Junior Achievement says ex-CEO acted solo
Junior Achievement’s attorneys paint the not-for-profit's ex-CEO as something of a renegade to bolster their defense in an ongoing lawsuit by another former executive.
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Brightpoint suing software vendor for negligence
The local distributor of wireless phones has filed suit against Massachusetts-based Emptoris Inc., and is looking to recoup millions of dollars it paid the company in addition to the amount it says it spent trying to fix the problem.
U.S. fines 3 theater companies over child labor
Operators of three of the nation's biggest movie theater chains have paid more than $277,000 in federal fines over allegations that they violated child-labor laws, the Labor Department announced Tuesday.
Dow Chemical moves toward engineered corn patent
Dow Chemical Co.'s agricultural division said it has taken the next step toward gaining international patent rights for its new strain of genetically engineered corn that it says will help farmers battle a new strain of “super-weeds.”
Congress takes up major change in patent law
Congress has been trying for well over a decade to rewrite patent law, only to be thwarted by the many interested parties.
ChaCha sues Taiwanese company for trademark infringement
Carmel-based ChaCha Search Inc., operator of an online question-and-answer site, sued Taiwanese company HTC Corp. for trademark infringement over the planned introduction of a smartphone called the ChaCha.
Barnes & Thornburg expands into Los Angeles
The opening of an office on the West Coast continues the Indianapolis-based law firm’s expansion into other major markets.
Broadband provider’s legal fight escalates
Indiana-based Omnicity Corp. has filed countersuits against the owners of two companies it acquired who are charging in court that Omnicity failed to fully pay them for the acquisitions.
Indiana official out of job after ‘live ammo’ tweet
An Indiana deputy attorney general "is no longer employed" by the state after Mother Jones magazine reported he tweeted that police should use live ammunition against Wisconsin labor protesters, the attorney general's office said Wednesday.
Intellectual property theft rising quickly
Filching ranges from crude to highly sophisticated, experts say.
Local lawyer’s connection to the greats runs deep
What do Johnny Unitas, Vince Lombardi and Babe Ruth have in common? Indianapolis intellectual property attorney Jonathan Faber.
Fair bankruptcy trustee hears from prospective Lampoon suitors
Fair Finance Co.’s bankruptcy trustee is getting inquiries from parties interested in buying National Lampoon Inc., the Los Angeles-based comedy business led by embattled Indianapolis businessman Tim Durham.
Ex-manager files $600M suit against Indiana Live owners, others
Maryland-based Cordish Cos. says the casino owners withheld $8.4 million in payments and conspired with other groups trying to sabotage its plans for a Maryland gambling facility.
Judge tosses Noble Roman’s franchisee claims
Noble Roman's Inc. has won a pivotal courtroom victory in a battle with 14 former franchisees of its dual-branded Noble Roman’s Pizza and Tuscano’s Italian Style Subs restaurants.
Financier in botched deal sues Emmis over loan to Smulyan
In uncommonly sharp language, attorneys for New York-based Alden Global Capital accused Emmis' board of “a blatantly self-dealing transaction” that allows Smulyan to “pursue a personal litigation vendetta” against Alden.
E-mails detail Fair Finance partner’s money woes
E-mails filed in bankruptcy court this week show that Fair Finance Co. co-owner Jim Cochran spent money with such abandon that by 2008 he was living off credit cards and imploring CEO Tim Durham to more than double his salary to $1 million.
Elevator company wants indemnity from IRT
An Illinois elevator company wants a judge to force the Indiana Repertory Theatre to protect it from liability in a lawsuit brought by a catering worker who fell down the elevator shaft at the downtown theater in 2007.
Appeals court agrees to hear challenge in Simon case
The Indiana Court of Appeals has agreed to hear an appeal from the widow of the late Melvin Simon, putting on hold a legal dispute over the mall magnate's more than $2 billion estate.
Hamilton County woman to be sentenced in stock scheme
Prior to Wednesday’s sentencing, the Secretary of State’s securities division said it reached an agreement to liquidate the assets of Dorothy Geisler, including her home on Geist Reservoir.
Fair trustee: Durham committed fraud of ‘shocking proportions’
Fair Finance Co.’s bankruptcy trustee alleges Tim Durham perpetrated a fraud of "shocking proportions,” draining huge sums from the Akron, Ohio, firm for years to mask that his business empire had collapsed.