The recent property assessment battle for big-box retail stores may turn out to be short lived. In the December 2014 case of Meijer Stores v. Marion County Assessor (available here), the Indiana Board of Tax Review (“IBTR”) ruled that big-box stores like Meijer are allowed to use vacant or abandoned big-box retail stores when using...Read More
Effective March 27, 2015, employers must administer the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) to give spouses in same-sex marriages the same ability as all spouses to fully exercise their rights under the FMLA. This, pursuant to a Final Rule of the Department of Labor (“DOL”), amends the definition of “spouse” in the FMLA regulations,...Read More
The Rotary Pigeon Creek Canoe/Kayak Launch, located just off Green River Road north of Lynch Road, has been selected as the Indiana Outstanding Trail project of the year by the Greenways Foundation! This project – led by the Rotary Club of Evansville under the leadership of KDDK’s own co-managing partner Brian P. Williams – “was completed in 2013,...Read More
Several clients have contacted us concerning a document or correspondence they received which appears to have been sent by a government office, “Corporate Services” or other similar name. This correspondence generally solicits a fee to keep and process the business’s annual records, cites Indiana Code, requests corporate information, and gives the impression that the business needs to...Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP (KDDK) – an experienced full-service law firm dedicated to effectively serving the legal needs of clients for more than 105 years – is pleased to announce that Jake R. Fulcher has been recognized as a Rising Star in the legal profession in the 2015 edition of Indiana Super Lawyers® Magazine. Jake...Read More
On February 4, 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released litigation data for its fiscal year 2014, which ran from October 1, 2013, to September 30, 2014. The EEOC enforces Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, and the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act. Overall,...Read More
Last December, the National Labor Relations Board (“the Board” or “NLRB”) issued a controversial new rule changing drastically how union elections will be conducted. The rule dramatically shortens the time between the filing of a certification petition and the secret ballot election. Although the rule does not mandate that an election occur within a certain period...Read More
It happens all the time: A firearm or collection of firearms is passed down when the owner passes away. Most gun owners do not realize that even if they provide for a transfer of their weapons upon death, their beneficiaries may be inadvertently violating the law upon taking possession. A well drafted Gun Trust can...Read More
Don’t think you need to periodically review your FMLA policies? Think it’s just too expensive and time-consuming to properly train those who administer the FMLA at your company? If you do, you may want to consider the case of Terry Tilley v. Kalamazoo County Road Commission. Terry had worked for the Road Commission in Kalamazoo,...Read More
