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Ind. Courts - Practitioner questions to COA staff attorneys
Posted on March 07, 2011If you have a case pending before the Indiana Court of Appeals and have tried to call one of their...
Ind. Gov't. - "Charlie White's case is about much more than indictment"
Posted on March 06, 2011That is the headline to Matt Tully's column today in the Indianapolis Star. Some quotes:To fully grasp the importance of...
Ind. Gov't. - "Session clock ticking at Indiana Statehouse: Budget, redistricting top priority list"
Posted on March 06, 2011Following up on this entry from March 3rd, Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier & Press writes today:That means the...
Ind. Courts - Who Said That? More on anonymous postings
Posted on March 06, 2011Updating this ILB entry from March 3, this one from March 2, and this one from March 1, 2011, Jeff...
Ind. Law - More on: School vouchers and the Indiana constitution
Posted on March 06, 2011Updating this March 1, 2011 ILB entry, Tracy Warner, editorial page editor of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, has a...
Ind. Decisions - "Imprisoned South Bend man fights judicial system"
Posted on March 06, 2011Jeff Parrott of the South Bend Tribune has this lengthy story today, subheaded "Man cries foul because one judge exerts...
Law - "MERS? It May Have Swallowed Your Loan"
Posted on March 05, 2011The ILB has had a number of entries on MERS, the Mortgage Electronic Registration. Today the NY Times has this...
Law - Another concern for prospective big-law 1st year associates? And others too?
Posted on March 05, 2011"Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software" is the headline to this NY Times story by John Markoff. Some...
Ind. Decisions - Transfer list for week ending March 4, 2011
Posted on March 05, 2011Here is the Clerk's transfer list for the week ending March 4, 2011. It is one page (and 16...
Ind. Courts - Chief Judge Robb on judicial selection
Posted on March 04, 2011The ISBA has posted a video clip of Indiana Court of Appeals Chief Judge Margret Robb answering a question about...
Ind. Law - SCOTUS will look at hearing two petitions arising from the planned special election to fill a vacant seat in the United States Senate belonging to Illinois
Posted on March 04, 2011SCOTUSblog has this post, highlighting two petitions re 7th Circuit decisions, up for consideration today by the SCOTUS, both involving...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 0 today (and 1 NFP)
Posted on March 04, 2011For publication opinions today (0): NFP civil opinions today (0): NFP criminal opinions today (1): D.M. v. State of Indiana...
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit issued one Indiana ruling today
Posted on March 04, 2011The 4-page opinion is In re: Rich Bergeron, on a petition for writ of mandamus to the USSD, SD...
Ind. Courts - "Suit against NCAA now in court in Indy"
Posted on March 04, 2011The Indianapolis Star is reporting:A federal lawsuit challenging the NCAA's rules on college scholarships for student-athletes across the country has...
Ind. Decisions - "COA rules against judge's decision on testimony in child molesting case"
Posted on March 04, 2011This ILB summary from Feb. 22, 2011 says only:State of Indiana v. Andy J. Velasquez, II - "In conclusion, we...
Ind. Gov't. - "Gov. Beshear signs corrections overhaul measure"
Posted on March 04, 2011From the Louisville Courier Journal, Jessie Halladay reports today in a story that begins:FRANKFORT, Ky. ? A bill hailed as...
Courts - "Judiciary Promises More Budget Cuts"
Posted on March 04, 2011That is the headline to this March 3, 2011 story in the New York Law Journal, reported by Joel Stashenko,...
Ind. Gov't. - "Pressure Mounts on Absent Democrats "
Posted on March 04, 2011That is the headline to a story in today's WSJ....
Ind. Gov't. - Charlies White: Hoosier Daddy?
Posted on March 04, 2011A reader writes this morning:If you watch Kim King's Fox59 report last evening, you'll hear her refer to attorney Dennis...
Ind. Decisions - More on "COA rules against judge's decision on testimony in child molesting case"
Posted on March 04, 2011With respect to the ILB entry this morning on the COA decision last month in the case of State of...
Ind. Gov't. - Two outside looks at midwest union/education battles
Posted on March 03, 2011From NPR this morning, Mara Liasson of Morning Edition had this report - audio to be available at 9 am....
Environment - More on: Wood-fired outdoor boilers rule up for final adoption Wed. by the Indiana APCB
Posted on March 03, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 27, 2011 and this long list of entries dating back to 2005, Eric Weddle...
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 2 today (and 4 NFP)
Posted on March 03, 2011For publication opinions today (2): Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers, Inc. v. Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission, et al. is...
Ind. Gov't. - Pull the plug on the session?
Posted on March 03, 2011The word is that because of the upcoming BIG 10 Mens' Tournament here next weekend, resulting in a lack of...
Ind. Courts - "Rulings could chill online expression"
Posted on March 03, 2011Updating this ILB entry from March 2, 2011, Mikel Livingston of the Lafayette Journal Courier has this story today. Here...
Ind. Courts - More on "Lawyer charged with sneaking phone to inmate"
Posted on March 03, 2011Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 26th, Sophia Voravong has a story today in the Lafayette Journal Courier that begins:The...
Ind. Courts - "Brizzi Disciplinary Complaint Moves Forward: Briefs Filed In Misconduct Case"
Posted on March 03, 2011So reports 6News reporter Derrik Thomas. See the story here. The story also includes links to: (1) the Hearing Officer's...
Courts - "Ray Charles could see that signature was doctored"
Posted on March 03, 2011According to this AP story, Pennsylvania state Sen. Jane Orie, R-Allegheny, 49 "and her sister, Janine Orie, 56, are charged...
Courts - Standard of review decides cases
Posted on March 03, 2011Interesting article by Mark Hermann in Above the Law....
Ind. Gov't. - "Secretary of State Charlie White indicted"
Posted on March 03, 2011Everyone anticipated this on election day in November. The question was, would he have taken office before it happened, thereby...
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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....








