Corporate & Securities Law

OSU Dean becomes the new (interim) Ohio Attorney General
Of course, this breaking Ohio legal news is more central to my universe than to the broader sentencing world. Still, everyone involved in lawyering and legal education should find this development interesting: Nancy Hardin Rogers, dean of the Ohio State...

Obama Seen in Ohio Home Invasion: Two Women Arrested for Allegedly Breaking Into Home to Steal Picture of President Obama
Ok, he was not actually there, but Fox News may report this differently. President Barack Obama is so popular that people are now breaking into homes to steal his picture. Marla Anderson, 24, was arrested for breaking into an Ohio home and wrestling with its owner to steal the picture as her alleged getaway driver, [...

Federal district judge finds Equal Protection Clause violated by Ohio's injection processes
As detailed in this breaking AP report, a federal district judge in Ohio has issued a ground-breaking ruling this morning in the course of ordering a stay to an Ohio execution planned for later this month: Kenneth Smith was scheduled...

More Breaking News: "Ohio Vote-Challenge Effort Hits Another Roadblock"
The NY Times reports on its Caucus blog: "The Department of Justice will not require Ohio to disclose the names of voters whose registration applications did not match other government databases, according to two people familiar with discussions between state...

Breaking News: En Banc Sixth Circuit, By Divided Vote, Reverses 3 Judge Panel and Reinstates Trial Court TRO, in Ohio Matching Case
The 50-page document in Ohio Republican Party v. Brunner, No. 08-4322, is available on PACER but too large for me to post on the blog. I expect it will be up at Moritz shortly. From my initial look, it looks...

Supreme Court Won't Block 1st US 1-Drug Execution
That's the breaking news bulletin from the Associated Press. It's written by Andrew Welsh-Huggins and datelined Lucasville, Ohio. LINK The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block the execution of an Ohio condemned killer who would become the first person...

Ohio Health Centers
Ohio Health Centers Sued for Improper Billing

Excessive Arrest
City of Worcester agrees to pay pizza vendor $100,000 settlement after breaking nine bones in his face.

Murphy City, TX
$255,000 settlement in controversial pedophile news program case.

Newspaper Employees
Chinese Daily News must pay $5.19 million class action settlement for failing to pay overtime.

Ohio Drinking Water
Contaminated with Acid

DLP
Ohio State to Receive $42 Million in Corporate Taxes Settlement