Accountant files suit against former firm, partner
A contentious split between two prominent accounting partners is getting even uglier after a lawsuit filed by one of them
has the other pledging to counter sue.
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Real estate lawsuit pits Situs vs. Situs
Texas real estate consultancy sues local brokerage over rights to name they both share.
Would-be buyer: Durham double-dipped on Duesenberg deal
Tim Durham struck a deal to sell a vintage Duesenberg for $1 million before auctioning off the same vehicle for $2.9 million,
according to the small-town Michigan mayor who said he agreed to buy it.
Fair Finance’s past gave investors, regulators false comfort
The Akron company had been meeting its obligations for decades before Tim Durham acquired it seven years ago.
Judge approves concrete price-fixing settlement
A federal judge has preliminarily approved a settlement in which a central Indiana concrete company agreed to pay $29 million
to resolve a class-action antitrust lawsuit alleging it and six other companies conspired to fix the price of ready-mixed
concrete.
Madison County embezzler gets two-year prison term
The former business manger of a central Indiana factory has been sentenced to two years in prison for embezzling $700,000.
Fair Finance investors file additional fraud suit
More than three dozen residents of a northeast Ohio county who invested in Fair Finance Co. are seeking to recover more
than $2.1 million from the shuttered company.
Attorney general sues lumber recycling plant
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller is suing a northern Indiana lumber recycling plant with a history of environmental and
worker-safety violations.
Freight Masters files bankruptcy after losing business from Chrysler, Boeing
The minority-owned logistics firm is also involved in a legal battle with a Washington state firm over the loss of its Boeing
business.
Judge fines woman waging Web war against plastic surgeon
Judge Sarah Evans Barker declared a Massachusetts woman in contempt of court for failing to remove her negative Internet
postings about an Indianapolis cosmetic surgeon.
Buyer of prized Durham Duesenberg alleges fraud
A Virginia businessman is suing Tim Durham, alleging he and other defendants manipulated the September auction of a 1930 Duesenberg
that sold for $2.9 million.
Local funeral home operator interested in troubled Memory Gardens
Indianapolis-based Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service & Crematory is one of two companies that have emerged as potential
suitors of the embattled Memory Gardens Management Corp.
Former bank manager sentenced on theft, arson
Former Fifth Third Bank assistant manager Dwayne Roberts was sentenced Tuesday to two years’ home detention and two years’
probation.
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
system.
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.