President Obama announced his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) of Sharon Block, Terence Flynn, and Richard Griffin. Senate Republicans have opposed the recess appointments to the NLRB on constitutional grounds. Ms. Block is...
In a Florida case that Ohio residents may well find disturbing to say the least, a mother from the Miami-Dade area was recently charged with the crime of attempting to sell her own child. Allegedly, the woman had made arrangements to sell the baby boy to a man for...
Parents in Ohio who have faced child custody decisions or disputes know how complex such cases can be. Courts take many things into consideration when deciding who will be awarded custody of a child. Recently, child obesity has become a deciding factor in whether a...
In Part One of this series, I discussed the qui tam provisions under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and compared it to Ohio's whistleblower statute. This post addresses the retaliation provisions. The anti-retaliation provisions protect employees who have made...
Ohio residents may have heard about a woman who was recently forced to pay alimony to her ex-husband who raped her. The woman, who earns a six-figure salary, had been supporting her unemployed husband for years. She reported his crime against her -- marital rape --...
Many Ohio residents are familiar with the actress Holly Marie Combs and her work. While the actress has appeared in many venues and is currently starring on the television show "Pretty Little Liars," she is probably best known for her role in the long-running series...
Ohio residents may remember the woman from Xenia who made national headlines as the "Runaway Mom." She gained notoriety when she disappeared on April 17, 2010, after a day of shopping and was found five days later in a motel on the East Coast with her new boyfriend....
Many Ohio residents are probably of the opinion that a lot of Hollywood marriages won't last for very long, for one reason or another. However, the marriage between reality TV star Kim Kardashian and professional basketball player Kris Humphries would seem to be...
The Federal False Claims Act ("FCA") creates a whistleblowing cause of action for an employee who feels retaliated against for "blowing the whistle" on the employer's illegal activities. Additionally, Ohio has a whistleblower statute and provides protections to at...
No one denies that child custody litigation in Ohio is often an arduous process. Sometimes a litigant thinks he or she has done everything according to the law only to be told they have violated an order they did not understand. This may be the case for a Portage...