Carmel City Court joins state courts network
Carmel City Court has joined more than 40 other Indiana courts in using the state Supreme Court’s electronic case management
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Federal filing lists another link between Brizzi, Durham
A federal financial-disclosure statement Brizzi submitted in May lists the politician as an investor in Red Rock Pictures
Holdings Inc., a film-development firm also backed by Durham.
Editorial writers lose appeal against Star
Two former editorial writers at Indiana’s largest newspaper failed to prove they were the victims of religious discrimination,
according to a circuit court of appeals.
Ariad asks court to restore patent-suit win against Lilly
A federal appeals court will decide whether Eli Lilly and Co. must pay $65.2 million in damages, plus royalties, over a drug-patent
claim.
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.
Class-action suit seeks millions for Fair Finance investors
Attorneys on Friday afternoon filed a class-action lawsuit seeking to rescind $200 million in investor purchases of Fair
Finance Co. securities and to slap Tim Durham and other company insiders with millions of dollars in punitive
damages.
Man claims being denied job over beard, turban
Indirjit Singh of Greenwood is suing Atlanta-based Air Serv Corp. in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis for religious discrimination.
State sues teachers’ union for securities fraud
The Indiana Secretary of State’s securities division says Indiana State Teachers Association can’t account for $23 million
intended for
school districts, requests assets be frozen.
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.
Symons and family ordered to pay $34.2 million in fraudulent transfer case
A high-profile businessman and the Indianapolis companies he operated with family members have been ordered by a federal judge to pay $34.2 million relating to the fraudulent transfer of assets in a business sale.
Disclosures key to feds’ probe of Durham’s Fair Finance
Any case federal prosecutors pursue against Tim Durham or his associates likely would revolve around what his Fair Finance
Co. disclosed—or didn’t disclose—to potential investors, legal observers said.
Former Huntington National Bank exec alleges age discrimination
Michael Lewis, 53, filed a complaint with the Indianapolis office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission Aug. 13 and sued Huntington Oct. 15 in Marion Superior Court.
Brizzi dropped plan to serve on board of Durham company
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said he agreed this fall to serve on the board of Tim Durham’s Fair Finance
Co., but changed his mind several weeks later after Durham told him a newspaper was working on an investigative
story about the company.
UPDATE: FBI searches Durham-owned company offices
Ohio securities regulators say Tim Durham’s Fair Finance Co. won’t be permitted to sell additional investment certificates
unless it satisfactorily answers a series of questions about the company’s ability to pay them back.
Video surveillance legal in Hoosier state, but beware lawsuits
Most states–Indiana included–have no law on the books banning video surveillance in homes or businesses. However, anyone
considering using a hidden camera should consider the potential to be sued under the state’s well-developed privacy law.
FBI serves search warrants on Durham-owned companies
The FBI on Tuesday executed search warrants at two companies led by high-profile executive Tim Durham—Indianapolis-based
Obsidian Enterprises Inc. and Akron, Ohio-based Fair Finance Co.
Troubled homebuilder’s funds frozen after failing to pay judgment
A Marion County judge has frozen certain Hansen & Horn Group Inc. funds after the Indianapolis homebuilder failed to pay
a $183,000 legal judgment. The move sheds light on the severity
of the company’s woes.
Premier Properties founder gets home detention for fraud
A judge on Wednesday afternoon sentenced Christopher P. White to one year on home detention and three years of probation in
connection with a $500,000 bad check he wrote last year as he tried to save his real estate development firm, Premier Properties
USA Inc.
Inlow estate decision reversed by high court
The Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered some good news to the widow of former Conseco Inc. Chief Counsel Lawrence
Inlow, reversing a lower court’s order that she pay his estate $284,034 for funeral expenses.
Vonage to settle investigation involving 32 states
Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. will pay $3 million to 32 states, including Indiana, and provide refunds
to affected customers.