Goodfellow: Learning how to get acquainted with the lawyer next door
My neighbor is a lawyer, which I learned about quite accidentally.
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My neighbor is a lawyer, which I learned about quite accidentally.
Traditionally, the question of whether a non-compete is enforceable turns on one question: is it reasonable?
It’s been more than six months since the U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposed new rule to the Fair Labor Standards Act that would extend overtime pay to 3.6 million salaried workers. More concrete action could come by April, but even then the new rule is expected to face legal challenges.
Employers in England long ago developed a concept known as “garden leave,” in which departing employees stay on the payroll during the period they are restrained from competing.
Non-profit organizations and government entities are eligible for this grant, and the funds must be used to support a program that reinforces the foundation’s mission and presents opportunities for members of the central Indiana legal community to participate on a pro bono or modest means basis.
Legal professionals attended the robing ceremony for the Hon. Marie L. Kern and the retirement ceremony for Hon. Cynthia J. Ayers.
A new law signed by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb represents a new step in supporting beneficiaries who gain ownership of property through transfer on death deeds.
With all of the expectations lawyers face, it can be hard to carve out time away from learning to practice the law and break away from the billable hour to identify leadership opportunities.
“The world is a stage,” and everyone has a role to play in pro bono service.
Some judges choose to be on social media, but in doing so, they likely take on more risk than lawyers do.
Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Robert Hammerle gives us his take on “Wonka” and “American Fiction.”
Clinton Circuit Court Judge Brad Mohler worked to forge his own path while remaining connected to his farming roots.
Under the Cat’s Paw Theory, employers may be liable if it is eventually uncovered that there was a discriminatory basis underlying the adverse employment decision.
Data breaches are quite common for small law firms, happening far more often than you might expect. The obvious implication is one could happen to you.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued its proposed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in August 2023, and its final rules may be imminent.
If someone involved in a car crash isn’t buckled up, an Indiana jury currently isn’t allowed to know that due to the state’s longstanding prohibition on introducing such evidence. That will change as of July 1, thanks to the passage of House Bill 1090.
The Indiana Supreme Court and the Indiana State Bar Association are taking big and small steps to help bridge the gap, from making more people eligible to take Indiana’s bar exam to studying the root causes of a shortage that could lead to a lack of access to the legal system.
Read Indiana appellate court decisions for the most recent reporting period.
About $2.3 million in grants are helping Lawrence Township Small Claims Court Judge Kimberly Bacon hire additional staff to support a local eviction diversion program that is serving nearly all of Marion County.
The overwhelming conclusion has been that lawyers, as a group, do a terrible job of retirement planning.