Firm that ignored lawsuit now paying a hefty price
Tax-resolution firm JK Harris did not defend itself against a lawsuit and got pummeled as a result. Now, it’s brought in an attorney who’s trying to undo the mess.
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Indiana agency paying law firm $5.25M to sue IBM
Barnes & Thornburg of Indianapolis was hired despite several conflicts of interest arising from the fact that it also represents former IBM partners involved in the welfare deal.
Court limits lawyers soliciting accident victims
The new rule prevents attorneys from soliciting clients in personal injury or wrongful death cases within 30 days of an accident or disaster.
Hogsett confirmed as U.S. attorney
Indianapolis attorney Joe Hogsett has received approval from the full Senate to be the next U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Indiana.
Senate panel advances Hogsett’s U.S. attorney bid
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved former Indiana Secretary of State Joe Hogsett's nomination by unanimous consent Thursday, sending it to the full Senate for consideration.
Benesch/Dann Pecar adds lawyers from Barnes & Thornburg
The firm–the product of a merger between a local firm and a Cleveland firm–is bolstering its business reorganization practice.
Challenging job market trips up new attorneys
It’s a tough time to be starting in the profession when established lawyers struggle to keep up their practices and
client lists.
Secondary lender sues Chase over fire sale
Indiana Community Business Credit Corp. alleges breach of contract after JP Morgan Chase auctioned off assets of American
Sentry Guard of Greenwood.
Joe Andrew to chair international law firm
The former chairman of the Democratic party in Indiana was named co-chairman of the firm resulting from the June 9 merger
of Washington, D.C.-based Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP and United Kingdom-based Denton Wilde Sapte LLP.
Local attorney elected U.S. Libertarian Party’s vice chairman
Mark Rutherford wants America’s third-largest political party to make inroads by showing competence at the grassroots level
of government.
Veteran attorneys Pence and Hensel leave Taft to launch own firm
Linda Pence and David Hensel will concentrate on complex civil and business disputes, as well as white-collar criminal defense work.
FBI combs through records on Brizzi deals
The FBI is collecting records on an Elkhart real estate deal and an Indianapolis drug case, both involving Marion County Prosecutor
Carl Brizzi and defense attorney Paul Page.
Indianapolis law firms raising rates again
Recession's over. Time for law firms to get cracking on raising rates again. As was the case before the recession, the
increases are outstripping inflation.
Bren Simon lashes out over ‘wrongfully removed’ medical log
Widow alleges in a new court filing that a former nurse aide for Melvin Simon stole a confidential medical
log and unlawfully
turned it over to attorneys representing one of Simon's children from a previous marriage.
Taft takes four patent lawyers from Bose McKinney
The highest-profile addition is Jim Coles, a veteran lawyer who will co-lead his new firm’s intellectual property practice.
Brizzi ordered dismissal in trespassing case
Another case has surfaced in which Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi personally weighed in to the benefit of defense attorney
Paul Page, Brizzi’s friend and business partner.
IU law prof drops bid for Justice Department post
Several Republicans had objected to Dawn Johnsen's criticism of the Bush administration's terrorist interrogation
policies.
Massa says office ‘should inspire public confidence, not public cynicism’
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi has said he has no plans to resign, despite Mark Massa’s call Wednesday
morning for him to step down. Brizzi will be eligible for a public pension
if he finishes his second term Dec. 31.
Massa calls on Brizzi to resign
Mark Massa, former general counsel for Gov. Mitch Daniels and the Republican candidate for Marion County prosecutor, calls
on Prosecutor Carl Brizzi, also a Republican, to step
down in the wake of an IBJ investigation.
Fishers company agrees to pay $5.5M in concrete case
Builder’s Concrete & Supply will pay the amount as part of a larger $60 million settlement lawyers reached with seven companies
accused of fixing concrete prices.