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Former Allison executive alleges bribery
December 11, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinStephen Lowe, a former Allison Transmission managing director based in Shanghai, claims the company booted him from a top
post in China because he raised concerns about bribery.
MoreWhistleblower suit cites Rolls-Royce engine flaws
December 8, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressRolls-Royce Corp. concealed repeated defects at an aircraft engine plant in Indianapolis and fired a safety official for reporting
the problems, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.
MoreCosmopolitan apartment fire prompts lawsuit
December 8, 2010
Scott OlsonThe insurer for Indiana Landmarks is suing developer Flaherty & Collins, claiming negligence in a blaze that partially destroyed
the apartment project and damaged the not-for-profit's adjacent headquarters.
MoreIndiana church financier gets 54 years for Ponzi scheme
December 7, 2010
Associated PressA judge sentenced 66-year-old Vaughn Reeves to 54 years in prison during a court hearing Tuesday in Sullivan. A jury convicted
him in October on nine counts of securities fraud.
MoreNursing home firm to pay $376K in Medicaid case
December 6, 2010
Associated PressIndiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller says a nursing home company will pay $376,000 to the state and federal governments over
accusations that it submitted ineligible bills to Medicaid.
MoreTabbert Hahn lawyers joining Bose McKinney
December 6, 2010
Scott OlsonBose McKinney will take nine lawyers, including name partners Gregory Hahn and Robert Weddle, from smaller law firm that will
dissolve near the end of the year.
MoreRepublic sues website operator over airline gift cards
December 6, 2010
Bloomberg NewsIndianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. and its Frontier Airlines unit filed a trademark-infringement case against
the operator of a website offering gift cards as consumer incentives.
MoreSimon Property offers to settle dispute over widow's stake
December 4, 2010
Cory SchoutenSimon Property Group Inc. has offered to settle a lawsuit with Bren Simon by cashing out 6.5 million partnership units her
late husband Melvin held in the giant shopping mall developer.
MoreMenard lawsuit entangles businessmen Hilbert, Dick
December 4, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinFormer Conseco executives Steve Hilbert and Rollin Dick are caught in a bitter legal battle between billionaire hardware king
John Menard and his ex-fiancee.
MoreIce Miller elects new chief managing partner
December 2, 2010
Phillip L. Bayt assumes leadership of the firm, which also elected two new deputy managing partners. Bayt currently chairs
Ice Miller's real estate practice.
MoreState lawmakers face tough choices over prison costs
November 30, 2010
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers will swim rough political waters next year when deciding whether to spend millions more on overcrowded
prisons or reducing prison sentences and being seen as soft on crime.
MoreSimon widow's attorneys want judge to step down
November 30, 2010
Cory SchoutenAttorneys for Bren Simon turned their ire toward a Hamilton County judge on Tuesday, asking him to recuse himself from a legal
battle over real estate magnate Melvin Simon's $2 billion estate.
MoreJudge denies motion to dismiss school funding suit
November 29, 2010
Associated PressHamilton Southeastern Schools, Franklin Township Schools and Middlebury Community Schools say the school formula violates
the state constitution's requirement for "general and uniform" public education funding because districts get
different per-pupil amounts.
MoreCelebrity lawyer Roy Black tapped in Durham criminal probe
November 27, 2010
Greg AndrewsTim Durham says he’s ruined financially, but he’s not cutting corners lining up legal firepower to defend himself. Durham
has hired famed criminal defense attorney Roy Black of Miami, lawyers representing the Indianapolis financier in civil litigation
confirmed.
MoreSenior staffer settles retaliation lawsuit with IMA
November 27, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinA longtime senior manager at the Indianapolis Museum of Art has retired—the result of a settlement in a retaliation
lawsuit she filed earlier this month.
MorePhase 10 inventor folds in dispute over top-selling card game
November 22, 2010
Cory SchoutenThe inventor of the world's second-best-selling card game has settled a lawsuit with Fundex Games, the Plainfield company
that markets and distributes Phase 10.
MoreFederal Home Loan Bank suing major players
November 20, 2010
Cory SchoutenThe Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis has filed suit against some of the nation’s largest financial institutions,
including Bank of America, Wells Fargo and J.P. Morgan Chase, to recover losses on a $3 billion portfolio of mortgage-backed
securities.
MoreControversy engulfs Devington community group
November 20, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinDevington Community Development Corp. tried to tackle a host of neighborhood ills before closing its doors this month. But
the agency also was embroiled in disputes with a local minister and its landlord.
MoreAllison Transmission, key supplier continue court battle
November 20, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe dispute reached a boiling point early this year when the supplier, Allison’s sole supplier of bonded piston seals, threatened
to stop shipping.
MoreMan gets 40-year sentence for lawmaker attack
November 19, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressA man found guilty but mentally ill for an attack on Indiana state Rep. Ed. DeLaney was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday.
MoreBankruptcy trustee sues Durham art bidders
November 18, 2010
Jim Mackinnon / Akron Beacon JournalA Florida art dealer who successfully bid more than $260,000 on artwork that once belonged to Fair Finance Co. co-owner Timothy
Durham says he canceled the sale. Now he and another big bidder from Philadelphia are being sued by Fair Finance bankruptcy
trustee Brian Bash for nonpayment.
MoreInventor files suit against local printing business
November 18, 2010
IBJ StaffLawsuit alleges Harding Poorman Group shorted former Discom Technologies owner a percentage of sales after it acquired his
company.
MoreCourt upholds Lilly patent on cancer drug Alimta
November 16, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressA U.S. District Court judge on Monday upheld Eli Lilly and Co.’s patent on the cancer drug Alimta, protecting the compound
until July 2016. It was a welcome win after a difficult few months for Indianapolis-based Lilly, which is facing a wave of
patent expirations in coming years.
MoreMike's Express Carwash sued in family feud
November 13, 2010
Cory SchoutenMike’s Express Carwash and its principals, Bill and Mike Dahm, sons of founder Joe Dahm, are facing a lawsuit in Hamilton
Superior Court brought by Jerry Dahm, a cousin who owned 35 percent of the company until May.
MoreBarnes & Thornburg maintains top-100 ranking
November 13, 2010
IBJ StaffThe firm ranked 85th in The National Law Journal’s annual listing of the nation’s 250 largest firms,
up two spots from its previous position.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.