony Mauro has another article on the practice today in The Blog of...
Environment - "Attorney General signs decree to improve Jeff?s sewer problems"
Posted on September 20, 2009That was the heading to this story by Chris Quay Sept. 17th in the Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:Indiana Attorney...
Not law but important - More on: "A Virtual Revolution Is Brewing for Colleges"
Posted on September 20, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 12th, here, from the Sept. 14th Business Week, is a column from Kevin Maney...
Courts - More on "David Jason Stinson found not guilty in football player?s death"
Posted on September 20, 2009Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 18th, Andrew Wolfson has a Louisville Courier Journal story today titled "Stinson?s acquittal poses...
Ind. Law - "Despite laws, 'meth has not gone away'"
Posted on September 20, 2009That is the headline to this story by Sophia Voravong in today's Lafayette Journal Courier. Some quotes:After a 2005 Indiana...
Ind. Courts - More on: "$1.3 million Allen County Courthouse fix OK?d"
Posted on September 20, 2009Updating this ILB item from July 17th, the ILB has located this item on the Allen County Blog, dated July...
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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....








