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A Franklin County appellate court earlier this month reversed a magistrate's decision against a Columbus-based construction firm, which was deemed responsible for a safety violation, or VSSR, resulting in a worker's injury.
Date Published: September 13, 2010
A new bill that includes several of the legislative goals from a state association has been introduced into the Ohio General Assembly.
Date Published: September 13, 2010
Cuyahoga County - Auditor of State Mary Taylor has released the performance audit of the Ohio Lottery Commission. The audit identifies potential savings of more than $2 million annually, and includes several recommendations that could help increase the profitability of the Ohio Lottery.
Date Published: September 13, 2010
A 5th District Court of Appeals panel has upheld a trial court's ruling in favor of Reynoldsburg City School Board to connect its new schools in Etna Township to city water - instead of Southwest Licking Community Water and Sewer District.
Date Published: September 13, 2010
The Supreme Court of Ohio confirmed the four cases it will hear at Ohio Northern University on Wednesday, Sept. 29, as part of its semiannual Off-Site Court program.
Date Published: September 13, 2010
A new bill proposing state adoption of the Transfer of Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act was introduced into the Ohio General Assembly last week.
Date Published: September 13, 2010
A federal appeals court in Cincinnati affirmed a U.S. District Court's decision in favor of an Urbana business, despite an appellant's appeal seeking further discovery in an employment-related racial discrimination suit.
Date Published: September 13, 2010
A 10th District Court of Appeals panel determined a trial court magistrate did not commit plain error by allowing a tax dependency exemption in alternating years for the parents of a minor child.
Date Published: September 13, 2010
(Bowling Green) Transitioning from life on a military base to life on a college campus can be a mission in itself.
Date Published: September 13, 2010
(ARA) A ennui tends to settle upon the houses of parents whose children have all moved away. "Empty Nest Syndrome is a colloquial way of identifying that sense of loss, sadness or emptiness in parents," says Dr. Jim Wasner, chair of Clinical Psychology programs at Argosy University, Schaumburg. "It's that period of transition when a child no longer depends on their parents for a high level of support and care."
Date Published: September 13, 2010
Rep. Seth Morgan has created a new piece of legislation aimed at stimulating economic growth by tearing through bureaucratic hurdles. House Bill 576 would authorize the state and local governments to jointly offer a single, lower tax rate and other incentives to businesses that establish operations within designated areas.
Date Published: September 10, 2010
Inspired by the passing of 21-year-old Sara Lewandoski in 2007, an Ohio
lawmaker has introduced a bill designed to prevent a similar loss of
life. House Bill 575, sponsored by Rep. Timothy DeGeeter, would modify current
Ohio Revised Code to specify that when a court is sentencing a person
for certain drug offenses, it should take into consideration situations
in which medical assistance had been sought due to a drug overdose.
Date Published: September 10, 2010
According to a 5th District Court of Appeals ruling this week, a Knox County trial court more than likely will revisit a dispute between the local county board of commissioners and the county's engineer.
Date Published: September 10, 2010
A defendant, who pleaded guilty to federal charges without a written plea agreement, was unable to persuade a three_judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that his sentence was substantively unreasonable and the district court erred in formulating his base offense level.
Date Published: September 10, 2010
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Date Published: September 10, 2010
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
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