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Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn seeks to be a leader in the community, including working on economic development projects that advance our community and our state as a whole.  In our endeavors as legal counsel to municipalities, local units of government, private developers, investors, project financers, and other entities, we have found information posted on...Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Yesterday afternoon (3/18/15), the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel, Richard F. Griffin, Jr., issued a memorandum (Memorandum GC 15-04) summarizing the Board’s position on several social media rules commonly found in employee handbooks. The GC’s memorandum addresses several specific types of employee handbook rules, including confidentiality rules, rules restricting use of company logos and...Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]KDDK attorneys Steven M. Theising and Ashley R. Hollen will be featured at the Evansville-Area Human Resource Association’s March meeting, providing an anticipated 100+ EHRA members and guests with vital information through their seminar presentation of: “Labor Law and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Update” A labor and employment law attorney with KDDK will provide updates, commentary and...Read More

The Indiana Environmental Legal Action Statute (“ELA”) gives parties the right to bring an action against a person or entity that caused or contributed to a release of hazardous substances or petroleum into the environment. When a landlord and tenant enter into a lease arrangement, environmental due diligence by each party is recommended prior to...Read More

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