While financial institutions are typically aware of their responsibilities under the Americans with Disability Act (the “ADA” or the “Act”) as they relate to the maintenance of their physical office spaces and overall general corporate policies,…
Nicholas J. Anderson is an Associate in the firm's Tax, Estate Planning and Personal Services and Nonprofit and Exempt Organizations Practice Groups. He focuses his practice in representing business entities with general corporate and federal…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that Terry Retson has joined the firm as Of Counsel in the firm's Commercial Real Estate & Lending Practice Group. Mr. Retson focuses his practice in the area of commercial banking. Additionally, Mr. Reston…
Question: Our bank has several pre-need funeral trust accounts that are funded by insurance policies. We would like to be able to redeem the policy and simply fund the trust with other bank funds. Does Indiana law allow us to do so?
Answer: No. The…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that Timothy F. Christiana has joined the Firm’s Chicago office as Of Counsel. He is a member of the Firm's Tax, Private Business, Estate Planning and Personal Services and Real Estate Practice Groups among…
On September 8, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) finalized the Emergency Preparedness Rule (Final Rule”) for health care facilities. CMS has given significant attention to the Final Rule in light of the many major…
Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 20151
On April 27, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement parts of the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of…
Please be advised the online UCC searching and UCC filing capabilities on the Indiana Secretary of State’s (SOS) website have not been fully functional since September 8, 2016, and such services have been completely unavailable since September 12,…
Krieg DeVault is proud to announce that the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group has been named to Midwest Real Estate News’ 2016 “Best of the Best” list.
“It’s a tremendous honor to be named to the Midwest Real Estate News 2016 ‘Best of the Best’…
As seen in the September 2016 issue of the Indiana Banker Association's Hoosier Banker.
Question: Recently an individual attempted to open a checking account at our bank using identification from the “Moorish Temple Science of the World.” When…
The Franciscan Alliance and Christian & Medical Dental Associations joined six states in a lawsuit filed against Health and Human Services (“HHS”) in a Texas federal court on August 23, 2016, challenging the regulations that the HHS’ Office of Civil…
On July 17, 2015, CMS released a proposed rule to revise the requirements that Long-Term Care facilities must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The proposed rule included a requirement regarding binding arbitration…
