Lawyers in concrete price-fixing case awarded $18M in fees
Federal judge disagrees with Duke Realty Corp. and sides with attorneys representing plaintiffs in class-action suit.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Brizzi ordered lenient deal for business partner’s client
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi last year intervened in a major drug case to offer a reduced sentence over objections
from both law enforcement officers and his own deputy prosecutors.
Big payday for lawyers in concrete price-fixing case irks Duke
Duke Realty is fighting a request to award an additional $9.7 million in attorneys' fees, calling the amount excessive.
Court: Celadon ‘general counsel’ lacks license, can’t practice law
Kenneth Core, who referred to himself in letters and electronic correspondence as Celadon Group’s general counsel, cannot practice law in Indiana until he receives a state law license, the Indiana Supreme Court said.
Democrat stalwart Hogsett said to be U.S. attorney nominee
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Indianapolis has been without a presidentially appointed U.S. attorney for more than two years.
Joe Hogsett, a former secretary of state, is likely the frontrunner.
Dann Pecar nabbed by Ohio law firm in merger
Cleveland-based Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP gains Indianapolis presence by absorbing 99-year-old local law firm
with 29 lawyers.
Local lawyer appointed to lead national firm Ogletree Deakins
Kim Ebert is a veteran lawyer at the local office of the Atlanta-based firm, which has 470 lawyers in 37 locations nationwide.
Former attorney sentenced in fraud case
A former attorney who pleaded guilty to mail fraud has been sentenced to three years probation for submitting inflated bids
on foreclosed homes to the company for which he worked and pocketing the difference.
Law firm Alerding Castor Hewitt hires ExactTarget’s ex-general counsel
William Boncosky spent seven years at the ExactTarget, a span when the firm’s employment grew from 14 to 500.
Supreme Court considering changes to lawyer ad rules
The state Supreme Court is considering changing Indiana’s rules governing advertising by attorneys.
Swarbrick never aspired to Notre Dame athletics job
Jack Swarbrick’s goal when he returned to Indiana nearly 30 years ago with a law degree from Stanford was to become involved
in the community, not be the person looking for the next Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy or Ara Parseghian.
Attorneys drop troubled home builder Hansen & Horn
Indianapolis-based Hansen & Horn Group Inc. is without legal representation after attorneys defending the troubled
home builder from a slew of lawsuits dropped it as a client.
Indiana State Bar names first black president
Roderick Morgan of the Indianapolis-based firm of Bingham McHale was named president of the group at its annual meeting.
Lauth’s lawyers raking in big fees in bankruptcy reorganization
Developer 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.
ABEL: End in sight for ‘pig in a poke’ hourly billing by law firms
Fed up with excessive fees, some clients have started demanding alternatives to the tried-and-true methods, such as “value-based
legal services.”
Despite what you might think, lawyers are compartatively scarce in Indiana
Only 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.
Judge slams law firm Bose over ‘misrepresentations’ in Red Spot case
Bose 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.
Lawyer background checks available on Web site
Seattle-based Avvo Inc.’s Web site that enables consumers to research attorney backgrounds at no charge now includes Indiana
lawyers in its directory.
Attorneys with doctorates in high demand
Lawyers holding doctorates in biotech, biology, chemistry and computer sciences are in high demand by firms with strong intellectual
property practices.
Local attorney is part of USATF board overhaul
Baker & Daniels attorney Max Siegel was recently named to the USA Track & Field board and will play a role in a restructuring
of the sports sanctioning body headquartered in Indianapolis.