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May 8, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Theodore T. Chung |Kevin Hart |Karen Hewitt |Samir Kaushik
The Development: On April 15, 2024, the
Department of Justice ("DOJ") Criminal Division announced
a pilot program that will offer mandatory non-prosecution
agreements ("NPAs") to individuals who provide original
and actionable information about criminal conduct involving
corporations and meet other stringent requirements.
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May 2, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Theodore T. Chung |Kevin Hart |Karen Hewitt
In Short The Development: On April 15, 2024, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") Criminal Division announced a pilot program that will offer mandatory non-prosecution agreements ("NPAs") to individuals who provide original and actionable information about criminal conduct involving corporations and meet other stringent requirements.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Theodore T. Chung |Kevin Hart |Karen Hewitt |Samir Kaushik |James Loonam |Jason Varnado
In Short The Development: On April 15, 2024, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") Criminal Division announced a pilot program that will offer mandatory non-prosecution agreements ("NPAs") to individuals who provide original and actionable information about criminal conduct involving corporations and meet other stringent requirements.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | Meredith Doench |Karen Hewitt |Ben Huelskamp
Rabbis, pastors, priests, imams, gurus and other spiritual leaders play a prominent role in many of our lives. They officiate at our liturgies, offer advice and guidance and at times provide pastoral counseling for our spiritual, emotional, and perhaps even psychological needs. Recently, legislators in the Ohio House of Representatives introduced House Bill (HB) 240, which would allow unlicensed and uncertified chaplains to serve in a role equivalent to school counselors in Ohio public schools.
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Jul 24, 2023 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | Meredith Doench |Karen Hewitt
I struggled with my sexuality and gender in a public high school where no one was out. When I agreed to attend prom with a guy friend, I feared a Carrie prom experience. Like many fellow Gen-Xers, I cut my teeth on Stephen King novels during a time when bullying meant traumatizing people for their differences with humiliation, broken bones and concussions.
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Jun 29, 2023 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | Karen Hewitt
Ohio Democrats held a press conference Wednesday to announce their plan to reintroduce the Fairness Act — which would protect LGBTQ+ Ohioans from discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. First introduced in 2008, the Fairness Act has failed ten times in the Ohio legislature.
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Jun 26, 2023 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | “LGBTQ Cleveland” |Karen Hewitt
Police in Hudson have confirmed that they are investigating the burning of a rainbow Pride flag at a resident’s home earlier this June. One of the first to share the story was Ohio representative Casey Weinstein, who represents this northeast Ohio area. Hudson Mayor Jeffrey Anzevino and Hudson City Council released a statement condemning the act. “The burning of this pride flag is a direct attack on our values and on our community.
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Jun 23, 2023 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | “LGBTQ Cleveland” |Karen Hewitt
Exactly three years ago today, on Jun 23, 2020, I penned a few words to introduce The Buckeye Flame:“This is the perfect time for The Buckeye Flame to ignite and serve its purpose: to shine a light on our LGBTQ+ lives, to (symbolically!) burn down the systems that neither serve nor represent us, and to provide a spark to stir the activism needed to achieve the equality we simply do not have.”That was an unbelievable moment in time.
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Jun 21, 2023 | 
thebuckeyeflame.com | “LGBTQ Cleveland” |Karen Hewitt
Republicans in the Ohio House passed a sweeping slate of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation on Wednesday, moving these bills on to the Ohio Senate for consideration.
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Jun 19, 2023 | 
citybeat.com | Karen Hewitt
Why so loud June? June has become an incredibly significant month in America. Companies are figuring out how to incorporate LGBTQ+ Pride into their daily existence visibly and boldly. It can get really colorful. With the racial and social justice uprisings of 2020, America is also being asked to reconcile with its sordid past of enslavement. In that conversation, Juneteenth has been brought to the forefront for awareness, acknowledgement and reparation. What is Juneteenth?
