Are you protected from ransomware? There's been an increase in reported cases of this type of cyber attack recently. PCMag's Neil J. Rubenking's article "The Best Ransomware Protection for 2019" tells you why you need it and how to go about getting it. You can read his article here.

    

eBooks allow us the freedom to access literature from wherever our lives (or our caseloads) may take us. In celebration of Read an eBook Day, we would like to announce that we have enhanced our eBook collection through continued participation in the Consortium of Ohio County Law Libraries. 

The following titles are now available in eBook format through the Cleveland Law Library: 

Lexis/Matthew Bender

Ohio Transaction Guide

Anderson’s Ohio Civil Practice with Forms

Ohio Creditor’s Rights

Ohio Consumer Law

ABA

Electronic Evidence for Family Law Attorneys

How to Succeed as a Trial Lawyer

Representing People with Mental Disabilities

The ABA Cybersecurity Handbook

Immigration Compliance and Best Practices

Accessing our eBooks is easy. Visit our website, https://clevelandlawlibrary.org/, and select eBook Libraries” from the gray navigation bar at the top of the screen.

Next, click on LEXISNEXIS® eBook Library. The list of available eBooks will appear on the left side of the screen; the instructions to access the eBooks will appear on the right side of the screen.

    

If you had not already heard, notary laws in the State of Ohio are changing in less than a week. These changes were enacted with the passage of SB 263, the Notary Public Modernization Act, which will centralize all Ohio notary applications in the Ohio Secretary of State. Just in time, the OSBA has launched Ohio Notary Services, LLC, a brand new "partnership between the OSBA and five metropolitan bar associations, including Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton and Toledo" which will "provide statewide notary education and testing services for current and future Ohio notaries public, as well as for those who wish to add the new designation of online notary public." Click here to read the OSBA's Press Release.

    

Thanks to advances in technology and our Network Services Librarian, Eric, you now have the option to attend our book discussions online! 

Our first online book discussion will take place on Friday, September 13 from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM. 

Join us as we welcome local Cleveland author, Brad Ricca, to discuss his book Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation. 

Attendance is FREE and all are welcome, however, you must register online to attend. 

Please contact the Cleveland Law Library at (216) 861-5070 or lawlib@clelaw.lib.oh.us if you have any additional questions or concerns.

    

If you had not already heard, the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Dispute Resolution Department no longer offers foreclosure mediation. The Dispute Resolution Department was established about 40 years ago, and judges can still refer cases for arbitration, mediation, and business mediation in non-foreclosure cases. To contact the Dispute Resolution Department or for more information, call 216-443-8504.