FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Conduct Board Files Disciplinary Recommendations
The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct has filed four reports with the Supreme Court of Ohio.
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Join Us! 2025 Black History Month Celebration
Every February, the Ohio Supreme Court highlights the impact of African American lawyers, judges, and other influential members of the Ohio judiciary in a special programming event for Black History Month.
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Conduct Board Announces February Disciplinary Hearing
The following is the schedule of a lawyer discipline case set for hearing before the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct in February. Hearings take place before a three-member panel of the board and are open to the public.
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Supreme Court Now Accepting Applications for Tech Grants
Local courts can apply this month for financial assistance from the Ohio Supreme Court for technology projects. The Supreme Court supports Ohio courts by providing grants to aid in the implementation of technology-based solutions.
JANUARY 28, 2025
On This Day: Hair Perm Company Liable for Damages in Warranty Dispute
In 1944, Neison and Irving Harris established the Toni Home Permanent Company as a less-expensive alternative to salon perms.
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Tenth District: TV Station Must Pay Damages to Family Falsely Accused of Robbing 8-Year-Old
A Columbus television station defamed three siblings by describing them as “robbers” of an 8-year-old’s hoverboard when it rewrote information provided by Columbus police, an Ohio appeals court ruled.
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Court Considers Whether Police Can Be Crime Victims When Harmed in Line of Duty
Police officers are people, just like everyone else, says the city of Columbus. Ohioans approved a constitutional amendment that defines a crime victim as “a person against whom the criminal offense or delinquent act is committed or who is directly and proximately harmed by the commission of the offense or act.”
JANUARY 15, 2025
Eighth District: Felony Cruelty Conviction Stands in Remanded Stray Cat Case
After an Ohio Supreme Court ruling found felony-level animal cruelty covers harm to stray cats, the Eighth District Court of Appeals recently upheld the conviction of a man who poured bleach into an apartment building basement to make an unclaimed cat leave.
JANUARY 2, 2025
Attorney General Argues Communications With Outside Groups Not Public Records
In February 2023, a state appeals court directed the Ohio Attorney General’s Office to provide documents in response to a public records request about communications with two national organizations. The court also ordered the deposition of Attorney General Dave Yost.
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Public Nuisance Lawsuits Cannot Be Pursued Against Pharmacies Selling Prescription Opioids
Two Ohio counties cannot claim national pharmaceutical chains caused a public nuisance by selling opioids and could only bring a lawsuit against the companies by following the procedures outlined in the Ohio Product Liability Act, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today.
Court Decides Case About Statements Made to Police After Cincinnati Shooting
Initial statements made to police by a witness to a Cincinnati shooting were not testimonial because the officer’s primary purpose at that stage was to address an emergency situation, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today.
JANUARY 17, 2025
Legacy of Retired Justice Stratton Honored During Portrait Dedication
A reminder of the lasting impact retired Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton made on courts in Ohio and nationwide will permanently hang on the walls of the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center.
JANUARY 16, 2025
Justice DeWine Explains Proper Methods for Interpreting the Ohio Constitution
The appropriate way to determine what rights the Ohio Constitution grants its citizens is by assessing what the public understood the words to mean when the constitution and its amendments were first approved.
JANUARY 10, 2025
Longtime Police Officer Trades Badge for Gavel
A vacant seat on the Chillicothe Municipal Court will be filled early next month by a former police chief turned lawyer.
Canton Municipal Judge Returning to Stark County Bench
A new probate judge will be taking office in Stark County late next month. Today, Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Curt Werren to be the Stark County Probate Court judge.
JANUARY 8, 2025
Family Legacy Leads Judge to Supreme Court Bench
Judge Matt Lynch comes from a long line of attorneys, but sitting on the Ohio Supreme Court for oral arguments Wednesday was a first for his family.
DECEMBER 13, 2024
Bowling Green City Prosecutor Transitioning to Municipal Judge
A new judge will be taking the bench in Bowling Green Municipal Court in the new year.
Febraury 12, 2025
What does 'having sex' mean? Question focus of spousal rape case before Ohio Supreme Court: Columbus Dispatch
A test of Ohio's law against spousal rape and what requirements victim testimony must meet is going before the Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday.
Organized opposition and support become increasingly common in central Ohio solar projects: WOSU
Harvey Solar, a 350-megawatt solar project in Licking County, is awaiting a decision from the Ohio Supreme Court after an opposition group appealed its approval.