A federal judge in Ohio stayed an FLSA collective action against an adult entertainment club, ruling that arbitration agreements signed are enforceable and that the defendant did not waive its right to compel arbitration for opt-in plaintiffs.
A federal judge in Ohio blocked a medical device manufacturer from removing a state-court case to federal court before service, rejecting a 'snap removal' tactic by a forum defendant.
A federal judge in the Southern District of Ohio has rejected the "snap removal" doctrine, ruling that a defendant cannot remove a case to federal court simply because the plaintiff has not yet served the home-state defendant.
A federal judge in Ohio has approved a consent judgment that prohibits the Olentangy Local School District from enforcing its anti-harassment policies against students who refer to peers using pronouns consistent with their birth sex. The settlement...
U.S. District Judge Susan J. Dlott ordered plaintiff’s attorney Justin Whittaker to pay attorney fees and court reporter costs after he failed to appear for Brendon Taylor’s deposition, and directed that Taylor’s wife answer questions about how she retained...
A Cincinnati dermatology chain faces a unified putative class action after a November 2025 hack allegedly exposed patients' Social Security numbers, Medicare IDs, and medical records.
A federal judge let a former safety coordinator's race discrimination case move forward after concluding the plaintiff had shown good cause to amend outside the scheduling-order deadline and that the liberal amendment standard of Rule 15 favored resolving...
A federal judge in Ohio largely denied Scotts Miracle-Gro's motion to dismiss a securities fraud class action alleging the company misled investors about post-pandemic demand and inventory conditions while its lawn, garden, and cannabis businesses...
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has granted preliminary approval of a class action settlement resolving claims that Motility Software Solutions, Inc. failed to maintain reasonable security procedures following a data incident.
A Southern District of Ohio judge has granted final approval of a $1.3 million class action settlement resolving a decade-long dispute over a real estate investment scheme involving civil RICO claims and breach of fiduciary duties.
A federal judge in the Southern District of Ohio held that a foreman injured on the job plausibly alleged that a general contractor was his joint employer — keeping alive disability-discrimination, retaliation, and failure-to-accommodate claims under Ohio law.
A federal judge in Ohio approved a settlement resolving a collective action accusing Walmart of denying overtime pay to automotive technicians required to work through their meal breaks.
A federal judge in the Southern District of Ohio authorized notice to a class of Ohio production workers who allege Abbott Laboratories failed to pay them for time spent donning protective equipment before their shifts, while rejecting two separate...