Connie Culp, the recipient of the first partial face transplant in the U.S., has died at 57, almost a dozen years after the groundbreaking operation. Her surgery was performed in 2008 by The Cleveland Clinic. The Cleveland Clinic said Saturday that
Ganow to Present at GCP Tech Week 2020
Taft partner Scot Ganow, co-chair of the firm’s Privacy and Data Security Practice, will present a interactive virtual session for The Greater Cleveland Partnership’s Tech Week 2020 on “California is Just the Beginning: Why Small Businesses Need to Think Big
David Njoku Joins Rosenhaus Sports Representation
Cleveland Browns tight end (TE) David Njoku has hired Drew Rosenhaus as his new agent. The former first round pick is looking for a change of scenery and his new agent has requested a trade on his behalf. Rosenhaus has
Cleveland Gets Personal Taxing Nonresident Retiree’s Stock Options
The Ohio Board of Tax Appeals (BTA) affirmed the Cleveland Board of Income Tax Review’s (Board) decision that it properly denied a refund claim of municipal income tax paid on income from stock options that a nonresident was granted while
Cleveland Obliterates the Central Bank Conceit of Monetary Fabulists | RealClearMarkets
A drive down Fairmount or Shaker Boulevard in Cleveland, OH is a revelation. Remarkable house after remarkable house from the early part of the 20th century.Hard as it may be for some to imagine, Cleveland was once a highly prominent
Coronavirus Update 6–5–2020: Cleveland is not the “butthole of the world"
Earlier this week, Frank Jackson, Cleveland’s four-term mayor, said that “Cleveland’s perceived to be the butthole of the world.” (You can watch here.)
The Mayor certainly isn’t going win any civic promotional awards for his comment. In an effort
Call for Papers: ASIL Midyear Meeting and Research Forum
The American Society of International Law (ASIL) will host its Midyear Meeting and Research Forum at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, OH on October 30-31, 2020. ASIL is calling for submissions of scholarly paper proposals for
What’s On Their MInds: What Should Trial Court Do About Post-Verdict Juror Letter? Madora Jones, Administrator of the Estate of ReDon Jones v. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, et al.
Update: On July 23, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Well the sequence is what I think is at play here.”
Chief Justice O’Connor, to counsel for the
Take a Hike? Not This Time. CARES Act Offers Unemployment Help for Gig Workers
While coyotes invade San Francisco and wild boars torment Barcelona, things are a bit quieter here in Cleveland.
Last weekend, I took a few hours off from the nonstop advising on all things COVID-19 and went on a hike
Merit Decision: Judgment Creditor of City Employee Cannot Assert Right of Indemnification Against the City Under R.C.2744.07. Ayers v. Cleveland
Merit Decision: Judgment Creditor of City Employee Cannot Assert Right of Indemnification Against the City Under R.C.2744.07. Ayers v. Cleveland
“…indemnification
does not exist to benefit a third party.”
does not exist to benefit a third party.”
Justice Fischer, majority opinion
“The statute cannot be applied in a