Noncompete agreements have been used for years by employers to protect themselves from employees who might otherwise hurt their business by working for competing businesses, using trade secrets or confidential information, stealing customers, and...
RBE Newsroom
Construction Lien Waivers: Signers Beware
By Kevin N. Tharp — RBE Partner As the end of a calendar month approaches, construction subcontractors finish preparing and submitting their monthly application for payment for each of their projects. Often included in the payment application is a...
Riley Bennett Egloff Announces 2024 Best Lawyers Honorees
Riley Bennett Egloff Announces 2024 Best Lawyers Honorees 20 RBE Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America Indianapolis, Ind.— August 17, 2023 — Riley Bennett Egloff LLP (RBE) is pleased to announce that 20 of the Firm’s attorneys have been...
Working with IDOI Yields Favorable Results for RBE Clients
By: J. Mark McKinzie — Retired Partner The second quarter of 2023 resulted in Riley Bennett Egloff obtaining two significant results for separate clients of our Firm, working through and with the Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) on both...
Congratulations to RBE’s 2023 Super Lawyers
Riley Bennett Egloff is proud to announce that eleven of its attorneys were named “Super Lawyers” and six others as “Rising Stars.” The awards were announced in the Super Lawyers magazine’s 2023 issue, capping a process of peer nominations, peer...
Federal Trade Commission Takes Step to Ban Most Non-Compete Agreements Nationwide
By Patrick S. McCarney - RBE Attorney The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently announced that it plans to ban most non-compete agreements nationwide and released a 218-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking[1] to that effect. Non-compete...
Bryce Bennett, Founding Partner of Riley Bennett Egloff, To Retire After 45 Years
Today Riley Bennett Egloff celebrates the career of a Founding Partner Bryce Bennett, who will begin his well-deserved retirement on January 1, 2023. Since 1978 Bryce has provided exceptional service to his clients. In...
Five Reasons Why You Should Involve your Attorneys Early in Your Business Transactions
By Patrick S. McCarney — RBE Attorney Business transactions come in all shapes and sizes. Buying or selling a business (or the assets of a business) are obvious types of major transactions, but business transactions can also include things like...
Closing Mergers and Acquisitions: The Importance of Disclosure Schedules
Having closed dozens of mergers and acquisitions, I’ve yet to encounter anyone who likes preparing or reviewing disclosure schedules. They take a lot of time and require significant attention to detail. I’ve had more than one client ask, “Do we...
Nineteen RBE Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America 2023
RBE is pleased to announce that RBE attorneys Donald Smith & Eric Hylton were recognized by Best Lawyers as 2023 “Lawyers of the Year” in their respective practice areas and locations. "Lawyer of the Year" recognitions are awarded to individual...
4 Things to Consider When Forming Your Entity Online
By: Ryan L. Leitch — RBE PartnerEfficient and easy access to online services provides many benefits to business owners. For example, it is relatively easy to form a new business entity on the Indiana Secretary of State’s website and obtain an...
Update – Indiana’s Wrongful Death Damages – A “Cheat Sheet” For What Damages Are Recoverable
Since publishing the RBE wrongful death damages CHEAT SHEET in 2017, the Indiana Legislature amended the definition of “adult person” for purposes of Indiana’s Adult Wrongful Death Statute to include a “married individual: (A) who does not have any...