With the various COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available to the working age population, employers are likely considering whether or not to require their employees receive the vaccine. In general, employers may require employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine or any vaccine for that matter. That being said, if an employer elects to institute…
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No one wakes up wanting to need a lawyer
With rare exceptions, no one wakes up wanting to need a lawyer. I’ve done more than 4,000 mediations, and every single one, without exception, involved an occurrence in people’s lives that they did not want or anticipate. That is true whether it is a divorce, a catastrophic injury, a land condemnation, or siblings disagreeing…
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Immigration Changes – What you need to Know – Part 2
In part 1 in our series discussing immigration changes, we discussed legacy immigration policies of the Trump administration. In part 2 of 2, we will explore likely upcoming immigration policy changes from the Biden administration: The Public Charge Rule expansion: This was a Trump administration regulatory action that greatly complicated the process of…
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Jim Whitlatch and Ryan Heeb speak at The Chamber’s Speaker Series on COVID Vaccines – Tuesday, February 16th @ 12pm
Legal Issues & the Vaccine – Chamber’s Speaker Series with Jim Whitlatch and Ryan Heeb As COVID-19 vaccinations ramp up across the country, make sure your business understands the legal implications the vaccine can have in the workplace. Join us on Tuesday, February 16th from 12-1 pm to hear from Jim Whitlatch and Ryan Heeb on everything…
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Immigration Changes – What you need to know
With the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden as president, there will be a substantial amount of change to the immigration system. These include changes to the legal employment immigration system as well. However, there are also substantial regulatory changes (or in some cases attempted changes) from the Trump administration that will need to be…
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COVID-19 Vaccines Now Available to Hoosier Residents 70+
In addition to first responders and licensed/unlicensed healthcare workers, septuagenarians living in Indiana are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. For information about the vaccine and to register to receive it, you can visit the state government website: vaccine.coronavirus.in.gov. To register, you (or the person navigating the website on your behalf) will need to…
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Positively Conflicted by Sam Ardery
Sam Ardery has published Positively Conflicted. Sam draws on his decades of experience mediating more than four thousand disputes across the country as well as his own life experiences to provide insightful advice for engaging with courage, compassion and wisdom in a combative world. Positively Conflicted invites readers to reexamine their instinctive and often destructive…
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Monroe County United Ministries Holiday Gifts
B&R loves to socialize and celebrate. We have historically gathered monthly to celebrate birthdays within the office, the attorneys share weekly Friday lunches to talk shop (or more frequently, IU sports), and our holiday festivities are numerous. Yet, 2020 has thrown cold water on all of that. Early in the year we stopped gathering to…
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Bunger & Robertson Sponsors Elect Connect
Bunger & Robertson Sponsors Elect Connect As part of Bunger & Robertson’s ongoing commitment to civic participation and voter enfranchisement, Bunger & Robertson is pleased to be one of the sponsor of the Elect Connect online voter guide. Elect Connect is a nonpartisan resource guide administered by the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce. Interested constituents…
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Jessica Merkel Appears on 3 Things Podcast
Jessica Merkel discussed estate planning with Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Erin Predmore on the Chamber’s 3 Things Podcast. Jessica covered topics including dying without a will, the estate planning process, the importance of consulting an attorney to craft an estate plan, and the pitfalls of using online estate planning services among…
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