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Supreme Court releases report on Commercial Courts amid challenge

Coinciding with the halfway point for the three-year Commercial Courts Pilot Project that faces a pending constitutional challenge, the Indiana Supreme Court has released a report on the six participating courts. More than half the cases were filed in Marion County, and three courts have had 10 or fewer cases filed.

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COA rejects commercial court challenge, rules against worker

While an Indiana commercial court failed to provide sufficient notice to a worker who was being sued by his former employer that sought to enforce a noncompete agreement, the Indiana Court of Appeals found the worker had waived his argument and affirmed a resulting injunction barring him from a new job at a competing company.

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Judge: Krieg DeVault owes ex-partners who sued over compensation

A major Indianapolis law firm must pay three departed partners who sued, a judge has ruled, but it will be up to a judge or jury to determine whether paying the former employees would create a “substantial and material adverse effect” for the law firm partnership, as it has claimed in the case.

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Appeal: Commercial court, without notice, idled worker

One of the first appeals from an Indiana Commercial Court alleges the specialized docket touted as a speedier, more efficient means of resolving complex business disputes operated in secret to keep a glass-industry engineer out of a job in his profession for a year.

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2016 Year in Review

From law school troubles to new court initiatives, take a look back at the top stories in Indiana Lawyer this year.

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Commercial courts, e-filing subject of Tuesday symposium

General counsel, business leaders, lawyers and lawmakers will provide information on commercial courts and e-filing initiatives Tuesday afternoon at a symposium and continuing legal education program offered by the Indiana Supreme Court.

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Indiana commercial courts open for business

No ribbon-cuttings heralded the opening of Indiana’s six commercial courts around the state June 1, but lawyers with complex business disputes have found their way to the forums the Supreme Court established as a pilot project.

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Interim commercial court rules released

The Indiana Supreme Court has issued an order outlining the interim rules applicable to the courts participating in the three-year Commercial Court Pilot Project, which begins this summer.

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