Inside Courts: Cyber heist, Nelsonville and QuidelOrtho cases advance
Fire departments asked a judge to dismiss the QuidelOrtho case, among other recent happenings in three major Athens County cases.
Inside Courts: ICE case presents unique challenges to Judge Lang
Judge Patrick Lang has few precedents to draw on as he decides several unique cases. This week: the Laverde Laguna brothers.
Inside Courts: Officials lacked judicial authority to release men to ICE
Judge Patrick Lang has ordered the county to get the men back for a Nov. 12 hearing. Whether that will happen remains to be seen.
Inside Courts: Updates on Nelsonville, Quidel damage and Athens cyber theft
Civil litigation is a slow process. Here’s what’s happening with some of the cases I’ve written about this year.
Inside Courts: Ohio Supreme Court sidesteps Nelsonville crisis
The high court’s refusal to decide the city’s form of government leaves voters, candidates, and officials bracing for lawsuits and uncertainty.
Inside Courts: Ohio Supreme Court punts on Nelsonville’s future government
Charter or statutory? The high court sidesteps the core issue, leaving the city’s political future cloudier than ever.
Meet Tom Hodson
Inside Courts author Tom Hodson was a Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States (1986-87) in the Administrative Office of the Chief Justice during William H. Rehnquist’s inaugural year as Chief Justice. Additionally, Hodson spent over 15 years as a trial and visiting judge in Ohio and practiced as a trial attorney for three decades, handling numerous criminal defense cases.
Trained as a journalist, Hodson also co-hosts the podcast “Next Witness…Please” and writes “The 5 W’s of Law, Politics, and Journalism” on Substack.
