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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

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

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

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

June 24, 2020

Employment

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

February 13, 2020

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

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

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

March 21, 2018

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

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

June 8, 2017

Whistleblowers

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

May 24, 2017

Whistleblowers

OSHA determines demotion of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport manager was retaliatory

February 13, 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

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

August 29, 2016

Civil Rights & Constitutional Law

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

October 8, 2015

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

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

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

October 23, 2013