by CBJ Team | Jul 27, 2020 | Legal News
Crabbe, Brown & James’ Managing Partner Larry H. James has served as General Counsel to the National Fraternal Order of Police since 2001. The National FOP is the world’s largest organization of sworn law enforcement officers with more than 350,000 members in more...
by CBJ Team | Jul 2, 2020 | Legal News
On June 15, 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear eight (8) cases involving qualified immunity. Two weeks later, on June 29, the Court denied the petition of a ninth case, Cooper v. Flaig, No. 19-1001. Qualified immunity protects government officials (including...
by CBJ Team | May 22, 2020 | Legal News
General Information The Wall Street Journal. Click here. A state-by-state guide. The Wall Street Journal provides a state-by-state guide with PDF links to each state order. This Guide is accessible via the link provided herein and is free to access during the COVID-19...
by CBJ Team | Apr 28, 2020 | Legal News
Crabbe, Brown & James, LLP, on behalf of the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (“DODD”), successfully negotiated a settlement in Ball v. Kasich, Case No. 2:16-cv-2828—the class action before Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. in the Southern District of Ohio....
by CBJ Team | Apr 24, 2020 | Legal News
Police departments across the globe are reassessing their community policing practices in light of the coronavirus pandemic. To limit officer exposure to potentially infected individuals and to prevent the further spread of the virus, some police departments have...
by CBJ Team | Apr 15, 2020 | Legal News
Two bills have been introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first would allow first responders who contract the coronavirus to make a workers’ compensation claim. The second would apply more broadly to any employee....