McGown & Markling is proud to announce that Managing Director Matthew John Markling has once again been selected one of The Best Lawyers in America® in the practice area of Litigation – Labor and Employment for the year 2023. This is especially gratifying as recipients are selected by one’s legal peers. Heartfelt congratulations from all of […]
On March 23, 2023, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed Executive Order 2023-07D, a measure to create the Governor’s Literacy Challenge designed to improve reading proficiency for Ohio children. To read this executive order, please click here. Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team. Note: This blog entry does not constitute – nor […]
In the case of Burch v. Ohio Farmers Ins. Co., 2023-Ohio-912, an appellate court held that an employee asserting pregnancy discrimination claims that accrued prior to the April 15, 2021 effective date for revisions to employment discrimination claims brought under R.C. Chapter 4112 did not require that the employee to either exhaust her administrative remedies, […]
In the case of Perez v. Sturgis Pub. Schools, 143 S.Ct. 859, 215 L.Ed.2d 95 (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a plaintiff is not required to exhaust the administrative process set forth in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) when the plaintiff is seeking relief that the IDEA cannot supply under […]
In the case of State ex rel. Spivey v. Lauger, 2023-Ohio-888, an appellate court held that neither a private mailroom clerk nor private prison were either a public officer or public office pursuant to R.C. 149.43. In this case, a public record requester argued that (1) the private mailroom clerk and prison were functional public […]
In the case of Hicks v. Union Twp., 2023-Ohio-874, an appellate court held that email and mailing distribution lists for a township newsletter were not records under R.C. 149.43 as they did not document a governmental function of the township. In this case, a public record requester argued that the email and mailing lists documented […]
Meet Dylan Price, a law clerk at McGown & Markling. Dylan earned his bachelor’s degree in business from Excelsior University and has worked in advertising and marketing. Dylan currently attends the University of Akron School of Law as an elder, né nontraditional, student. Dylan is a member of the American Constitution Society and Student Animal […]