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  • Ohio SC rejects challenge to AEP's rate hike

    By Chris Rizo |
    Janine Migden-Ostrander COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)-The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that American Electric Power can keep proceeds from an already-imposed rate increase.

  • Ohio SC fines companies over annuity scheme

    By Kathy Woods |
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)--The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered two out of state companies -- American Family Prepaid Legal Corp., Heritage Marketing and Insurance Services Inc. -- to pay over $6 million in fines.

  • Ohio Supreme Court upholds damage limits

    By Chris Rizo |
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)-An Ohio law that limits damages that local government must pay injured parties is constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

  • Ohio justices: Grocers' tax is legal

    By Chris Rizo |
    Richard Cordray (D) COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)-The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that grocery stores should have to pay the state's Commercial Activities Tax.

  • Ohio justices hear grocery tax case

    By Chris Rizo |
    Ohio Supreme Court justices COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)-The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments over whether grocery stores should have to pay the state's Commercial Activities Tax.

  • Ohio SC upholds new mother's firing

    By Chris Rizo |
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)-An Ohio company did not break the law when it fired a woman for taking unauthorized breaks to pump milk from her breasts, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled.

  • Ohio justices to hear satellite TV tax case

    By Chris Rizo |
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)- The Ohio Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear a challenge to a state sales tax imposed on satellite television companies.

  • U.S. SC decision may facilitate change to states' recusal policies

    By John O'Brien |
    Benjamin WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Changes to the way state Supreme Courts handle recusal issues may be coming after a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision paved the way for them.

  • Ohio SC agrees to hear grocery tax case

    By Chris Rizo |
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a challenge to a lower court decision on taxing food sold at grocery stores.

  • Ohio justices elected to another term

    By Staff reports |
    Evelyn Lundberg Stratton COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)--In the state that has become a national poster child for the problems of contested judicial elections, 2008 brought relative stability.

  • Ohio SC swings back to being a 'balanced court'

    By Chris Rizo |
    Mark Behrens COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)-Over the last decade, the Ohio Supreme Court has turned from being one of the most respected courts in the nation to being a pro-plaintiff forum and back again to having a "solid reputation," said one of the nation's leading corporate defense attorneys.

  • Ohio candidate calls for FBI-style checks on AG staff

    By Chris Rizo |
    Mike Crites (R) COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)-Senior members of the Ohio attorney general's staff should undergo comprehensive background checks, said the Republican running for the seat.

  • Ohio justices deal second blow to asbestos plaintiffs

    By Chris Rizo |
    Evelyn Lundberg Stratton COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)-The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the asbestos-related claim a woman made against a company that insulated the pipes at her husband's workplace.

  • Crites ad criticizes Cordray for supporting Dann

    By Chris Rizo |
    Mike Crites (R) COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)-The Republican nominee for Ohio attorney general is running a second TV ad hammering Democrat Richard Cordray's early support for disgraced former Attorney General Marc Dann.

  • Ohio Supreme Court upholds early voting

    By Legal News Line |
    Jennifer Brunner (D) COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)--The Ohio Supreme Court today upheld a weeklong window during which new voters can register and cast an absentee ballot on the same day

  • Ohio's economic climate improved by new judges, report says

    By Legal News Line |
    Copland COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) -- While Ohio's economic climate could be better, it has improved over the last ten years thanks in part to the election of tort reform-minded judges, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy, an organization supporting tort reform.

  • Ohio AG wants outsiders looking in

    By Legal News Line |
    Lockhart COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) -- Although her term as Ohio's attorney general, which began May 21, ends following the November elections, Nancy Hardin Rogers has ordered a "full office review."

  • Dann places longtime friend on paid leave pending investigation

    By Legal News Line |
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (LegalNewsline) -- The news lately from the offices of Ohio's attorney general has been more about the alleged extracurricular activities of AG Marc Dann's closest associates rather than the latest litigations pursued by his staff.

  • Army of Ohio attorneys battle foreclosures pro bono

    By Legal News Line |
    Dann COLUMBUS -- Ohio's top government officials announced a new weapon for battling the state's foreclosure crisis on Tuesday and its army is comprised of at least 1,100 Ohio attorneys.

  • Ohio S.C. makes another pro-business ruling

    By John O'Brien |
    Moyer COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tort reformers recently earned their second major victory in the Ohio Supreme Court this year, as the justices upheld a law that puts caps on non-economic damages in personal injury lawsuits.