821 ABA Journal Ohio articles.
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
‘Saying “F— you” to a judge could get a defendant in trouble. But in a recent incident in a Cincinnati courtroom, it’s the judge who is at the center of…
Jul 13, 2007 4:17 PM CDT
Coroners eye Ohio suit demanding they tell families about removal of body parts
Jul 2, 2007 12:33 AM CDT
A Michigan law banning late-term abortions is unconstitutional because it is overly broad and “unduly burdens” a woman’s right to an abortion, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided…
Jun 5, 2007 1:37 AM CDT
Former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine of Ohio will join the corporate investigations practice of a Cincinnati law firm.
Keating Muething & Klekamp announced the move today, according to…
May 4, 2007 8:03 PM CDT
When a lawyer for a man accused of a credit card offense described him as a churchgoer in an Ohio courtroom yesterday, hoping to win his release on a low…
Apr 26, 2007 9:44 PM CDT
A general counsel of an Ohio company who did not have the proper law license has been replaced, according to Corporate Counsel.
A statement by Dana Corp.…
Apr 18, 2007 12:18 PM CDT
Ohio appeals judge Mark Painter thinks legal opinions can be dull and boring, so he tries to liven things up a bit.
Painter spurns legalese and quotes experts ranging from…
Apr 16, 2007 3:51 PM CDT
A federal grand jury has indicted a suspected member of al-Qaida from Columbus, Ohio, in an alleged terrorist plot to bomb several overseas locations.
Apr 12, 2007 4:09 PM CDT
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