Friday, January 18, 2019, 12:00 p.m., The City Club of Cleveland
Denis Hayes
June 22, 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire of 1969. This fire was by no means the first fire on the river (at least 13 others were reported prior to that) or even the biggest (the largest fire caused more than $1 million in damage). But the 1969 fire landed Cleveland in TIME magazine’s report on the nation's environmental problems - and put Cleveland in the...
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Monday, January 14, 2019
#FREESPEECH IN THE NEWS: JANUARY 14, 2019
As the Citadel of Free Speech here in Cleveland, we work to protect and promote the basis of our democracy by sharing related stories, commentary, and opinions on free speech in the 21st century. Here's what's making the news – and what you should know about – in the past week. 1.) Spokane Valley Fire, former captain reach $900K settlement in free speech case Jon Sprague, a former firefighter, was fired six years ago over a disagreement over religious emails he sent to fellow firefighters with his work account. That disagreement resulted in a six-year legal battle which eventually made its way to the state supreme court. The case just came to an... read on
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Roberta Kaplan is a partner at the New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Known as a powerhouse corporate litigator that...
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