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A federal appeals court in Cincinnati last week found that an Ohio death-row inmate was not entitled to habeas relief as he had argued in U.S. District Court.
Date Published: September 9, 2010
A new college has been created at The University of Toledo to meet the educational needs of adult students.
Date Published: September 9, 2010
A three-judge panel of the 10th District Court of Appeals held that a trial court ruling finding a Columbus motorist guilty of a pair of traffic infractions was not against the manifest weight of the evidence despite the man's argument to the contrary.
Date Published: September 9, 2010
(New York, NY) The Swiss Federal Tax Authority continues to transmit once-secret banking files to the IRS, as per settlement agreement reached with Swiss financial company UBS. Americans whose UBS accounts are being revealed to the IRS and who have not already come forward and voluntarily disclosed their accounts can expect to be on the receiving end of an IRS investigation or subpoena, said New York asset protection attorney, Asher Rubinstein.
Date Published: September 9, 2010
A desire to spur home renovations in low-income neighborhoods has led Sen. Eric Kearney, D-Cincinnati, to introduce Senate Bill 298 into the Ohio General Assembly.
Date Published: September 9, 2010
(Columbus) Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray and the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Board (PUSTRCB) notified the leaders of five major oil companies that his office is reviewing whether they should be required to pay back tens of millions of dollars in claims they made to a state fund intended to help gas station owners and operators, individuals, and state and local governments address contamination from underground petroleum storage tank systems.
Date Published: September 9, 2010
A London Correctional Institution inmate was unable to convince a 5th District Court of Appeals panel that the appellate court should stop the trial court's plan to resentence him as a result of post-release control having been omitted from his initial sentence.
Date Published: September 8, 2010
A bill that would specify dyslexia as a specific learning disability and require a 3-year pilot project to provide early screening and intervention has been introduced into the Ohio General Assembly.
Date Published: September 8, 2010
A Franklin County appellate panel accepted the argument of a Washington Courthouse man who alleged a trial court abused its discretion when it allowed cross examination testimony centering on a prior criminal conviction of his expert medical witness.
Date Published: September 8, 2010
Just weeks removed from a research project in the Netherlands, Dennis D. Hirsch is preparing to offer his preliminary findings to students, alumni and colleagues.
Date Published: September 8, 2010
Q: My mother recently died in a nursing home where she was getting Medicaid benefits. I am the executor of her estate, and my lawyer says I have to notify the Ohio Attorney General so the state can recover assets to pay for the Medicaid benefits she received. Why must I do that?
Date Published: September 8, 2010
(Columbus) Using a system designed to assist the hearing impaired, scammers are attempting to con Ohio small businesses out of money. According to Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, his office is receiving complaints from businesses around the state that received calls from scammers abusing the telephone relay system.
Date Published: September 7, 2010
For years, decades even, corn and other food grown in Ohio has ended up on dinner tables around the world, from China to Europe and most places in-between.
Date Published: September 7, 2010
Sen. Eric Kearney has called Senate Bill 296 "a minor but much needed expansion of current law."
Date Published: September 7, 2010
(Columbus) Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has announced that Dr. Stacey Royal of Perrysburg, Ohio was convicted of multiple felony counts, including insurance fraud, telecommunications fraud, theft and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.
Date Published: September 7, 2010
In an effort to revitalize property that currently is home to empty buildings and factories, Rep. Barbara Sears, R-Sylvania, has introduced House Bill 569 into the Ohio General Assembly.
Date Published: September 7, 2010
(Columbus) The death of a spouse, parent, child, partner or other loved one is a difficult time. In addition to the emotional stress present during the weeks, months or years following a death, financial burdens may also arise. Life insurance is intended to assist with these financial burdens. While life insurance policies provide for a single payment of the death benefit, policies may also offer other payout options that are intended to fit your needs and those of your family. Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson suggests you consider the following information if a life insurance company offers you a Retained Asset Account as an option to a single payment.
Date Published: September 7, 2010
Just as Ohio mayor's courts report a rise in the number of new cases filed in 2009 - a reversal of a four-year trend, an excess of overdue, pending cases also surpassed the 2008 level.
Date Published: September 6, 2010
The following schedule of cases is set for hearings by the Supreme Court’s Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline in September. All hearings take place before a three-judge panel of the board and are open to the public. The hearings involve an individual attorney or judge who is charged with professional misconduct.
Date Published: September 6, 2010
A Cincinnati federal appeals panel upheld an earlier ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Court of Ohio denying an inmate's motion for sentence modification in a 3-0 decision late last month.
Date Published: September 6, 2010
Northwest Ohio’s Latino community will celebrate the 21st annual Diamante Awards Friday, Sept. 10, at 6 p.m. in the Toledo Hilton Ballroom on The University of Toledo’s Health Science Campus.
Date Published: September 6, 2010
(Columbus) Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray announced that a New York Federal District Court has issued an important ruling that will allow a major lawsuit to proceed against Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and various individual officers and directors.
Date Published: September 6, 2010
The Supreme Court of Ohio late last week ruled that when an indictment charges an offense by following the language of the criminal statute - which happens to lack a culpable mental state - it is in no way deficient for the omission.
Date Published: September 3, 2010
A Franklin County appellate panel overruled the argument of a Scioto
Southland man who opposed the trial court's ruling in his divorce
proceedings.
Date Published: September 3, 2010
A lawmaker's digging into matters involving a career college has culminated with the introduction of House Bill 573 into the Ohio General Assembly.
Date Published: September 3, 2010
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