On July 20, Former Justice Frank Sullivan Jr. joins us at the IndyBar to discuss the new Indiana provisions.  More information about the program and registration details can be found here.  In the meantime, you can read more about the amendments to the UCC that will affect purchase and sale of digital assets here. 

Many start-up businesses are formed by first-time entrepreneurs who are often unfamiliar with the requirements and pitfalls involved in forming a new business.

The Juneteenth Holiday Celebration includes all races, ethnicities, religions and nationalities. It is a time for reconciliation and coming together as all citizens across the country acknowledge a period in our history that has influenced our society and continues to advance the ideals of liberty and justice for all. Whether you seek to learn about this significant period of our American history for the first time or strengthen your present understanding of it, you will not want to miss this closing plenary session at Bench Bar.

We all know that being in-house can be liberating — no billable hours, and you are often the one setting the deadlines for outside counsel. However, there are a couple of downsides to being in-house, including isolation and lack of networking opportunities with peers, especially in other industries. The new IndyBar In-House Counsel Division has heard feedback from its membership regarding the isolation and networking concerns and has developed a CLE Getaway focused exclusively on issues facing in-house counsel every day.

Creating a successful and well-executed contract involves proper redlining, collective negotiation and meticulous editing. Every contract negotiation is a collaborative event, scrutinized by multiple eyes and can have numerous teams working on it at any given point in time. 

On April 5, 2022, California federal judge ruled in favor of insurers, including AIG and Chubb, finding that, under their policies, there was no duty to defend pharmaceutical company policyholders in opioid epidemic lawsuits. This follows a growing trend from courts in finding no coverage owed for opioid-related claims.

Advanced directives are essential tools for ensuring one's wishes for medical and end-of-life treatment are known. Unfortunately, people with intellectual or developmental disabilities are often overlooked in discussions surrounding advanced directives. Thanks to a $35,000 grant from the Indianapolis Bar Foundation, a new program from Indiana Disability Rights will empower these individuals to make their important end-of-life choices known.

On Feb. 17, 2022, a historic networking event occurred among the Marion County Bar Association (MCBA), the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Indiana (APABA), Indianapolis Bar Association (IndyBar) and Indianapolis Bar Foundation (IndyBar Foundation).

On January 27, 2022, the IndyBar Business Law Section held its first CLE of the year, the Business Case Law Update. I had the privilege to discuss several decisions issued by the Indiana Supreme Court and Court of Appeals over the course of 2021 that covered a number of different topics directly related to the practice of business law.

In this blog from the American Bar Association’s Business Law Today, Joseph Janochoski, a trial attorney with Anthony Ostlund Louwagie Dressen & Boylan P.A., discusses the benefits of resolving so-called "business divorce" cases through mediation and other alternative dispute resolution methods before taking the matters to trial.