With the merger, SKO increased its presence in Indianapolis from seven lawyers to 45 and, in combination with its substantial and growing number of lawyers in Evansville (20), now has a total of 65 Indiana-based lawyers and 118 Kentucky-based lawyers.
In the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana, April numbers for all bankruptcy cases—including Chapters 7, 11 and 13—were up 19.9% compared to the same time last year.
Mark Ladendorf of Ladendorf, Fregiato & Bigler is the recipient of ITLA’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, while the association honored James Barth of Pfeifer, Morgan & Stesiak with its Max Goodwin Young Lawyer of the Year Award.
For legal aid organizations like Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic, their inability to offer salaries comparable to those in the private sector means they have to get creative with incentives and place an emphasis on the services provided to often lower-income clients.
A man that waited almost three years to be brought to trial on an attempted robbery charge did not suffer prejudice for the delay and did not have a good speedy-trial claim, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday in reversing a district court’s decision.
Judge Pratt said she drew inspiration from a variety of people, but cited her father, the late defense and civil rights attorney Charles A. Walton, as her first great mentor. “I knew very early on I wanted to be like my dad. I wanted to be a lawyer,” she said.
In its order, the court changed Bloomington attorney Joseph Kelley’s suspension to an indefinite one following his failure to cooperate with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
It’s taken a little longer than expected for the Biden Administration to announce a nominee for the Indiana Southern District Court’s impending vacancy.
With the federal government’s recent announcement that it intends to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug with potential medical benefits, some advocates wonder if that could be the game changer that opens the floodgates for legalization in Indiana’s 2025 legislative session.
An Evansville police officer did not violate a man’s Fourth Amendment rights and was entitled to qualified immunity after a physical confrontation resulted in the man being knocked unconscious, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday.
Fudge, a former member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet, brings experience that will help Taft’s Indiana clients deal with toxic “forever” chemicals, brownfields and agricultural issues, the firm’s leaders said.
A Madison Circuit Court judge’s repeated poor management practices, including missing entries and orders that led to the dismissal of 16 cases, has drawn him a scathing rebuke and lengthy suspension from the state’s highest court.
A sale-of-business provision in the agency’s new rules permits entering into a noncompete with a person who is selling a business or disposing of all of the person’s ownership interest in a business in a “bona fide sale.”
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took a historic step in April to protect communities from so-called “forever chemicals,” with the federal agency releasing a final rule that established legally enforceable limits.
One of the big challenges with data security is keeping in compliance with the Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct, which deal with confidentiality of information in the attorney-client relationship.
The law is intended to provide law enforcement with ownership information about many companies for the purpose of detecting, preventing and punishing terrorism, money laundering and other misconduct through business entities.
The neighborhood Kroger is being renovated, hopes are high for a new restaurant and a $2.1 million trail will soon connect the campus to downtown.
The owner of WISH-TV failed to show evidence that a pair of television distributors racially discriminated against him in declining to pay retransmission fees to carry WISH and sister station WNDY-TV, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in affirming a lower court’s decision.
Concerned about Indiana’s rising health care costs, the Legislature this year approved a new law that will bring more scrutiny to health care mergers and acquisitions.
The use of artificial intelligence, and concerns about how safe and secure it is, is an area of discussion that’s touching all facets of law, including mediation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution