3L Corey Bushle and I share an interest in state Constitutional Law, particularly in the Fourth Amendment context. Corey, who is currently the editor-in-chief of the University of Cincinnati Law Review, has written a very thought-provoking Comment entitled “The Exclusionary Rule, and the Problem with Search and Seizure under the Ohio Constitution.” In his Comment
Guest Posts
The Case for a Sentencing Database
By Marianna Bettman on
Justice Michael Donnelly and First District Court of Appeals Judge Pierre Bergeron have co-authored an article in The Atlantic titled “How a Spreadsheet Could Change the Criminal Justice System” in which they argue that “a lack of data instills trial-court judges with enormous, largely unrestrained sentencing power,” and make the case for a sentencing database…
Guest Post: Holding Amazon Liable as a Seller of Defective Goods: A Convergence of Cultural and Economic Perspectives
By Marianna Bettman on
Catherine Sharkey, who is Crystal Eastman Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, has written a thought-provoking, and in light of the recent Supreme Court of Ohio decision in Stiner v. Amazon.com, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-4632, timely law review article entitled “Holding Amazon Liable as a Seller of Defective…
Guest Post: Holding Amazon Liable as a Seller of Defective Goods: A Convergence of Cultural and Economic Perspectives
By Marianna Bettman on
Catherine Sharkey, who is Crystal Eastman Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, has written a thought-provoking, and in light of the recent Supreme Court of Ohio decision in Stiner v. Amazon.com, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-4632, timely law review article entitled “Holding Amazon Liable as a Seller of Defective…
Student Guest Post: Football-Related CTE Lawsuits and Statutes of Limitations
By Marianna Bettman on
In recent years, the University of Cincinnati Law School Law Review members have invited me to suggest topics for articles for them to consider writing about.
The Supreme Court of Ohio’s decision in Schmitz v. Natl. Collegiate Athletic Assn., 2018-Ohio-4391 caught the fancy of Nick Eaton, who is a 3L at the University of…
Commentary: Guest Post on Bail Reform (Re-Posted).
By Marianna Bettman on
I am re-posting Attorney Bill Gallagher’s guest post on bail reform to include some additional information from him.
From Guest Blogger Bill Gallagher: The blog post I contributed on February 18, 2019 (re-posted below) was my condensation of a twenty-two page set of public comments submitted to the Supreme Court of Ohio on September 26,…
Commentary: Guest Post on Bail Reform (Re-Posted).
By Marianna Bettman on
I am re-posting Attorney Bill Gallagher’s guest post on bail reform to include some additional information from him.
From Guest Blogger Bill Gallagher: The blog post I contributed on February 18, 2019 (re-posted below) was my condensation of a twenty-two page set of public comments submitted to the Supreme Court of Ohio on September 26,…
Commentary: Guest Post on the Need for Bail Reform.
Please read update to this post here.
On January 23, 2019, Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor convened a task force to examine the Ohio bail system. Read about that from Court News Ohio here. In light of this initiative, I have asked prominent Cincinnati criminal defense attorney Bill Gallagher to write a guest post on the…
Commentary: Guest Post on the Need for Bail Reform.
Please read update to this post here.
On January 23, 2019, Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor convened a task force to examine the Ohio bail system. Read about that from Court News Ohio here. In light of this initiative, I have asked prominent Cincinnati criminal defense attorney Bill Gallagher to write a guest post on the…
Guest Post: A Tax Professor’s Take on Merit Decision of Taxation of Promotional Giveaways at Cincinnati Reds Games. Cincinnati Reds, L.L.C. v. Testa.
By Marianna Bettman on
As promised in my earlier post, here is the more in-depth analysis of the decision in the bobblehead case, Cincinnati Reds, L.L.C. v. Testa, by University of Cincinnati Law Professor Stephanie Hunter McMahon, who teaches tax.
In addition to the guest post from Professor McMahon, readers might also be interested in Dan Trevas’ excellent summary…
Guest Post: What’s On Their Minds: Must the Cincinnati Reds Pay Tax on Bobbleheads? Cincinnati Reds, L.L.C. v. Testa
By Marianna Bettman on
Update: On November 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
I asked Professor Stephanie Hunter McMahon, who teaches tax at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, if she would give her impressions of the oral argument in the case of Cincinnati Reds…