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Commission Brainstorms Plan To Save Indiana’s Legal Future

Hope this works!

Purdue University’s Law School Is Pushing Useful Model For Improving Access To Justice

There's no real reason not to.

What Happens After The Choice Is Made? A Barred Indiana Law About Fetal Tissue Leaves Options Open

Few things are more 2022 America than legislating morality.

Morning Docket: 09.29.22

* Long Arms: California's laws on protecting abortion info will likely have spillover effects across the us. [Axios] * Indiana judge blocked a law requiring post-abortion cremation and burial of fetal tissue. [Indy Star] * Teacher's virulently racist comments that could make Amy Wax blush faces consequences. I wonder how long it'll be until she's on the Tucker Carlson show? [Imgur] * Need damages for your damaged Cannondale? Here's a primer. [Forbes]

Morning Docket: 09.27.22

* Brett Farve loses radio deal after allegedly stealing millions from the underserved. I can't believe he's being forced into silence after stealing from those in dire need. What's next, jail time?! [Hollywood Reporter] * Girls Who Code deemed too woke. Not even hiding the ball about controlling women and girls this time, huh. [The Guardian] * Indiana's near total abortion ban runs counter to this Church's religious beliefs. I wonder how this suit will pan out. [FOX] * If you're a law student at University of Idaho and are considering getting health advice from school faculty, I'd be cautious. [Idaho Capital Sun] * Reminder, when cops say they can find a reason to arrest you, BELIVE IT. Also, mums the word in NY elevators, apparently. [Live 959]

Morning Docket: 09.14.22

* Remember the whole "Return the question to the states" thing? Yeah that was a lie. [Talking Points Memo] * Texans are still reckoning with fetal personhood. [Texas Tribune] * Indiana's abortion ban takes effect tomorrow. [NPR] * Ever wondered how big healthcare law impacts the little people? Here's a primer. [Reuters]

Guy Whose Entire Job Revolves Around Discussing How Law Impacts Our Lives Complains Woke Companies Are Responding To Legal Decisions

First they won't let a judge who is directly part of the reason that doctors will not treat women who've had miscarriages (for fear that they'd lose their licenses) eat a nice steak dinner, and now this?!

Morning Docket: 08.08.22

* Former Justice Breyer thinks the Rule of Law needs some saving. [Law360.com] * Biglaw's big bucks, while still big, are noticeably less so. [Law.com] * Indiana just put a major abortion ban in place. What now? [NPR] * A success of the #Metoo movement: DC law empowers young adults. [Wa Po] * Thoreau in 2022: Some doctors are deciding Hippocrates may be more important than Dobbs. [The Intercept]

Morning Docket: 08.02.22

* Why not both? Bilingual firms come with search engine benefits! [Forbes] * Indiana looks for disciplinary options for young kids that don’t involve them being behind bars. The kiddie orange jumpsuit market will never be the same. [Fox] * Dechert’s Dublin office just picked up a new partner. Irish bread is on the rise! [Law.com] * Senator Collins is still fighting for federal protections for abortion access. [WGME]

Morning Docket: 07.15.22

* Ohio's GA wants to hit the doctor that helped a 10-year-old rape victim get an abortion if they didn't do all the proper paperwork. Kafkaesque doesn't even start to explain that. [Politico] * Live in Missouri and thinking about getting a divorce? Sure hope you aren't pregnant. [Riverfront Times] * Remember the whole preemption argument for allowing abortions in health threatening scenarios? Yeah, Texas would rather you or your sister just die. [Axios] * Indiana wants SCOTUS to really make sure Roe is a no go. And quickly. [CNN] * Want the real deal on Intersectionality and CRT instead of whatever nonsense fearmongers are selling? You should register for the 3rd annual Critical Race Theory Summer School! Expect big names and thorough analysis. [AAPF]

Morning Docket: 03.11.22

* Word is bonded: Houston Senator is pushing for people to front part of their bail before they walk. [Click 2 Houston] * The ties that bind: Giving birth in Indiana is making a change for the humane. [WTHR] * Connecticut might be zoning in on affordable housing. Woop Woop! [CT Mirror] * New Florida law makes it easier to regulate how people discuss race at work. HR HRs HR-rily. [USA Today] * I know long-arm statutes are a thing, but Missouri's attempt to ban abortions that happen in other states would make the court that wrote Wickard blush. [STL Today]

Morning Docket: 01.11.22

* Reminder: We're in the disinformation phase where teachers may be legally required to teach "both sides" of being a Nazi in the bible belt. [WaPo] * Man skills the old school version of an NFT: a $40,000 super rare Magic: The Gathering card. [ABC7] * A bunch of Ivy Leagues and fancy-type schools could be facing conspiracy charges on price fixing. Unearth those antitrust outlines! [NBC News] * Court decides it was permissible to fire police officers who ignored a robbery to play video games on their phone on the clock. [LA Times]

Materials In 6-Point Font? No Way To Mark It Up? Online Bar Exam Plan Keeps Getting Better & Better!

We would all protest if attorneys were forced to work like this.

Morning Docket: 01.22.20

* Officials in Flint, Michigan are in "hot water" after the Supreme Court denied their efforts to have a lawsuit against them dismissed. [The Hill] * Rose McGowan has been sued for defamation for saying that her former law firm was bought off by Harvey Weinstein. [Chicago Sun Times] * Aaron Hernandez's lawyer has some tough words about the Netflix documentary concerning the late football player and convicted murderer. [Men's Health] * An Indiana lawyer has been suspended from practice for stealing money from disabled and special-needs clients after setting up trusts for these individuals. [Indiana Lawyer] * A lawsuit filed by Apple is testing whether an employee can plan a rival company while still on the payroll. This sounds like a plot line from Silicon Valley. [New York Times]

Morning Docket: 11.18.19

* Three Indiana judges are in hot water after they partied until 3 a.m., headed to a strip club, and got shot at during a brawl outside of a White Castles. Apparently another judge who went inside the White Castle was unharmed and avoided discipline, which just shows you the power of the crave. [New York Times] * The Florida Bar is seeking to suspend a Florida lawyer whose pants caught on fire during an arson trial. Maybe he was a "liar, liar"... [Miami Herald] * A Manhattan judge ruled in favor of Marc Kasowitz's client, but never disclosed that he received campaign donations from Kasowitz and an associate. [New York Daily News] * A Texas lawyer has been accused of conspiring with a funeral home to illicitly solicit clients. I guess instead of being an "ambulance chaser" this attorney is accused of being a "hearse chaser." [Texas Lawyer] * Planned Parenthood has won a civil lawsuit against parties responsible for undercover videos of Planned Parenthood activities. [Independent] * Two Arkansas chemistry professors have been charged with cooking meth. Hopefully, they did not use Breaking Bad as their inspiration. [Washington Post]