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In the case of Cleveland Firefighters Assn. IAFF Local 93 v. Cleveland Dept. of Law, 2021-Ohio-399, the court held that the special master in a public records case did not err in requiring the respondent to establish clear and convincing proof nor does the assumption of attorney client privilege meet the level of clear and […]

In the case of Sylvester v Turning Point Counseling Servs., Inc. 2021-Ohio-1284, an Ohio Appeals Court held that an expired employment contract cannot serve as the basis for a breach of contract claim. In this case, an employee filed a breach of contract claim, arguing that the employment contract was valid because the board failed […]

In the case of Portage County Educators Ass’n v. State Empl. Rels. Bd., 2020-Ohio-7004, an Ohio Appeals Court held that R.C. 4117.12(B) is unconstitutional because it seeks to regulate the content of speech with regard to picketing. In this case, the association argued that the statute imposed an unconstitutional content-based restriction on speech and that […]

In the case of Pagano v. Case Western Reserve Univ., 2021-Ohio-59, an Ohio Appeals Court held that granting summary judgment to a university was improper when a reasonable jury could find the university violated its tenure policy by not establishing clear criteria to award tenure to hybrid scientist candidates. The university argued the employee’s credentials […]

In the case of Noll v. Univ. of Akron, 2021-Ohio-1563, the Court of Claims of Ohio held that the requester’s request was properly denied because: the request was overly broad, the request was ambiguous, and a requester is only entitled to deleted records if the deleted records were deleted in violation of the office’s record […]