Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States, Executive Order 13768, purports to protect Americans by denying funding to so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that “attempt to shield aliens from removal from the United States.” This attempt, the Executive Order declares, has caused “immeasurable harm to the American people and to the very fabric of […]
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President’s second executive order, of March 6, 2017, remains blocked
Background When President Trump issued his first Executive Order (Order I) addressing immigration, on January 26, 2017, we explained that it banned the entry of immigrant and nonimmigrant citizens of seven countries, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, into the United States for 90 days. As we noted, Order I also suspended all […]
Appellate Court rejects trial court’s nominal damages award for defamation liability
Using social media to air grievances can be an expensive proposition, ultimately not worth trouble. The case Forinash v. Weber , which originated in the Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas, illustrates how litigation in the social media context can play out, not to mention how unpredictable an assessment of damages can be. Background facts […]
