Langer v. Ohio State Univ. Office of Univ. Compliance & Integrity

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 2323

Syllabus

Public Records Unauthorized Practice of Law Attorney-Client Privilege R.C. 149.43(C)(1) R.C. 2743.75(D)(1) R.C. 4705.01 A party is not \aggrieved\ by the denial of another person's public records request unless the other person was the party's designee A non-lawyer's filing of a R.C. 2743.75 complaint on behalf of another person or an entity is the unauthorized practice of law a R.C. 2743.75 complaint should not be dismissed for failure to attach documents related to the records request if the missing documents are put into the record of the case Public office's burden of proving the applicability of an exemption from the general duty to provide access to records Burden of proving the elements of attorney-client privilege A signed, final, contract with adverse party is not covered by the attorney-client privilege.