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It is very common for clients, or the family of a client, to believe that a criminal charge-usually assault, domestic violence, violation of a protection order, or the like-will be dismissed because "the victim wants to drop the charges." They believe that because the...
What is the value of our life, liberty, or happiness? Many people in the legal world fail to fully understand the human losses in injury and death cases. This is true for plaintiff personal injury lawyers who represent the injured or killed person and it is true for...
We pride ourselves on pursuing the truth for families following a truck crash. Too frequently these crashes could have been prevented and too frequently truck companies refuse to treat a family fairly after taking the life of a loved one. Compensation will not bring a...
Under Ohio law a sealed conviction can be used to enhance a subsequent charge. Even after a conviction has been sealed Ohio law permits disclosure of it in certain instances. Ohio Revised Code § 2953.32(D)(1) allows for inspection of a record "[b]y a law...
Chapter 2.1 of Miami University's Code of Student Conduct ("the Code") explains the standard used by the University to determine if an accused student is responsible for violating the Code. According to the Code, the standard of "preponderance" is satisfied "by the...
Most people, here in America and across the globe, are familiar with a legal principle known as "the presumption of innocence." This concept is more commonly referred to in pop culture and everyday conversation as "innocent until proven guilty."While the phrase...
In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision regarding sentence reduction for defendants who entered plea agreements. The case, Freeman v. U.S., was about what to do with defendants already serving time when sentencing guidelines were later reduced. The Court...
Wrong. Students and parents are often under the unfortunate misconception that criminal citations for underage drinking are like speeding tickets: you admit responsibility, you pay the "ticket" online, and you go about your business consequence-free...but this could...
In recent weeks, the issue of sexual harassment has been in the forefront of local and national news. Many well-known individuals have lost their jobs. Others probably should have or likely will in the weeks and months to come. At , we...
In certain circumstances, grandparents do have legal rights in Ohio to custody or grandparent visitation.A grandparent may file a complaint or petition for custody in certain circumstances and the Court will grant the petition if it can be proven that both parents are...