September 19, 2018
The Hamilton County Board of Elections released a transcript of this mornings meeting. Read the transcript on scribd here or below. Also released was a new filing by the Aftab Pureval campaign – the unredacted checks showing that the $16,500 payment to GBA Strategies – a DC polling firm – was indeed for polling, not … Continue reading Transcript of Board of Elections Special Meeting Released
September 9, 2018
Can an employer make deductions from employee wages? On the face it, the answer seems obvious: Of course! Employers make deductions from employee wages on a routine basis. Common examples that come to mind are for federal and state tax withholdings, or for court-ordered garnishments. Sometimes, employees authorize other deductions, such as for insurance or … Continue reading Employment Law: Can an employer make deductions from employee wages?
June 23, 2018
Whether they planned it this way since (or even before) they granted certiorari to both Janus v. AFSCME and National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, or whether things just fell into place, two of the three the crowning decisions from the last week of the current term of the U.S. Supreme Court will … Continue reading Our prediction: Two decisions by SCOTUS next week will propel the “Compelled Speech” doctrine
June 6, 2018
This morning the Ohio Supreme Court accepted our appeal from a Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals case questioning whether Ohio’s Open Meetings Act permits public bodies to vote by secret ballot. A 2011 Ohio Attorney General’s Opinion Letter says no, as does a 2011 Hamilton County Common Pleas Court decision. But to date, the Ohio … Continue reading Ohio Supreme Court to Decide if Public Bodies May Vote by Secret Ballot
June 4, 2018
Today, attorneys for the City of Cincinnati filed the self-proclaimed “Gang of Five’s” answer to the April 9, 2018 Open Meetings Complaint (read the complaint here, read additional blog posts about the case here and here). Surprisingly, the Gang of Five deny that they conducted meetings via telephone, email, and text message. We say surprisingly, because the … Continue reading Gang of Five Files Answer Denying Violations of Open Meetings Act
May 24, 2018
The Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors today reported that home sales volume was up 4% year over year for April, listings are down 12.5% and average home sales prices are up 4.82%. These trends mirror the trends we are seeing in both the law firm and the title insurance company. You may ready the CABR … Continue reading CABR reports home sales volume and home prices set new records, listings down
April 30, 2018
As part of his political “house cleaning” when he first took office, Aftab Pureval paid severance packages to outgoing employees and required that they sign non-disclosure agreements. Local government watchdog Mark Miller asked for copies of these records, only to be ignored by Aftab Pureval. Now, six weeks after Pureval received the request, and with … Continue reading Finney Law Firm files suit to obtain Public Records related to Secret Payoffs made by Clerk of Courts Aftab Pureval
April 21, 2018
We call it “Making a Difference” for the taxpayers and voters of the City of Cincinnati. A bare majority of Cincinnati City Council, led by P.G. Sittenfeld, staged a sort of coup d’état a few weeks back, effectively seizing power from Mayor John Cranley over the administration by saving the City Manager from an announced … Continue reading Ohio Sunshine Law: Enquirer highlights and praises our work forcing open Cincinnati City Council “text message” meetings
April 19, 2018
This morning Finney Law Firm attorney Brian Shrive spoke with 55KRC’s Brian Thomas about the latest suit against Cincinnati’s self-proclaimed “gang of five.” This suit seeks to uncover additional records of the councilmembers’ communications regarding City Manager Harry Black and Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley in the days and weeks leading up to the calls to fire … Continue reading Brian Shrive Discusses Latest in Sunshine Suits with Brian Thomas
April 18, 2018
Today, Finney Law Firm filed suit against the self-proclaimed “gang of five” – PG Sittenfeld, Chris Seelbach, Wendell Young, Tamaya Dennard, and Greg Landsman – seeking production of public records they are withholding in violation of Ohio’s Public Records Law. On April 9, 2018, Finney Law Firm submitted a public records request on behalf of Mark Miller, to … Continue reading Finney Law Firm Files Suit for Public Records
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