Indiana

OP-ED: Remarks on CJ story entitled "Chief justice calls proposed budget cuts a terrible mistake"
The recent AOC budget cuts prompted a response by Chief Justice Lambert. My initial reaction is that in lean times all must tighten up their belts a notch or two. However, the real question is how many notches and what will be the impact from those notches when it comes to the administration of justice...

BUDGET: Public Advocacy chief says budget cuts is unconstitutional
Blog post by Brandon Ortiz, Herald Leader, at Polwatchers Blog addresses more issues on the court's budget: Legal issues seen in state budget The state's chief public defender said Wednesday that the proposed state budget is unconstitutional because it would leave thousands of poor criminal defendants without legal representation...

COURTS: "Chief Justice considering raising filing fees $50 to offset budget cuts"
Court filing fees going up? Seems the move is on per story by Stephen Horner from Lawreader quoting Mark Herbert - Chief Justice considering raising filing fees $50 to offset budget cuts

Budget cuts worry Prosecutors and Public Advocates
Feb. 4, 2008  The state’s chief public defender says Gov. Steve Beshear’s proposed budget cuts may force public defenders to withdraw from some cases, potentially placing thousands of cases in limbo...

Kentuckys public defenders face budget cuts
From WAVE (TV): The very real impact of a bare bones budget is beginning to be felt all around Kentucky. The latest group to face possible layoffs is the state’s public defenders...

Budget cuts threaten to slow miscarriage of justice reviews
Budget cuts threaten to slow miscarriage of justice reviewsVictims of miscarriages of justice will have to wait longer for their cases to be examined because of annual cuts of £300,000 in the budget of the organisation that investigates them, it emerged yesterday...

Anna Nicole Smith's Legal Troubles
Court cases and legal issues related to Anna Nicole Smith

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Katrina Victims See Justice, Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions
Katrina Victims See Justice Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions

Kentucky lawyers
fraud case ends in mistrial.

Two Kentucky Counties
settle strip search class action lawsuits

Bell Canada
alleging wrongful charging for long distance phone calls

Automated Calls
Voice Mail Broadcasting Corp. pays $180,000 FTC settlement for telemarketing violations.

Fire Chief Whistleblower
City of DuPont agrees to $72,000 resignation and severance settlement.