A proposed new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule would require companies to let consumers know that many paycheck advance products are actually loans subject to federal disclosure requirements.
Read MoreIn the last decade, over a dozen states (all outside the Midwest) have adopted bans or strict limitations on physician employment non-competes. Indiana joined that group with the adoption of a physician non-compete statute, which became effective July 1, 2020.
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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.
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A growing number of companies in Indiana and elsewhere are hoping to offer new legal protection for top executives following a 2022 change in Delaware’s corporation law.
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The Federal Trade Commission sued the largest U.S. distributor of wine and spirits on Thursday, saying it is illegally discriminating against small and independent businesses.
The Federal Trade Commission adopted a final rule Wednesday that will require businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships.
Two essential considerations for helping facilitate growth in early stage companies are securing capital and incentivizing current and future employees by offering competitive equity compensation plans.
The Federal Trade Commission is warning franchisors to avoid “unfair and deceptive practices” against franchisees in an effort to ensure the franchise business model is a ladder of opportunity for honest small business owners.
The landlord for Circle Centre Mall has filed a lawsuit to evict Sugar Factory, alleging that the restaurant has defaulted on its rent.
New regulations under the Corporate Transparency Act require reporting companies to disclose certain information related to their beneficial owners.
In 2023, attorneys saw venture capital exits at their lowest levels since the pandemic and 2008 market crash.
The franchisee who operates a Taco Bell restaurant in Circle Centre Mall has filed suit against Taco Bell and a fellow franchisee in hopes of preventing the opening of Indiana’s first Taco Bell Cantina.
Former President Donald Trump showed up on Monday for a trial in a lawsuit that could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties, after vowing to defend his reputation in a case he calls “a sham.”
Between interest rates, labor shortages, supply chain issues, the ongoing war in Ukraine and the aftereffects of COVID-19, debtors and creditors are facing some uncertainties, attorneys say.
Pier 48 Fish House & Oyster Bar hadn’t even been open a year when business disputes among the downtown restaurant’s owners began spilling into the legal system in August 2020, with the various partners slinging lawsuits and accusations back and forth.
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider what employers must do to accommodate religious employees, among eight new cases it added.
A House lawmaker is reviving an effort to make changes to the business personal property tax that would offer a bit of a windfall to small-business owners while reducing local government revenue.
At the conclusion of the three-hour CLE, presenting judges and attorneys came to similar conclusions regarding the Indiana Commercial Courts: They’ve improved efficiency and lowered costs, but more lawyers and businesses should take advantage of them.
The former president of a company that manufactured animal and pet products has failed to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that along with being an executive at the company, he also held an ownership stake.
In a lawsuit filed last month in Marion Superior Court, investors of VoCare accused top officers and board members of self-dealing, gross mismanagement and fraudulent behavior that has put the privately held company in “imminent danger” of insolvency.
Today is the final day to submit company information for the 2022 Indiana Lawyer Corporate Counsel Guide.
A former Forest River employee will get a second chance to make his claim that the recreational vehicle maker constructively discharged him by refusing to address age-based harassment after a split 7th Circuit Court of Appeals revived the case and sent it back to the Northern Indiana District Court. However, one judge dissented, asserting, “there was not enough ‘constructive’ in the plaintiff’s constructive discharge claim.”
Former powerhouse Merrill Lynch broker Thomas Buck, who was released from prison in January after serving time for securities fraud, has been ordered to pay $7.5 million in damages to a former client who says Buck mismanaged her investments.
Appropriate for the Native American Heritage Month of November is a discussion about the presence of Native Americans in Indiana.