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DECEMBER 24, 2019

Attorney Who Tried to Funnel Elderly Clients’ Money to Wife and Boy Scouts Suspended

Attorney Convicted of Forgery and Theft Indefinitely Suspended

Court Suspends Two Lawyers for Neglecting Client Matters

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Misstatements During Sentencing Not Grounds for Withdrawing Plea Eight Years Later

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Siblings Must Prove Columbus TV Station Defamed Them as ‘Robbers’

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Dog’s History of Biting Can Be Used to Convict Owner of Crime

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Parents Fight for Juvenile Court Resolutions within 90 Days

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Akron Attorney Who Aided Clients’ Tax Evasion Suspended

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Oil and Gas Lease Disputes Subject to 21-Year Statute of Limitations

Five-Year, Instead of Three-Year, Prison Sentence Applies to Certain Illegal Drug Makers

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Banks Entitled to Restitution for Forged Checks

Court Directed to Reconsider How It Reduced Woman’s Prison Sentence from 65 to 15 Years

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Township Cannot Be Sued based on Hiring and Supervision of Officer Who Injured Motorist

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Cleveland Lawyer Convicted of Money Laundering Indefinitely Suspended

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

New Hearing Ordered for Akron Man Given Death Penalty for Murdering Girlfriend’s Parent

Pittsburgh Attorney Suspended after Misleading Disciplinary Investigators

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Federal Court Asks Supreme Court for Guidance on Law Allowing Civil Lawsuits based on Criminal Acts

Cincinnati Attorney Sanctioned for Assisting a Suspended Attorney’s Unauthorized Law Practice

Columbus Attorney Suspended for Violating Rules While on Probation

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Appeals Court Exceeded Its Authority in Portage County Surface Mining Case

Law School Graduate’s Latest Request for Admission to Practice Denied

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Double Jeopardy Protections Do Not Bar Prosecuting Man Who Changed Story about Son’s Death

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Disbarment, Suspension Issued for Attorneys Engaged in Unauthorized Practice

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Court Sanctions Attorney Who Accepted Firearms in lieu of Law Firm’s Payments

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Trial Courts Can Waive Previously Imposed Court Costs

Arrest Started with Stop of Black SUV Registered as White SUV Was Constitutional

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Williams County Hosts Supreme Court for Session with High School Students

Regulators Lack Authority to Impose Cost-Recovery Cap on Utilities’ Energy Efficiency Plan

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Former Franklin County Judge Suspended for Sexual and Campaign Misconduct

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Convicted Man Cannot Use Recent Ohio Supreme Court Decision to Challenge His Sentence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Cincinnati Must Pay Newspaper’s Legal Bill for Withholding Arrest Videos

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Toledo Area Attorney Suspended for Filing False Tax Returns

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Court Upholds Statute Eliminating Residency Quotas in Cleveland’s Public Construction Contracts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Grocer Not Responsible for Motorized Cart Collision that Injured Shopper

Court Suspends Attorney Arrested after Being Intoxicated at Trial

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

State Challenges $4.5 Million Judgment to Cleveland for Workers’ Compensation Overcharges

AUGUST 22, 2019

Municipal Bond Buyers Do Not Automatically Acquire Right to Sue

AUGUST 21, 2019

Court Extends Suspension for Lakewood Lawyer Who Practiced While Suspended

Out-of-State Lawyer to Pay $25,000 for Illegally Practicing in Ohio

AUGUST 20, 2019

State Workers Can Be Fired during Probationary Period at Employer’s Discretion

AUGUST 15, 2019

Judge Cannot Impose Community Controls to be Served After Prison Sentence

AUGUST 14, 2019

Public Bodies Cannot Use Secret Ballots to Take Official Action

AUGUST 13, 2019

Former Lorain County Judge Suspended from Practicing Law

JULY 30, 2019

Constitutionality of Adult Offenses Based on Juvenile Actions Challenged

JULY 23, 2019

Westlake Attorney Indefinitely Suspended for Disregarding Client Matters

JULY 18, 2019

Court Suspends Westlake Attorney for Threatening Client to Collect Excessive Fee

JULY 17, 2019

Law Limits Time to File Breach-of-Contract Lawsuits for Faulty Construction

JULY 16, 2019

Common Pleas Court Can Consider Challenge to High School Sports’ Competitive Balance Rule

JULY 10, 2019

Tenth District: Police Properly Arrested Intoxicated Man at Dog Day Care; OVI Charges Reinstated

JULY 9, 2019

Eighth District: Court Must Consider New Trial after “Newly Discovered” Photos and Other Evidence Disappeared

JULY 2, 2019

Pawnshop Seeks Immunity after Owner of Stolen Jewelry Sues When Goods Were Sold

JUNE 27, 2019

Attorney Suspended for Purposely Underpaying Another Lawyer His Share of Fees

JUNE 26, 2019

Cuyahoga County Not Immune from Lawsuit Filed by Fired Employee

JUNE 25, 2019

Right to Contest Adoption Survives When Court Relieves Parent of Paying Child Support

JUNE 20, 2019

Modification of Wind Farm Permit Not Subject to Stricter Location Standards

JUNE 19, 2019

First Energy Electric Grid Modernization Charge Improperly Imposed

JUNE 5, 2019

Lorain Attorney Suspended for Losing Client’s Settlement Check

JUNE 4, 2019

Township Claims Immunity for Police Crash During Pursuit

MAY 30, 2019

Greater Cincinnati Attorney Disbarred after Practicing While Suspended

MAY 29, 2019

Trumbull County Woman’s Speedy-Trial Rights Not Violated by Documentation Deficiencies

MAY 23, 2019

Attorney General Must Take Action in Columbus Mosque Dispute

MAY 22, 2019

Florida Attorney Convicted of Health Care Fraud Suspended

MAY 16, 2019

Suspended Westerville Attorney Receives Two More Years of Suspension

MAY 15, 2019

Court Must Reconsider Guilty Plea Withdrawal by Immigrant Facing Deportation

MAY 14, 2019

News Outlet Argues for Prompt Release of Police Bodycam Videos, Which Show Taser Use

MAY 8, 2019

Cuyahoga County Man’s Wrongful Imprisonment Claim Can Continue

MAY 7, 2019

Probate Judge Blocked From Taking Control of Greene County Courtroom

MAY 2, 2019

Search of Man Walking Near Where Gunshots Heard Was Constitutional

MAY 1, 2019

Judge Cannot Block Cleveland Fire Department’s Shift-Change Order

APRIL 30, 2019

Cincinnati Asks Court to Declare No ‘Free Bite’ Rule for Dangerous Dogs

APRIL 16, 2019

Right to Sue TV Station for Faulty Hoverboard Theft Report Heard at Off-Site Court Session

APRIL 11, 2019

Ruling Lets Stand Order to Pay Lump-Sum Payments to Workers Who Lost Limbs, Organs

APRIL 10, 2019

Former Belmont County Judge Failed to Supervise Embezzling Private Practice Employee

APRIL 9, 2019

Ashland Attorney Suspended for Having Sex with Client, Soliciting Prostitution

APRIL 4, 2019

Court-Cost-Only Judgment Cannot Be Appealed

APRIL 3, 2019

Mahoning Probate Judge Publicly Reprimanded for Presiding Over Ex-Client Cases

MARCH 20, 2019

Court Rejects Bid for Juvenile Hearing by Man in Mid-20s

MARCH 19, 2019

Question Raised about Whether Prior Nonconsensual Sex Can Be Addressed in Rape Trials

MARCH 13, 2019

Wayne Township Residents Can Contest Zoning Change at Ballot Box

MARCH 5, 2019

City Might Owe Township Tax Payments, But Court Will Not Order It

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Former Scioto County Judge Suspended for Attempt to Influence Daughter’s Speeding Ticket

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Local Government Rights to Hire, Sue, and Claim Immunity Come Before Supreme Court

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Disability Compensation Can Be Denied if Injured Worker Refuses Additional Exams

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In Death Penalty Appeal, Cincinnati Man Claims Jurors Revealed Racial Bias

Franklin County Judge Receives One-Year Stayed Suspension

JANUARY 22, 2019

Legality of Police Searches at Issue in Cases Before Supreme Court

JANUARY 2, 2019

Stepfather and Father Debate Support Obligations in Adoption Case