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The Obama Administration made a surprise announcement yesterday that implementation of the new employer and insurer reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been postponed. Planned to commence on January 1, 2014, implementation of the large employer penalty and related employer mandate have been pushed back one year. This means that employers and/or...Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Many employers are aware that a leave of absence can sometimes be a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. When faced with an employee who cannot attend work and perform his or her job, employers often argue the employee is not a qualified individual under the ADA. Although employers within the Seventh Circuit...Read More

Last updated in 2005, the ASTM E 1527 Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (“ESA”) is due for renewal under the eight-year ASTM cycle, and is on schedule to be finalized in the next few months. The new ASTM E 1527 Standard is said to better correlate with the EPA’s All Appropriate Inquiry Rule published...Read More

KDDK attorneys Steven M. Theising and Ashley R. Bess today gave approximately 75 local business representatives a “reality check” as deadlines related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act approach. Among many key topics addressed were coverage changes, the individual mandate, health insurance exchanges, the employer mandate, and taxes, credits and fees for individuals...Read More

Deadlines related to healthcare reform in Indiana are rapidly approaching.  Is your business ready?  (Are you sure?)  If not, there’s still time to register for a FREE business seminar re: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act presented by KDDK attorneys Steven M. Theising and Ashley R. Bess. Sponsored by WorkOne Southwest and the Gibson...Read More

It’s summertime and many businesses are taking advantage of unpaid interns, mostly college students fulfilling academic requirements or looking for real-world experience to bolster their resumes. Unpaid internships are a win-win for both the employer and the student, right?  Not so fast. Joining a growing trend of lawsuits filed by unpaid interns, two of Fox...Read More

Please be advised that the Vanderburgh County Clerk has announced that there will be a $2.00 price increase for filing new cases in the Vanderburgh County Clerk’s Office effective July, 1, 2013.  For more information, call the County Clerk’s office at (812) 435-5160 or utilize the County Clerk Contact Us Form.Read More

In the context of a construction contract, a “pay-if-paid” clause provides that payment by the owner to the contractor is an express condition to any payment becoming due to the contractor’s subcontractors or suppliers (i.e., the obligation of the contractor to pay its subcontractor does not arise at all until the contractor has been paid...Read More

In May, Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a new law allowing individuals arrested or convicted of certain crimes, after a certain number of years from the conviction, to petition the court and request that the record of their conviction be expunged from the court’s files and from the files of the Department of Corrections and...Read More