DeWine COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has rejected summary language for the proposed referendum on an election reform bill.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - President Barack Obama has reportedly chosen former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Stratton COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - The Ohio Supreme Court says the state Public Utilities Commission partially erred in authorizing new generation rates for two American Electric Power companies.
Brown COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - The Ohio Supreme Court says damages for emotional distress stemming directly from a physical injury are to be considered in traditional medical malpractice claims.
O'Connor COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - The Ohio Supreme Court says the decision of the state's Public Utilities Commission denying Columbus Southern Power Company's request for authority to sell or transfer two generation facilities was not unreasonable or unlawful.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray expressed pleasure on Wednesday over unanimous Ohio Supreme Court decision that will enable the state to reallocate nearly $260 million from tobacco programs to other state programs.
Pfeifer COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) -- The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that diverting $230 million in tobacco use prevention fund proceeds to pay for non-tobacco related expenditures did not violate the retroactivity clause of the Ohio Constitution and/or the contracts clauses of the U.S. and state constitutions.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Outgoing Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray's name has been tossed around recently as a possible state Supreme Court justice.
Blumenthal A majority of the nation's state attorney general offices are up for grabs Tuesday, and voters will also be shaping several state supreme courts.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - The Ohio Supreme Court this week reversed the decision of an appeals court, upholding a $10 limit on payouts from skill-based games found in a members-only arcade.
While researching this article on silica claims, we came across the word "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis," which refers to a lung disease caused by exposure to silica fibers and is the longest word in the dictionary. This week, Legal Newsline looks at the 10 state supreme court justices with the longest names, and no hyphens or
It's summer. Even though the days are longer, employers will tell you the work days can get shorter. Legal Newsline takes a look at 10 state supreme court justices who aren't all work and no play.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - The Ohio Supreme Court shot down an appeal from state Attorney General Richard Cordray in a case against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., putting an end to a two-year legal battle.
Eric Brown (D) COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday gave a candidate for state Supreme Court chief justice the post on a temporary basis, sparking criticism that the governor needlessly injected politics into the court.
Thomas Moyer (R) COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)- Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, the longest-serving sitting state Supreme Court chief justice in the United States, died unexpectedly Friday. He was 70, and preparing for retirement.
Robert Cupp COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)-The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a state law limiting legal action by workers hurt on the job is constitutional.
Strickland COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - The Ohio Supreme Court will decide if the state had the authority to eliminate tobacco cessation and prevention programs that were funded by the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (legal Newsline)-The families of four college baseball players who were killed in a charter bus accident out-of-state are asking the Ohio Supreme Court to decide whether the bus driver and the charter bus company should be covered under the school's insurance policy.
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.