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On January 18, the Marion County Judicial Selection Committee will conduct interviews of applicants for a Marion County trial court judicial position.

City County Building attorney access cards with an expiration date of Dec. 21, 2021 will be accepted into the new year as the transition to the new Community Justice Center begins. 

On December 14, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its COVID-19 technical assistance adding a new section to clarify under what circumstances COVID-19 may be considered a “disability” under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act.

For practical guidance on preparing well-crafted discovery requests in compliance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34(b)(1), The Sedona Conference® recently published its Primer on Crafting eDiscovery Requests with "Reasonable Particularity," Public Comment Version.

A common lawyer joke is when you ask an attorney a question, the answer is typically, “it depends.” However, the Indiana Supreme Court removed all doubt as to whether a landowner owes a duty to the public traveling on highways when visual obstructions are fully contained within the property in Reece v. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.

In the past few years, both state and federal courts in Indiana have issued opinions on the open and obvious defense. While the defense is nothing new, having some guidance in the way of published (and unpublished) decisions on it should be welcome news for both plaintiff’s attorneys trying to avert a summary-judgment motion and defense attorneys planning to file one. This article briefly explains the defense and provides some highlights on what courts have said is and is not an open and obvious condition.

Challenges loom for a 2020 Supreme Court opinion, which sent shockwaves through the legal community when it was issued, while its collateral consequences remain unclear. Jimcy McGirt, an enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, was convicted of sex crimes against a child by the state of Oklahoma that occurred within the historical Creek Nation boundaries. He argued that Oklahoma had no jurisdiction over him because the under the Major Crimes Act, any crime victim involving a Native American victim or perpetrator, or occurring within recognized reservation boundaries, is subject to federal jurisdiction, not state jurisdiction.

Indiana University’s requirement that all students must be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they are exempt for religious or medical reasons will stand—for now. 

On August 3, 2021, the CDC ordered a temporary halt in residential evictions in communities with substantial or high levels of community transmission of COVID-19.