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Survivor advocacy org seeks to add defendants to lawsuit
The Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program has asked to amend a lawsuit to include another former employee and other parties.
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Inside Courts: A busy month in Athens County courts
Breaking down the JFS case indictments, Athens’ agreement in its cyber theft case and allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.
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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.
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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.
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Former survivor services director hopes to toss complaint against her
In the latest salvo in her legal battle against SAOP, Jen Seifert says facts about a 3D printer payment are in her favor.
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Court dismisses cases against brothers detained by ICE
The cases were dismissed with prejudice, meaning the charges cannot be brought again by the state.
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County prosecutor declines to exonerate brothers detained by ICE
Gregory Laverde Laguna and Victor Laverde Laguna were brought to Athens County for a hearing in local criminal cases Wednesday.
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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.
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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.
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Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program faces lawsuit from former director
Jen Seifert alleges that SAOP, its board and its contractor cost her and her consulting company over $4 million by spreading false statements about her and interfering with her business relationships.
