MAY 29, 2020
Ohio Supreme Court Affirms Appeals Court Can’t Hear East Cleveland’s Petition over Trial of Cleveland Police Supervisor from ‘137 Shots’ Case - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lawyer Suspended for Plotting to Help Woman Avoid Testifying - Bloomberg Law
June Disciplinary Hearings Announced - Highland County Press
Lucas County Judge Appointed to Ohio Supreme Court Special Commission - Toledo WTOL-TV
Ohio Appeals Court Upholds Photo Ticket for Violating Implicit Speed Limit - TheNewspaper.com
Lead Prosecutor in Rhoden Mass Slayings Case Resigns - Columbus Dispatch
New Court Date Set in Kettering Insurance Agent Murder Case - Dayton Daily News
Youngstown Man Sentenced to 136 Years in Prison for Multiple Lake County Rapes of Juvenile Victims - Cleveland WOIO-TV
Summit County Court to Continue Restrictions through July - Akron Beacon Journal
Some Landlords Taking Unofficial “Evictions” into Their Own Hands Before Courts Open - Cleveland WEWS-TV
AG Asks for Full Court Re-Hearing of Danny Lee Hill Case - Warren Tribune Chronicle
‘It’s Heartbreaking’: Franklin County Sheriff Reacts to Damage in Downtown Columbus Following Protest - Columbus WBNS-TV
Federal Authorities Pledge ‘Robust’ Investigation into George Floyd’s Death - USA Today
COVID-19 Reaches Ohio Juvenile Detention Centers, Advocates Call for Mass Testing in Cleveland - Cleveland WOIO-TV
Judge: Staff at Private Youngstown Prison Is Doing Enough to Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak Among Inmates - Cleveland Plain Dealer
National Law Enforcement Leaders Urge the Release, Transfer of Inmates at Federal Prison in Ohio - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Trumbull County Leading the Charge in Bellwether Opioid Lawsuit - Youngstown WFMJ-TV
Ohio House Passes Bill Legalizing Sports Betting - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Suspended Law License Hasn’t Stopped This State Attorney General - Bloomberg Government
MAY 28, 2020
Stark Attorney Suspended by Ohio Supreme Court - Canton Repository
Appeals Court: Crime Victims Have Constitutional Right to Restitution - Cincinnati Enquirer
Prosecutor Joe Deters Announces Death Penalty Indictment in Killing of Officer Kaia Grant - Cincinnati WCPO-TV
Man Charged with Killing Springdale Officer Will Face Death Penalty - Cincinnati Enquirer
Former 10TV Meteorologist Mike Davis Sentenced on Child Porn Charges - Columbus Dispatch
Cuyahoga County Defends Itself from Prisoner Transport Lawsuit Filed by Man Whose Mouth Judge Ordered Taped Shut at Sentencing - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Family of Man Who Died in Cuyahoga County Jail Sues County, Ex-Jail Employees Criminally Charged in Death - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Deters: 8-Year-Old Killed by Another Child Who Told the Truth When Adults Would Not - Cincinnati Enquirer
Family of Teen Girl Killed during Cleveland Police Chase Files Lawsuit - Cleveland Plain Dealer
DNA Links Man to Beating Death of Woman Found Stuffed in Cleveland Church Stairwell in 2018, Court Records Say - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Stark Common Pleas Suspending Jury Trials until July 6 - Canton Repository
Court System Delayed Because of COVID-19 - Huntington (WV) WSAZ-TV
Corruption Trials Put on Pause Because of Pandemic - Youngstown Vindicator
Judge Leads Courthouse Tour - Virtually - Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune
Jury Duty Scammers Pose as Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Deputies, Use Coronavirus Pandemic to Con Cleveland Woman - Cleveland Plain Dealer
I-Team: Coronavirus Causing Child Custody Conflicts - Cleveland WJW-TV
Belmont County Jail Employees Receive Hazard Pay - Steubenville WTOV-TV
Garnishment Must Be Clarified in Pandemic Relief Laws - Law360 Opinion
They Suffered Years of Abuse. Now They’re Trapped Behind Bars in a Pandemic - Mother Jones
Large Pharmacy Chains Did Little to Stop Opioid Abuse in Northeast Ohio Counties, Newly-Unsealed Lawsuits Say - Cleveland Plain Dealer
MAY 27, 2020
Suspended Pike County Sheriff Pleads Not Guilty to Additional Charges; Ordered to Surrender Firearms - Chillicothe Gazette
Murder Trial for Man Facing Death Penalty Delayed to 2021 - Associated Press
Marietta Woman Gets Six Years for Repeat OVIs - Marietta Times
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Announces Easing of Some Coronavirus Restrictions While Jury Trials Remain Suspended - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hamilton County Judge Announces First In-House Adoption Since Mid-March - Cincinnati Enquirer
Ashland County Family Finalizes Adoption for Two Sons via Zoom - Cleveland WJW-TV
Franklin County Commissioners OK $2.6 Million for Housing Help during Pandemic - Columbus Dispatch
Appeals Court Blocks Order Giving Ballot Issues More Time - Toledo Blade
Appeals Court Blocks Federal Judge’s Order Allowing Electronic Signature Gathering for Ohio Statewide Ballot Issues - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sixth Circuit Stays Injunction in Ohio Pandemic Voting Rights Case - National Law Review
COVID-19, Executive Authority and Fundamental Rights: What Do the Courts Say? - National Law Review
An ‘Avalanche of Evictions’ Could Be Bearing down on America’s Renters - New York Times
Jimmy Dimora Wouldn’t Have Contracted Coronavirus Had Prison Officials Followed Orders from AG, Judge, His Attorney Says - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Early Release Doesn’t Help Those Left Behind to Endure the COVID-19 Crisis in American Prisons - Justia Verdict
U.S. Supreme Court Says Bureau of Prisons Must Transfer Inmates At-Risk of Getting Coronavirus out of Federal Prison in Ohio - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Big Pharmacy Chains Also Fed the Opioid Epidemic, Court Filing Says - New York Times
MAY 26, 2020
Oral Argument Preview: Is a City a Crime Victim and Thus Entitled to Restitution? City of Centerville v. Michael P. Knab - Legally Speaking Ohio
Ohio Lawyer Suspended for Neglecting Cases, Soliciting Sex from Client; Must Pay Clients $30K - Highland County Press
Cleveland-Area Lawyer Indefinitely Suspended for Role in Investment Scam - Highland County Press
Uniform Bar Exam up Next for Law School Graduates - Highland County Press
Taking Local School Control from Youngstown; Pushing School Choice over Adequate Funding - Cleveland Plain Dealer
West Chester Quadruple Homicide Trial Delayed until 2021 - Cincinnati WXIX-TV
Former Weatherman to Be Sentenced This Week on Child Porn Charges - Columbus WCMH-TV
Traffic and Eviction Hearings Moving to Greater Columbus Convention Center amid Coronavirus Pandemic - Columbus Dispatch
Cuyahoga County Corruption Trials, Criminal Probes Delayed by Coronavirus - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Gov. Mike DeWine’s Gun-Reform Proposals Gather Dust during the Coronavirus Crisis - Cleveland Plain Dealer
What Might Have Been: The Forgotten History of Women on the Supreme Court Shortlist - Texas Standard/Texas Public Radio
Court Rejects Appeal from Man Convicted in Dying Blink Case - Associated Press
Northern Ohio’s Chief Judge Requires Face Masks for All People Entering Federal Courthouses - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Attorneys Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Accelerate Transfer of Inmates out of Federal Prison in Ohio - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Early Release Doesn’t Help Those Left Behind to Endure the COVID-19 Crisis in American Prisons - Justia Verdict
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Stop Release of Inmates at Risk for COVID-19 - Los Angeles Times
MAY 22, 2020
Lawyer Is Thankful for Second Chances after Suspension for Erratic Behavior, Client Neglect - ABA Journal
Ottawa County Juvenile Court Gets Training Grant - Sandusky Register
How COVID-19 Can Help Us Forge a Better Judiciary - Ohio Capital Journal Guest Column
Defendant Challenges Ability of Judges to Ignore Trial Deadlines - Youngstown Vindicator
Mother of Warren Boy Murdered in ‘85 Ready to Fight Killer’s Death Sentence Reversal - Youngstown WKBN-TV
Felony Jury Trials Moved from Courthouse to Pritchard Laughlin Civic Center - Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian
Lawsuit in Lake County Challenges Prohibition of Amusement Games in Ohio Establishments - Willoughby News-Herald
Hamilton County Judge Gives $100,000 back to County from His Budget - Cincinnati WKRC-TV
Malware Attack Hits Montgomery County Computer Network - Dayton WKEF-TV
Ohio Gyms Reopen after Winning Legal Battle against State Closure Orders - ABC News
Will and Estate Planning on the Rise amid Pandemic, According to Local Lawyer - Columbus WBNS-TV
Michigan Judge: Mount Carmel Need Not Fund Husel’s Defense in Murder Trial - Associated Press
Coronavirus: Prison Officials Ask to Delay Order Requiring Prisoner Release at Elkton - Canton Repository
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Block Judge’s Order to Release Inmates at Ohio Federal Prison - Reason.com
Judges Prefer Zoom and WebEx as Courtrooms Go Virtual - Law360
Texas Court Holds First US Jury Trial via Videoconferencing - Associated Press
Michigan Court Upholds Whitmer’s Power to Extend Stay-At-Home Order - CBS News
Utah Supreme Court Rejects Mixed Motive Test for Intentional Fraudulent Transfers in Jones Case - Forbes
Afternoon Briefs: Texas Justice Has COVID-19; 7th Circuit Win for Strip Clubs Seeking Payroll Loans - ABA Journal
Missouri Just Broke the Pandemic’s Moratorium on Executions - Washington Post
MAY 21, 2020
What’s on Their Minds: Should a Juvenile’s Uncounseled Confession to a Social Worker Be Suppressed? In re: M.H. - Legally Speaking Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court Indefinitely Suspends Middletown-Area Attorney - Hamilton Journal-News
Ohio Lawyer Who Offered Client Xanax Indefinitely Suspended - Bloomberg Law
Juvenile/Probate Court Receives $224K in Grants - Piqua Daily Call
Bedford Court Gets Grant for Operations during Health Crisis - Chagrin Valley Today
Lorain County Commissioners Urge for Local Control, Abandonment of HB70 - Lorain Morning Journal
‘Unreasonable and Oppressive:’ Judge Slams Dr. Amy Acton in Order to Reopen Gyms - Cincinnati Enquirer
Ohio Judge: State Health Department Exceeded Legal Authority in Ordering Gyms Closed - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lake County Judge Sides with Gyms in Lawsuit against Ohio Health Director - Willoughby News-Herald
Court Spots Ohio Gyms from Bench - Warren Tribune Chronicle
Ohio Senate Comes to Defense of Dr. Amy Acton; Judge Earlier Rules She Overstepped Authority - Toledo Blade
Cleveland Man Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison for Shooting Police Officer, Other Man with Assault Rifle - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Masks Required Inside Franklin County Common Pleas Court - Columbus WSYX-TV
Why Did Judges Virtually Shut down Hamilton County Domestic Relations Court due to COVID-19? - Cincinnati WCPO-TV
Probate Court Issues Online Marriage Application Next Week - Toledo Blade
Court Rules Ohio Can’t Execute Man Convicted of Raping, Killing 12-Year-Old Boy - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Why It Is Unconstitutional for State Bars, When Doling out Bar-Exam Seats, to Favor In-State Law Schools - Verdict Justia
Ohio House Unanimously Passes Aisha’s Law - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio House Moves to Strengthen Domestic Violence Law - Dayton Daily News
Carryout, Delivery Orders of Alcoholic Drinks Would Be Permanently Allowed Under New Ohio Legislation - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Agency Asks Supreme Court to Halt Judge’s Order to Clear out Elkton Federal Prison in Ohio Overrun with Coronavirus - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Michigan Residents Can Watch Court Proceedings Across the State from Home with New Virtual Directory - MLive.com
Coronavirus Cases Concerning Prisoners’ Rights Hit the Supreme Court - CNN Wire
MAY 20, 2020
Ohio Supreme Court: Middletown Lawyer Who Asked Client for Painkillers Indefinitely Suspended - Cincinnati WXIX-TV
Supreme Court Reaffirms Earlier Order in Hills and Dales Boundary Case - Massillon Independent
Elyria Municipal Court to Receive New Security System - Lorain Morning Journal
Ohio History Connection Offers $1.66 Million to Newark Country Club in Octagon Mounds Dispute - Newark Advocate
Coronavirus: Judge Orders State to Accept Electronic Signatures for Ballot Initiatives - Cincinnati Enquirer
Federal Court Allows Electronic Signatures to Get Issues on Ballot, Ohio Plans Appeal - Columbus WSYX-TV
Ohio State Bar Foundation Awards More than $300K to Ohio Nonprofits - Highland County Press
Ohio House Expected to Vote on Aisha’s Law on Wednesday - Cleveland Plain Dealer
‘A Victory for Domestic Violence Survivors Across Ohio’’; Aisha’s Law Moves Forward after Passing Committees - Cleveland WOIO-TV
Cuyahoga County Officials Warn of Scammers Pretending They Are Coronavirus Contact Tracers - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Federal Grand Jury in Cleveland Convenes as Coronavirus Pandemic Continues to Rage - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wife, Stepdaughter of Toledo Sex-Trafficking Pastor Sentenced to Federal Prison - Toledo Blade
Ohio Eased Coronavirus, and Cuyahoga County Overdoses Climbed, Medical Examiner Says - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Judge: BOP Hasn’t Complied with Order to Address Coronavirus at Ohio Federal Prison - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Judge: Elkton Prison Must Begin Inmate Release - Canton Repository
Coronavirus Is Forcing Parents of Kids in Foster Care to Go Months without Visits - Vice News
Court Throws out Major Literacy Ruling in Detroit Schools - Associated Press
MAY 19, 2020
Ohio School District Appeals over Training Hours for Armed School Staff - Associated Press
Tech Tuesday: Online Court - Columbus WOSU Public Radio
Man Who Confessed to Killing Inmate Gets Death Penalty - Cincinnati Enquirer
Order in the Court: Wear Masks - Youngstown Vindicator
Courthouse Reopening Mulled - Martins Ferry Times Leader
Elyria Municipal Court Closes to Public after Employee Contracts Coronavirus - Lorain Morning Journal
Mahoning Co. Judge Says Families May Be Scared to Adopt for Risk of Getting COVID-19 - Youngstown WKBN-TV
Franklin County Now Offering Virtual Marriage Licenses - Columbus WCMH-TV
Franklin County Eyes $1.5 Million in Building Upgrades for COVID-19 Protections - Columbus Dispatch
Coronavirus Clampdown Sets up Legal Fight for Third-Party Candidates’ and Initiatives’ Ballot Access - Akron Beacon Journal
Yost Says Federal Judge Overstepped Authority in Keeping Flynn Case Alive - Columbus Dispatch
Governors Face Mounting Court Challenges over Coronavirus Lockdown Orders - Fox News
We Have No Idea How Many People in Prison Actually Have COVID-19 - Slate
Jimmy Dimora Cites Paul Manafort in Bid for Release from Elkton Prison - Cleveland WKYC-TV
ONU Professor’s Research Referenced in SCOTUS Case - Lima Hometown Stations
Texas Tries a Pandemic First: A Jury Trial by Zoom - Reuters
Missouri Execution Would Be First Since Pandemic Began - Associated Press
MAY 18, 2020
Ohio Supreme Court: Law School Grads Can Begin Careers without Bar Exam - Associated Press
Law School Graduates Can Apply for Temporary Supervised Practice - Highland County Press
Takeover of Academically Distressed School Districts Ruled Constitutional - Highland County Press
Historic Oath: Attorneys Admitted in Online Ceremony - Highland County Press
Official: Madison Schools’ Arming Teachers Case Will Have Impact Across Ohio - Hamilton Journal-News
Halliday Appointed to Fill Judge Seat - Marietta Times
Ohio Justice System Grapples with Bringing Back Jury Trials - IdeaStream
Wheels of Justice Still Turn During Pandemic - Washington Court House Record Herald
COVID-19 Case Forces Closure of Elyria Municipal Court - Elyria Chronicle-Telegram
Lawrence County Jury Trials Moving to Offsite Courtrooms - Huntington (WV) WOWK-TV
Pike Co. Sheriff, Face of Mass-Murder Investigation, Accused of Misappropriating Funds: Update - Cleveland Plain Dealer
In a Letter to the Newspaper, He Confessed to Killing a Prisoner. Now, He Faces the Death Penalty - Cincinnati Enquirer
Is New Designer Opioid Causing Overdose Deaths in Ohio? - Cincinnati Enquirer
Eastern Ohio Prison New Coronavirus Hot Spot As State Scales Back Testing - Columbus Dispatch
Coronavirus Outbreak in Marion Prisons Leaves Residents Scared for Those Who Work Behind Bars - Cleveland Plain Dealer
11 More ICE Detainees with Coronavirus Released from Ohio Jail - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Legal-Ease: Are Quarantine and Vaccination Orders Constitutional? - Lima News Guest Column
‘Delusional’ Martin Shkreli Denied Prison Release by Judge - Associated Press
Will the Coronavirus Make Us Rethink Mass Incarceration? - New Yorker
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