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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Township Newsletter Mailing Lists Are Public Records

Former East Cleveland Councilmembers Not Entitled To Regain Seats

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Power Company Can Use Herbicides To Clear Vegetation Under Transmission Lines

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Court Unable to Rule on Transgender Woman’s Request to Change Birth Certificate

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Village Council Violated Open Meetings Law When Firing Police Chief

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Attorney Suspended After Arrest for Improper Handling of Firearm

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Attorney Indefinitely Suspended Following Several Criminal Convictions

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Court Upholds 60-Year Sentence for Crime Spree Convictions

Attorney Suspended After Felony Assault Conviction

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Court Rejects Challenge to Brook Park Fire Chief Appointment

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Attorney General Not Authorized To Review Proposed Amendment Titles

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Youngstown Attorney Indefinitely Suspended for Federal Tax Fraud Conviction

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Evidence of Witness Intimidation Was Properly Admitted During Trial

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Toledo Schools Must Reveal Letters Regarding Hiring Law Firms

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Felony Cruelty Law Applies to Harming Stray Dogs and Cats

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Ohio Constitution Prohibits Judges from Sealing Juvenile Delinquency Records Without Considering the Public’s Interest

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Housing Developer Dispute Sent Back to Trial Court

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Sheriff Must Release Records Created by Private Company Operating County Jail

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Court Indefinitely Suspends Former Toledo City Councilman Convicted of Federal Offense

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Court Decides 13 Cases Consistent With Earlier Ruling on School District Tax Appeals

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Health Survey Public Records Request

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Court Rules Detaining and Searching Woman Returning to Van Was Constitutional

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Court Rules Traffic Stop Leading to Gun Discovery Is Constitutional

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Court Affirms Conviction in Rape Case Involving Woman with Intellectual Disabilities

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Court Affirms Siting Board Approval of Lucas County Pipeline Project

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Court of Claims: State to Pay $210,000 to Woman Injured When Car Struck Salt Pile

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Court Rejects Death Sentence Appeal

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Court Orders Recalculation of Woodland Tax Rates

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

County Auditor Will Not Be Restored to Office Following Acquittal From Felony

Jury Form Contained Enough Information To Elevate Penalty for Offense

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Judge Removed From Office for Illegal Tactics Used to Collect Fines and Court Costs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Law Firm Ordered To Pay Opponent Additional Fees for Disputing Settlement Wording

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Attorney Suspended for Paying Own Expenses With Client’s Settlement Funds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Ballot Language for Redistricting Amendment Approved With Two Revisions Required

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Fifth District: Lawsuit Over Negative Online Reviews Can Continue

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Court of Claims: Family of Boxer Who Died After Fight Settles With Athletic Commission

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Zoning Referendum Rejected Because Opponents Presented Wrong Map of Affected Area

Trial Court Wrongly Blocked Former Federal Prosecutor From Testifying in Attempted Murder Trial

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Hospital Not Liable for Man’s Death Following Combative Reaction to Anesthesia

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Court Declines To Place Independent State House Candidate on Ballot

School Board Can Continue Tax Challenge Initiated Before State Law Change

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Lakota School District Must Release Former Superintendent’s Letter Threatening Lawsuit

AUGUST 29, 2024

Life Sentence Upheld for Man Convicted of Aggravated Murder

AUGUST 28, 2024

Court Rejects Property Developer’s Effort to Block Payment Order

AUGUST 27, 2024

Utility Regulator Must Follow Statutory Deadline and Cannot Issue Orders That Extend Time to Make Decisions

AUGUST 23, 2024

Cincinnati Attorney Suspended for Neglecting Client Matters

AUGUST 22, 2024

Doctor Who Participated in Case Able to Dismiss Malpractice Lawsuit for Lack of Proper Service

Former Law Director Receives Stayed Suspension for Private Practice Misconduct

AUGUST 21, 2024

Probate Court Judge Reprimanded for Inflammatory Facebook Posts

AUGUST 20, 2024

Tax Value of Natural Gas Pipeline Reached Through Settlement Cannot Be Contested

AUGUST 8, 2024

Defamation Lawsuit Could Be Filed Within One Year of Discovering Phony, Secret Email

AUGUST 6, 2024

Cincinnati Workers Entitled to Hearing on City’s Decision to Place Them on Leave During Pandemic

AUGUST 1, 2024

PUCO's Approval of Utility’s Rates Not Shown to Permit Customers of Competing Electricity Generators to Subsidize Company’s Own Generation Customers

JULY 31, 2024

Teacher Reinstated After School Board Failed to Follow Educator Observation Law

JULY 25, 2024

Restaurant Not Responsible for Injury From Bone in Boneless Wing

JULY 24, 2024

Fifth District: Social Media and Text Messages Showed Intent to Threaten Security Manager

Dismissed Lawsuit Can Be Refiled More Than Once

JULY 23, 2024

Parent Has No Right to Question Absent Expert Who Submitted Report in Custody Hearing

JULY 18, 2024

Trial Court Must Reassess Whether Board Could Discuss Voting Machine Purchase in Private

JULY 17, 2024

East Cleveland Must Pay Man Held in Storage Closet More Than $30 Million

JULY 16, 2024

Court Considers Penalty for Harming Stray Cats Under Evolving Animal Cruelty Laws

JULY 2, 2024

Homeowner Seeks Compensation After Road Collapse Leads to Property Flooding

JULY 1, 2024

Fifth District: Defendants Must Prove Exception to Avoid Texting-While-Driving Conviction

JUNE 5, 2024

Eighth District: Efforts to Block Chiropractor Calls to Crash Victims Unconstitutional

MAY 24, 2024

Lawsuit of Woman Who Froze to Death After Gas Shut-Off Must First Go Before Utility Regulator

MAY 23, 2024

Court of Claims: Kent State Student Paid $50,0000 for Injuries While Hurrying for Care Package

Bucyrus Law Director Receives Two-Year Stayed Suspension

MAY 15, 2024

Court Must Find Parent Voluntarily Unemployed Before Estimating Child Support

MAY 9, 2024

Juvenile Can Be Tried in Adult Court for Felony Murder

MAY 2, 2024

Attorney Indefinitely Suspended for Failing to Disclose Drug Conviction

MAY 1, 2024

Injured Worker’s Court Case Seeking Additional Compensation Can Proceed

APRIL 25, 2024

Lawyer Suspended for Intoxicating Teens and Groping One of Them

APRIL 23, 2024

Developer May Be Entitled to Prejudgment Interest from Port Authority

APRIL 18, 2024

Charge Against Teen May Proceed in Adult Court

APRIL 17, 2024

Database Collection of Death Information Not Public Record

APRIL 16, 2024

Court Hears Claim That Finding of Passion or Rage in First Murder Trial Must Apply to Retrial

APRIL 4, 2024

Video Testimony in Sex Crime Case Unconstitutional, But Not Enough to Overturn Conviction

APRIL 2, 2024

Medical Negligence Case Raises Questions About Voting Instructions for Juries

MARCH 27, 2024

Man’s Lengthy Criminal History Justified Consecutive Prison Sentences

MARCH 26, 2024

All Parties Must Agree to Drop Request for Jury Trial, Regardless of Who Paid Deposit

MARCH 21, 2024

Utility Vehicle Does Not Fit Charge for Vehicular Assault

MARCH 20, 2024

Dayton Attorney Suspended for Neglecting Client Matters

MARCH 19, 2024

Court Considers Whether Pharmacies Selling Opioids Created Public Nuisance

MARCH 14, 2024

Death Penalty Affirmed for Man Who Stabbed Housemates to Death

MARCH 13, 2024

Former Assistant Prosecutor Suspended for Soliciting Officer Posing as Teen

MARCH 12, 2024

Attorney Disbarred for Having Sex With Minor

MARCH 7, 2024

Warning Shot Enough for Jury to Consider Self-Defense Claim

MARCH 6, 2024

Appeals Court Must Decide if University Can Be Sued for Pandemic Closures

MARCH 5, 2024

Fired Police Chief Argues Council Couldn’t Debate Dismissal in Executive Session

Robbery Conviction Upheld for Man Who Used Social Media App to Lure Victims

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Death Sentence Affirmed for Man Who Murdered Girlfriend’s Teenage Children

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Police Properly Obtained Juvenile’s Confession to Shooting Friend

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Lawyer Disbarred for Stealing From Clients

Hamilton Lawyer Disbarred for Misusing Clients’ Settlement Funds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Former Marion County Judge Indefinitely Suspended Following Felony Conviction

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

New Trial Ordered for Taxi Driver Who Shot Passenger After Altercation

Toledo Lawyer Suspended for Ethics Violations

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Municipalities Taxing Stay-At-Home Workers During Pandemic Was Constitutional

JANUARY 30, 2024

Court Considers How Judges Fashion Sentences to Fit the Crimes

JANUARY 25, 2024

Court Rejects Attempt to Overturn ‘Bath Salts’ Sales Conviction

JANUARY 24, 2024

Appeals Court Failed to Follow Orders When Reconsidering Wastewater Well Closure

JANUARY 23, 2024

Public Release of Governor Security Expenses Denied

JANUARY 18, 2024

Court Rejects Attempt to Vacate Conviction Based on Victim’s Revelation Years Later

JANUARY 16, 2024

State Can Freeze Assets of Former Regulator Accused of Accepting Utility Bribe

JANUARY 3, 2024

City Appeals Employee Challenge to Forced COVID-19 Leave