"A champion is someone who is ready when the gong rings - not just
before, not just after - but when it rings."
-Jack Dempsey
Tooting your own horn, ringing your own bell...We've decided to
bang our own gong.
Welcome the newest fixture to the Alerding Castor Hewitt office,
the official New Client/Wrapped Mediation Gong.
The litigation and transaction teams didn't have a celebration
worthy of new business, so partner Michael Alerding came to me with
the idea to buy a ship's bell to ring for each...
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The Alerding Castor Hewitt faithful braved the chill and the rain
of Saturday, April 16th to participate in the 2011
Susan G. Komen
Race for the Cure. We're proud to announce that the team
surpassed its goal of raising $1000 to assist the Komen
Foundation's mission to end breast cancer forever and had a
fantastic time walking in downtown Indianapolis.
We'd like to send a big 'Thanks!' to those who donated to the
team's efforts and share a special 'Way to go!' with the team
members, along with...
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The end is finally nigh for the ongoing litigation roller coaster
that is the Facebook/Mark Zuckerberg v. Cameron and Tyler
Winklevoss saga. This has always been an interesting piece of
software litigation based upon (a) the personalities involved and
(b) the scale. It is safe to say that when you are one of the
fastest growing companies in the country, you are going to face
litigation. In fact, that's why you call me. And it is
equally logical that when you are creating a website or working...
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I know there will be an "official" congratulatory press release in
the near future, but I thought I'd take a moment to congratulate
the Alerding Castor Hewitt partners on being included in the 2011
Indiana Super Lawyers.
Brian Hewitt received the nod as one of the Top 50 Super
Lawyers in the state. This is, of course, a recurring honor
for Brian, who has been a Super Lawyer for the past several
years. Brian's practice focus is on business and probate
litigation and mediation.
The voters...
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The first caveat is that I'm sorry I haven't posted anything
recently. Work here at Alerding Castor Hewitt has been going
like gangbusters and yours truly has been up to his distinguished
eyeballs in work. Trust me, however, I'm now dutifully
committing myself to continue providing insight and humor as your
Indiana Internet Litigation guru.
Second caveat is that this post actually has nothing to do with
privacy litigation, software litigation or really any other
technology law issues. ...
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Indianapolis, IN – Mike Alerding, founding partner of Alerding
Castor Hewitt LLP, is slated to teach Business Law at Harrison
College this spring. The course combines the understanding of
legal theory with the acquaintance of the various forms of
contracts. Students will be taught the essentials of the
legal environment of business, tort law, contracts, commercial
transactions, government relations and property.
“I am teaching because I enjoy the process of observing the
improvement and...
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Here at Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP, one thing that we are called
upon to do as business law, SaaS law, and technology counsel for
our clients is collect on a judgment. I
have previously posted on other topics in the collections world,
which you can find here and here. Today’s topic
is in answer to the question we sometimes get: how long is my judgment good for?
A decision today by the Indiana Court of Appeals in the estate case
of In the Matter of the Unsupervised Estate of
Dwight M. Wilson...
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Thanks to the wonderful folks over at Compendium Blogware, I
presented a fun webinar last week on the Legal Landscape of
Corporate Blogging. Don't fret, dear reader; I intend
to put together several posts over the weekend that hit the
highlights of my presentation. Overall, I discussed topics
like privacy litigation, copyright, defamation, Section 230
protections, etc. The fun stuff of blogging.
One area that I discussed and have had several questions about is
Creative Commons. For those of...
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Your friendly Indianapolis attorney at Alerding
Castor Hewitt, LLP here with an overdue update with some possible
interest for our business law clients.
Back at the end of September, the Indiana Supreme Court decided
Bingley v. Bingley, a marriage dissolution case, and
concluded that the employer-provided health insurance benefits of a
retiree constituted an asset once they had vested and should be
included in the marital estate for the distribution of
property. You can read the full opinion
he...
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Your friendly Indianapolis attorney at Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP
here with some exciting news about a SaaS law client and a business
law client: ExactTarget and
O’Reilly’s Irish Bar and Restaurant. Once its build-out is complete, ExactTarget will
be moving some of its people into a new space across the street
from us in the Century Building. This
is a company that continues to grow, and we are excited to witness
it happen and wish ExactTarget continued success.
To help celebrate and...
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In the spirit of entertaining legal stories like the one below that
Chris recently shared with our Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP
audience, I thought I would share a story I ran across yesterday
about a trademark dispute. Also,
because Chris is a connoisseur of fine comfort food, I’m sure that
he will enjoy it.
A restaurant in Bellevue, Washington, John Howie Steak, has come up
with a caloric-intensive burger that starts with grilling a
12-ounce ground chuck patty and then tops it with Kurobuta...
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Your
friendly Indianapolis attorney at Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP with
a brief overview (not an in-depth analysis of all of the legal
issues) of some recent Seventh Circuit decisions involving internet
litigation, trademark disputes, and anti-cybersquatting that could
affect technology, software, and business clients maintaining
websites and engaging in cyber-marketing.
Last Friday, October 1, 2010, the Seventh Circuit upheld the
dismissal of a suit for lack of personal jurisdiction...
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Your friendly Indianapolis attorney at Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP
here, this time with a probate law update. The Court of Appeals of
Indiana decided an issue of first impression yesterday in an
Indiana probate litigation matter. The case was Avery v.
Avery, --- N.E.2d ---, cause no. 49A05-1004-PL-320 (Ind. Ct.
App. Sept. 7, 2010). In short, the Court concluded that an
answer is required in a will contest. A
copy of that published opinion may be found here.
The facts relevant to the issue on...
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I don't often blanket repost other blogs that I see, however, in
this instance, I think it is appropriate. Venkat, writing for
Professor Goldman's blog, writes an excellent analysis of the
recent ruling in the
In re: Easysaver Rewards Litigation(S.D. Cal. August 13, 2010). This is a very interesting case
in that it covers several different, more traditional causes of
action and analysis. I'm interested to see what ramification
this case is going to have on SaaS law and privacy
litigation....
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Your friendly Indianapolis attorney at Alerding Castor Hewitt LLP
here with a history lesson and tie in to business law. Most
of you have probably heard the term “gerrymander” and know that it
refers to a process of dividing a territory into districts in order
to give one political party an advantage over another by
concentrating the voting strength of that party in as many
districts as possible. Fewer of you
probably know the origin of the term, and I imagine that even
fewer know much about...
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Something that women and/or minority
business owners may want to consider is registration with the
Indiana Department of Administration Minority and Women's Business
Enterprises Division to become certified as a minority-owned or
woman-owned business.
Established in order to give such businesses an equal opportunity
to participate in the state purchasing process, the criteria
considered for such certification include that the minority/woman
member possess:
- ownership of the business (at least...
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Your friendly Indianapolis attorney and Partner In Success at
Alerding Castor Hewitt, LLP here with another post, this time for
both business entities and lawyers who find themselves in the
trenches of business law, SaaS law, internet laws, and privacy
litigation and probate litigation.
Partner and fellow blogger Dave Castor sort of beat me to the bunch
by pointing out a great blog post by Michael P. Alerding (ACH’s
Mike Alerding’s father) at Alerding & Co., LLC, which Dave
re-posted below. I...
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The post below is fantastic. It is by Michael P. Alerding,
CPA (my business partner's father) at his accounting firm's new
blog site. He gave me permission to re-post it here (thank
you Alerding & Co.). Check it out:
Alerding & Co. BlogWhat Happened to Business
Ethics?
By: Michael P. Alerding, CPA
Every time I get a contract to sign, I find it almost impossible to
spend the time reading the fine print and trying to understand all
of the future implications of the agreement. As my son,...
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Your friendly Indianapolis attorney at Alerding Castor Hewitt LLP
here with an issue for those of you who, from time to time, might
find yourselves embroiled in collections litigation over business
law, SaaS law, or technology law matters. How often have you seen a debtor issue a check for
payment and include on the memo line words to the effect of “as
full satisfaction of claim,” “final payment in full of debt,” or
some similar words despite the fact that the debtor owes you more
than the...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 23, 2010
Contact: Lainey Scheetz
317.403.9012
lscheetz@alerdingcastor.com
ALERDING CASTOR HEWITT, LLP CLIENT NAMED 10TH FASTEST GROWING
PRIVATE COMPANY IN INDIANA FOR THIRD TIME
Indianapolis, IN – Iasta, the leading provider of eSourcing
software and solutions, was titled as the 10th Fastest Growing
Private Company in Indiana for 2010 by the Indianapolis Business
Journal (IBJ). A third time honoree, Iasta boosted its
three-year growth rate at 134 percent.
The report...
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