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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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Comments Sought on Proposed Amendments to Federal Bankruptcy, Criminal and Evidence Rules

Posted on November 10, 2009
Public comments are being accepted until February 10, 2010 on proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankrutpcy and Criminal Procedure, as well as proposed style revisions to the Federal Rules of Evidence. Some of the proposed bankruptcy rule changes...

Law Firm Slogans Can Be Catchy or Profound

Posted on November 10, 2009
The Stem Legal Blog has collected some of the most creative and profound legal slogans from the United States, the U.K. and Canada.Two local firms that made the list employ the following taglines to entice clients: Baker & Hostetler-Counsel to...

November is National Adoption Month

Posted on November 09, 2009
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) is promoting November as National Adoption Month to encourage people to become adoptive parents and thank those who have already heard the call. Click here to read the ODJFS flyer, which...

Ohio Supreme Court Suspends Less Than 1% of Ohio Attorneys

Posted on November 09, 2009
Most of Ohio's attorneys got their biennial registrations in on time this year. The Ohio Supreme Court only had to suspend 233 attorneys state-wide, which is less than 1% of the total attorneys registered in Ohio, i.e., 57,311. Click here...

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Women Still Under-representated as Law Firm Partners

Posted on November 09, 2009
A brand new study on law.com indicates that women lawyers are still way behind their male counter-parts when it comes to making partner. Although women graduate from law schools as often as men, only 19.2% of partners across the country...

Almost 1,000 Pass the Ohio Bar Exam

Posted on November 02, 2009
In typical Halloween-time tradition, the July Ohio Bar Exam results are out. According to the Ohio Supreme Court, almost 1,000 candidates passed the July 2009 bar exam at the rate of 81.3% of all test takers. First-timers scored a little...

The U.S. Constitution is Now an iPhone/iPod Touch App

Posted on September 24, 2009
The Legal Current reports that the U.S. Constitution is now available as an iPhone/iPod Touch application created by West Publishing Company. An article from the St. Paul Pioneer Press indicates that West has been publishing a pocket Constitution since Chief...

Ohio Civil Rights Commission Creates Hall of Fame

Posted on September 15, 2009
The Ohio Civil Rights Commission has created a brand new Hall of Fame and inducted 10 citizens who the OCRC recognizes as having "made significant contributions to the progress of the civil rights and equal justice in the State of...

Canton Judge Duct-Taped Defendant's Mouth

Posted on September 15, 2009
According to the Canton Repository, Canton Municipal Court Judge Stephen Belden recently ordered a defendant's mouth shut with duct tape. The Judge claimed that the defendant was argumentative and would not be quiet. Click here to listen to the audio...

More Cuyahoga County Jurors Cannot Afford to Serve

Posted on September 11, 2009
According to the Plain Dealer, the current state of the economy is making it harder for the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court to keep jurors. Potential jurors who cannot afford to come downtown, whose employers do not pay them during...

Sotomayor Formally Sworn in to U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on September 09, 2009
Virtually every legal and non-legal newspaper has picked up the news that Sonia Sotomayor was formally sworn in as the 111th U.S. Supreme Court Justice yesterday. President Obama and several Senators attended the brief swearing in ceremony, which came about...

"B" Corporations Strive to "Benefit" Society

Posted on September 04, 2009
Until I read an article from the Christian Science Monitor today, I had no idea what a "B" corporation was. Although "B" corporations currently have no special legal significance where the IRS is concerned, they have a special focus when...

Cuyahoga County Courthouse Closed for Furloughs

Posted on September 04, 2009
The Cuyahoga County Courthouse will be closed longer than usual over the Labor Day holiday weekend. Due to financial problems in Cuyahoga County, most of the offices, departements, agencies and courts are participating in voluntary employee furloughs, which will close...

Check out newlawyer.com to Find Lawyers and Obtain Free Legal Advice

Posted on August 24, 2009
A new website, http://www.newlawyer.com/, has recently been launched that offers a free directory of lawyers and a new place to seek legal advice. According to newlawyer.com's account executive, 90% of the lawyers on call are willing to provide a free...

Don't Get Scammed by IOLTA Scam

Posted on August 24, 2009
According to the Ohio Supreme Court, lawyers are being targeted in the latest Internet email scam. Apparently, non-lawyers posing as lawyers are sending emails to real lawyers about alleged debtors who want to pay up. The phony debtors then follow-up...

Students Taking Ohio Bar Exam Treated to Food, Massages, and a Puppy to Pet

Posted on July 31, 2009
Both the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Canton Repository reported on the pampering Ohio bar candidates received down in Columbus during their 3-day ordeal taking the Ohio Bar exam. In addition to food, coffee, and other drinks (presumably non-alcoholic), they...

Cloud Computing Using Third Parties Is Risk for Lawyers

Posted on July 31, 2009
Cloud computing, or storing all of your work and client files online rather than on a local computer, has become the mantra of lawyers who want to ditch the cost of physical offices and telecommute from home. However, a recent...

Participating in the CLEVNET Library Consortium Pays Off for Patrons

Posted on July 31, 2009
A brand new ROI (Return on Investment) Study confirms the benefits of being a member of CLEVNET, a regional library consortium which includes 31 libraries in 11 different counties in Northern Ohio. The study showed that CLEVNET's 27 public libraries....

Are Court Briefs Protected by Copyright Law? One Lawyer Thinks So

Posted on July 31, 2009
A California lawyer named Ed Conner claims that a brief he filed in theCalifornia Supreme Court is protected by copyright law. According to the Law Librarian Blog, the Court gave Conner's 143 page brief to LexisNexis to include in its...

Ohio Minimum Wage is Still Higher Than Federal Minimum Wage

Posted on July 31, 2009
As Kohrman Jackson & Krantz's blog indicates, the federal minimum wage increased law Fridayon July 24, 2009 to $7.25 per hour. However, it is still $.05 less than Ohio's minimum wage, which increased to $7.30 on January 1st of this...

Cuyahoga County Landbank and Website Are Up and Running

Posted on July 31, 2009
The Cuyahoga County Landbank, which began operations on July 22, 2009 now has a website that is up and running at http://www.cuyahogalandbank.org/ The Land Bank's official title is the Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation (CCLRC), as authorized by Ohio's General...

Ohio Supreme Court issues Court Performance Review regarding Cuyahoga DR Court

Posted on July 29, 2009
The Ohio Supreme Court just issued a Court Performance Review regarding the Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court. It contains 94 pages of 97 recommendations. The categories include critical attention is needed, short-term, intermediate-term, long-term, and ongoing...

"Legal Interns" Can Now Represent More Clients in Ohio

Posted on July 28, 2009
Yesterday, the Ohio Supreme Court announced that it has significantly expanded the types of cases in which "Legal Interns" can represent criminal and juvenile defendants. These changes, which will be effective on August 1st, were made as unanimous amendments to...

Federal Courts Enforcing Redaction of PIN Information

Posted on July 28, 2009
Attorneys who file electronic documents with federal district, bankruptcy and appellate courts will soon be seeing messages and reminders in the CM/ECF system to redact all personal identifying information before submitting any documents. The U.S. Courts' website just posted a...

Cleveland Bans Texting While Driving!

Posted on July 20, 2009
Yesterday, July 19, 2009, the City of Cleveland started enforcing its new ordinance banning texting while driving. See our prior post, where you can find the text of the new ordinance and the City Council record. The first offense will...

Ohio Supreme Court Recommends Significant Changes for Cuyahoga DR Court

Posted on July 15, 2009
According to the Plain Dealer, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a report yesterday that contains over 90 recommendations for improvements and changes in the Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court. Almost a third of the recommendations are labeled as "critical" and...

Cleveland Law Library announces new online tutorial

Posted on July 10, 2009
The Cleveland Law Library has just produced its first online tutorial on how to use the Law Library's catalog. You can find the link for the tutorial on the Law Library website. The tutorial explains how to search for items...

New Ohio Court Rules Effective Today

Posted on July 01, 2009
Various Ohio Rules of appellate, civil, criminal, and juvenile procedure become effective today. The Ohio Supreme Court's Press Release outlines the changes, which include an addition for service of process on limited liability companies, enhancements to rules on electronic discovery,...

Ohio Supreme Court Seeks Comments on Proposed and Revised Probate Forms

Posted on June 22, 2009
The Ohio Supreme Court is seeking comments until July 21st on new and proposed revisions to various probate forms. According to the Court's press release, the new forms would address adoptions, name changes, and incapacitated adults. Click here to read...

Twelve Dads Indicted for Criminal Non-Support

Posted on June 17, 2009
The Office of Prosecutor Bill Mason has indicted 12 dads for failure to pay child support. Collectively, the men owe $394,000.45 in child support. Criminal Non-Support is a Fifth Degree Felony under Ohio Revised Code Section 2919.21.

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