When employees quit or are terminated, what happens with their vacation pay often creates an issue for employers. In Indiana, vacation pay is subject to the Wage Payment Statute. This means that employees are entitled to be paid for any accrued, but unused vacation time unless employers have a written policy to the contrary. If...Read More
Mike Schopmeyer recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013, 19th Edition for his work in U.S. Environmental Law. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey...Read More
Director liability is commonly thought of in the context of large, multi-national corporations. However, regardless of size of the entity, directors can be held personally liable for the acts of a company. Shareholders, employees, lenders and customers are potential parties in a lawsuit against a board claiming damages or losses incurred were the result of...Read More
Many providers transmit their patients’ Protected Health Information (“PHI”) in unsecured e-mails. Through audits, some providers have discovered that their employees routinely included patient PHI in both the subject line and body of e-mails sent internally and externally. In doing so, these providers could be exposed to HIPAA violations if employees send e-mails containing PHI...Read More
Ashley R. Bess recently joined KDDK as an associate attorney. Bess is a native of Scottsburg , Indiana and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Evansville with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in business administration and legal studies. She earned her law degree from Valparaiso University School of Law...Read More
Perhaps you’ve heard this phrase: “Sell the family farm.” The Indiana legislature has just made that more likely. A common estate planning technique is for mom and dad to “leave the family farm” in separate, equal shares to their children, who can then sell their shares to another or pass them to their children. Of...Read More
