Miami University Code of Student Conduct ("the Code") prohibits the "use, offer for sale, sale, distribution, possession, or manufacture of any controlled substance or drug except as expressly permitted by law is prohibited. The use, offer for sale, sale,...
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Nursing Home Error
The need for change and accountability in the nursing home industry$2.1m partial settlement reached in nursing home transportation caseA few weeks ago, a partial settlement was reached for a family who lost a mother and wife because of an understaffed and undertrained...
Your Cell Phone Location Data: A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy? The United States Supreme Court Weighs In
A few weeks ago, a divided United States Supreme Court in Carpenter v. United States, 2018 WL 3073916, *9 held Fourth Amendment protections extend to a cell phone user's cell tower location data held by the user's wireless company. Why? A cell phone user has a...
The Importance of Character in Criminal and University Discipline Cases
Does character matter in criminal and university discipline cases? Yes, In a criminal trial or at a university hearing evidence of your good character can help you, or your persistent bad character can haunt you. Let's talk about how.In a criminal case the "Rules of...
Title IX: When The Defender Becomes The Attacker
In recent years, Title IX-an act designed to prohibit discrimination based on sex-has, ironically, been used to facilitate sex-based discrimination on college campuses. "Title IX" refers to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 which states: "No person in the...
Keeping Your Record Clean in the Digital Age
In modern society, the lingering effects of a criminal conviction often include the digital impact that your arrest will have on your career or future job prospects. Commonly, a sealed or expunged record can still have online echoes through online police blotters,...
A Settlement Against the Odds
newest personal injury attorney, Barbara Strady won a battle against State Farm after mediating a motor vehicle collision this week. Our client walked away from this controversial collision with a pain and suffering settlement of...
Trial Lawyers in the Era of the Vanishing Trial
Much to the disappointment of the great trial lawyers at , very few cases in the modern era are tried in front of a jury. This trend was analyzed in depth in the now seminal article The Vanishing Trial: An Examination of Trials and Related...
Does Post-Conviction House Arrest Count for Jail Time Credit?
The answer is no according to the most recent decision released by the Twelfth District Court of Appeals. In State v. Hurst (2018), 93 N.E.3d 1007, 2018-Ohio142, the Court issued a decision seemingly in conflict with the decision it issued roughly a year prior to...
Does it help that I’m “a good kid” when I’m charged with a crime?
Many college students that are charged with criminal offenses are quick to point out the highlights of their resume when they first meet with me: a high GPA, a clean record, community service, and a professional aspiration that simply cannot tolerate a criminal...

