Faruki Blog

Snoops on a Plane: Looking for Privacy in all the Wrong (Public) Places (Authored by Faruki Summer Associate Tammy H. Winkler)

The Dark Side of Social Media Two strangers sitting next to each other on a transcontinental flight strike up a conversation and end up falling in.. Read More

The Federal Circuit Rules that "Expenses" in Patent Statute Does Not Mean Attorneys Fees; Creates Circuit Split

The United State Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") has aggressively litigated its position that anyone who challenges the PTO's denial of a patent.. Read More

Fourth Amendment Protections in the Digital Age: Carpenter v. United States and What It Means for Individual Privacy Rights (Authored by Faruki Summer Associate John R. Bernans)

In today's digital world, an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy is constantly under the microscope. So much of our lives are conducted.. Read More

Jeff Cox and Erin Rhinehart Named Among "America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators"

Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL Partners Jeff Cox and Erin Rhinehart continue to impress both their colleagues and clients. They have been.. Read More

New Ohio Data Protection Law Incentivizes Business Community to Institutionalize Cybersecurity

Little more than one month after California enacted the sweeping California Consumer Privacy Act, reinforcing and expanding individual citizen's .. Read More

Representing the prevailing party…and one of the jurors?

In Elsner v. Birchall, M.D., 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 106524, 2018-Ohio-2521, the Ohio Court of Appeals addressed whether the fact that a juror had.. Read More

Sixth Circuit Affirms Certification of Issues Under Rule 23(c)(4)

In Martin v. Behr Dayton Thermal Products, LLC, a three judge panel for the Sixth Circuit adopted the "broad view" of Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(c)(4). .. Read More

Warning to Companies and LLCs: Check Your Statutory Agent Procedures

On July 2, 2018, the Ohio Second District Court of Appeals issued a decision that shows how important it is for companies and LLCs to have solid.. Read More

The Supreme Court Allows Lost Profits on Foreign Sales as Damages for Infringement of a U.S. Patent

A United States patent gives the owner certain patent rights, including the right to sue for damages for infringement. It has been generally.. Read More