The Indiana Court of Appeals on December 22, held that the Facebook posts between two high school students were admissible as evidence of a conspiracy to commit felonies.

Trial lawyers of a certain age were taught in law school that it is unethical to pay a fact witness more than the statutory fees for attendance at trial and coverage of travel expenses. Most jurisdictions, however, permit some form of fact witness compensation. Since payment rules vary from state to state, lawyers should closely examine the law of the subject jurisdiction.

Stay informed with the recent meeting minutes from the Litigation Section Executive Committee.

The Indiana Court of Appeals recently held in a noncompetition case that even if the contract required that the non-compete period be extended by any period of breach, that such extension was not permissible as part of a preliminary injunction.

It's a brave new world for the legal profession with emerging legal technology including artificial intelligence (AI) software designed to perform legal tasks such as e-discovery, legal research, document automation and professional education and training.

An Indiana Supreme Court advisory group is seeking feedback regarding Internet access to court records. The 21-member Advisory Task Force on Remote Access to and Privacy of Electronic Court Records is responsible for studying best practices and policies on Internet access to court records.

On October 28th, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear a school board’s appeal of a lower court decision affirming transgender students’ access to facilities appropriate for their gender identity.

Early engagement of your expert, and collaboration with the expert, in an economic damages matter, aids in each step of the litigation process.

This is a reminder that amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are scheduled to go into effect December 1, 2016, barring congressional action. Notably, an amendment to Rule 6 eliminates the 3 days added to deadlines following service by ECF.

Federal court rulings favoring employers in FMLA cases caused one presenter at the Association of Corporate Counsel's Annual Meeting to declared 2016 the “year of the employer.”