Divorces and Dissolutions
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Divorces and dissolutions are two methods of ending divorces in Ohio. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and each has its place.
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Defamation: An Overview of Slander and Libel in Ohio
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Defamation, including libel and slander, is an area of law with large grey areas. Having an understanding of the basic concepts can help you avoid being sued, as well as help you evaluate whether you might have a viable case.
Read MoreDUI Appeals Reports 02/03/16
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In two cases, the Eleventh District holds that a motion to dismiss based on speedy trial revokes any prior speedy trial waivers; and a waiver of counsel at arraignment is insufficient to waive counsel at trial.
Read MoreDUI Appeals Reports 01/31/16
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The Sixth District holds that attacks to prior OVI convictions based on being uncounseled must be supported with some evidence, even if an affidavit, in the present case; and the Eleventh District holds that probable cause exists when a driver leaves the scene of an accident, gets his vehicle stuck in the mud, has beer cans in his truck, glassy, sleepy eyes, an odor of alcohol, seems confused, and refuses sobriety tests.
Read MoreOhio Unemployment Rate for December 2015 Released
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Ohio's December 2015 unemployment rate increased to 4.7% from 4.5% in November 2015 and the fourteen year low of 4.4% in October 2015, with the number of unemployed increasing from November by 14,000 to a total of 269,000.
Read MoreUnemployment Appeals Reports 01/15/16
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The Ninth District declines to extend the limited waiver exception to unemployment benefits for union employees when "there is no termination package at issue, where the leave at issue could last indefinitely, and where the leave at issue was not contemplated as part of any collectively bargained agreement in the record."
Read MoreDUI Appeals Reports 01/12/16
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The Fourth District holds that admission of a defendant's refusal to take a chemical test at trial does not violate a defendant's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights, imposing an administrative license suspension and criminal penalties does not violate Double Jeopardy protections, and disagrees with the 11th District by concluding that courts need not accept defendants' offers to stipulate to prior OVI convictions.
Read MoreNational Employment Figures Show Increase in Jobs though Stagnant Unemployment Rate
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Job figures for December show a better than expected increase of jobs while the unemployment rate remained unchanged for the third month in a row, as did the numbers of long-term unemployed, involuntary part-time workers, and people marginally attached to the labor force.
Read MoreUnemployment Appeals Reports 01/06/16
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The Twelfth District affirms a denial of unemployment benefits due to a resignation without just cause, declining to find a constructive discharge from being placed on the first step of progressive discipline even though the Employer told the employee that it did not think she was going to work out.
Read MoreDUI Appeals Reports 01/04/16
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The Second District joins the Third, Eleventh, and Twelfth Districts in rejecting an equal protection challenge to the OVI Repeat Offender Specification statute, while the Eighth District's opinion finding an equal protection challenge is awaiting review with the Ohio Supreme Court.
Read MoreDUI Appeals Reports 01/01/16
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The Third District holds that a criminal court may not modify a final judgment, including a sentence, nunc pro tunc except when the original sentence was void or it contains a clerical error.
Read MoreHappy New Years!!!
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Happy New Years!!! 2016! As a child I believed we would be in a Jetsons futuristic age by 2016. We have electric and self-driving cars rather than flying cars, but I still have hopes for a foodarackacycle.
Play it safe during celebrations tonight and make it home safely to start 2016 well.
Read MoreDUI Appeals Reports 12/30/15
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The Sixth District holds that a traffic stop is valid when a traffic violation is observed, even if the officer incorrectly issues a citation for a different traffic violation.
Read MoreUnemployment Appeals Reports 12/28/15
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The Ninth District holds that ODJFS need not show intent to prove fraudulent misrepresentation, which can instead be proven by simply showing that (1) a claimant made a false statement, and (2) either knew or should have known that the statement was false.
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