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 …
A great article on Cleveland.com today titled: “Meet the people who actually write Ohio’s laws (and they’re not lawmakers)” takes a look at the Legislative Service Commission (LSC). LSC staffers are the ones who write the bills that become law. …
Finding state legislative history documents can be notoriously tricky, and the older the piece of legislation is that you’re researching, the more difficult the task becomes. This chart shows you when various Ohio legislative history items became readily available. For …
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Laws can take effect at various times after passage. A fairly popular time in Ohio is the start of the New Year. This year, there are 20 new laws going on the books in 2016 either at the start of …
Adjunct Professor Dean Valore appeared as a guest legal analyst on MSNBC during “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” on Dec. 29 to discuss the latest developments in the shooting of 12 year-old Tamir Rice by Cleveland Police.
