Law 360

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

is asking an Ohio federal judge to disqualify Roderick Linton & Belfance LLP from representing the company's majority shareholder in litigation between the two, accusing the firm of submitting a "demonstrably false document" to the court on its client's behalf. The minority shareholder of vinyl decking business Plextrusions Inc.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 14, 2022

Ohio State University recently made Intellectual Property headlines by managing to procure a trademark registration for the word THE. The registration procured by Ohio State covers t-shirts, caps, and hats. Ohio State now has the exclusive right to use the word THE in connection with specific goods and services.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 22, 2022

“GOP Senators target Ohio judge candidate Rachel Bloomekatz’s views on guns and youthful offenders at confirmation hearing”: Sabrina Eaton of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report. Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “ GOP senators question Biden appellate court pick on gun rights.”

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LegalReader

MAY 13, 2022

A representative for Women Have Hope, the co-counsel in the lawsuit, noted that Lebanon, Ohio, did not have any abortion clinics prior to its ordinance--and that the law seems to have been passed for purely political purposes.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 3, 2024

An Ohio judge has been suspended from law practice and removed from the bench for a range of misconduct, including coercing two no-contest pleas and…

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LegalReader

JULY 6, 2021

The lawsuit suggests that Ohio law obliges the state to accept the maximum federal unemplomyent benefits afforded by the U.S. Department of Labor.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Share Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy deal, which will reach the Supreme Court for oral argument on Monday , is just one of many examples of recent unorthodox civil procedure maneuvers in public harms litigation. But can bankruptcy court solve a public health crisis? As William Harrington, the U.S. Trustee argues is different.

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Law 360

APRIL 9, 2024

Last year's fiery Norfolk Southern train derailment and toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, reached a litigation milestone Tuesday with the disaster's first major settlement, a proposed $600 million deal with nearby residents and businesses, but the rail giant must still contend with a federal investigation and other lawsuits.

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Law 360

AUGUST 12, 2021

Ulmer & Berne LLP has added a former SmithAmundsen LLC litigation attorney with a focus on commercial litigation, liability defense and business disputes to its Columbus, Ohio, office as counsel.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2024

For instance, in August, a federal judge rejected a challenge to an Ohio school district’s gender-inclusive bathroom policy. Access to bathrooms is not the only LGBTQ issue being increasingly litigated.

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Law 360

MAY 22, 2024

Last year's fiery Norfolk Southern train derailment and toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, cleared a litigation hurdle Tuesday after a federal judge tentatively signed off on a proposed $600 million settlement between the rail giant and thousands of impacted residents and businesses.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The recent federal Ohio jury verdict in National Prescription Opiate Litigation found pharmacies liable for contributing to the public nuisance of the opioid epidemic, advancing the question of when pharmacists owe a duty to warn or refuse to fill a prescription, says Roseann Termini at Widener University's Delaware Law School.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A Kindercare location in Ohio is at the center of a lawsuit alleging wrongful death after an infant died.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 17, 2021

Joseph Michael Franzese, an Ohio OB-GYN was recently suspended and fined over allegations of sexual misconduct and drug abuse.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 7, 2022

Ohio's controversial law may levy criminal penalties against doctors who don't ensure that aborted fetal remains receive a proper burial.

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Law 360

MARCH 7, 2022

The Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis on Monday refused to strike a jury verdict that held major pharmacy chains liable for fueling the crisis in two Ohio counties, finding there was sufficient evidence at trial for the jury to make its decision and rejecting a request for a new trial.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 15, 2022

We have been following litigation over the required use of pronouns in schools. Now a new case has been filed in Ohio where Vivian Geraghty, an English teacher at Jackson Memorial Middle School, alleged that she was forced to resign for refusing to comply with the school’s mandatory pronoun policy.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The court will first hear arguments in the cases of In re Grand Jury and Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Ohio Adjutant General’s Department asks the court to consider whether the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 empowers the FLRA to regulate labor practices in state militias, like the Ohio National Guard.

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Law 360

AUGUST 3, 2023

Sotera Health argued Wednesday that an Ohio federal judge should block shareholders from pursuing claims that the company misled them about environmental controls and liability exposure stemming from Sterigenics emissions litigation, arguing it repeatedly disclosed that risk and its stock price has since more than recovered.

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SquirePattonBoggs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In its decision, the Court took the uncommon step of sua sponte certifying a question of state law (here, Ohio law) to a state supreme supreme court (the Ohio Supreme Court). It is an appeal from one of the many cases pending before Judge Polster in the Northern District of Ohio as part of the National Prescription Opiate Litigation.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A jury's landmark finding that major pharmacy chains fueled the opioid crisis in Ohio was a badly needed win for governments in nationwide opioid litigation, but experts cautioned that a gauntlet of appeals awaits — something that plaintiffs attorneys themselves immediately acknowledged.

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SquirePattonBoggs

MAY 25, 2022

Today, President Biden nominated Columbus, Ohio appellate litigator Rachel Bloomekatz to the Sixth Circuit as part of his eighteenth round of judicial nominees, which would fill the seat vacated by Judge R. Rachel Bloomekatz is currently a solo practitioner at Bloomekatz Law, LLC , a law firm that she founded in 2019 in Columbus, Ohio.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 21, 2022

From a billion-dollar deal in Delaware to a hard-fought battle over a bribery scandal involving Ohio's legislature, securities litigators secured big settlements this year that sprang from both class actions and derivative suits, with a high number of resolutions occurring in Delaware Chancery Court.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The lawsuit accuses a 30-year veteran of the Columbus Police Department of wrongfully killing Lewis while he slept inside his own apartment.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 1, 2021

Ohio’s attorney general, Dave Yost, is joining religious schools to push back against a public health order issued by the Lucas County Regional Board of Health back in November.

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Law 360

JULY 7, 2023

Wells Fargo Bank NA has urged an Ohio federal judge to continue halting proceedings on its $94 million deal settling claims the bank improperly sent mortgages of struggling borrowers into forbearance during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing ongoing similar litigation may risk contradictory outcomes for plaintiffs.

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LegalReader

MARCH 19, 2021

Dave Yost files a lawsuit over Envolve's subcontracting services.

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Law 360

MARCH 25, 2022

An Ohio federal judge has made it clear that he is not willing to play ball with a $180 million settlement of shareholder derivative litigation against FirstEnergy Corp., instead calling on the parties to conduct depositions in his courtroom.

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Above The Law

JUNE 1, 2022

Florida's medical malpractice law keeps litigants in the dark. Come June 12th, it'll be even easier to carry guns in Ohio. * We just might be one step closer to "qualified immunity" no longer being a "license to kill." [ Reason ]. No way this will lead to more mourning mothers ! Axios ]. * Claims Journal ].

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The lawsuit claims that fish--and possibly nonaquatic wild animals--are dying within a 7-mile radius of the East Palestine derailment.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Fresh off the first jury verdict in coast-to-coast opioid litigation, attorneys for victorious Ohio counties took Law360 behind the scenes to discuss misconduct that nearly derailed the landmark trial, lessons learned from conversations with jurors, and their evolving strategy for future courtroom clashes.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

One Chillicothe State Prison guard bragged about paralyzing the plaintiff.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The lawsuit alleges that Facebook--now known as Meta--violates securities statutes by allegedly misleading investors about the negative mental health effects of its product.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 15, 2022

All 50 state attorneys general have come together through the newly formed Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to go after U.S. The task force will be led by N orth Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein , Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 10, 2023

Share From the beginning of Monday’s oral argument in Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Federal Labor Relations Authority , it was crystal clear that Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers would focus like a laser beam on the claim that the FLRA has no statutory authority to issue orders against state agencies. Kagan asked.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The basic outcome here is that issues litigated and decided in one IPR will be seen as fixed and finally decided as between the parties in future IPRs. Since the issue was already litigated and decided in the first case, Hammond is estopped from relitigating that same issue. Ohio Willow Wood Co. Hammond Development , — F.4th

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