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Ind. Courts - Judge James D. Humphrey, Circuit Court of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, appointed to the Board of Directors of United Community Bancorp

Posted on January 28, 2011
From a press release today:LAWRENCEBURG, Ind., Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- United Community Bancorp (the "Company") (Nasdaq: UCBA) today announced...

Courts - Still more on: Illinois COA boots Rahm Emanuel from Chicago ballot

Posted on January 28, 2011
Comparable? The Jan. 27, 2011 Illinois Supreme Court decision in the dispute contesting Rahm Emanual's eligibility for the Chicago mayoral...

Ind. Gov't. - "Timetable for IURC invites scrutiny: Utility watchdog oks short debate period for Rockport project"

Posted on January 28, 2011
Ted Evanoff reports today in the Indianapolis Star:Only months after an ethics scandal rocked the state's top utility watchdog, the...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 7 NFP)

Posted on January 27, 2011
For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (2): Steve Nevill v. Woodland Heights Property Owners Assoc. (NFP) -...

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Courts - "Closed door Wisconsin Supreme Court meeting riles some justices"

Posted on January 27, 2011
Interesting story today by Patrick Marley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel begins:Madison ? State Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley...

Ind. Gov't. - "Moody?s to Factor Pension Gaps in States? Ratings"

Posted on January 27, 2011
This story today in the NY Times business section, reports by Mary Williams Walsh, begins:Moody?s Investors Service has begun to...

Ind. Courts - "Paternity affidavits challenged: New rule discriminates against them, says suit by foreign nationals" [Updated]

Posted on January 27, 2011
Carrie Richie reports today in the Indianapolis Star about a suit brought in federal court by the Indiana ACLU against...

Ind. Courts - More on: State Road 135 land annexation dispute before Supreme Court today

Posted on January 27, 2011
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 20th about the Supreme Court oral argument heard on the 20th in the case...

Ind. Courts - More on "I know it's how I got the job, but merit selection would be better"

Posted on January 27, 2011
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 25th, Dan Carden of the NWI Times reports:A Senate committee Wednesday voted to terminate...

Ind. Gov't. - "Bankruptcy bill moving forward"

Posted on January 27, 2011
Updating this entry from Jan. 24th headed "Law would let cities declare bankruptcy," Jon Seidel of the Gary Post Tribune...

Ind. Courts - More on "Paternity affidavits challenged: New rule discriminates against them, says suit by foreign nationals"

Posted on January 27, 2011
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, here is a copy of today's 8-page ruling by Judge Tanya Walton Pratt...

Ind. Law - More on: IU Bloomington law professor Patrick Baude dies

Posted on January 27, 2011
Updating yesterday afternoon's ILB entry, as of this posting neither the Bloomington Herald-Times nor the Indiana Daily Student has yet...

Law - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial today on back-alley abortions

Posted on January 26, 2011
Today's Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial concludes:When safe, legal abortions are no longer available, the horrific back-alley abortions that preceded...

Ind. Decisions - One today from Supreme Court

Posted on January 26, 2011
In Fredrick Michael Baer v. State of Indiana, a 37-page, 5-0 opinion, Chief Justice Shepard writes:A jury found Fredrick Michael...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 3 today (and 8 NFP)

Posted on January 26, 2011
For publication opinions today (3): In S.S. v. Review Board , a 2-1, 15-page opinion in a pro se appeal,...

Ind. Courts - Fort Wayne Airport defends handbill policies in face of lawsuit

Posted on January 26, 2011
Rebecca S. Green has this story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. The long story begins:A local Army combat...

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issues two Indiana rulings today; plus an opinion that will be appreciated by tax geeks

Posted on January 26, 2011
In U.S. v. Brock (ND Ind., Simon), a 10-page opinion, Judge Williams writes:Ty Brock was stopped at a vehicle...

Ind. Gov't. - More on: What is the role of the new House Committee on Government Reduction?

Posted on January 26, 2011
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 18, 2011, Jon Seidel of the Gary Post Tribune reports today on the first...

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

Posted on January 26, 2011
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 3, 2011, which links to a still-available IndyStar story from that date that began:The...

Ind. Law - IU Bloomington law professor Patrick Baude dies

Posted on January 26, 2011
Attorney Jim Fenton from Fort Wayne has just sent this note. I'll add more information as I obtain it:One of...

Courts - "N.Y. Judges Present Range of Moonlighting Requests for Extra Pay"

Posted on January 25, 2011
Joel Stashenko of the NY Law Journal has a lengthy story today with examples of paid outside work requests that...

Ind. Law - What are "English only documents" and what is excepted?

Posted on January 25, 2011
Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today on HB 1255, in a story headed "English-only documents bill...

Courts - "UK settles religious-discrimination suit for $125,000"

Posted on January 25, 2011
Cheryl Truman reported Jan. 19, 2011 in the Lexington Herald Leader:The University of Kentucky will pay $125,000 to an astronomy...

Ind. Courts - "Voyeurism law passes Indiana Senate"

Posted on January 25, 2011
Remember the stories last summer about the "shoe camera man"? Here is a long list of ILB entries. As this...

Ind. Gov't. - Yet more on: Changes to death certificate system in Indiana

Posted on January 25, 2011
Updating a number of recent ILB entries from around the state, Virginia Ransbottom has a second story today in the...

Ind. Courts - "I know it's how I got the job, but merit selection would be better"

Posted on January 25, 2011
Bill Dolan reports today in the NWI Times:CROWN POINT | Lake Superior Court Judge Julie Cantrell said she would like...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 5 today (and 3 NFP)

Posted on January 25, 2011
For publication opinions today (5): In Adoption of L.E.; D.H. v. J.H. and J.E., an 8-page opinion, Judge May concludes:The...

Ind. Law - Gun bills on the move in the Indiana Senate

Posted on January 25, 2011
Current law provides that a person who does not possess a valid handgun license may not carry a handgun in...

Courts - Illinois COA boots Rahm Emanuel from Chicago ballot

Posted on January 24, 2011
Thanks to the Election Law Blog, here is the 42-page, 2-1 opinion. MORE...

Ind. Courts - Still more on: Do ALJs lack the authority to grant pro hac vice appearances for out-of-state attorneys appearing before their agencies?

Posted on January 24, 2011
Updating this ILB entry from Thursday, Jan. 20th, 2011, that quoted a letter stating that in Indiana "admission to practice...

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