Update: On June 16, 2020 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On February 11, 2020 the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Joni Bey, et al. v. Jeffrey Rasawehr, 2019-0295

On August 26, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“So could an employer say to an at-will employee, that you have to supply a urine sample in the center of the workplace with everyone watching?”

Justice DeWine, to counsel for Sterilite

“Why is

Update: On June 10, 2020 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read and analysis of the argument here.

On January 28, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in City of Brook Park v. Joseph G. Rodojev, 2019-0056. At issue

Update: On September 22, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read an analysis of the oral argument here.

On January 29, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Michael Smith, 2018-1831. At

On August 26, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read an analysis of the argument here. 

On January 28, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Donna L. Lunsford, et al. v. Sterilite of Ohio, LLC

On August 26, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read an analysis of the argument here. 

On January 28, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Donna L. Lunsford, et al. v. Sterilite of Ohio, LLC

Update: On February 4, 2020, the Court dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.

“Is this a big problem? Do you have attorneys from the PD’s office storming the courts to get off cases because of a potential risk of conflict?”

Chief Justice O’Connor, to the prosecutor

“And so how do we draw that distinction between

Update: On June 9, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On December 11, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of LRC Realty, Inc. v. B.E.B. Properties New Par, d.b.a. Verizon Wireless, et al., v. Bruce Bird, et

“The question before the court of appeals was whether the trial court erred in holding that the Andersons could not prove the fault element of their defamation claim. The issue whether the publications were defamatory was not before the court.”

Justice Donnelly, Majority Opinion

“The appellate court’s editorializing and commentary, while eye-catching, does not carry

Top Ten Blog Hits of 2019

It’s year-end list time, with some perennial favorites and some newcomers this year.

  1. What Happened on Remand: Brandon Moore Given Fifty Year Sentence. Brandon Moore was originally sentenced to 141 years in prison for what now-retired Justice Paul Pfeifer described as “a criminal rampage of escalating depravity,” committed when