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Indiana insureds seeking coverage for environmental claims have long been the beneficiary of court decisions favoring the insured by holding that pollution exclusions are unenforceable in the State of Indiana.  In the March 2012 State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Flexdar, Inc., 2012 Ind. LEXIS 47 (Ind. 2012) decision, the Indiana Supreme Court, applying a...Read More

The Indiana Department of Local Government Finance (“Department”) completed its statewide, general reassessment of all real property in Indiana on March 1, 2012. This reassessment, the first since March 1, 2002, will have a significant impact on the assessed value of real property in Indiana through its influence on assessor cost tables and individual counties’...Read More

On March 19, 2012, the Governor of Indiana signed into law an amendment to Indiana statute providing that the duty to pay regular (non-educational) child support ceases at age 19 instead of age 21, effective July 1, 2012. Educational support orders entered after July 1, 2012 can extend beyond age 19 but they must be...Read More

On February 13, 2012, Allison K. Comstock participated as a panelist speaker for the Evansville Estate and Financial Planning Council.  Allison provided an update on the current federal estate and gift tax environment and potential changes for 2013, the anticipated phase-out of the Indiana Inheritance Tax, and gifting and estate planning opportunities for 2012. For...Read More

Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board announced it is postponing the implementation date for its new notice-posting rule that requires employers to inform employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act. The new effective date of the rule is January 31, 2012, a delay in over two months from the original implementation date...Read More

Beginning July 1, 2011, employers doing business in Indiana may no longer require the disclosure of information regarding firearms or ammunition. The new law further prohibits employers from conditioning employment upon an agreement that the applicant or employee forego rights under the new law, or relinquish otherwise lawful rights to own, possess, store, transport or...Read More

The law firms Kahn, Dees, Donovan, & Kahn, LLP (“KDDK”) and Lavallo & Frank (“L&F”) unified of all their attorneys under the name of Kahn, Dees, Donovan, & Kahn, LLP, effective January 1, 2012. L&F’s founding attorneys, Steve Lavallo and Shannon Frank, are partners in the unified firm which has 30 lawyers. Lavallo and Frank...Read More

Brian P. Williams named Managing Partner effective January 1, 2012.   Brian practices commercial & business litigation, will contests & trust litigation, real estate litigation and economic development work including tax phase-in & tax increment financing for over 30 years. Williams has been with the firm since 1983 after completing a federal court clerkship. Williams has...Read More