By Susan Stone and Kristina Supler As The Ohio State University’s investigation of Urban Meyer unfolds, the career of this storied head football coach hangs in the balance. A working group of six will dig deep into Meyer’s handling of alleged domestic violence...
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Police Encounters: 5 Things College Students Should Know
The majority of Americans (57%) report that they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the police, a return to the 25-year average of reported confidence according to a Gallup poll. But young people’s confidence in the police has dropped significantly...
Social Media Pitfall: Student Missteps Can Derail College Career
Social media missteps can get college students in hot water with their university while they are enrolled, but few students realize that social media can get them into trouble even before the school year begins. Last summer, Harvard University rescinded 10...
Why Athletes Need Title IX Protection
By Susan Stone and Kristina Supler As of July 23, 2018, more than 100 former student athletes from The Ohio State University have come forward with sexual assault allegations against a former school-employed doctor, Richard Strauss. Student athletes from a variety of...
The time is now for all Ohio physicians and health care providers to understand the state’s medical marijuana law
This post originally appeared on Crain's Cleveland Business on July 13, 2018. The Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program is slated to be fully operational this September. From a legal perspective, we recommend that all Ohio physicians and other health care providers...
Opinion: Due Process For All?
How College Students Cry for Due Process Rights in Misconduct Hearings Except in Allegations of Sexual Misconduct By Susan Stone and Kristina Supler Last month, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) released a survey of college students that...
Revenge Porn: College Students Beware!
When college students Kathryn Novak and Brandon Simpson broke off their relationship last October, Simpson headed to a secret Facebook group to share photos and videos of their sexual encounters with a group of his Delta Sigma Phi fraternity brothers at the University...
“I don’t get it”: Why college students with autism are vulnerable to charges of sexual misconduct
Two major trends are simultaneously unfolding on college and university campuses around the country. One, growing numbers of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are being accepted into higher education. Two, colleges and universities are actively training...
Crain’s Cleveland Business Features Jon Pinney Op-Ed
"Personal View: It's time to get to work to fix our economy" By Jon Pinney This column originally appeared in Crain's Cleveland Business on July 1, 2018. Over the last year, I've been highlighting the need for change in Northeast Ohio's economic development ecosystem....
Northeast Ohio’s Economic Health: A Statistical Review
In the weeks since KJK Managing Partner Jon Pinney’s June 8 speech at the City Club of Cleveland, the firm has received numerous requests for more information on the data, studies and other resources referenced in his speech. Below is a summary of those resources,...