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Ind. Courts - Ass't. U.S. Attorney charges Huang "used a 'patient and calculated' plan to 'drain' [Dow Agrosciences] of technology that took 20 years to develop"
An AP story reported yesterday by Charles Wilson began:INDIANAPOLIS — A former Indiana scientist accused of illegally sending trade secrets...
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Ind. Court - Update on the Governor's Supreme Court selection process progress
Here is the word this morning from Governor Daniels' General Counsel, David Pippen: "Interviewed Mr. Mulvaney and Judge David yesterday....
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Ind. Courts - "John Walker Lindh seeks Indiana prison prayer ruling "
Charles Wilson of the AP has a long story this afternoon that begins: INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- American-born Taliban fighter John...
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Ind. Law - Services set for attorney Mary Jane Frisby, 44
Updating earlier ILB entries on the death of former Barnes & Thornburg attorney Mary Jane Frisby, the Indianapolis Star has...
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Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 4 NFP)
For publication opinions today (4): In Paul E. Armstrong, Jr. v. State of Indiana, a 15-page opinion involving a pro...
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Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides one today
In Eads and Atterholt v. Community Hospital, a 9-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Boehm writes:A patient was injured leaving the hospital...
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Ind. Courts - Marion attorney accused of smuggling drugs into a federal prison
So reports WSIL TV 3, Marion. Some quotes:Robert Drew is now in custody at an Indiana jail. Drew, 68, of...
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Courts - Still more on "Justices Take Case on Video Game Law"
Updating earlier ILB entries, Tony Mauro and Carrie Levine report today in a very long story the National Law Journal:Representatives...
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Environment - "Neighbors sue City of Jeffersonville over asphalt plant"
Connie Leonard reports for WAVE 3:JEFFERSONVILLE, IN (WAVE) – People living next to an asphalt plant in Jeffersonville, IN...
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Ind. Courts - "Jill Behrman’s bicycle, other evidence to be available to new murder defense team"
Keith Rhoades reported yesterday in the Bloomington Herald-Times ($$$) on the post-conviction relief motion of John Myers II - here...
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Environment - Indiana walnut trees at risk
From the AP, via the Indy Star:INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's wildlife agency has issued an emergency rule banning walnut products from...
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Courts - "Judicial Reform: How to Cut Down on Hung Juries"
A long story dated Aug. 31, 2010 on the Time website quotes Chief Justice Shepard extensively on hung juries, such...
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Ind. Gov't. - "Carmel redevelopment no issue"
Chris Sikich reports in the Indianapolis Star:CARMEL, Ind. —Attorney General Greg Zoeller [8/31/10] has issued a nonbinding legal opinion that...
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Ind. Law - "Professor Henry C. Karlson: A Special Plea For His Life"
William F. Harvey, Emeritus Dean, Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, Indiana, has sent this message asking people to join the...
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Ind. Gov't. - New "Transparency" web site
Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courer Journal has a story today headed "New website gives taxpayers a look at...
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Law - "Are Law School Faculties Part of the Problem with Legal Education?"
That is the heading to this interesting WSJ Law Blog entry today by Ashby Jones. Some quotes:It’s often struck us...
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Ind. Decisions - A second Indiana decision today from the 7th Circuit
In Hayes Lemmerz Int'l. v. ACE Amercian Ins. (ND Ind., Simon), a 9-page opinion, Judge Posner writes:This appeal from...
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Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court rules in Lamar Advertising appeal
In Lamar Advertising v. View Advertising and INDOT, a 2-page order filed August 30, 2010, Chief Justice Shepard writes:The Court...
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Environment - "We don't need Ohio's environmental problems"
That is the heading to an editorial today in the Muncie Star-Press. Some quotes:East Central Indiana is about to be...
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Ind. Decisions - One Indiana opinion today from the 7th Circuit
In Wickens and Shere v. Shell Oil (SD Ind., Judge Barker), a 25-page opinion, Judge Wood writes:Though the parties’ voluminous...
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