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Dunham Tavern Museum, board members sued over proposed real-estate deal with Cleveland Foundation—Cleveland Plain Dealer

The lawsuit, filed by Fairlawn-based Pattakos Law Firm, seeks to invalidate the proposed sale of museum land to the Cleveland Foundation. The complaint names museum

Artist to move sculpture criticizing Trump from Cleveland State University as part of settlement—Newsweek

The banner was removed in early February in accordance with preliminary settlement terms, according to a press release from Pattakos Law Firm, who represented Lawless On Thursday, the two parties finalized the settlement ...

Local Artist Reaches $50,000 Settlement With Cleveland State University Over Censorship of Sculpture—Cleveland Scene

Artist Billie Lawless has reached a settlement in his lawsuit against Cleveland State University over the school’s censorship of wording added by him to The Politician: A Toy, ...

Sculptor Billie Lawless and Cleveland State University reach settlement in lawsuit over censorship of criticism of President Trump

Yesterday, sculptor Billie Lawless reached a settlement in his lawsuit against Cleveland State University alleging the unlawful censorship of his sculpture, The Politician: A Toy, that CSU has displayed on its ...

Cuyahoga County settles, avoiding lawsuit over juvenile detention center guard accused of throwing urine on boy—Cleveland.com

Pattakos said in a statement that he commended the juvenile court for taking swift action after the incident to fire Beckles, and the county for paying “fair compensation for the deplorable ...