Cincinnati Enquirer Politics Extra Blog: “The Ohio Controlling Board agreed without comment Monday to pay court-ordered attorneys’ fees and costs totaling $134,418 in a federal lawsuit that struck down a rule preventing former Ohio House and Senate members and staff from lobbying for one year after leaving their state government jobs. The suit against legislative leaders was won by former state Rep. Tom Brinkman Jr., a Republican from Mount Lookout, and the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes. The attorneys representing Brinkman and COAST were Christopher P. Finney of Anderson Township and Curt C. Hartman of Amelia.” More…

Additional coverage from today’s Cincinnati Enquirer is available here.

And click here for our previous coverage of this case, which paved the way for Ohio legislators who leave office to immediately begin exercising their core political speech rights, rather than waiting 12 months to do so.

DISCLOSURE: The author of this post served as Plaintiffs’ co-counsel in this case.

This post was written by Joshua Bolinger.

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