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Ind. Courts - Vanderburgh Circuit Court juror admonished for Facebook entry during trial
The ILB has had a number of entries relating to "Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom." Today Lydia X. McCoy reports in the Evansville Courier & Press:A juror in the Joaquin Starks' trial was admonished Friday morning...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 11, 2009 01:17 PM
Ind. Law - "IPS wants to put an end to students' sexting"
Ken Kosky's NWI Times' "It's the Law" column June 15th, looked at "sexting" -- the ILB entry includes links to several earlier entries on the topic. Also of note is this March 27th ILB entry. Today Andy Gammill has a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 19, 2009 09:54 AM
Ind. Courts - Continuing on with: Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom
This will be the 6th ILB entry under the heading "Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom" The first such entry, dated July 25th, commenced:It began with stories of cell phones banned in the Allen County Courthouse. That...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 15, 2009 11:29 AM
Ind. Courts - Still more on: Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom
Updating this ILB entry from Aug. 4th, Katherine A. Helm (currently clerking for a U.S. district court judge in California and will soon be clerking for a U.S. court of appeals judge in Washington) writes for The National Law Journal...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 11, 2009 12:13 PM
Ind. Courts - More on: Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom
In this ILB entry from July 25th, I quoted from an article in the New York Law Journal that: "Attorneys are objecting to tougher rules for bringing laptop computers, cell phones and other electronic devices into Manhattan's Daniel Patrick Moynihan...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 4, 2009 12:43 PM
Ind. Courts - "Texting, tweeting tempt jurors, frustrate judges"
An AP story appearing today in the Miami Herald (and a number of Indiana papers), by Charles Wilson, picks up on this ILB entry from July 27th:Friday, an Indiana Supreme Court committee took up the issue of banning iPhones, cell...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 31, 2009 03:32 PM
Ind. Courts - More on: managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom
Updating this ILB entry from July 25th, which noted that the ILB had been told that:Friday, an Indiana Supreme Court committee took up the issue of banning iPhones, cell phones, laptops, social network sites such as Twitter and Facebook, by...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 27, 2009 12:48 PM
Ind. Courts - Managing the electronic communication revolution in the Indiana courtroom
It began with stories of cell phones banned in the Allen County Courthouse. That was in November of 2006. Several other counties followed suit, via their local rules. You may find them in this list of ILB entries referencing "cell...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 25, 2009 06:27 PM
Law - "Arbitration company to cease consumer work" [Updated]
From the Chicago Tribune blog, Chicago Law, an entry, complete with links to the complaint and settlement agreement: It begins:The reputation of consumer arbitration took another hit, as one of the biggest companies that specialized in resolving small claims by...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 21, 2009 04:30 PM
Courts - "Tweeting, Texting, Googling Banned for Mich. Jurors"
Tresa Baldas of The National Law Journal has this long story today. A quote:The Michigan Supreme Court has laid the hammer down on gadget-happy jurors in banning all electronic communications by jurors during trial, including tweets on Twitter, text messages...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 2, 2009 09:51 AM
Ind. Law - "It's the Law: Beware of 'sexting'"
Ken Kosky's NWI Times' "It's the Law" column today, June 15th, looks at "sexting." Teenagers who use their cell phones to send sexually suggestive pictures of themselves or receive such pictures from a friend could find themselves facing child pornography...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 15, 2009 08:24 AM
Courts - "Prison Cell-Phone Use a Growing Problem"
On May 29th the ILB posted this most recent entry on banning cell phones in courthouses. But earlier last week, Time had a report by Tom McNichol on cell phones in prison -- a problem that rarely raised concerns until...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 2, 2009 05:11 PM
Courts - Yet another reason to ban cellphones in court rooms?
Updating this ILB entry from May 15th, and a long list of earlier ILB entries on bannning cell phones in courthouses, Dareh Gregorian of the New York Post (yes, the Post) has a story today headed "Oh, what a twit!...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 29, 2009 03:21 PM
Ind. Courts - "Expecting jurors not to be tempted by a mountain of information just fingertips away is a national issue, one local court officials must deal with as well"
So writes Stacey Stumpf of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette in this opinion piece. More:“We have strict rules of evidence, all of which are in place for a purpose. Telling jurors to ignore certain information doesn’t work. It’s like throwing...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 10, 2009 05:42 PM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Upcoming oral arguments this week
Remember, three oral arguments before the Supreme Court this morning, beginning at 9 AM. Here is the ILB preview from Monday, and here are links to briefs in two of the cases. To paraphrase some comments a reader has sent...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 29, 2009 07:50 AM
Ind. Courts - Allen Court tickets phone-ban violators
Rebecca S. Green reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:If you bring a cell phone or other electronic device – and you haven’t noticed the 19-month-old ban – into the Allen County Courthouse, you might get a ticket. And...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 18, 2008 10:31 AM
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court issues three opinions today re trash searches
In George Membres, III v. State of Indiana, a 23-page, 3-2 opinion in a case argued 4/17/07, Justice Boehm writes:We hold that Litchfield v. State, 824 N.E.2d 356 (Ind. 2005), does not apply retroactively because it established a new rule...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 27, 2008 02:16 PM
Ind. Courts - More on Allen County courthouse-wide cell phone ban
Allen County was the first to ban cellphones in the courthouse. A story from June 15, 2007 Fort Wayne Journal Gazette began:It’s been almost six months since Allen County banned cell phones, cameras, iPods and nearly all other electronic devices...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 28, 2008 02:09 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on "Jill Behrman murder trial unfair, lawyer tells appeals court"
This morning the ILB posted quotes and/or links to stories from two reporters, Deanna Martin and Jon Murray, on yesterday's arguments before the Court of Appeals. Now Bethany Nolan from the Martinsville Reporter-Times, the site of the trial, weighs in....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 21, 2008 02:32 PM
Ind. Courts - "Deputies say Porter courthouse bushes a weapons stash"
James D. Wolf Jr. of the Gary Post-Tribune reports:VALPARAISO -- During a routine check of the bushes around the Porter County Courthouse last week, Cpl. Jackie Hrezo found a dirty pair of brass knuckles. She put them into the collection...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 21, 2008 10:25 AM
Ind. Courts - More on: Porter County Courthouse cell phone ban begins
Updating this ILB entry from Aug. 3, 2007, Bob Kasarda of the NWI Times has a story today headed "Court visitors rustling bushes over cell phone ban":VALPARAISO | The cell phone ban at the county's three court buildings may have...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 5, 2007 11:27 AM
Courts - Cell phones in courtrooms
The ILB has had a number of entries on bans on cell phones and cameras in Indiana courtrooms and courthouses. Today, this National Law Journal report from Massachusetts that begins:The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld a lower court's witness intimidation jury...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 19, 2007 08:32 AM
Ind. Gov't. - "Recording ban to end in City-County Building"
Yesterday the ILB posted an entry headed "Lake Station City Council wants to ban public vidoetaping of meetings." Today the Indianapolis Star reports, in a story by Brendan O'Shaughnessy, that Indianapolis has had such a ban all along, but now...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 20, 2007 06:27 AM
Ind. Courts - Porter County Courthouse cell phone ban begins
From a story by Diane Krieger Spivak in the Gary Post-Tribune:VALPARAISO -- The cell phone ban at Porter County's courthouses has gone relatively smoothly. So far. "There were no problems," Porter Superior Court Judge David Chidester said Thursday. The ban...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 3, 2007 11:08 AM
Ind. Courts - Lake County researching cell phone ban, any plan appears limited to courtrooms; Hamilton County imposes strict measures
Yesterday the ILB has an entry titled "Ind. Courts - Huntington bans phones in courtrooms, not courthouses." Today Ruthann Robinson of the NWI Times reports:CROWN POINT | Before deciding to ban cell phones in courtrooms, Lake County officials are waiting...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 24, 2007 08:59 AM
Ind. Courts - Huntington bans phones in courtrooms, not courthouses
An editorial in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette this week (Allen County was the first to banish cell phones from the courthouse) suggested:Local judges ... should at least consider banning phones from courtrooms but not from the buildings. Large signs...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 23, 2007 01:58 PM
Ind. Courts - More on: Attorney sees opportunity and seizes it
Dionne Waugh of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reported on March 6th:When Allen County court officials discussed banning cell phones in the courts, several people said someone would probably start standing outside the buildings and offer to hold people’s phones...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 22, 2007 08:49 AM
Ind. Courts - "No shoes, no shirt, no service" in Porter County court
Diane Krieger Spivak reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune in an entertaining story that begins:VALPARAISO -- Porter Circuit Court Judge Mary Harper's policy is similar to that of many businesses: No shoes, no shirt, no service. And Harper means business....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 21, 2007 08:20 AM
Ind. Courts - More on cell phone bans in Indiana courthouses
Dionne Waugh of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today that:It’s been almost six months since Allen County banned cell phones, cameras, iPods and nearly all other electronic devices from its court facilities. Yet, hundreds of people still try to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 15, 2007 08:34 AM
Ind. Courts - Porter County Courts have new reason for cellphone bans
The ILB has had a number of stories on decisions to ban cellphones entirely from courthouses. Allen County appears to have been the first. The rationale from a Nov. 22nd Fort Wayne Journal Gazette story:Allen Superior Magistrate Robert Schmoll said...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 9, 2007 08:48 AM
Ind. Courts - More on: Confiscating a student's cellphone results in appointment of special prosecutor
Last Sunday, May 20th, the ILB posted this entry where a Purdue student whose phone was confiscated by his professor during class (because he continued to use it after due warning) called the campus police after the professor told him...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 26, 2007 06:56 AM
Ind. Courts - Another county bans cell phones in Courthouse
In today's Marion Chronicle-Tribune, Teresa Auch reports:A move to ban cell phones in the Grant County Courthouse has proved irritating to visitors, but courthouse officials say security concerns override any complaints. Signs popped up in March announcing that cell phones...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 30, 2007 12:18 PM
Ind. Courts - Attorney sees opportunity and seizes it
Dionne Waugh of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:When Allen County court officials discussed banning cell phones in the courts, several people said someone would probably start standing outside the buildings and offer to hold people’s phones for a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 6, 2007 09:58 AM
Ind. Courts - More on: Another county likely will ban cell phones in Courthouse
But no, it is not to be in LaGrange County. Updating this information from Feb. 3rd, WLKI reports today:(LAGRANGE) - LaGrange County Commissioners chose not to act on a request to ban cell phones in county buildings this morning. Commission...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 5, 2007 03:17 PM
Ind. Courts - Another county likely will ban cell phones in Courthouse
WLKI is reporting:(LAGRANGE) - Cell phones could be banished from the LaGrange County Courthouse and possibly other county buildings in the not to distant future. LaGrange County Commissioners have placed the issue on their agenda for Monday morning. County Commissioner...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 3, 2007 03:13 PM
Ind. Courts - Steuben bans cell phones
WLKI Angola reports today:An ordinance which bans cell phones and recording devices from the Steuben County Courthouse was adopted yesterday on all three readings by County Commissioners. Circuit Court Judge Allen Wheat and Superior Court Judge William Fee instituted the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 17, 2007 04:58 PM
Ind. Courts - Steuben Courthouse to ban cells in court [Updated]
Kara Lopp of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:The ban, which starts Wednesday, comes in response to the misuse of a cell phone during a private juvenile hearing about two weeks ago in the county’s Circuit Court. Cameras and...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 4, 2007 01:00 PM
Ind. Courts - Even more on: "Allen courts to ban cell phones, all electronics"
Dionne Waugh of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today in a story headlined "Cell phones are hot potatoes in court: 1st day of ban catches some people by surprise." I love the way the story begins:Jacqui Dowdell thought it...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 3, 2007 08:11 AM
Ind. Courts - Still more on: "Allen courts to ban cell phones, all electronics"
The Dec. 29th story on the Fort Wayne courts' cell phone ban, reported in this ILB entry, did a good job explaining how the ban will work, but did not tell the story behind the ban. News Channel 15 (WANE)...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 2, 2007 07:27 PM
Ind. Courts - More on: "Allen courts to ban cell phones, all electronics"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 22nd, Dionne Waugh of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:They’re everywhere. * * * But come Tuesday, one place cell phones won’t be allowed is inside Allen County’s courts. People won’t even be...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 29, 2006 08:54 AM
Ind. Courts - "Allen courts to ban cell phones, all electronics"
Dionne Waugh of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:Allen County courthouses will ring in the new year in silence as officials implement a policy banning all cell phones, pagers and electronic devices. The devices won’t be allowed inside the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 22, 2006 08:35 AM
Ind. Courts - "Judge gets tough(er) on phone ban"
A week ago the ILB entry was headed "Judge rings up 3 cell phone owners on contempt charges." Today the Gary Post-Tribune reports:CROWN POINT — The cell phone ban in the courtrooms applies to attorneys, too. Lake Superior Court Judge...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 31, 2006 07:44 AM
Ind. Courts - "Judge rings up 3 cell phone owners on contempt charges "
"Judge rings up 3 cell phone owners on contempt charges" is the headline to a story today by Ruth Ann Krause in the Gary Post-Tribune:CROWN POINT — Ringing cell phones in court Wednesday were annoying to Lake Superior Court Judge...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 24, 2006 08:16 AM
Ind. Law - Lafayette lawyer dies in house fire; fire strikes Terre Haute law office
The obituary in the Lafayette Journal & Courier begins: "Charles R. Deets III, 62, of rural Battle Ground, died early Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006, in a fire at his home." A related story: "Friends recall vibrant, young attorney." "Investigation into...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 28, 2006 12:36 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on today's decision on the requirement to pay for pretrial diversions [Updated]
Shortly before 6 p.m. the Indianapolis Star posted on its website a story by Kevin Corcoran on today's Court of Appeals ruling in Jamie Mueller & Vicki Evans v. State of Indiana. (Scroll down 3 entries or click here for...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 16, 2005 06:44 PM
Law - May jurors text-message each other? And how does this relate to the Roberts hearings?
An ILB entry yesterday reported on the Colorado Supreme Court's decision on the question of "whether every message produced on government-owned equipment is open to public scrutiny, even if the subject is intimate." Today the Chicago Tribune reports: "Judge won't...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 13, 2005 06:12 AM