OBLIC news, events and updates.

Another practice challenge is presented by a request to serve as outside counsel. For example, you are contacted by a new client, a bank or sizable business, and they send you a long and detailed agreement that defines every aspect of your representation, from your hourly rates and staffing, to limiting your firm’s  recourse. The mega-law […]

It seems that every recent Malpractice Alert! OBLIC has published warns of a new scam that poses a cyber security threat. That’s because every day DOES bring a new wrinkle to the cyber security page. Recent OBLICAlerts have warned of RansomWare Threats, Wire FraudSchemes and again, Fraudulent WiringInstructions. These are very real threats! If you […]

Save the date now and plan to attend the 2017 All Ohio Legal Forum.  This annual meeting of the Ohio State Bar Association will feature top-notch CLE, exhibitors with law-related products and services and opportunities to renew contacts with lawyers you know and meet new lawyers at networking events. The All Ohio Legal Forum will […]

Effective March 1, 2017, the Ohio Supreme Court adopted new forms relating to guardianships and other probate areas including forms for the appointment of appraisers, adoptions and estates of minors. Click here to access these forms in the Amendments to the Supreme Court Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio and the Standard Probate  […]

A recent Consent Order issued by the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) asserted that certain law firms engaged in unfair and deceptive practices to collect delinquent medical bills. The CFPB alleged the attorneys lacked meaningful involvement in evaluating the consumer debt collection accounts, having falsely implied that lawyers had verified the debts under  collection. […]

It’s a good time to make sure the documents and forms you are using are up-to-date. Do your forms reflect the latest changes? If you practice in family law, look at the Domestic Relations and Juvenile Law Standardized Forms. If you practice in the estate planning area, look at Probate Forms, including 2016 involuntary treatment […]

Using strong passwords to protect access to all your electronic devices is the building block of basic cyber security. Each device should have its own password, that you regularly update. Avoid using sequences of numbers, keyboard or alphabet. Click to read more on the CyberPoster and about establishing Strong Passwords. You may also click for […]

Four new opinions from the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct were announced on December 20, 2016. Opinion 2016-10 discusses that under Ohio Rule of Professional Conduct 1.18, a lawyer owes a duty of confidentiality to a prospective client regarding information learned in a preliminary conference and a lawyer may not reveal information learned in a […]

In a decision issued December 14, 2016, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of caps on noneconomic damages in Ohio Revised Code 2315.18(B)(2). The appellant argued that the statute was unconstitutional as applied to minors who are victims of sexual assault. Citing its 2007 decision in Arbino V. Johnson & Johnson, the Court rejected […]

In a recent decision, Antoon v Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Slip Opinion 2016-Ohio- 7432, the Ohio Supreme Court held that the Ohio medical-malpractice statute of repose in Ohio Revised Code 2305.113 (C) is constitutional even to the extent it prohibits bringing suit on a cause of action that has vested and accordingly, is a true statute […]