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Gendered Pronouns and Free Speech Rights
The right of students at public and private schools to be referred to by their preferred pronouns...
Title IX Will Protect Against Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity According to Department of Education
Title IX of the Education Amendment Acts of 1972 prohibits discrimination against individuals on...
Presentation for CHADD: Helping College Students With ADHD Avoid Risky Behaviors
Helping College Students With ADHD Avoid Risky Behaviors Presentation for Children and Adults with...
Intervention for Students with Special Needs
In this episode of Real Talk, Student & Athlete Defense attorneys Susan Stone and Kristina...
Susan C. Stone | Kohrman Jackson & Krantz
— Susan Stone, a partner at Kohrman Jackson & Krantz in Columbus, has gained a national...
A Visual Guide to the Title IX Investigation Process
Infographic: A Visual Guide to the Title IX Investigation Process Whether your a complainant or respondent, you need to know what the Title IX investigation process looks like from start to finish. Whether you are a person...
Gendered Pronouns and Free Speech Rights
The right of students at public and private schools to be referred to by their preferred pronouns...
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Gendered Pronouns and Free Speech Rights
The right of students at public and private schools to be referred to by their preferred pronouns and have their gender identities respected has been a hotly debated topic in recent years. The matter at the heart of this debate is one of free speech—specifically, how...
Title IX Will Protect Against Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity According to Department of Education
Title IX of the Education Amendment Acts of 1972 prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of sex in any educational institution that receives federal funding. The legal world has long understood this to mean that schools needed to offer substantially...
How to Remove a News Article from the Internet
Have you ever been the subject of a damaging news article? Before the internet, when a news article was published, it was circulated and then discarded, available for viewing only in library archives. In the age of the internet, news is now published online in...
Collin’s Law Increases Penalties for Hazing Rituals
On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a bill to increase penalties for those involved in hazing incidents both on and off college campuses. The bill, coined Collin’s Law, is a tribute to 18-year-old Collin Wiant, an Ohio University freshman, who...
Safe Sexting: Is it Possible?
No. There is no such thing as safe sexting. If you send an intimate photo or video to another person, or simply store it on your mobile device, you are at risk of having your content published to the internet without your consent. Even though the stakes for sexting...
Bill Cosby’s Sexual Assault Conviction Overturned – A Deal is a Deal
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned comedian Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction. Cosby was released on June 30, 2021 after spending three years in prison. According to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the prosecutor violated Cosby’s Fifth Amendment right to...
6 Ways to Remove Damaging Content From Social Media
Content that is defamatory, damaging, private, infringing, or otherwise unlawful can be removed from social media. There are a variety of tactics, both legal and non-legal, that are effective in securing the removal of harmful content. In the age of cancel culture,...
How Anti-SLAPP Statues & Retraction Demand Laws Affect Defamation Lawsuits
Before filing an internet defamation lawsuit, a plaintiff should consider the Anti-SLAPP statutes and retraction laws of the state or states where the defamation occurred. Because each state has different laws, these considerations are important to analyze when...
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Cheerleader in Free Speech Case
On April 29, 2021, we wrote about the case of Brandi levy, who sued her high school after being disciplined for posting F-bombs on her social media after she was not promoted to the varsity cheerleading team. Alas, on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court...
A Visual Guide to the Title IX Investigation Process
Infographic: A Visual Guide to the Title IX Investigation ProcessWhether your a complainant or respondent, you need to know what the Title IX investigation process looks like from start to finish. Whether you are a person filing a Title IX complaint, or the person...
Reputation Management Tactics: PR vs. Online Reputation Management vs. Content Removal
A Holistic Approach to Addressing Online Attacks In this series on reputation management, we have previously discussed online defamation, revenge porn, and how to handle online attacks by an anonymous person. In this article, we will discuss the various tactics that...
Federal Court Rejects College of the Ozarks’ Request for Injunction Against Biden’s Executive Order Regarding Gender Identity
Upon taking office on January 20, 2021, President Biden issued a number of executive orders intended to roll back certain directives put in place by the Trump Administration and to establish the incoming administration’s commitment to combatting discrimination. One of...