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Duke Realty is fighting a request to award an additional $9.7 million in attorneys' fees, calling the amount excessive.
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Judge tosses fraud claim in Mel Simon estate case
Judge William J. Hughes ruled Deborah Simon failed to make her claim with “sufficient specificity.”
Ex-exec accuses JA of withholding retirement funds
Victor George filed suit in federal court, alleging Junior Achievement failed to properly remit money to his retirement and
health-savings accounts.
Judge’s disclosure rules broader than Bren Simon sought
The protective order will allow David Simon and Cynthia Simon-Skjodt access to records, even though they aren’t plaintiffs.
Judge: Bren Simon can’t liquidate Simon Property holdings
A Hamilton County judge says Mel Simon’s widow can’t cash in partnership units worth more than $500 million.
Lawyers in Simon estate case fight over what should be public
Parties disagreed over public disclosure in the first major court hearing in the dispute over how to divide the billionaire's
fortune.
Simon daughter questions using father’s estate to pay donations
Pledges to St. Vincent, Indianapolis Museum of Art should be paid by trusts, foundations affiliated with Bren Simon, court
papers allege.
Judge places Fair Finance into bankruptcy
A federal trustee will take control of the company’s assets while securities-fraud probes continue.
Union representing Indianapolis Star employees sues Gannett
The 178-member union is suing to preserve its arbitration rights, and possibly win back the jobs of eight people who were
let go last summer.
Millionaire lawyer jumps into Melvin Simon will fight
Mike Ciresi, who’s representing widow Bren Simon, helped win a $6 billion settlement from the tobacco industry.
Lilly settles Arkansas Zyprexa suit for $18.5M
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on Tuesday announced an $18.5 million settlement of a lawsuit with Eli Lilly &
Co. over off-label marketing of the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa.
Banks suing Broadbent, pushing one strip center into bankruptcy
Locally based Broadbent Co.’s legal battles with lenders have escalated, pushing one of its 34 strip malls into bankruptcy
and prompting Huntington National Bank and PNC Bank to sue to collect principal owed on loans tied to four more.
PTS sues Roche Diagnostic to end blood-monitor royalties
Polymer Technology Systems Inc., a small Indianapolis-based maker of handheld blood monitors, has gone to court to fight
a competitor more than 100 times its size: Roche Diagnostics Corp.
Lawsuit could bring NCAA financials to light
Lawyers for former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon are promising to expose financial information about NCAA’s licensing
contracts the NCAA would rather keep private.
Brizzi contributor Epperly no stranger to controversy
Harrison Epperly has made a fortune in his business career, but he’s also sparked controversy.
IPL sues engineering consultant over Eagle Valley discharge
Indianapolis Power and Light Co. is suing its engineering consultant over an industrial accident that spilled 30 million
gallons of polluted water into White River.
Deborah Simon says other potential trustees have conflicts
Melvin Simon’s daughter, who’s seeking to remove her stepmother from overseeing a trust that holds her late father Melvin’s
fortune, says a corporate trustee is a better option than brother David Simon or family financial adviser Bruce Jacobson.
Litigation slows entrepreneur behind laser weapons, flying scooter
Anderson entrepreneur Pete Bitar has been slowed by litigation but still plans to spearhead a team in the competition to
put a rover on the moon.
Simon Property Group enters dispute over founder’s fortune
Simon Property Group Inc. is suing Bren Simon, the widow of company founder Melvin Simon, over her effort to convert part
of her late husband’s ownership stake in the publicly traded mall giant into common shares or cash.
Bank says Durham had no right to sell Duesenberg
A legal brouhaha over the recent auction of a Duesenberg automobile by Tim Durham has taken a new twist, with Durham’s bank
charging the financier didn’t have the right to sell the car in the first place.