A recent Indiana Court of Appeals decision has made it a little tougher for a former land owner to escape liability under Indiana’s Environmental Legal Actions statute (ELA). On September 19, 2014, the Court of Appeals reversed a prior trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of a prior land owner, thus pulling them...Read More
In Rogan v. U.S. Bank, N.A. (In re: Partin), Adv. No. 14-5015 (E.D. Ky., Sept.9, 2014), a bankruptcy case in the Eastern District of Kentucky, the bankruptcy trustee sought to avoid three mortgages filed on the debtor’s property in Jessamine County. The trustee argued that the mortgages were invalid because the bank had not properly...Read More
KDDK attorneys Stephen S. Lavallo and Michael G. Smith will be the featured speakers for the Indiana Occupational Therapy Association (IOTA) Southwest District’s upcoming seminar presentation: “Legal Aspects of Documentation” Steve Lavallo has more than 25 years’ experience representing businesses in the defense of worker’s compensation claims. He will discuss important aspects of record keeping for healthcare providers....Read More
(EVANSVILLE, Ind.) – August 18, 2014 – 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 KDDK attorneys Mike Schopmeyer, Jeff Helfrich, and Kent Brasseale have been selected by their peers...Read More
The Summer 2014 issue of the KDDK Advantage Newsletter, which provides timely legal information on a wide range of topics of interest to KDDK clients, is now available. Click to download PDF version» Would you like to receive news and information from KDDK in the future? Sign up now! 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Read More
In this digital age, it seems that everything is being recorded. Audio and video recording of ballgames, meetings and birthday parties with a cell phone is the norm. However, what about a patient’s office visit or a surgical procedure when the patient is under anesthesia? Can a patient in Indiana record these encounters? Should physicians and other...Read More
On July 14, 2014, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued an enforcement guidance on the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (“PDA”) – the first guidance the commission has issued on the subject since 1983. In this guidance, the EEOC interprets employers’ obligations under the PDA in new ways, and it may have a significant impact on how...Read More
Ever increasing demands are being placed on the American health care industry by our growing population and the complexity of medicine. In response, our health care system is seeing an explosion in the ancillary health care professions, including advanced practice nurses. In Indiana, an advanced practice nurse (APN) may be authorized by law to independently evaluate...Read More
Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP (KDDK) has been awarded recertification in Meritas, a global alliance of independent business law firms. KDDK joined Meritas in December 1994, and, as a condition of its membership, is required to successfully complete recertification every three years. Meritas is the only law firm alliance with an established and comprehensive...Read More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Noel Canning (NLRB v. Noel Canning, et al., 573 U.S. ___ (2014)) affirming the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s decision that members of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) were inappropriately appointed by President Obama. In Noel Canning, the NLRB...Read More
