Category: Consumer Lawyer Indiana
The Wild West in 401(k) investment scams
One of the limitations in what investments you can put in 401(k) protected retirement savings plans is that the investment has to be a passive investment. That is: you can’t start a business and put it in your 401(k), or more specifically, the performance of the business can’t depend on your efforts. Lately I have seen […]
BATNA – “Best Alternative to Negotiated Agreement”
I was just introduced to the term BATNA – or “best alternative to negotiated agreement”. In short, as a prelude to negotiating a deal, you evaluate what your best alternative is if you can make no deal at all. This helps you determine the lowest possible offer that you will accept. Now, as you dig […]
Have you received a medical bill for services relating to a workers compensation covered injury? (in Indiana)
If you live in Indiana and have received a bill for medical services relating to an injury covered by workers compensation, please call me. Legally you should not be getting this type of bill. (Unfortunately, we can’t do cases for people outside of Indiana.)
Legal Fees in Perspective $2,750 vs $2.75 million – Bill Cosby
A news story today that Bill Cosby still owes $2.75 million in legal fees. We have no idea how much he paid over time, but there is no question that Bill Cosby was not a poor man going into his criminal case, I would expect that the unpaid balance is less than half of what […]
Chapter 5 Bankruptcy may be just the lifeline that troubled small businesses need.
Since I don’t practice bankruptcy law, I am just now learning about the new Chapter 5 bankruptcy provision that went into effect February 2020. Subchapter 5 is intended to be a simplified and less-costly alternative to a Chapter 11 reorganization. Chapter 5 is much like a Chapter 11, but there is no creditors committee. Effectively, […]
You can’t run a national economy with half of your workers stuck at home and not producing – OR CAN YOU?
Here we are about a month into the recognized part of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, and we are looking at at least a month and a half of “social distancing”, and ironically, the more successful we are at social distancing, the longer the economic disruptions will last before there is “herd immunity.” […]
Are you an Indiana owner of a “bricked” Flywheel bike?
News outlets reported hat Flywheel apparently settled a patent dispute with Peloton eyeing to swap Flywheel by “bricking” all the at-home Flywheel bikes. According to news reports, Peloton is offering to swap a Flywheel bike for a refurbished one. Buyers of Flywheel bikes who bought them new need to know that their bikes had an […]
Skype Unauthorized Charges
I have repeatedly had problems with Skype imposing unauthorized charges on my credit card. Once you sign up for anything with Skype it is crazily difficult to cancel and make it stick. It is worse than the old America Online. I googled “Skype” plus “Unauthorized charges” and it came up with 121,000 hits. Skype is […]
Facing Jail or Prison time? Get a power of attorney
I had another client who plead guilty to a crime unrelated to what I was representing him for. He had to serve some prison time. Unfortunately, before he went to prison, he did not execute a power of attorney to let somebody else handle the civil case in which I was representing him. The difficult […]
Facing a Serious Illness? – Get a Power of Attorney
I had clients, a husband and wife, whom I represented in a large business case. While the case was pending, when there was a chance to settle the case, both clients became unavailable due to health reasons. If they had planned ahead and executed a durable power of attorney, one of their children could have […]
