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Carol F. Colomba
Attorney Sears’ AI & Wiretap Law Insights Shared with Building Indiana Business Mag
Attorney Kalle Sears recently shared some important insights about AI and Wiretap Law with Building Indiana Business. Check it out in the latest issue of Building Indiana Business magazine.
Named 2025 BEST Law Firm in All Categories
Northwest Indiana Business Magazine Has Announced Best of Business Awards 2025. Each year, the magazine surveys their readers asking them to vote for the best businesses throughout Northwest Indiana and Greater South Bend / Mishawaka. The...
Important Update: Reinstatement of Corporate Transparency Act and New BOI Filing Requirements
Following a decision by the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas to stay its earlier injunction, the Corporate Transparency Act’s beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirement has been reinstated. The Financial...
Briefing on Nationwide Injunction Against the Corporate Transparency Act
A federal district court in Texas has issued a ruling of considerable importance regarding the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), affecting approximately 32.6 million existing businesses across the United States. The court has granted a...
Kallee M. Sears
Navigating the Recent Court Ruling on the FTC’s Non-Compete Rule: What Employers Need to Know
In a recent legal development, a federal court halted the Federal Trade Commission's (“FTC”) Non-Compete Rule, which aimed to make most non-compete agreements unenforceable. The FTC's Non-Compete Rule, which had been set to take effect on...
Named 2024 Best Law Firm in All Categories
Northwest Indiana Business Magazine Has Announced Best of Business Awards 2024. Each year, the magazine surveys their readers asking them to vote for the best businesses throughout Northwest Indiana and Greater South Bend / Mishawaka. The...
DOL New Rule On Salary Threshold For Exempt Employees
Background On April 23, 2024, the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule regarding the executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) and the highly compensated employee (HCE) exemptions under the Fair...
Important Update on FTC’s New Rule Regarding Non-Compete Clauses
On April 23, 2024 the Federal Trade Commission announced a significant development that could impact your business, specifically regarding your employment contracts and policies. The FTC rule, if successfully enacted, could bring about...
Do I Need to File an EEO-1 Component 1 Report?
What is the EEO-1 Component 1 Report? Since 1966, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) has required employers to submit workforce demographic data (“EEO-1 Report”) on an annual basis. Within these EEO-1 Reports,...