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Summarizes news of interest to the local legal community. New Cleveland Ordinances and important local court cases (local municipal courts, Cuyahoga Court of Common Pleas, Eighth District Court of Appeals) are highlighted along with some Ohio Supreme Court, Sixth Circuit cases, U.S. Supreme Court and State and Federal Statutes.

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Northern District Of Illinois Goes Mobile

Posted on April 21, 2008
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has gone "mobile." In what the U.S. Court's Press release claims is the first access of its kind, the Illinois Court now offers access to its website for lawyers...

2007 Bankruptcy Filings Were Up 38% in Federal Court

Posted on April 18, 2008
According to a report recently issued by the U.S. Courts, 2007 bankruptcy filings were up 38% in federal court. Of the 850,912 bankruptcies filed, regretably, Ohio ranked 6th for all filings, 3rd for Chapter 7 filings, and 10th for Chapter...

Ohio District Court Warns of Phony Grand Jury Subpoenas

Posted on April 18, 2008
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio recently posted a notice to its website with a warning about phoney email grand jury subpoenas. The Court indicated that these are not official court communications and that recipients...

"CSI"-Like Office Coming to Cleveland by 2011

Posted on April 18, 2008
By 2011, Cleveland will have its own "CSI"-like crime lab. Through a joint venture between the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, the Ohio Attorney General, the Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland State University, Cleveland will soon have a lab that can analyze DNA...

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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Lethal Injection

Posted on April 18, 2008
In a 7-2 vote in the case of Baze v. Rees, the United States Supreme Court rejected a claim that death by lethal injection in 36 states, including Ohio, was unconstitutional. Although 2 death-row inmates had claimed that the process...

ODJFS Ordered to Disclose Foster Care Provider Identities

Posted on April 18, 2008
On April 9, 2008, the Ohio Supreme Court held that the Cincinnati Enquirer was entitled to records from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) identifying the names and addresses of certain certified foster care providers. The Court's...

Cuyahoga County to Switch Voting Equipment Again

Posted on April 07, 2008
The Plain Dealer reports that voters will have to contend with yet another voting system for the November 2008 presidential election. The local Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has scrapped plans to use "central-count" optical scan machines it rented for...

North Royalton Considering Outdoor Smoking Ban

Posted on April 07, 2008
The City of North Royalton, Ohio is considering passing a new ordinance to prohibit smoking in parks, fields, and outdoor seating areas. Newsnet5 reports that the ban was proposed in response to complaints about smoking around children at their sports...

U.S. 6th Circuit Implementing Mandatory ECF

Posted on April 04, 2008
The federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals will soon be implementing mandatory electronic case filing. According to a Notice the Court recently posted on its home page, the system will operate similar to the ECF systems being used in many...

Ohio LSC Publishes Brief on Election Process

Posted on April 04, 2008
Adding to its growing collection of publicly-available "Members Only" publications, the Ohio Legislative Service Commission has published a brief entitled "An Overview of Ohio's Election Process." This brief provides information on Ohio's election officials, voter registration, electors, candidacy, types of...

Cuyahoga County CP Court Posts Documents re: Proposed Foreclosure Mediation Program

Posted on April 03, 2008
On March 24, 2008, the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court posted documentation regarding a proposed Foreclosure Mediation Program. The plan outlines steps which should be taken once a foreclosure complaint has been filed. Step 4 allows for a borrower to...

Cuyahoga County to Build New Juvenile Justice Center

Posted on April 03, 2008
The Plain Dealer reports that Cuyahoga County has awarded $40 million in contracts for the construction of a new Juvenile Justice Center on the East side at East 93rd and Quincy Avenue. The project is slated for completion by 2010...

Mark D. Lay Settles Civil Suit With Ohio BWC for $5 Million

Posted on April 03, 2008
Crain's Cleveland Business and the Columbus Dispatch report that Mark D. Lay has agreed to pay the state $5 million to settle the civil suit the state filed in June 2005 to try and collect $216 million in losses to...

Save The Dream-Stop Ohio Foreclosures

Posted on April 03, 2008
To try and stem the rising tide of foreclosures in Ohio, the Ohio Supreme Court and state agencies and organizations from around the state have created another tool for Ohio's Foreclosure Prevention project called Save The Dream. Although Save the...

Cuyahoga BOE Investigating Cross-Over Voters

Posted on April 03, 2008
Cuyahoga County's Board of Elections recently initiated an investigation of voters who switched their party affiliation for the March 4th presidential primary. This investigation began because over 16,000 Republicans in Cuyahoga County declared themselves as Democrats by signing a required...

Cleveland Firefighter Ordered Back to Work

Posted on March 17, 2008
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the Eighth District Court of Appeals has ordered the City of Cleveland to reinstate William R. Ruck, a firefighter who the City fired for allegedly living in Olmsted Township. The Court's decision (Case No....

Cuyahoga County Courthouse Safe from Water

Posted on March 07, 2008
When a water pipe near Ontario and Superior burst underground yesterday, the flowing water reached the second step of the Cuyahoga County Courthouse before receding. Other than mud on the steps and surrounding streets, and an odor in the lower...

Cleveland Homeless Legal Assistance Self Help Center Opens

Posted on March 04, 2008
Last week, the Cleveland Homeless Legal Assistance Program opened a Self Help Center inside the May Dugan Center at 4115 Bridge Road in Cleveland. This new Center is intended to help homeless people and others who cannot afford a lawyer...

Fewer Women Make It To Ohio Legislature

Posted on March 03, 2008
According to a Report from the Akron Beacon Journal on Ohio.com, the number of women in the Ohio General Assembly has slipped from a post-1992 high to a low of 17%. That means that only 1 in 6 legislators is...

Upgrades Planned for OSBA Casemaker Product

Posted on March 03, 2008
For those of you who are members of the Ohio State Bar Association, you can expect enhancements to Casemaker in the near future. OSBA President Robert Ware has announced that a search technology company called Collexis Holding Company has acquired...

Ohio Can Only Use Certified E-Poll Books for Election

Posted on March 03, 2008
According to an Ohio Secretary of State Press Release, Ohio SOS Jennifer Brunner has issued an advisory that only e-poll books that have been certified by the Ohio Board of Voting Machine Examiners (BVME) can be used in the upcoming...

Ohio Model Foreclosure Mediation Program Available

Posted on March 03, 2008
The Ohio Supreme Court recently made available a new model mediation program for foreclosure cases. According to the Court's Press Release, the new program is "in direct response to Ohio's rising mortgage crisis." The program includes "best practices, related documents,...

April Changes Coming for Local Criminal Case Management

Posted on March 03, 2008
Starting on April 14, 2008, Cuyahoga County prosecutors and prisoners will have to follow new criminal case management rules. According to upcoming changes in Local Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Rule 23 on Criminal Case Management, prisoners in the Cuyahoga...

Ohio Northern District Has New Federal Magistrate

Posted on March 03, 2008
Crain's Cleveland Business reports that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio has a new Magistrate named Gregory A. White. Most recently having served as the United States Attorney in the Northern District, White is a...

It's Official-2 Bars Become One in Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Posted on March 03, 2008
It's official-as of Friday, March 1, 2008, the Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Bar Associations formally merged into a single entity, becoming the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. The vote, which took place at the offices of the Cleveland Bar Association on...

New Superintendence Rules for Ohio

Posted on March 03, 2008
Per the Court's Press Release, the Ohio Supreme Court amended Rules 19 and 19.1 of the Ohio Rules of Superintendence, effective March 1, 2008. For the 1st time, Rule 19 provides a minimum rule for magistrates' years in practice. Specifically,...

Fastcase Launches Beta Version of Public Library of Law

Posted on March 03, 2008
Fastcase has launched a beta or trial version of The Public Library of Law. The PLoL claims to be the biggest free law library in the world with access to cases from the United States Supreme Court and the federal...

Ohio AG Issues Report on Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis

Posted on February 13, 2008
The Ohio Attorney General has issued a Report on the state's mortgage foreclosure crisis. According to a Press Release, the Report is critical of the entities that are loaning money under sub-prime lending practices. Click here to read the Report...

Federal Court Management Statistics Available Online

Posted on February 13, 2008
The U.S. Courts Library has posted 2007 Federal Court Management Statistics for all U.S. Courts of Appeal and District Courts. The data is available in chart or spreadsheet format. The appellate data provides overall caseload statistics and more detailed information...

2007 U.S. Judicial Conference Proceedings Now Online

Posted on February 13, 2008
The September 18, 2007 Report of the Proceedings of the Judicial Conference of the United States is now available online. This Report provides detailed summaries of the results of elections, committee resolutions and activities, changes in magistrate positions, and federal...

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