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 to the underlying suit, and plaintiff had no evidence that Google acted in concert with

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.

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 the OSU players didn’t like it, just win the game.  And the cops using pepper

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 Partners Jeff Ireland, Jeff Cox, Stephen Weigand and Jack Greiner have been named Ohio Super

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 competition.  The FTC’s Rule became final in April 2024 and was set to be effective

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 supports the case for limiting such advertising.

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 the parade of the Cheatham Middle School in Tennessee.