814 ABA Journal Ohio articles.
In a case that has attracted national interest, an Ohio woman is appealing a court ruling that her ex-husband doesn’t have to pay the dowry she is guaranteed in her…
Nov 1, 2007 4:21 PM CDT
The Ohio Supreme Court has overturned a record-breaking $30 million medical malpractice award, citing, among other courtroom misbehavior, a theatrical closing argument by the controversial Michigan attorney representing the brain-injured…
Oct 27, 2007 12:35 AM CDT
Although one Muslim man’s marriage contract calls for a $25,000 dowry to be paid to his wife, he doesn’t have to pay her, now that they are divorced, because it…
Oct 22, 2007 6:15 PM CDT
Despite the attention paid in recent months to Howrey’s announcement that it would no longer implement a so-called lockstep pay schedule for associate attorneys, merit-based salary schedules are by no…
Oct 15, 2007 8:03 PM CDT
A utility company has reached a pollution agreement that will be one of the largest environmental settlements in the history of the Justice Department. The deal is expected to be…
Oct 9, 2007 1:25 PM CDT
A 10-year-old boy who is accused of having set an Ohio fire that killed five people, including his mother, has been ordered released to his maternal grandmother’s custody.
The boy’s…
Oct 1, 2007 9:24 PM CDT
After a 30-month study, a group of legal experts associated with the American Bar Association called today for a temporary moratorium on enforcement of the death penalty in Ohio until…
Sep 24, 2007 10:46 PM CDT
The state of Ohio has filed a lawsuit against Citibank contending that a free sandwich offer was deceptive.
Because this and at least one other offer promising free food to…
Sep 24, 2007 5:56 PM CDT
A judge’s decision to admit the results of a polygraph exam may have helped a law school graduate win acquittal Monday in an Ohio sexual battery case.
Sahil Sharma had…
Sep 5, 2007 2:54 PM CDT
Saying that a 20-minute talk with one’s client and interviewing witnesses during one’s lunch hour is sufficient preparation to allow a lawyer to try a case, an Ohio judge reportedly…
Aug 27, 2007 3:37 PM CDT
CORRECTED: There’s no word yet about the result of a contempt trial scheduled today in the case of an Ohio assistant public defender briefly jailed last week after he refused…
Aug 25, 2007 1:12 AM CDT
Updated: Criminal law blogs are abuzz over the contempt case of Brian Jones, an assistant public defender in Portage County, Ohio.
Seems that Jones was appointed Wednesday by Portage County…
Aug 20, 2007 3:38 PM CDT
A judge in Butler County, Ohio, thinks some TV crime shows have created unrealistic expectations for jurors—and she’s doing something about it.
Judge Patricia Oney of Hamilton bars jurors from…
Aug 14, 2007 2:53 PM CDT
Mortgage foreclosures nationwide were up by 58 percent during the first half of 2007, compared to the first half of 2006.
That translates to a total of 573,397 homes at…
Jul 31, 2007 3:30 PM CDT
In 2004 Ohio voters adopted a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage despite warnings that it could undermine domestic violence laws.
That argument has proven unwarranted. Yesterday, the Ohio Supreme Court…
Jul 26, 2007 3:59 PM CDT
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