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Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

ACTION ALERT: Stop Ohio's pro-criminal and anti-crime-victim bill HB 281 NOW

December 5, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Ohio Supreme Court asked to correct special treatment municipal court gave Trump and Vance over Springfield criminal charges

November 1, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cleveland Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze admits to judicial-conduct violations, as she faces appeal from former assistant over retaliation claims

October 30, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Rudzik Excavating sues Mahoning County and officials for First Amendment retaliation

October 28, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Court refers criminal charges of Trump and Vance over their Springfield misconduct to county prosecutor

October 7, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Open letter to Clark County and Springfield prosecutors: Why still no action against Trump and Vance?

October 4, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Supplemental affidavit to criminal charges: more harm to and lies about Springfield by Trump and Vance

October 2, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Port Clinton firefighter and EMT adds even more claims to suit against former fire chief Kent Johnson and City

September 30, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Criminal charges against Trump and Vance over Springfield misconduct amended to add felony charges of “inducing panic”

September 30, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Criminal charges filed against Trump and Vance for Springfield, Ohio conduct; arrests sought

September 24, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Port Clinton firefighter and EMT asks federal court to order former fire chief to delete ill-gotten intimate photographs

July 29, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Demand for removal of Port Clinton Civil Service Commission Chairman Carl Koebel for alleged malfeasance

July 29, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Port Clinton Fire Chief Kent Johnson indicted for various sex, theft, civil-rights crimes

July 24, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Court throws out accused sexual harasser Kent Johnson's lawsuit against Port Clinton for his firing

July 20, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cuyahoga County jail torture victim to receive $300,000 settlement

July 2, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Child killer and adjudicated liar Timothy Loehmann quits White Sulphur Springs, WV police department

July 1, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Subodh Chandra blasts White Sulphur Springs, WV public officials who hired Timothy Loehmann—killer of Tamir Rice

June 28, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Hate-crime perpetrator Esmeralda Upton guilty of assault and making terroristic threats for Plano, TX incident

June 14, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Port Clinton firefighter and EMT amends suit against former fire chief Kent Johnson and City with new allegations

May 25, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Amherst pays retiree $90,000 to settle malicious-prosecution lawsuit

May 22, 2024

Whistleblowers

U.S. Labor Secretary finds Chicago illegally retaliated against whistleblower who reported to FAA Midway airport’s runway-conditions falsification

January 22, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Port Clinton Fire Chief Kent Johnson fired following sexual-harassment investigation

January 21, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Investigative findings: Port Clinton Fire Chief Kent Johnson engaged in sexual harassment and financial improprieties

January 18, 2024

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Plaintiff in retaliation case against Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze opposes Celebrezze's effort to hide subpoena content

December 29, 2023

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Receiver Mark Dottore asks court to hide subpoena filing; Judge Celebrezze's former assistant Semary opposes with evidence

December 14, 2023

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Huron pays Stacy and Jason Hinners $256,000 to settle First Amendment–retaliation and malicious-prosecution suit

November 27, 2023

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Federal suit: Port Clinton Fire Chief Kent Johnson sexually assaulted and harassed firefighter/EMT

September 29, 2023

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Suit: Cuyahoga Domestic Relations Chief Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze retaliated against judicial assistant who "knew too much"

September 5, 2023

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Amherst retiree sues police, city for malicious prosecution, false arrest following dismissal of bogus charge over non-existent crime

August 24, 2023

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

$175,000 settlement for Mahoning County First Amendment–retaliation victim Ricky Morrison

July 25, 2023

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

East Liverpool asks federal court to hide allegations about officer misconduct; whistleblowing officer fights back

May 22, 2023

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former East Liverpool Police Officer Chris Green sues city, officers for First Amendment retaliation

March 6, 2023

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

“SHE KNEW”: Mahoning County Acting Prosecutor Gina DeGenova was "told everything" about cancer-patient Ricky Morrison's retaliatory firing before...

December 30, 2022

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cancer-stricken Mahoning County worker Ricky Morrison files First Amendment–retaliation suit against commissioners, Acting Prosecutor Gina...

December 23, 2022

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Taxpayers demand Akron law director stop illegal White Pond development project

December 23, 2022

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cancer-afflicted Mahoning County worker Ricky Morrison reinstated after enduring First Amendment retaliation but questions remain

December 13, 2022

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cancer-stricken Mahoning County worker fired and loses health insurance for exercising First Amendment rights—demands reinstatement

December 9, 2022

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Professors sue Cuyahoga Community College, former president, deans, and administrators for retaliation

November 24, 2022

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Victim of unprovoked, racist attack in Plano, TX sues assailant Esmeralda Upton

November 14, 2022

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Subodh Chandra condemns decision by Tioga, PA officials to hire Timothy Loehmann—the ex-cop who killed Tamir Rice

July 6, 2022

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

VICTORY: Federal judge finds it plausible that Huron officials had no probable cause to arrest community activist Stacy Hinners

June 1, 2022

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cleveland to pay nearly $1,000,000 for former Battalion Chief Sean DeCrane’s First Amendment–retaliation claim

May 25, 2022

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Independence agrees to pay former police lieutenant nearly $1,000,000 over his First Amendment–retaliation claims

May 11, 2022

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Public-hospital officials sought sanctions against jail nursing supervisor’s counsel for First Amendment retaliation lawsuit. It...

April 22, 2022

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Mahoning County to pay $550,000 to former Assistant Prosecutor Martin Desmond for claims about Prosecutor Paul Gains's retaliation and defamation

April 7, 2022

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Appeals court rejects Mahoning County Prosecuting Attorney Paul Gains’s gambit to learn about a federal criminal investigation of his office

January 26, 2022

Employment

Olmsted Township Administrator Rebecca Corrigan to receive $195,000 settlement following her complaints of sexual harassment and retaliation

December 17, 2021

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Mahoning County Assistant Prosecutor Martin Desmond moves to disqualify Prosecutor Paul Gains's counsel for allegedly lying to state board

November 17, 2021

Whistleblowers

Mid-hearing confession by Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul Gains causes former assistant prosecutor Martin Desmond to file new whistleblower appeal

November 1, 2021

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Federal appeals court to former Cleveland Assistant Safety Director Edward Eckart: stand trial for First Amendment retaliation

September 1, 2021

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Civil-rights suit for Cuyahoga County jailer's attack on inmate in medical unit settles for $80,000

May 28, 2021

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Samaria Rice, Tamir Rice's mother, urges Ohio Supreme Court to ensure her son's killer never becomes a cop again

May 24, 2021

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Counsel for Tamir Rice's family ask Attorney General Garland to reopen investigation into Timothy Loemann and Frank Garmback

April 16, 2021

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

ALERT: Berea Municipal Court to decide whether writing a one-star Facebook review can land you in jail

March 3, 2021

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cuyahoga County jail officer stomped detainee’s arm and, suit alleges, lied about it to have him thrown into solitary confinement

December 17, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Tamir Rice family demands answers from Attorney General Barr and civil-rights chief about political interference with career prosecutors'...

November 23, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Federal judge orders Independence police chief, law director, former mayor, and city to stand trial for attack on police lieutenant’s First...

November 12, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Court to determine whether boxer Adrien Broner will be held in contempt of court

November 2, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Statement of Subodh Chandra about political interference with Department of Justice's Tamir Rice investigation

October 29, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Chandra Law wins Ohio State Bar Association's "Best Brief" in Supreme Court award for 2020

October 20, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Victory for Ohio voters: federal judge rules against Secretary LaRose’s directive of one drop box per county

October 8, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Voting advice for Ohioans for the 2020 presidential election, from a voting-rights litigator (pandemic edition)

September 24, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Boxer Adrien Broner remanded for seven days in Cuyahoga County Jail for probation violation

August 26, 2020

Whistleblowers

Midway Airport whistleblower sues Chicago, former officials for First Amendment retaliation

August 25, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former national-security officials file Sixth Circuit amicus brief calling Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban discriminatory and a threat to national...

August 3, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

VICTORY: Ohio Supreme Court rules for Chandra Law client that convictions aren't required for crime victims to seek civil damages from their...

July 29, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Huron defendants tell federal court in First Amendment-retaliation case filed by Stacy and Jason Hinners: we're not interested in alternative dispute...

July 21, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cuyahoga County Council considering settlement in lawsuit alleging jail officer attacked a praying inmate

July 20, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

VICTORY: Court permanently dismisses First Amendment-retaliatory criminal charges against Huron civic-activist Stacy Hinners

July 10, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Civic activist Stacy Hinners asks Huron Municipal Court to permanently dismiss the First Amendment-retaliatory charges against her

July 2, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

City of Huron fires “special” prosecutor Michael Joseph O’Shea, who pursued First Amendment-retaliatory prosecution

June 24, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Huron taxpayers demand City fire “special” prosecutor Michael Joseph O’Shea to stop First Amendment retaliation against activist Stacy Hinners

May 8, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Complaint alleges Cuyahoga County jail officers kicked handcuffed inmate in genitals, pepper-sprayed him, and failed to decontaminate him

April 10, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Jail-torture-attack victim adds claims against county executive, other administrators, and employees

March 31, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Huron activists Stacy and Jason Hinners sue to permanently stop the City’s retaliatory prosecution

March 25, 2020

Employment

What if your employer orders you not to self-quarantine to avoid spreading or coming into contact with the COVID-19 virus? In Ohio, you might be out...

March 18, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Independence resident files Ohio Supreme Court public-records suit accusing police chief, city of providing her with altered and incomplete records...

March 9, 2020

Employment

Ohio Supreme Court virtually guts wrongful-termination-in-violation-of-public-policy claims

February 13, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Second Cuyahoga County corrections officer pleads guilty in jail torture attack on woman booked on traffic ticket

January 24, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former jail nursing director Gary Brack sues County Executive Budish for withholding emails showing Budish knew about dangerous conditions leading to...

January 14, 2020

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Chandra Law creates John Lewis Civil Rights Litigation Fellowship to honor hero Rep. John Lewis

December 31, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Statement of Subodh Chandra on behalf of Tamir Rice's family regarding court decision affirming firing of Officer Timothy Loehmann

December 20, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Boxer Adrien Broner hit by $783,752.74 judgment for sexual assault against woman

December 17, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Subodh Chandra sings about trial-publicity ethics

December 15, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Suit alleging beating and retaliation by Cuyahoga County jail officials tentatively settled for $140,000

December 12, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Huron activist Stacy Hinners sues to prevent the city from restarting a retaliatory prosecution

December 12, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cuyahoga County faces yet another lawsuit over torture at jail

November 27, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Ohio Supreme Court hears challenge to crime victims’ access to civil justice

November 13, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Man sues Cuyahoga County and corrections officer who attacked him while the man was trying to pray

November 4, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former police lieutenant sues Independence officials for First Amendment retaliation

October 28, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Man sues Cuyahoga County and corrections officer over attack in jail medical unit

October 15, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

First Amendment win: retaliatory criminal charges against Huron activist Stacy Hinners dismissed

October 7, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Appeals court rules Ohio’s public-employee whistleblower-protection statute protects employees who report misconduct, regardless of whether they...

October 3, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Payouts to RNC-16 protestors for Cleveland-police free-speech retaliation approach nearly $1,000,000

September 26, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Federal appeals court rejects outside lawyer's immunity claim in First Amendment-retaliation, whistleblower suit against Geauga County Health...

September 20, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Yet a third 2016 RNC protestor to be compensated for City of Cleveland's First Amendment retaliation, malicious prosecution, and false arrest

September 20, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Cuyahoga County jail inmate files suit over corrections officers' abuse and retaliation for reporting their misconduct to U.S. Marshals

September 16, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Judge appoints Ohio attorney general as special prosecutor to investigate Huron officials' potential crimes against activists Stacy and Jason Hinners

September 13, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Huron activist Stacy Hinners asks court to dismiss charges based on First Amendment retaliation

September 6, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Appeals court affirms that deaf employee could safely perform the essential functions of forklift-operator job

August 20, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Ohio Supreme Court holds that Bratenahl Village Council’s secret ballots violate Open Meetings Act

August 14, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Federal appeals court allows satirist Anthony Novak to sue Parma police for First Amendment retaliation

July 29, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Another RNC-16 member files First Amendment lawsuit against Cleveland alleging retaliatory arrest and malicious prosecution

July 23, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Victim sues Cuyahoga County and jail officers for torture and suffering caught on video

July 10, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Ohio Civil Rights Commission rules against Cleveland Boost Mobile store for receipt branding a black customer a “Real N---.”

June 30, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Sexual-harassment settlements imposing non-disclosure agreements? Companies can't deduct the expense. That may have unintended consequences.

June 29, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

U.S. Supreme Court clarifies statute of limitations in False Claims Act cases: Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt

June 26, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

AUDIO: federal-appeals-court oral argument on Anthony Novak's First Amendment-retaliation case against Parma and its police for his Facebook parody...

June 20, 2019

Employment

Sexual-harassment victims’ dilemma: to record or not to record?

June 19, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Commentator and comedian Obeidallah wins $4.1 million+ judgment against white-supremacist Anglin

June 12, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cleveland to pay $225K to 2016 RNC protester Gregory Johnson, for retaliation claims

June 11, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Victim sues for access to records of her torture in Cuyahoga County jail

June 10, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Woman sues professional boxer Adrien Broner for sexual attack in Cleveland bar

June 4, 2019

White-Collar Criminal Defense

Special prosecutor requested to criminally investigate Huron officials' retaliation against activists Stacy and Jason Hinners

May 30, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Priest: Huron Councilman Ginesi opposed Jason Hinners becoming a deacon, called him "non-Christian" because he criticized the government

May 30, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Supreme Court makes it harder to prove First Amendment-retaliatory-arrest claims: Nieves v. Bartlett

May 29, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former jail nursing director Gary Brack sues County Executive Budish, MetroHealth CEO Boutros, others for First Amendment retaliation

May 22, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Chandra demands Huron law director dismiss unconstitutional criminal charge against activist Stacy Hinners

May 16, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Huron doubles, triples, and then quadruples down on unconstitutional charge against activist Stacy Hinners

May 16, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Huron mayor orders police seize local activist as she speaks before council about officials’ illegal conduct

May 15, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Judge sides with Muslim commentator in landmark defamation suit against neo-Nazi-website founder

May 2, 2019

Business & Civil Litigation

African-American diners resolve race-discrimination suit against Bahama Breeze, managers

April 29, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cleveland settles First Amendment lawsuit alleging politically motivated arrest and prosecution of peaceful protester at 2016 RNC

April 24, 2019

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Garfield Heights settles First Amendment/police-brutality suit over “laughing while black”; commits to police training

December 4, 2018

Employment

NFL faces lawsuit by former FBI agents, security officials

November 20, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Proposed changes to federal law seek to attack transgender Americans

November 12, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Changes expand the reach of Ohio’s public-records law

November 2, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Norse Pagan Heathen fired for rejecting employer’s ultimatum to shave beard

October 22, 2018

Whistleblowers

Cleveland settles airport whistleblower’s First Amendment-retaliation lawsuit

October 10, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cuyahoga County bans LGBTQ+ and other discrimination

September 28, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

African-American diners file race-discrimination suit against Bahama Breeze

September 10, 2018

Whistleblowers

Judge rejects Mahoning County prosecutor Paul Gains's effort to avoid civil liability for alleged criminal acts

August 21, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Court to Mahoning County prosecutor Gains: you can be held civilly liable for your alleged criminal acts

August 21, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Subodh Chandra selected by his peers as among the Best Lawyers® in America for civil rights

August 17, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

"All you had to do was shut the f--- up."

July 30, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Jackson Center police chief sues Shelby County, sheriff, others for malicious prosecution

May 23, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Ashland University student says she was sexually assaulted. But the school’s student-conduct director did nothing.

April 11, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Federal judge denies Parma’s bid to escape accountability for police retaliation over Facebook parody

April 6, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Mahoning County prosecutor reports misconduct; endures retaliation, including defamation

March 21, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Disqualify Cleveland's outside law firm over conflict of interest, former firefighter in First Amendment-retaliation suit says

March 21, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Geauga County Health District worker sues District, Commissioner, Board members, and outside counsel for retaliation

March 7, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cleveland Division of Waste employee sues City, officials for muzzling employees’ speech to media

February 27, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Decorated former Cleveland firefighter challenges city ban on speaking to the media about safety concerns

February 21, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Man who established American law on flag-burning sues Cleveland, police, and InfoWars for 2016 RNC flag-burning arrest and prosecution.

January 11, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

In 2010, Cleveland police attacked a disabled teen and shouted racial slurs at his family. Today, the cops still have badges and guns.

October 24, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Chandra & Tamir Rice's mother to hold press conference on Reed's embrace of police-union endorsement

October 13, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Man mocks police officers, with satirical Facebook page. They seize his devices; arrest, jail, and prosecute him.

October 10, 2017

Employment

Discover Twitter... and learn what you say may be discoverable in litigation?

September 29, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Commentator & comedian files defamation suit against white-supremacist website's publisher

August 16, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Upholding rule of law and democracy, Ohio Supreme Court rules that voters will have final word on Quicken Loans Arena subsidy

August 10, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Ohio's statutory system for compensating the wrongfully imprisoned, R.C. 2743.48

July 21, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

City Club of Cleveland invites Corey Lewandowski to speak

July 19, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Petitioners ask Supreme Court to dismiss Cleveland's collusive lawsuit against itself regarding referendum on Quicken Loans Arena subsidy

June 23, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Ohio advisory committee to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issues report on human trafficking

June 21, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Appeals court affirms trial victory for plaintiffs in nanny-school, sex-abuse, cover-up case

June 8, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

City of Lakewood and Lakewood Library sued after police officer attacks minor and dislocates her jaw at Lakewood library

June 5, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cleveland taxpayers demand that Council Clerk accept petition for ballot referendum on Quicken Loans Arena subsidy

May 26, 2017

Whistleblowers

OSHA finds City of Cleveland and its officials illegally retaliated against Airport whistleblower Abdul Malik-Ali

May 24, 2017

Whistleblowers

Airport whistleblower adds new First Amendment retaliation allegations to lawsuit against Cleveland, airport officials

May 23, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Joint release: Cleveland Scene and Downtown Cleveland Alliance settle lawsuit over removal of Scene distribution boxes from downtown Cleveland streets

May 12, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

City of Cleveland and police officers sued for detaining child for over three months for no reason

May 9, 2017

Whistleblowers

Former Mahoning County assistant prosecuting attorney challenges retaliatory termination for whistleblowing

May 4, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cleveland Scene sues Downtown Cleveland Alliance for removing 26 distribution boxes from downtown

April 13, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Seventh Circuit federal appeals court issues groundbreaking ruling that discrimination based on sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination...

April 5, 2017

Business & Civil Litigation

KNR personal-injury law firm seeks "gag" order to keep Chandra Law from sharing publicly filed information about KNR's alleged fraud against clients

March 24, 2017

Business & Civil Litigation

Personal-injury law firm KNR accused of deceiving and defrauding its clients with kickback schemes involving chiropractors and loan companies

March 22, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Federal judge rebuffs Defendants' efforts to dismiss Kent State softball player's Title IX- and First Amendment-retaliation suit

March 15, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Dispatcher's negligence leading to death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice results in "unacceptable" and "pathetic" 8-day suspension

March 14, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Homeless coalitions petition U.S. Supreme Court to protect voters from disenfranchisement over trivial errors

March 3, 2017

Whistleblowers

Cleveland airport whistleblower files First Amendment retaliation lawsuit, over his safety-violation reports to the FAA

February 23, 2017

Whistleblowers

OSHA determines demotion of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport manager was retaliatory

February 13, 2017

Whistleblowers

AUDIO: Additional whistleblower complaint to the FAA and OSHA reports Cleveland Hopkins International Airport airfield-maintenance manager's recorded...

January 25, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

RTA pays $45,000 to Lakewood woman assaulted by RTA police officer

January 24, 2017

Whistleblowers

Whistleblower to FAA and OSHA: new, serious safety violations at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport put travelers at risk

January 18, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

East Cleveland City School District education board to adopt numerous changes and reimburse $100,000 in fees incurred for board member's suit over...

January 17, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Kettering taxpayer demands city council declare that councilmember vacated his seat by serving as presidential elector

January 5, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Letter to Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams regarding his failure to terminate officers who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice

January 3, 2017

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

The Ohio Supreme Court overturns itself to allow wrongfully convicted defendants access to public records to challenge their convictions without...

December 29, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Chandra Law wins Ohio Supreme Court victory for crime victims: civil damages can be recovered for criminal acts

December 28, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Victory: State Rep. Christina Hagan resigns as Trump presidential Electoral College member, having violated Ohio's Constitution by serving dual...

December 19, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Chandra Law clients seek restraining order against Ohio State Rep. Christina Hagan, noting that by serving as presidential Electoral College member...

December 17, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Two years after 12-year-old Tamir Rice's death, Cleveland continues to fail to discipline police officers

November 23, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Retired Cleveland Fire Division battalion chief files First Amendment-retaliation suit against City & senior public-safety officials

October 31, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Subodh Chandra interviewed on voting rights by Slate Supreme Court reporter Dahlia Lithwick

October 29, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cleveland to pay $250,000 to young man with Down syndrome to settle police-brutality lawsuit

October 24, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Provisional ballots and their pitfalls in Ohio

October 11, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Homeless coalitions appeal to entire federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in challenge to Ohio's perfect-form requirements for absentee and...

September 27, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

The old switcheroo: the curious phenomenon of sexual-harassment-defendant name changes after litigation

August 29, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Kent State softball player sues University for refusing to produce public records about its cover up of her rape report

August 2, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Chandra Law Firm obtains reversal of 6th Circuit cap on civil-rights plaintiffs' attorneys' fees recoverable in federal court

August 1, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Was Dallas police's use of a robot to kill the mass shooter legal?

July 11, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Yes, we can tell you about what we've accomplished, even after a case settles

June 16, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

U.S. Supreme Court: government employers cannot retaliate even when mistaken about employees' exercise of First Amendment rights

May 10, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Statement regarding comments from Steve Loomis, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, regarding the settlement of the Tamir Rice...

April 26, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

City of Cleveland settles Tamir Rice police-shooting lawsuit for a record $6 million

April 25, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Federal voting-rights trial challenging election laws that are resulting in thousands of Ohio voters being disenfranchised to start on March 16, 2016

March 16, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cleveland RTA And RTA police officer sued for unlawful arrest & assault on citizen

February 16, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Statement In response to City of Cleveland's filing of probate-court claim for $500 against Tamir Rice's estate for EMS Services

February 10, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Kent State softball player sues university and former softball coach for covering up rape by coach's baseball-player son...

February 9, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Appeals court affirms ruling against Cleveland police officers accused of using excessive force against child with Down Syndrome

February 5, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Statement regarding Scene report on Prosecutor McGinty's failure to have the grand-jury vote on charges

January 20, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Cuyahoga County corrections officer and county sued for brutal assault on citizen

January 12, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Rice family disappointed that officer will not face criminal charges

December 28, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Experts including biomechanics Ph.D. show officers' testimony in Tamir Rice police-shooting case to be physically impossible; Tamir shot in under one...

December 14, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Tamir Rice Family Petitions Department of Justice to Intervene in Police-Shooting Death

December 14, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, asks prosecutor to tell her and the public what he will recommend to the grand jury before he does so

December 7, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Letter to Prosecutor Timothy McGinty regarding Tamir Rice police officers' waiver of Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination

December 4, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Steve Loomis, police-union president, insults Chandra Law managing partner Subodh Chandra

December 4, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Statement regarding prosecutor's release of unsworn statements that he gave to the grand jury investigating Tamir Rice's death

December 1, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Statement regarding Rice family grand-jury testimony in the criminal investigation of the officers responsible for the death of Tamir Rice

November 30, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Law-enforcement experts say that Prosecutor McGinty's reports fabricated and distorted evidence in Tamir Rice investigation

November 28, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Counsel for family of Tamir Rice note to prosecutor glaring flaws in third so-called "expert" report

November 16, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Deaf patient sues Cleveland Clinic for disability discrimination

November 13, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Counsel for mother of Tamir Rice write Prosecutor McGinty objecting to his unwarranted smear of Ms. Rice; renew request that prosecutor recuse and...

November 9, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Tamir Rice's mother and counsel to hold press conference to discuss prosecutor's mishandling of criminal investigation

October 15, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Statement of Subodh Chandra, counsel for the family of Tamir Rice, upon Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office releasing supposed "expert reports" in an...

October 10, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former employees sue Gardner Denver Nash LLC for racial harassment and retaliation

October 8, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Tamir Rice family asks prosecutors for aggravated-murder charges against officers, noting that statue does not require prior calculation or design...

September 10, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cleveland community organizations file amicus brief raising concerns about certain deficiencies in the Department of Justice and City of Cleveland's...

July 29, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Samaria Rice, the late Tamir Rice's mother, obtains new legal team, including Chandra Law, in her civil-rights action over her son's death

July 29, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Estate of Tamir Rice obtains new legal team that includes Subodh Chandra in its federal wrongful-death and civil-rights lawsuit

July 15, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cuyahoga County jury awards plaintiffs $392,750, plus attorneys' fees, in nanny-school sex-abuse cover-up case

June 17, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Favorable resolution to Ohio Lottery Employee's federal sex discrimination, race discrimination, & retaliation case

June 13, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Municipal-court ruling disclaiming authority to arrest officers who killed Tamir Rice contradicts 2006 Ohio Supreme Court decision

June 12, 2015

White-Collar Criminal Defense

False criminal charges against elderly Bhutanese refugee and Hindu priest dismissed

April 21, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Federal court orders Cleveland police officers to stand trial for excessive force against child with Down Syndrome

March 26, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Ohio Governor Kasich's Lottery Commission and its Director, Deputy Director Sued for Race-and Gender-Based Constitutional Violations

March 11, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Chandra Law obtains dismissal of purported removal action against Trumbull County Engineer Randy Smith

March 5, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

How people who value open government can overcome the Ohio Department of Health's stonewalling of the NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Foundation's...

January 8, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Foundation sues Ohio Department of Public Health in Ohio Supreme Court for refusing to produce public records

January 6, 2015

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

U.S. Department of Justice releases devastating report on City of Cleveland police misconduct

December 14, 2014

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Subodh Chandra commentary on the aftermath of the Department of Justice's report regarding Cleveland use-of-force investigations

December 5, 2014

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Plaintiffs in voting-rights case propose complaint against Ohio Secretary of State Husted and Attorney General DeWine to rescind restrictions...

October 30, 2014

Business & Civil Litigation

Chandra Law's Sandhya Gupta named to Crain's "40 under 40" for 2014

October 6, 2014

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former employee sues major national hospital collections firm, The HMC Group, and its owners and top sales executive for sexual assault, harassment...

July 17, 2014

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Professor Raymond Ku and Case Western Reserve University resolve Ku v. Mitchell, et al. retaliation case

July 8, 2014

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Board member sues East Cleveland Board of Education over secret decision-making

June 12, 2014

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Female police officer sues village, mayor, law director, patrol officer, and former police chief for discrimination and retaliation

June 11, 2014

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

"Sex, Politics, and Revenge" - Cleveland Scene Magazine coverage of The Chandra Law Firm's Ku v Mitchell, et al. case

May 8, 2014

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Analysis of retaliation case Defendant Lawrence Mitchell's resignation, on GWU Law School Professor Jonathan Turley's blog

March 7, 2014

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Case Western Reserve Law School Dean Lawrence Mitchell resigns; resignation follows lawsuit and University investigation

March 4, 2014

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Breaking: Case Western Reserve University Law School Dean and Defendant Lawrence Mitchell resigns

March 4, 2014

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Former Nursing Students File Class-Action lawsuit against Hondros College and its CEO; Allege College Defrauded Students Over Program Accreditation

November 18, 2013

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Case Western Reserve University Law Professor Sues Dean Lawrence E. Mitchell for Retaliation

October 23, 2013

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Article from "The Federal Lawyer"

July 29, 2013

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Plaintiffs in voting-rights case seek to extend consent decree constraining Ohio secretary of state's ability to restrict voting rights

July 8, 2013

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Chandra appointed to Ohio Advisory Committee of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

February 8, 2013

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Court gives final approval to settlement reached in retiree class actions against Akron Beacon Journal and its foreign owner

November 13, 2012

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Physicians win federal appeal seeking to restore their free-speech rights

August 3, 2012

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Homeless coalition, others seek federal-court injunction and contempt sanctions against Ohio legislative leaders for trying to undermine federal...

May 10, 2012

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Federal judge orders Republican House leaders to stop efforts to interfere with voting-rights consent decree, in presidential-election year

May 10, 2012

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Favorable settlement reached in retiree class actions against Akron Beacon Journal and its foreign owner

March 29, 2012

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Trumbull County resident seeks to remove county engineer David DeChristofaro from office for misconduct

February 15, 2011

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Democratic and Republican parties pledge to vet judicial candidates!

October 2, 2010

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Cleveland-area physicians file federal First Amendment suit to restore their right to free speech

September 3, 2010

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Akron Beacon Journal and Canadian media mogul David Holmes Black face second federal class-action lawsuit to restore promised retiree healthcare...

June 15, 2010

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Canadian media report on Akron Beacon Journal retirees' victory against publisher

May 31, 2010

Employment

Federal court orders Akron Beacon Journal to restore retiree healthcare benefits after "bait-and-switch" scheme

May 13, 2010

White-Collar Criminal Defense

Chandra Law Firm defeats State Medical Board of Ohio staff effort to suspend psychiatrist's medical license

May 12, 2010

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

When your lawyer is wrong about the immigration consequences of a criminal conviction

May 6, 2010

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Subodh Chandra named Best Progressive Crusader by Cleveland Scene Magazine

October 16, 2009

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Q&A for Subodh Chandra in Cleveland Scene Magazine

October 7, 2009

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Chandra Law Firm, representing retirees, and Communications Workers of America file suit against Akron Beacon Journal for "bait-and-switch" against...

September 22, 2009

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Bar complaint against Obama "birther," California attorney Orly Taitz

September 17, 2009

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

This may surprise you, but lawyers have limited free-speech rights

September 13, 2009

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Village of Woodmere and Mayor Yolanda Broadie settle First Amendment retaliation case with Chief LaMont Lockhart

April 21, 2009

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Chandra Law obtains $2,000,750 jury verdict for former police chief LaMont Lockhart against the Village of Woodmere and Mayor Yolanda Broadie for...

December 15, 2008

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

Celebrating voting rights through the Vote Early, Vote Big! program

October 12, 2008

Business & Civil Litigation

A generous toast to Subodh Chandra from distinguished lawyer David Boies

March 19, 2006

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