The Daily Legal News is a daily publication devoted to legal, financial, real estate and general news. Designated by the Federal, County and Municipal Courts as the Official Law Journal of Mahoning ...

AKRON––Judge Alison McCarty has once again been named as the general division’s administrative judge and Domestic Relations Judge Kani Harvey Hightower was elected as common pleas presiding judge. The ...

The 10th District Court of Appeals issued an opinion this week affirming a decision to revoke a man’s standardbred race horses trainer’s license after he allegedly beat a horse. The three-judge ...

The 5th District Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion affirming a portion of a Richland County court’s decision ordering a man convicted of rape to pay court costs. Randy Lamont Scott appealed ...

Dear Mr. Berko: I have a carefully selected growth portfolio, about 16 percent of which is invested in Internet-related and broadband issues. Please tell me what effect this new tax on Internet and ...

COLUMBUS — Skilled Trades Industrial Maintenance is an employment agency that hires and assigns temporary workers to construction projects. In September 2007, the agency hired David D. Barno and ...

A southern Ohio man’s murder convictions were recently affirmed for his role in the death of his daughter-in-law and the disposal of her body in a church septic tank. The 4th District Court of Appeals ...

A federal appellate panel recently ruled that there was sufficient evidence to convict a former Ohio judge on multiple counts of political corruption for accepting bribes. The 6th Circuit Court of ...

An adjunct scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. has outlined a case for the passage of House Bill 417. The proposed legislation would ensure that all proven and ...