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Question:
What happens if you die without a will?
Answer:
If you die intestate (without a will), your state's laws of descent and distribution will determine who receives your property by default. These laws vary from state to state, but typically the distri...[Read more]
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Attorney Donald J. Bolinger II has practiced law for over 25 years. A graduate of Haworth High School in Kokomo, he attended Indiana University, graduating with a B.A. in 1980 and receiving his Docto...[Read more]
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December 9, 2011
ABA seeks better treatment of the disabled by LSAT administrator
By: Karen Sloan
The Law School Admission Council is no stranger to litigation over its testing policies. The organization has been sued numerous times by would-be takers of the Law School Admission Test who were denied accommodations for what they claimed were disabilities.
Now the American Bar Association's Commission on Disability Rights has asked the council to change the way it handles requests for testing accommodations, to "ensure that the exam reflects what the exam is designed to m...
December 9, 2011
Trial Begins in Virginia Tech's Challenge to $55K Fine for 2007 Shooting
Zoe Tillman
In the first trial of its kind, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is challenging a $55,000 fine levied by the Department of Education over the university's handling of the April 16, 2007, massacre that left 33 people dead.
Education Department Administrative Chief Judge Ernest Canellos heard opening arguments Wednesday morning from attorneys for the university and the Department of Education. The department is holding the high-profile trial in the ceremonial c...
December 9, 2011
Vacancy on Supreme Court 2012 - Speculation swirls around next Indiana chief justice
By: Charles Wilson
Speculation suggests that Indiana's newest Supreme Court's justice is a likely possibility to serve as the next chief justice, one day after longtime Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, an Evansville native, announced his retirement.
But before he could serve the five-year term, 54-year-old Justice Steven David must survive a 2012 retention vote that could be clouded by the controversy over a ruling he wrote that denied residents' right to resist illegal entry by police.
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January 23, 2012
Supreme Court: Warrants needed in GPS tracking
By: Robert Barnes
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must obtain a search warrant before using a GPS device to track criminal suspects. But the justices left for another day larger questions about how technology has altered a person’s expectation of privacy.
Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the government needed a valid warrant before attaching a GPS device to the Jeep used by D.C. drug kingpin Antoine Jones, who was convicted in part because police tracked his movemen...
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