A variety of scholarships are available to attend the 2022 IndyBar Bench Bar Conference June 16-18, 2022 at the Omni Louisville Hotel in Louisville, KY. IndyBar's Bench Bar Conference is a two-day getaway featuring what and who you need to know to succeed in the practice of law in 2022. Bench Bar has been designed to facilitate impactful connections and cutting-edge education in a safe and comfortable environment. Scholarships funded by the Indianapolis Bar Foundation will be awarded in addition to those awarded through IndyBar sections and divisions.

For the third time, Massachusetts General Hospital has settled a lawsuit asserting that the hospital was overbilling for a surgeon’s simultaneous oversight of multiple surgical procedures. The hospital, a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital, routinely double-booked surgeries to be overseen by the same surgeon resulting in overbilling for the procedures and keeping patients under anesthesia for prolonged periods of time because its surgeons were alternating between procedures in dual operating rooms.

A motorcyclist who lost his leg in a collision with an Amazon delivery truck has filed a lawsuit asserting that Amazon’s corporate policies are creating unsafe demands on its drivers. The lawsuit alleges that Amazon supplies GPS navigation devices to map out their delivery routes and it was an Amazon driver focusing on the GPS navigation device instead of watching the road that led to the collision that caused a motorcyclist to lose his leg.

Check out this week's report of litigation related legislation.

Marion Circuit and Superior Courts recently issued an amended order in relation to facial coverings and social distancing inside the City-County Building, the Juvenile Justice Complex and Community Justice Center.

The American Bar Association recently awarded the Louis M. Brown Select Award to the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Virtual Ask a Lawyer program last week. Winning the award was quite a feat as the other finalists were programs run by state bar associations. This national recognition reveals the special and unique nature of our legal community, which is so willing to help those in need.

Recent challenges, ranging from the pandemic to widespread social unrest born of racial inequalities, have caused employers across all industries to take a careful look at their diversity and inclusion practices in the workplace and likewise have created a unique need for diverse legal counsel. The Indianapolis Bar Association takes pride in its diverse legal community and is committed to promoting continued diversity as evidenced in its annual Diversity Job Fair, and we need your help.

Check out this week's report of litigation related legislation.

How can you keep up with pending legislation that’s important to you and your practice? With the help of Ice Miller LLP, the IndyBar Legislative Committee (chaired by Lacey Berkshire of Ice Miller LLP) provides weekly Bill Watch reports throughout the session, which highlight progress and recent actions taken on bills being monitored by the association.

Litigating cases regardless of the nature of the case can be tough particularly with the Venue Requirements under Indiana Trial Rule 75. Some venues can be better than others depending on the nature of the case and the parties involved. In this article, we explore the Recent Decision of Garrison v. Ford and United Farm Family Mutual, which explored Venue requirements under Rule 75.