The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights recently released new guidance on an individuals’ access to their health information – both acquiring copy of such information and providing such information to others, including entities interested …

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The Cost-Effective Searching on Lexis Advance & WestlawNext Seminar is today, March 1st, 5pm-5:30pm, in Law Library Room 212 (2nd floor, north end of Library).  Attendees will earn 12.5 points toward a Law Library Research Certificate. Here are key points about …

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The Supreme Court of Ohio recently affirmed (Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. Of Health v. Lipson O’Shea Legal Group, 2016-Ohio-556) an Eighth Appellate District of Ohio decision (2013-Ohio-5736) denying a law firm’s public records request (see R.C. 149.43) to the Cuyahoga County …

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The Legal History and Rare Books Special Interest Section (LHRB) of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), in cooperation with Gale Learning and Research Solutions, Cengage Learning, is conducting its 8th Annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition.  Full- …

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