August 24, 2009
Greg AndrewsThe Securities and Exchange Commission said today that it has settled insider-trading charges against three local residents
who bought shares in First Indiana Corp. immediately before the July 9, 2007, announcement that it was being acquired by a
Milwaukee bank for a 42-percent premium.
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August 19, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIndiana money manager Marcus Schrenker was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison today in Florida on charges that he deliberately
crashed his plane to fake his own death and flee financial ruin, according to the Pensacola News Journal.
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August 18, 2009
Cory SchoutenA Marion County jury this evening found Christopher P. White guilty of three Class C felonies related to a $500,000 bad check
he wrote last year in a last-ditch attempt to save his locally based development firm, Premier Properties USA Inc.
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August 3, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Penrod Society has filed a lawsuit against former treasurer Brandon Benker, seeking to recover more than $380,000 it alleges
he embezzled last year.
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August 3, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Penrod Society has filed a lawsuit against former treasurer Brandon Benker, seeking to recover
more than $380,000 it alleges he embezzled last year.
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July 20, 2009
Cory SchoutenDeveloper Lauth Group Inc. is sparing no expense on attorneys in the Chapter 11 reorganization of key subsidiaries. The company
has hired two of the nation’s most prominent bankruptcy and restructuring specialists to handle
the cases, and the bill for the first month easily will exceed $1 million.
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July 9, 2009
IBJ StaffA Noblesville man was sentenced to one year of home detention yesterday after pleading guilty to mortgage fraud in federal
court. Marvin G. Hampton also was ordered to pay $262,424.76 in restitution to three lending institutions.
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July 7, 2009
IBJ StaffLed by Baker & Daniels LLP, Indianapolis' three largest law firms are recognized in the July issue of The American
Lawyer magazine for their pro bono work.
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July 6, 2009
IBJ StaffU.S. Rep. Andre Carson, D-Indianapolis, is taking on General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Corp. in the
name of crash victims.
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June 29, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerCummins Inc. is battling its insurers in court, saying they're refusing to pay
most of the company's $381 million in claims stemming from the flood that immersed its southern Indiana
facilities a year ago.
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June 29, 2009
Arend AbelFed up with excessive fees, some clients have started demanding alternatives to the tried-and-true methods, such as "value-based
legal services."
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June 29, 2009
Scott OlsonOnly North and South Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin have smaller proportions of lawyers within their working populations.
Experts point to the state's shrinking base of corporate HQs, the exodus of law school graduates, and a less litigious climate
overall.
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June 29, 2009
Rebecca BerfangerWhile most people consider their family members and funeral costs in estate planning, many overlook their babies who happen
to have four legs, a tail, feathers or even scales. A pet trust is a good solution.
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June 29, 2009
Michael KellerFledgling attorneys face a legal industry in defensive mode, resulting in drooping employment figures.
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June 22, 2009
Scott OlsonThe city's third-largest law firm is poised to tie the knot with Kentucky's Greenebaum Doll & McDonald. But differences in
the way the firms compensate partners are taking longer than expected to sort out.
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June 15, 2009
Greg AndrewsBose McKinney & Evans' defense of an Evansville company in a high-stakes environmental-contamination lawsuit has degenerated
into a fiasco, with a federal judge sanctioning both the client Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co. and law firm and ordering
each to pay half the plaintiff's
legal bills.
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June 1, 2009
Sam StallA lot of people owe money these days, and some of the agencies hired to pursue them are resorting to old- school tactics to
collect. Things like calling at all hours, threatening to have debtors jailed or fired, or employing abusive language.
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May 25, 2009
Cory SchoutenA judge has given Lauth Group Inc. a reprieve from an equity investor that is seeking to take control of most of the developer's
properties.
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May 18, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerThe Hoosier Lottery has agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle a lawsuit filed by eight black former employees who claim racial
discrimination motivated their firing four years ago.
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April 27, 2009
Greg AndrewsCarmel businessman Dan Laikin finds himself in the awkward spot of denying wrongdoing at the same time the three men accused
of conspiring with him in a stock-manipulation scheme are admitting guilt.
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April 13, 2009
J.K. WallDr. Barry Eppley, an Indianapolis surgeon, says an online crusade by a disgruntled former patient is taking a toll on his
practice, and he's suing her.
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April 13, 2009
Greg AndrewsDon Marsh lashed back last month after the owner of Marsh Supermarkets Inc. filed a lawsuit accusing him of billing the company
for millions of dollars in personal expenses.
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March 30, 2009
IBJ StaffAmong defendants named in a Missouri lawsuit against investment firm Stifel Nicolaus and Co. is Stifel Managing Director Jeffrey
Cohen, who is based in the company's Indianapolis
office.
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March 30, 2009
Greg AndrewsAttorneys for concrete purchasers who say they were victims of a price-fixing scheme have waged a tenacious legal battle over
the last four years, and .now
they're ready to cash in.
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March 23, 2009
Seattle-based Avvo Inc.'s Web site that enables consumers to research attorney backgrounds at no charge now includes Indiana
lawyers in its directory.
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First, the Athenaeum is going to have to get past the hurdle with the Lockerbie residents and the agreement that the parcel would be residential. Second, and in my opinion, this prime piece of property should include parking, PLUS, a black box theater(s), some market rate and affordable artist housing and a plan to renovate and reconfigure the second story theater. I would negotiate to add the DeHaan property surface parking lot into the development mix, place a one story surface parking garage on the DeHaan lot on the street level (for the Dehaan tenants use during the daytime) and add a second story to the garage that would become an addition to the current second story theater and then change the direction of the theater by moving the stage across the alley and on top of the DeHaan lot parking. You can add all the stage elements that are currently missing from the Athenaeum stage to make it more attractive for use by Ballet, Opera and traveling productions. Plus, the theater changes would probably help solve some of the soundproofing issues. Alas,it does not seem to be a part of the strategic plan to conduct a study to determine best use of the property. Seems like the current plan is a quick and easy move that ignores the property best use/potential and any strategic property planning for the effect on future generations.
I recall that MSA's pilings are still in the ground and hard to remove. It’s not likely any proposal will include significant underground construction/parking because of this. Start adding 2 floors of retail, 8 floors of parking and 5-10 floors of possible hotel, and/or 10-20 floors of residential, and you are at 30 floors already with possible expansion of all the uses. But then again I could be wrong.
Accoriding to their website there is no deadline to the Do Not Call list. What is this article referring to??
On what planet are they entitled to this largesse from the stockholders? These people make multi-million dollar salaries: Pay for your own personal travel.
It matters because they're already paid enormously fat salaries: Pay for your own personal travel. Being "taxed on it" isn't a valid excuse--so what? They're still being gifted a raft of luxury perks from somebody else's money on top of an enormous, lavish salary.