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Ind. Courts - More on: "Delays hurt plan to link state courts: Millions spent, progress scant, and legislators growing weary"
Posted on July 19, 2009This ILB entry from July 14th quoted from an article in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Repeating some of the...
Law - "Working with foreclosure consultants can get a lawyer burned"
Posted on July 19, 2009This article by Steven Seidenberg in the July issue of the ABA Journal begins:As the recession puts a dent in...
Ind. Gov't. - "State struggles with medicaid updates"
Posted on July 18, 2009Braden Lammers of the New Albany News & Tribune had a long and comprehensive report yesterday on the Indiana Medicaid...
Ind. Gov't. - "Special prosecutor appointed on Peggy Wilder issue: Scott County attorney to look into allegations of credit card misuse"
Posted on July 18, 2009ILB entries from early this year, inlcuded this one from Jan.17 quoting a Louisville Courier Journal story that began:A state...
Ind. Law - More on: ISP NOT seeking to challenge the validity of the state golf cart law
Posted on July 17, 2009Updaitng this ILB entry from Wednesday, the ILB has now received official word, via Sergeant Anthony D. Emery, ISP Public...
Ind. Decisions - "The 2008 murder conviction of Chawknee Caruthers, who was given a 100-year prison sentence, was reversed Thursday"
Posted on July 17, 2009The Court of Appeals 2-1 opinion July 15th in the case of Chawknee Caruthers v. State of Indiana (ILB summary...
Ind. Decisions - No Indiana cases today from the 7th Circuit, but two of note nonetheless
Posted on July 17, 2009Avnet Inc v. Maxwell, Andrew J. is an 8-page opinion in a bankruptcy case. Judge Stykes writes:MarchFIRST, Inc., an...
Ind. Decisions - Another NFP COA decision reclassified
Posted on July 17, 2009The case is Term. of Parent-Child Rel. of H.T.; R.T. v. IDCS - NFP opinion issued 12/10/08; Appellant's motion for...
Law - "Bankruptcy Won't Discharge $350,000 of Student Loan Debt for Law Graduate"
Posted on July 17, 2009The ILB mentioned the case of Mark Jesperson in an entry earlier this week on the high cost of traditional...
Courts - Senator Lugar's statement supporting Judge Sotomayor [Updated]
Posted on July 17, 2009U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar released the following statement on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be Associate Justice of...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 5 NFP)
Posted on July 17, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (1): Debra D. Noggle v. James A. Noggle (NFP) - "Wife...
Ind. Courts - "Venue changed in LaPorte County judge's case"; 400 anonymous online newspaper reader comments entered in evidence [Updated]
Posted on July 17, 2009From a report today in the South Bend Tribune:LaPorte County Judge Jennifer Evans-Koethe, charged with trying to interfere with the...
Ind. Courts - "$1.3 million Allen County Courthouse fix OK?d"
Posted on July 17, 2009Amanda Iacone reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:The Allen County Council agreed to spend $1.3 million to repair...
Ind. Courts - "Madison courthouse will come back"
Posted on July 17, 2009Dale Moss of the Louisville Courier Journal has a column today on the restoration of the Jefferson County Courthouse in...
Ind. Gov't. - More on "BMV headaches ahead"
Posted on July 17, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 14th, concerning the BMV's new, stringent identification requirements for receiving a new or renewed...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending July 17, 2009
Posted on July 17, 2009Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending July 17, 2009. It is four pages long. No cases...
Courts - Sotomayor not yet decided on cert pool
Posted on July 16, 2009This item posted today by Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal was interesting to me -- I didn't know...
Law - "After Injuries, College Athletes Are Often Left to Pay the Bills"
Posted on July 16, 2009The NY Times today has a lengthy, front-page story by Kristina Peterson on college athlete injuries and lack of insurance...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 4 NFP)
Posted on July 16, 2009For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (1): Eddie J. Williams, Jr. v. State Employees' Appeals Commission (NFP)...
Courts - "States increasingly are recognizing a child's primary caregiver as a legitimate challenger to parental rights"
Posted on July 16, 2009Updating this ILB entry from July 7th headed "Jackson?s Will Could Set Off Legal Battle Over Estate," Carla Murphy, contributor...
Courts - "One Rogue Worker Can Take an Entire Company Down: The courts are taking an uncompromising approach to respondent superior"
Posted on July 16, 2009That is the title of a long article today by Stanley A. Twardy Jr. and Daniel E. Wenner in The...
Law - Home owners nationally seeking property tax reductions because of tumbling property tax values; new tools aid in effort
Posted on July 16, 2009See the story today by M.P. McQueen in the Wall Street Journal....
Ind. Gov't. - Indiana budget cuts film tax credit
Posted on July 16, 2009Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal reported yesterday on cutbacks in the Indiana film tax credit program. Some...
Environment - Wind turbines in Indiana [Updated]
Posted on July 16, 2009Here is a list of some earlier ILB entries on wind turbines:Environment - Indiana bat endangered by wind farms?...
Ind. Law - "Lebanon mulls sex-offender ban: City is drafting an ordinance to keep convicts out of parks"
Posted on July 16, 2009Robert Annis reports today in the Indianapolis Star:LEBANON, Ind. -- This city in Boone County might follow other Indiana communities...
Ind. Gov't. - "BMV headaches ahead"
Posted on July 15, 2009On July 9 this ILB posted this story on new requirements for those obtaining or renewing their driver's licenses beginning...
Ind. Law - Still more on: Enthusiasm builds over use of golf carts in smaller communities
Posted on July 15, 2009ILB entries since the new law took effect July 1 named the following communities as enacting or considering golf cart...
Ind. Law - Former Daviess County Prosecutor Brayton Smoot missing
Posted on July 15, 2009WAMW 107.9 FM, out of Washington Indiana reports:The family of former Daviess County Prosecutor Brayton Smoot are now offering a...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 11 NFP)
Posted on July 15, 2009For publication opinions today (2): In Jill Baird v. ASA Collections , a 17-page opinion, Chief Judge Baker writes:Appellant-defendant Jill...
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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....








