A Westlake man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Cleveland Clinic out more than $2.7 million.

The Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame honors native-born or long-time Ohio residents age 60 and older who are defined by their actions, not their age. The Ohio Department of Aging is currently soliciting nominations of older adults to be considered for 2020 induction. Visit www.aging.ohio.gov/halloffame to nominate an outstanding older Ohioan in your community.

Columbus’ Erik Slangerup has experienced the two different worlds of parenthood: One without smart devices and the other saturated with them.

Ohio trial courts can waive, suspend, or modify unpaid court costs at any time for any case in which they imposed the costs, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled recently.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced recently that Dwight A. Holcomb will serve as executive director of the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA).

Financial technology startups are changing the landscape of the industry and real estate investments are no exception.

Three individuals are facing fraud charges in relation to a public corruption investigation in Dayton.

Bingo has been played at American Legion halls and any number of fraternal organization lodges ever since charitable play throughout the Buckeye State was legalized in 1975.

Ohio’s schools can now apply for their share of $10 million in school safety grants awarded by Attorney General Dave Yost’s office for the 2019-20 school year.

Defendant used Dublin shell company to export oil industry parts

State law does not give the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) authority to preemptively cap the costs FirstEnergy can recover in its plan for energy efficiency and energy demand reduction programs, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled recently.

Toledo rode a red-hot shooting first half and saw six players score in double figures en route to a 96-70 triumph at Marshall last Sunday afternoon before a crowd of 5,645 at the Cam Henderson Center.

The number of graduates from The University of Toledo College of Law who passed the July bar exam in Ohio on the first try is well above the state average.

The Ohio Department of Education together with the Ohio Department of Higher Education recently announced the release of $3 million in grant funding to help high school teachers obtain qualifications to teach college courses in high school as part of the College Credit Plus Program. The funding was allocated in the biennium budget, HB 166.

Anglers may use a maximum of three fishing lines on Ohio’s portion of Lake Erie and the Ohio River starting on Jan. 1, 2020, following new regulations passed by the Ohio Wildlife Council, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

Concluding this week’s look at the success the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio’s has had in Fiscal Year 2019 with Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the following is a the remaining list of programs and cases which have yielded the Office a record number of violent criminal indictments.

Thousands of lawyers, law firms, law schools and pro bono organizations across the country participated in volunteer events as part of the National Celebration of Pro Bono, which ran from Oct. 20-26. This year, ABA President Judy Perry Martinez asked volunteers to help address the need for legal assistance for survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

Following up yesterday’s article about the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio’s success with Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the following is a partial list of programs and cases which have yielded the Office a record number of violent criminal indictments in Fiscal Year 2019. Additional projects and cases will be detailed in tomorrow’s edition of the Toledo Legal News.

A committee in the Ohio House of Representatives recently concluded hearings of a bill aimed at expanding state courts' personal jurisdiction of individuals who do not reside in the Buckeye State, but has sufficient connection otherwise.

The contact sport of football would appear to have little in common with the legal field of dispute resolution, where parties try to negotiate results rather than run over each other.