From last week (now on Mastodon!): The Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court has denied the Beachwood Police Chief's motion in her defamation case seeking discovery into the identities of psuedonymous commentators, finding that they (including our client) engaged in protected speech.

In an apparent case of first impression in Ohio, the Court applied a modified Dendrite test, and denied the discovery motion because there was no actionable defamation claim.

Order here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23785096-mclaughlin-pdf-order-on-motion-for-discovery