Suppliers and customers often pay little attention to the general terms and conditions of sale – the “boilerplate” – found in supply contracts and other business forms. But if a dispute arises between the parties, these terms and conditions are critical in determining your rights and a business’s liability exposure. In this FREE seminar, KDDK...Read More

Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP (KDDK) is pleased to congratulate Patrick C. (Pat) Thomas for passing the State of Illinois Bar Examination.  Already licensed to practice in Indiana, Thomas will participate in swearing-in ceremony in Collinsville, Ill., on May 1, 2014. “An ever-increasing number of KDDK clients have headquarters or operations not only in Indiana,...Read More

KDDK environmental law attorneys Jeffrey W. Ahlers and Kent A. Brasseale II are participating in the Illinois Oil & Gas Association (IOGA) 2014 Annual Convention & Trade Show. Both IOGA members, Ahlers is experienced in handling mineral, oil and gas, and environmental litigation matters.  Brasseale, who also holds a chemical engineering degree, routinely handles matters involving environmental law and mineral, oil and...Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida recently denied a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Regional Director’s petition for an injunction against a national transportation company because the NLRB did not demonstrate that the alleged unfair labor practices caused employee support for the Union to decline to the point where awaiting...Read More

For employers in the Seventh Circuit, the battle against FMLA abuse just got a little tougher. In Ballard v. Chicago Park District, the Seventh Circuit adopted an extremely broad reading of what it means to take leave to care for the employee’s covered family member. Specifically, an employee’s vacation to Las Vegas with her ill...Read More

Michael E. DiRienzo, a Partner at KDDK, will chair a panel discussion as part of the Creditors’ Session of the Bi-Annual Southwestern Indiana Bankruptcy Conference. Presented by the Evansville Bar Association’s Business and Commercial Law Section, the Conference will be held on Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Evansville Teachers Federal Credit Union Phipps Center,...Read More

The Winter 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

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]KDDK is pleased to announce that the firm’s attorneys have been recognized for outstanding legal representation in the 2014 edition of Indiana Super Lawyers® Magazine, which was released today. Rising Stars are selected annually on a state-by-state basis.  Attorneys age 40 or under or who have been practicing for 10 years or fewer can be...Read More

With the cold temperatures and unusually high snowfall amounts, the number of slip and fall accidents on sidewalks is high in the Tri-State this year. For business owners, this may give rise to the question, “is an injury from a slip and fall my responsibility?” The answer, like most things in the law, is not...Read More

If you own a company that provides cell phones and/or tablets to its employees, take note:  text messages of your employees are subject to litigation hold notices, too, just like email, files on your computers, and physical files. As was made abundantly clear by the Southern District of Illinois in its recent, lengthy opinion in...Read More