In a recent New York Times op-ed piece, Gloria Steinem defined “chick flick” as a movie “that has more dialogue than car chases, more relationships than special effects and whose suspense comes more ...

The Ohio Attorney General's Office last week certified a petition for a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would impose term limits for members of the state Supreme Court and change ...

The Ohio Supreme Court recently held that an ambiguous medical report is insufficient evidence for the Industrial Commission of Ohio to either grant or deny disability compensation to an injured ...

The 11th District Court of Appeals ruled recently that a defendant was not entitled to a resentencing hearing after his death penalty was modified and reduced to life imprisonment. The appellant, ...

The Official Law Journal for Local, County, State, US District and US Bankruptcy Courts. To the right are listed all legal happenings in Mahoning County by court. The Daily Legal News offers daily ...

The 12th District Court of Appeals this week affirmed the decision of the Preble County Court of Common Pleas denying Kenneth Harlan Kent’s most recent petition for post-conviction relief. According ...

Dear Mr. Berko: I'm writing for a 46-year-old friend of mine who escaped Cuba and came to the U.S. in 1981. I told him to write to you, and he did so in Spanish (he doesn't speak English) to ask what ...

The judgment of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas was recently affirmed when the 8th District Court of Appeals ruled Michael Kacmarik was properly found guilty of felonious assault and ...

The Board of Commissioners of the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection awarded a $75,000 maximum claim as part of $180,445.18 distributed to 31 victims of attorney theft at its meeting March 3.

Swearing-in ceremonies often have a special place in the hearts of elected officials and that was certainly the case for Mahoning County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Donofrio. On Dec. 28, 2018, he ...

Dear Mr. Berko: I'm a married 43-year-old systems engineer earning $67,000 a year, and my spouse works for one of the large automobile dealers in Portland, Oregon. His dealership and other dealerships ...

A Seneca County appeals court ruled this week that consecutive prison sentences were properly ordered for a man who broke into several homes to fuel his prescription drug addiction. The 3rd District ...