( August 28, 2026, 2:10 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal magistrate judge in Ohio on Aug. 27 denied an insurer and its insureds’ joint motion to stay discovery deadlines pending their mediation of the insurer’s declaratory judgment lawsuit disputing employment practices liability coverage for an underlying civil lawsuit and a charge of employment discrimination arising from the sexual harassment of its insureds’ minor employee, holding that the parties’ mediation efforts do not preclude them from concurrently proceeding with discovery....