A plaintiff in a copyright infringement suit recently got some bad news when the court refused to sanction Google for its failure to remove allegedly infringing videos from YouTube. The problem for the plaintiff was that Google wasn’t a party
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Governor Dewine Signs Anti-Transparency Bill
I have been watching an inordinate amount of football recently. The Bengals ended the season on an ultimately futile 5 game winning streak, Notre Dame is in the midst of an historic championship run, and, for comic relief, I got…
Sauce Getting Hot for Ahmad Gardner
Former University of Cincinnati Bearcat Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner is the defendant in a newly filed defamation suit in New Jersey. It’s obviously early in the litigation, but the case may serve as a cautionary tale for athletes engaging on social…
Judicial Thin Skin
A recent ethical decision from the United States Court of Appeals caught my eye because it exposes the tension between judicial ethics and the First Amendment. And being frank, it exposes some judicial thin skin. Not a good look.…
Planting A Flag for The First Amendment
I watched the melee following the recent Ohio State Michigan game with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I thought it was kind of classless for the Michigan players to plant the Michigan flag at mid-field. On the other, if…
Faruki PLL Attorneys Recognized for 2025 Ohio Super Lawyers
DAYTON AND CINCINNATI, OH— December 17, 2024 — Several Faruki PLL attorneys have been recognized for their notable talents in law in the 2025 edition of Ohio Super Lawyers magazine. Specifically, Co-Managing Partners Erin Rhinehart and Brian Wright, along with…
FTC's Rule Banning Non-Competition Agreements Ruled Unenforceable (For Now)
As we reported last year, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed a broad-sweeping rule that would ban virtually all non-competition agreements in employment contracts. The FTC enacted the Rule because it believes that noncompetition agreements are unfair methods of…
Marijuana Advertising and The Law
Now that recreational marijuana use is legal in Ohio, can we expect to see the billboards and airwaves filled with advertising for weed? Probably not. And a recent decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit…
UC and the Streisand Effect
The recent actions of the University of Cincinnati have me thinking about Barbra Streisand. And it’s not because the football team has me wishing for “The Way We Were.” I am talking about the efforts of UC to rain on…
Pothole Overreaction
A reader sent an e-mail last week suggesting that I write a column about the criminal mischief trial of Gregory Strole. I don’t normally write about criminal matters, but this one is a little interesting.