866-590-6830Engel & Martin, LLC, working with Josh Langdon, LLC, filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in Cincinnati on behalf of parents of transgender teenagers who have been denied or are seeking name changes. READ THE TRANSGENDER LAWSUIT The lawsuit alleges that the Warren County Juvenile Court judge violated the equal protection rights of transgender teenagers …
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Court Issues Injunction Against Ohio State in Student Due Process Case
A federal judge in Columbus, Ohio has issued an injunction preventing the school from disciplining students who did not have the right to cross-examine their accusers. Read the decision here. The Ohio State University tried to expel a student for engaging in an allegedly nonconsensual sexual activity with other students on two separate instances. In …
Appeals Court Upholds Decision In New Miami Speed Camera Case
An Ohio Appeals Court has upheld a decision by a Butler County judge that the village of New Miami cannot claim immunity to avoid repaying the $3 million it collected from drivers who were caught by an unconstitutional speed camera scheme. Read the opinion here. Previously, the Common Pleas Court had found that the ordinance …
Consent Decree Protects First Amendment on Facebook
A federal judge in Cincinnati has approved a consent decree protecting the First Amendment rights of Ohio citizens on Facebook. Engel & Martin had filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Hamilton Township, Ohio residents against a local elected official, Hamilton Twp. Trustee David Wallace Jr. The lawsuit claimed that Wallace violated their First Amendment …
Northeast Lawyers Club Materials On Title IX And Campus Sexual Assault
Joshua Engel will be speaking on November 3, 2017 to the Northeast Lawyers Club on the issue of Title IX, school disciplinary hearings, and sexual assaults on college and university campuses. A Full Set of Materials are available here. This presentation occurs amidst a growing national controversy stemming from the Federal Department of Education, Office of …
Appeals Court Court Finds Due Process Denied In Title IX Case
The United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a preliminary injunction obtained by Engel & Martin, LLC on behalf of a University of Cincinnati graduate student accused of sexual assault. The court agreed that a graduate student male student who argues he was denied his due process right to confront a female student …
WCPO: Colleges Caught in Crossfire of Sex Assault Cases
A WCPO I-Team report highlights the challenges facing schools as they seek to comply with Department of Education Guidelines for the handling of sexual assault investigations. Both men and women are suing local universities, claiming the system is rigged against them in sexual assault cases. On one side: Two federal lawsuits filed by men allege local universities …
Talk Like A Pirate Day 2017: Remembering the “Piracy Brief”
In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day, we remember the brief Engel & Martin filed in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that contained a discussion of the Federal Laws against Piracy. The issue came up in a case involving the due process rights of students. Part of the challenge to the discipline imposed …
