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COA rejects commercial court challenge, rules against worker

While an Indiana commercial court failed to provide sufficient notice to a worker who was being sued by his former employer that sought to enforce a noncompete agreement, the Indiana Court of Appeals found the worker had waived his argument and affirmed a resulting injunction barring him from a new job at a competing company.

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Businesses ask Supreme Court to take gay rights case

Some of America's most well-known companies are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that a federal employment discrimination law prohibits discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation, a position opposite of the one taken by the Trump administration.

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COA: Bank that sold property to itself entitled to summary judgment

A northern Indiana bank that took deed of a property in lieu of foreclosure and sold the property to itself was entitled to summary judgment on the owner’s claims of fraud and breach of agreement, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday after finding those claims were “wholly without merit.”

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