To give an added jolt to government efforts to deter criminal misconduct in merger and acquisition transactions, the U.S. Department of Justice unveiled a new Safe Harbor Policy last year geared toward voluntary self-disclosures.... Read More
As more and more court hearings are handled remotely and attorneys and clients spend more time on the phone or a Zoom meeting than face to face, lawyers are becoming increasingly less reliant on the need to work every day in a physical office.... Read More
Bankruptcy filings in Indiana are still below historic highs, but they continue to creep up as consumers struggle with high credit card debt, student loan repayments and overall financial insecurity. Matthew Cree, a Greenwood-based solo practitioner, said...... Read More
For years, marijuana advocates in the Indiana Statehouse have filed bills and pushed for hearings on legislation that would allow the drug’s use for medical purposes or open the doors to recreational use and decriminalization.... Read More
A former member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet has joined Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP as a partner. Taft, which has eight Midwest offices—including one in Indianapolis—announced that Marcia Fudge will join the firm as partner and chair of public policy.... Read More
A Madison Circuit Court judge’s repeated poor management practices, including missing entries and orders that led to the dismissal of 16 criminal cases, has drawn him a scathing rebuke and lengthy suspension from the state’s highest court.... Read More
The Federal Trade Commission last month announced a sweeping ban on most noncompete agreements, but some exceptions were granted for certain mergers and acquisitions. Those exceptions come through a sale-of-a-business provision in the agency’s...... Read More
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.... Read More
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. Under the measure, an Indiana health care entity that is involved in a merger or...... Read More
Several new laws pushed by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce will take effect this year to help protect businesses from certain kinds of lawsuits and potentially encourage more settlements. Such tweaks to tort law were among the chamber’s top priorities.... Read More
