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The path to recovery from substance addiction and other mental health conditions requires overcoming many obstacles. One challenge is paying for assessments, diagnosis, testing, and recovery. But JLAP may be able to help through its Treatment Fund. The fund has been around for several years, but recently, the Indiana Supreme Court has clarified that certain…

SOUTH BEND / MISHAWAKA, IN – May Oberfell Lorber is pleased to announce the promotion of Katlyn Foust Hunneshagen. Katie joined May Oberfell Lorber in 2014 as a summer associate. While in law school Katie clerked for both state and senior federal court judges, served as an Associate Editor of the Valparaiso Law Review, and…

The Federal False Claims Act (31 USC §§ 3729-3733) was enacted during the Civil War in 1863 in response to rampant fraud committed against the United States by government contractors and is still in effect. In short, a person who knowingly presents a false claim for payment to a government-funded health care program, such as…

On June 21, 2022, Congress made permanent the increased debt limit for small business debtors seeking to reorganize their finances under SubChapter V of Chapter 11. When passed in 2019, Congress established a debt limit of $2,725,625 for classification as a small business debtor. In response to pandemic-related distress, the CARES Act increased the limit…

Most counties across Indiana offer criminal diversion programs. These programs are designed for people with little to no criminal history. Under Indiana Code Sections 33-39-8-5(6) and 33-39-1-8, persons charged with certain misdemeanors (and certain felonies) can enroll in the program and avoid having a conviction on their record after successfully completing the program. Diversion programs…

Recently, in an unpublished opinion, the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a trial court ruling refusing to vacate an order of summary judgment where one of the lead responding counsel of record was not served electronically but his co-counsel was. In Neil v. Byers, 2021 Ind. App. Unpub. LEXIS 741, 2021 WL 3871935, an injury…

With in-person trials beginning to ramp up again after the shutdowns caused by COVID-19, dusting off trial skills becomes important. In this episode of The Litigation Psychology Podcast, Dr. Bill Kanasky speaks to trial attorneys Paul Motz of Segal McCambridge and Georgianne Walker of May Oberfell Lorber about the art and science of cross examination.…

On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, Michigan Bankruptcy Judge Scott Dales approved the Disclosure Statement filed by lawyers for Interlogic Outsourcing, Inc. (“IOI”), Trustee Mark Iammartino of the Najeeb Khan (“Khan”) bankruptcy and Trustee Kelly Hagan of the bankruptcies involving companies referred to as the “Khan Entities.” The Disclosure Statement and Plan of Liquidation it supports…

In 1995, I had been out of law school for nine years.  It was in April of that year that I had the opportunity to be sworn into the Supreme Court of the United States.  My former boss, Judge Allen Sharp of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, invited any…