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That’s an Expensive Text! Cincinnati Settles Lawsuit Over Sunshine Law Violation

The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that the city of Cincinnati has agreed to settle a public records lawsuit arising out of a text chain. The text chain is among five Cincinnati City Council members where the public officials discussed public business. It is well-settled law that discussions by a majority of the members of a […]

Walter | Haverfield attorney in popular Serial podcast

Sara Fagnilli, an attorney in the firm’s Public Law group, is in Serial, a podcast that shares stories from inside the Cuyahoga County courthouse during its third season. Fagnilli was the special prosecutor in the controversial case of Euclid resident, Erimius Spencer. The details of Spencer’s case, Fagnilli’s role in it and the outcome are all […]

Managing Vague and Overly Broad Public Records Requests

In Ohio, public agencies are required to make many of their working documents available for public inspection or copying upon request. The Ohio Public Records Act makes it clear that, with few exceptions, the public records process must be both transparent and timely. Public agencies are frequently asked to balance their limited resources with their […]

Ohio Political Subdivisions Must Adopt Credit Card Use Policies by February 2019

Many political subdivisions in Ohio have credit card use policies to ensure that credit card accounts are only used for authorized purchases and to establish procedures for the issuance, management, use, and cancellation of credit card accounts. These policies will need to be reviewed and updated to comply with a new Ohio law (House Bill 312) […]

Appeals Court Holds Private Property Owner Cannot Obtain Injunction to Stop Eminent Domain Lawsuit

Much of eminent domain litigation focuses on disputes over property valuation. Generally, these disputes are resolved by the parties submitting expert testimony regarding valuation, followed by a jury deciding what constitutes “just compensation” for property taken and, if necessary, any residual damage to the private property not needed for the public project. Recently, however, the […]

Scuffles emerge over water

Walter | Haverfield attorney Todd Hunt offers his perspective in Crain’s Cleveland Business about an Ohio bill aimed at curtailing what some cities consider price gouging over water and sewer service rates.

Cities, carriers strike compromise over 5G technology

Walter | Haverfield partner Bill Hanna applauded the recent passage of legislation in Ohio, which permits some municipal authority over small-cell telecommunications equipment installations along main streets and in residential neighborhoods, in an article in Crain’s Cleveland Business.

Planning Best Practices as a Catalyst for Economic Development

Economic development is often associated with TIFs, CRAs, JEDDs, and the alphabet soup of other acronyms used by local governments to convince developers to choose their community as the site for new development. But establishing intuitive, user-friendly land use and development policies and procedures is an equally important and often overlooked method of attracting and […]

Governor Signs Ohio’s New Small Cell Facilities Law, Takes Effect July 31, 2018

On Tuesday, May 2, 2018, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed Substitute House Bill 478, amending Ohio’s right-of-way statute to pave the way for small cell installations associated with increased demand for high-speed, high-capacity wireless communications. The wireless industry will install millions of small cells nationwide as it moves to deploy 5G technology. Sub. H.B. 478 […]