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A Cincinnati federal appellate court rejected the claims of a defendant who appealed the U.S. District Court's sentence enhancement to his conviction for conspiracy to distribute drugs.
Date Published: August 4, 2010
A federal appellate court in Cincinnati believes there exists enough facts in the action brought by a Warren County resident that the U.S. District Court should not have dismissed the woman's retaliation claim against a local economic development director and several county institutions.
Date Published: August 4, 2010
A Franklin County appellate panel accepted the State Teachers Retirement Board of Ohio's argument that centered on the manner in which a then-substitute teacher employed by Toledo City Schools left her position in 1977 in anticipation of her daughter's birth.
Date Published: August 4, 2010
The University extended sanctuary to some shady characters — Jazz Age bootleggers, sexual obsessives and high-rolling grifters among them — when acclaimed writer Craig Holden donated his personal papers to the Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections in Carlson Library.
Date Published: August 4, 2010
A non-profit foundation through which charitable donations can be made to the Supreme Court of Ohio elected two at-large members to its board of directors on Tuesday, July 27th.
Date Published: August 4, 2010
The state's high court has determined the preparation costs incurred by a bidder vying for the public contract tied to construction of University of Akron's new football stadium in 2008 may be recovered as long as the rejected bidder sought - but was denied - timely injunctive relief.
Date Published: August 3, 2010
A Cincinnati federal appeals court vacated the sentence of an investment broker who pleaded guilty to a charge of mail fraud on the basis it was made in error.
Date Published: August 3, 2010
Carolyn Bradford can't seem to stay retired. She's tried it twice, but now she's unretired again, this time to lead the agency that regulates the state's banks, credit unions, mortgage brokers and even pawnbrokers.
Date Published: August 3, 2010
The University of Toledo has been selected to host the 2011 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Championships at Ottawa Park Golf Course in Toledo.
Date Published: August 3, 2010
(Columbus) The always popular butter cow at the Ohio State Fair may look good enough to eat, but once the fair ends the butter does not end up spread across toast or mixed in a muffin batter.
Date Published: August 3, 2010
(Columbus) Federal grant scams are sweeping through Ohio, Attorney General Richard Cordray has warned.
Date Published: August 3, 2010
A three-judge appellate panel late last month reversed a Franklin County Common Pleas Court decision dismissing a restaurant owner's appeal of an earlier ruling by the village of Obetz which ordered the restaurant's signs be removed as a result of the business apparently ceasing operations.
Date Published: August 2, 2010
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law is gearing up for its On-Campus Interviewing Program, which will bring law firms to campus to interview first-, second- and third-year law students for 2011 summer and permanent positions. Early interviews for the program will take place Aug. 9 through Aug. 18.
Date Published: August 2, 2010
According to national reports, at least one segment of the U.S. credit sector may be easing - auto loans.
Date Published: August 2, 2010
The University of Toledo will play the University of Miami in a
home-and-home football series beginning in 2015, UT Vice President and
Athletic Director Mike O’Brien announced yesterday.
Date Published: August 2, 2010
A year ago Ohio pork producers were reeling from a perfect storm of factors that nearly crippled the industry.
Date Published: August 2, 2010
Ohio State University engineering researchers are studying ways develop a new navigation system similar to the GPS that would first be used by astronauts in space then by emergency responders on Earth.
Date Published: August 2, 2010
A spokesman for the Cuyahoga County prosecutor commended the decision by
the Supreme Court of Ohio earlier last week for precluding any notion
that at-large offenders may shield themselves from the law through
statutory time limits.
Date Published: July 30, 2010
A Cincinnati federal appellate court upheld a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Columbus sentencing an individual who had been working with federal drug agents to more than 11 years in prison based upon a drug-related conviction.
Date Published: July 30, 2010
A federal appellate panel in Cincinnati found that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Court of Ohio in Columbus correctly dismissed the civil rights action brought by an inmate against Madison Correctional Institution employees in a decision this week.
Date Published: July 30, 2010
Hungry Toledo lawyers have a new, convenient lunch option. Located on the first floor of the Lucas County Common Pleas Courthouse, TJ's Courthouse Café, which opened on Wednesday, is full of both good food and familiar faces.
Date Published: July 30, 2010
House Bill 558, introduced this month in the Ohio General Assembly, would eliminate a Belmont County Court judgeship by combining Northern and Eastern Division Courts in Belmont County and consolidating three divisional courts into two, all in a move to decrease the county's expenses.
Date Published: July 30, 2010
Ohio State University energy researchers will have more money for studying ways to advance the use of clean coal as an energy source thanks to a series of grants awarded by the Ohio Coal Development Office.
Date Published: July 29, 2010
Due to years of confusion among cardholders and inconsistency among different states' overdraft policies, the federal government recently became involved in setting regulations for overdraft protection. However, according to Ohio bankers, some consumers are not fully aware of what the protections mean.
Date Published: July 29, 2010
The Ohio Supreme Court justice who seeks the high court's chief justice position outlined by letter and a press release Wednesday, July 21st, a plan to reduce the court's budget by 10 percent and appoint an advisory committee charged with identifying further spending cuts in the court system to help solve Ohio's budget crisis.
Date Published: July 29, 2010
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