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Indiana Law Review Volume 27 1994 Number 4 Copyright ® 1994 by the Trustees of Indiana University TABLE OF CONTENTS SURVEY I. Foreword Lawyer-Bashing and the Challenge of a Sensible Response The Honorable Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard 699 II. Supreme Court Review An Examination of the Indiana Supreme Court Docket Dispositions, and Voting in 1993 Kevin W, Betz Andrew T. Deibert 719 III. Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation An Analysis of the Arbitration Rule of the Indiana Rules of Alternative Dispute Resolution John R. Van Winkle 735 IV. Bankruptcy Bankruptcy in the Seventh Circuit: 1993 Douglass G. Boshkoff 761 V. Business and Commercial Law Recent Developments in Contract and Commercial Law Judy L. Woods Brad A. Galbraith 769 The Law of Negotiable Instruments and Bank Collections Undergoes Major Changes: Indiana Replaces Article 3 and Updates Article 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code Harold Greenberg 789 The INDIANA LAW REVIEW (ISSN 0090-4198) is the property of Indiana University and is published quarterly by the Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis, which assumes complete editorial responsibility thereof. Subscription rates: one year $25; foreign $28. Please notify us one month in advance of any change in address and include both old and new addresses with zip codes to ensure delivery of all issues. Send all correspondence to Editorial Assistant, Indiana Law Review, Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis, 735 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202. Publication office: 735 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202. Second class postage paid at Indianapolis, Indiana 4620L POSTMASTER: Send address changes to INDIANA LAW REVIEW, 735 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202. ® The entire text of this Law Review is printed on recycled paper. VI. Civil Procedure 1993 Federal Practice and Procedure Update for Seventh Circuit Practitioners John R. Maley 813 1993 Developments in Indiana Appellate Procedure: Changes in Original Actions, Rehearing and Transfer George T. Patton, Jr. 843 VII. Civil Rights The **Gay '90's"—Sexual Orientation and Indiana Law John W. Barker Sheila Kennedy 861 VIII. Constitutional Law State and Federal Constitutional Law Developments Rosalie Berger Levinson 887 IX. Corporation Law The Indiana Business Flexibility Act (Limited Liability Companies) David C. Worrell Marci A, Reddick 919 Recent Developments in Indiana Corporation Law Richard E. Deer 943 X. Criminal Law and Procedure Criminal Law and Procedure Susan D. Burke Donald S. Murphy 959 XI. Education Law Teacher Bargaining in Indiana: The Courts and the Board on the Road Less Traveled Lisa B. Bingham 989 XII. Environmental Law "Turning Point": The Foundering of Environmental Law and Policy in Indiana? Robert F. Blomquist 1033 XIII. Evidence Indiana Rules of Evidence Ivan E. Bodensteiner 1063 XIV. Family Law Indiana Family Law 1993: Much Ado About Some Things Andrew Z. Soshnick 1093 XV. Health Care Law Changes in Health Care Law in 1993 Bring New Challenges for Providers Rolanda Moore Haycox 1119 XVL Indiana and Seventh Circuit Civil RICO Decisions Recent Developments in Civil RICO Law Bart A. Karwath 1151 XVII. Insurance Law Survey of Recent Developments in Insurance Law John C. Trimble Richard K. Shoultz 1171 XVIII. Intellectual Property Survey of Indiana Trade Secret Law: UTSA Survives an Eleventh-Year Scare Charles R. Reeves 1193 XIX. Labor and Employment Law Survey of Recent Labor and Employment Law Devel- opments for Seventh Circuit Practitioners Tim A. Baker 1205 XX. Professional Responsibility Survey of 1993 Developments in the Indiana Law of Professional Responsibility Charles M. Kidd Donna McCoy Spear 1245 XXI. Product Liability Recent Developments in the Indiana Law of Product Liability R, Robert Stommel 1271 XXII. Property and Estates 1993 Developments in Indiana Property Law Walter Krieger 1285 XXIII. Taxation 1993 Developments in Indiana Taxation Lawrence A. Jegen, III John R. Maley 1311 XXIV. Torts Indiana Tort Law Review 1993 Frank E. Booker 1317 Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis 1993-94 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS AND FACULTY Administrative Officers Thomas M. Ehrlich, President of the University and Professor of Law. LL.B., Harvard University. Gerald L. BEPKO, Vice-President, Indiana University; Chancellor, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and Professor of Law. J.D., IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law; LL.M., Yale University. Norman Lefstein, Dean and Professor ofLaw. LL.B., University of Illinois; LL.M., Georgetown University. Thomas B. Allington, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law. J.D., University of Nebraska; LL.M., New York University. JONNA M. Kane, Assistant Dean for External Affairs and Acting Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. J.D., Indiana University—Indianapolis. JONI D. Thompson, Assistant Dean for Development. M.S., Ball State University. Angela M. Espada, Assistant Dean for Admissions. J.D., Indiana University—Bloomington. George Dremonas, Acting Director of Career Services. J.D., Indiana University — Indianapolis. Faculty Cynthia M. Adams, Lecturer in Law. B.A., Kentucky Wesleyan College, J.D., Indiana University—Indianapolis. Thomas B. Allington, Associate Dean and Professor of Law. B.A., J.D., University of Nebraska; LL.M., New York University. Edward P. Archer, Professor of Law. B.M.E., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; J.D., LL.M., Georgetown University. James F. Bailey, III, Professor of Law and Director of Law Library. A.B., J.D., M.A.L.S., University of Michigan. Gerald L. Bepko, Vice President, Chancellor and Professor of Law. B.S., Northern Illinois University; J.D., IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law; LL.M., Yale University. Robert Brookins, Associate Professor ofLaw. B.S., University of Southern Florida; J.D., Ph.D., Cornell University. Daniel H. Cole, Assistant Professor of Law. A.B., Occidental College; A.M., University of Chicago; J.D., Lewis and Clark College; J.S.M., Stanford Law School. Paul N. Cox, Professor of Law. B.S., Utah State University; J.D. University of Utah; LL.M., University of Virginia. Clyde Harrison Crockett, Professor of Law. A.B., J.D., University of Texas; LL.M., University of London (The London School of Economics and Political Science). Debra a. Falender, Professor of Law. A.B., Mount Holyoke College; J.D., Indiana University— Indianapolis. David A. Funk. Professor of Law. A.B., College of Wooster; J.D., Case Western Reserve University; M.A., The Ohio State University; LL.M., Case Western Reserve University; LL.M., Columbia University. Paul J. Galanti, Professor of Law. A.B., Bowdoin College; J.D., University of Chicago. Helen P. Garfield, Professor of Law. B.S.J. , Northwestern University; J.D., University of Colorado. Harold Greenberg, Professor of Law. A.B., Temple University; J.D., University of Pennsylvania. Jeffrey W. Grove, Professor of Law. A.B., Juniata College; J.D., George Washington University. William F. Harvey, Carl M. Gray Professor of Law & Advocacy. A.B., University of Missouri; J.D., LL.M., Georgetown University. Paul T. Hayden, Associate Professor of Law. B.A., Yale University; J.D., University of California, Los Angeles. W. William Hodes, Professor of Law. A.B., Harvard College; J.D., Rutgers Newark. Lawrence A. Jegen, III, Thomas F Sheehan Professor of Tax Law and Policy, A.B., Beloit College; J.D., MB.A., The University of Michigan, LL.M., New York University. Henry C. Karlson, Professor of Law. A.B., J.D., LL.M., University of Illinois. William Andrew Kerr, Professor ofLaw. 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