Jimmy John’s assistant store managers nationwide may proceed with class-action overtime pay litigation against franchisees, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday, delivering a reversal of an Illinois decision that had restricted their suits.
A woman with severe back pain will be able to pursue a medical malpractice claim against her orthopedic surgeon after the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that the clock on the two-year statute of limitations does not start until the patient discovers the malpractice.
A state board dominated by construction industry representatives has been blocking efforts by some local governments in Indiana to require carbon monoxide detectors in residential properties.
Two leading voices on Indiana alcohol issues say there’s little chance lawmakers will take action allowing convenience and grocery stores to sell cold beer.
It was the opening day of deer hunting season, and Ronald Hansen says he loaded his rifle the same way he had countless times before, aimed at a target and fired a shot.
Stores selling marijuana-derived oils in central Indiana are seeing a spike in sales after the state’s attorney general declared the products illegal with one limited exception.
Indiana is among more than a dozen states that banded together Monday to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block a California law requiring any eggs sold there to come from hens that have space to stretch out in their cages.
A British law firm says the ride-hailing firm Uber could now face legal claims after a data breach that saw hackers steal the personal information of some 57 million people around the world.
As the Class of 2020 begins its legal studies and the Class of 2018 prepares for the bar exam and life as a lawyer, many will probably thinking about their financial security, debt and loan obligations. More than 85 percent of law students borrow, running up a tab that can flow to astronomical amounts.
The U.S. legal sector suffered a loss in the number of available jobs in July, bringing an end to a three-month streak of job growth.
The overall employment rate for recent law school graduates improved slightly in 2016 despite a drop in the number of jobs available and overall class size, according to a new report.
Indiana’s restructured Office of Judicial Administration will get new digs at a lower cost later this year, officials said.
It was shortly after his 2012 graduation from George Washington University Law School when the realization hit Michael Lux hard: He had a ton of student loan debt to begin paying back to the federal government.
Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson is scheduled to speak to congressional members this afternoon in support of continued funding for Community Development Block Grants.
The American Bar Association is speaking out against key provisions in the Trump administration’s budget blueprint that would hit legal aid particularly hard.
The pace of attorneys jumping from one firm to another is expected to continue this year.
Airbnb Inc. has a message for cities that try to enforce rules that crimp its couch-surfing style: See you in court.
Legal aid groups seek private donors as the Indiana Supreme Court requests $500,000 more for indigent representation from the Legislature.
Although the Class of 2015 law school graduates posted an employment rate of 86.7 percent, the size of the class — the smallest since before the start of the Great Recession — is masking the decline in the legal market which created fewer actual jobs for the newest attorneys, according to a new study by the National Association for Law Placement.
Key to bringing on new clients and keeping existing ones is talent attorneys. Firms across the country, including in Indiana, are raising associate pay to attract those attorneys.