Insights

By now, we are all aware that the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has proposed to increase the salary threshold for individuals to be exempt from overtime pay.  We know, through the publishing of the proposed regulations, that the government seeks to increase the salary threshold from $23,660 annually to $50,440 annually.  We...Read More

The Evansville-Area Human Resource Association, Inc. (EHRA) – a professional association for human resource professionals in the tri-state area of Southwestern Indiana, Kentucky and Southern Illinois and an affiliate chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management – is hosting it’s 2016 Spring Conference next Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Topics of interest to human resources professionals...Read More

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has seen a number of challenges since its passage in 2010. In continuing this trend, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments on the latest challenge to the law at the end of March, this time from the Little Sisters of the Poor. At issue was the...Read More

On April 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) Office of General Counsel issued new guidance on the application of the Fair Housing Act to the use of criminal records by landlords, property managers, sellers, lenders, and other providers of housing. This guidance addresses how “discriminatory effects” and “disparate impact” liability...Read More

The recent Indiana Supreme Court decision in Goodrich Quality Theaters, Inc. v. Fostcorp Heating and Cooling, Inc., et al was a matter of first impression under the Indiana mechanic’s lien statute.  In this case, several subcontractors brought an action against a property owner and its general contractor seeking to foreclose on their respective mechanic’s liens....Read More

Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP is pleased to announce the hiring of associate attorneys Mallory C. Deckard and W. Royal Gearhart II. Mallory Deckard represents individual and business clients in her practice of insurance subrogation and defense, litigation and trial services, personal injury law, medical malpractice law, family law, and environmental law.  A native...Read More

Owners of all single-dwelling or multi-dwelling rental property in the City of Evansville are reminded of the requirement to register their properties with the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Building Commission every year in accordance with Ordinance G-2014-29. Rental property registration can be done online or in person with the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Building Commission Office. There is a cost...Read More

A lawsuit that had challenged music publisher Warner/Chappell’s rights in its claims of copyright ownership in the lyrics to “Happy Birthday” has resulted in a settlement that requires Warner/Chappell to reimburse $14 million to licensees for fees that were paid to use the song.  As a result, the “Happy Birthday” song is now in the...Read More

In the ongoing struggle between the State of Indiana and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (“IDEM”), the Indiana House of Representatives has again come forward with a plan to limit IDEM’s ability to regulate state and local environmental policy beyond that required at the federal level. Specifically, House Bill No. 1082, often referred to...Read More