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February 25, 2010

CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS FOR PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN INDIANA

CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS FOR PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN INDIANA *The attached analysis of Trial Rule 4.4 is taken from Arthur, Civil Trial Rule Handbook, 22B Indiana Practice §4.4:1 (Thomson 2009)

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February 25, 2010

DAUBERT AND EXPERTS

The attached is taken from Arthur, Civil Trial Rule Handbook, 22B Indiana Practice §26:9 (Thomson 2009)

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March 10, 2009

INDIANA CASE LAW UPDATE: Proper Use Of Peremptory Challenges In Jury Trials

A “peremptory challenge” is an objection to a prospective juror that may be asserted without stating a reason or cause. Peremptory challenges are governed by Trial Rule 47 and Indiana Jury Rule 18. The peremptory challenge has “very old credentials” in Indiana litigation and operates to reject rather than select prospective jurors. It is an important tactical tool, the use of which is often guided more by a party’s intuitive impressions about a prospective juror, rather than the actual answers a juror provides in voir dire. In this manner, the peremptory challenge is very different from a challenge for cause.

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February 4, 2009

INDIANA CASE LAW UPDATE: Merging Merits Trial With Preliminary Injunction

Trial Rule 65(A)(2) permits a trial court to advance and consolidate a trial on the merits with a preliminary injunction hearing. The court may order consolidation before or after commencement of the injunction hearing. Not expressly addressed in the rule is whether the trial court must provide notice of consolidation to the parties, and, if notice is not given, what is the consequence.

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October 2, 2007

INDIANA CASE LAW UPDATE: Property Tax, Preferred Venue and Survival of Remedies

Property taxes assessed on a single tract of land, which is later subdivided into individual lots, are due and payable with respect to the separate lots even if the tax is not assessed individually.

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