Insights

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

A recent decision from the Indiana Court of Appeals illustrates the importance of using unambiguous language in release agreements with insurance companies, especially in cases involving coverage for cleanup of environmental contamination. In United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company v. Warsaw Chemical Company, Inc., 49A04-1203-CT-97, the Court reversed a $417,953.00 judgment in favor of Warsaw...Read More

The deadline for registering residential rental property located in Evansville, Indiana, is this Friday, May 31, 2013 (tomorrow).  Failure to register subjects an owner to a civil penalty of One Hundred Dollars ($100) for each violation. Each day that such violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. As you may recall, in February, the Evansville City...Read More

Unfortunately, incidents continue to occur at schools throughout the country.  Teachers care about their students and they care about safety.  But many law-abiding Indiana teachers with valid lifetime concealed carry permits have found themselves in legally uncertain – or at least confusing – territory.  This is because legislation passed a few years back allowing employees...Read More

A recently-released OSHA Interpretive Letter raises concern for non-union workplaces by opining that workers at a non-union facility may designate a union representative as their representative during an OSHA inspection. Currently, in a facility with a union, that union may designate an individual to accompany an OSHA inspector around the facility during an inspection.  As...Read More

The 2013 Indiana budget bill, which was signed by Governor Pence on May 8, 2013, included a provision repealing inheritance taxes in the State of Indiana.  The repeal is retroactively effective for individuals passing away on or after January 1, 2013. While inheritance taxes have been one important reason for people to consider estate planning,...Read More