Need Tickets? Indy Scalping Regulation Makes Getting Tickets More Difficult

On Monday, August 15, the Indianapolis City County Council passed an ordinance requiring ticket scalpers to obtain a license from the city to sell tickets within one mile of an event.  While this may make it more difficult for event-goers to find tickets, the ordinance is aimed at preventing consumer fraud when scalpers sell fake or counterfeit tickets. While the ordinance is required by the National Football League in order to host the Super Bowl, it will remain…

New Law Restricts Access to Criminal Records

Bingham McHale attorney Alex Gude and I recently authored an article for The Indiana Lawyer on a new law resulting from the latest Indiana General Assembly session that could help non-violent offenders shield some of their conviction records from the public and potential employers. A preview is below. Visit The Indiana Lawyer website for the full article. There is a misconception among even the most educated of criminal clients that arrests, charges and convictions disappear off of one’s Indiana criminal record after…

The Potential Far-Reaching Effects of The Supreme Court’s Application of Free Speech Principles to Drug Marketing Efforts

The United States Supreme Court recently struck down a Vermont law that barred pharmacies and others with access to prescription records from selling the prescriber behavior data to entities that would use the information for marketing purposes. Justice Kennedy, writing for a 6-3 majority in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., found that speech to further pharmaceutical marketing is a form of expression protected by the First Amendment. The Vermont statute, as a consequence, was subject to heightened judicial…