by Christopher Hagenow | Oct 29, 2014 | Blog, Business Litigation
Due Diligence How Much Effort is Required to Find the Person You are Suing? In what should have been an otherwise uneventful mortgage foreclosure, the Indiana Court of Appeals recently made clear to parties in lawsuits that they must take some reasonable efforts to...
by Christopher Hagenow | Oct 16, 2014 | Blog, Business Law, Business Litigation, Contracts
A bedrock principle of Indiana law is that the intent of the parties controls the contract. We are constantly advising our clients of this principle, and that is why it is so important that a contract clearly express the true intent of the parties, so that anyone...
by Blackwell Burke Ramsey | Oct 13, 2014 | Blog, Business Litigation
A cognovit clause in a promissory note authorizes the lender to have entered a confession of judgment by the borrower upon the occurrence of an event of default under the promissory note without notice to the borrower. An example of such a clause is as...
by Christopher Hagenow | Jan 25, 2014 | Blog, Business Law, Business Litigation
Did you know that in the event a business dispute ends up in court, that any settlement discussions or negotiations that occurred before the case goes to trial are not admissible? In other words, the judge or jury will never hear how much one side was willing to pay,...
by Christopher Hagenow | Oct 14, 2010 | Blog, Business Law, Business Litigation
Although the linked case does not involve a business dispute, the procedural history serves as a cautionary tale to business owners and all other people who think litigation is the magic pill that will quickly cure and resolve a business dispute. In the case of Moore...
