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Common pleas court names presiding and admin judges
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 administrative judge is responsible for the administration, docket and calendar of the general division.
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State
Appeals court upholds ruling in home renovation dispute
A Franklin County appellate panel upheld a municipal court ruling that awarded a Reynoldsburg woman $200 for an incomplete home renovation project started by a Canal Winchester contractor.
A three-judge panel of the Tenth District Court of Appeals determined that Marquita Glass had failed to support her assertion that texts, pho ... (full story)
New Mississippi law aims to limit jailing of people awaiting mental health treatment. Is it working?
Officials say a new Mississippi law to decrease the number of people being jailed solely because they need mental health treatment has led to fewer people with serious mental illness detained in jails – but the data is contradictory and incomplete.
A state agency, counties and community mental health centers – all of ... (full story)
Supreme Court rejects Utah's push to wrest control of public land from the federal government
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court turned back a push by the state of Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government, marking a small victory for land conservation advocates who worry that similar efforts may escalate in a Republican-controlled Washington.
The high court recently refused to ... (full story)
NATO announces a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region after a string of incidents that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in the strategic region, the alliance's leader said recenty.
Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that the mission dubbed Baltic Sentry would ... (full story)
How Biden's domestic policy record stacks up against public perception
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ended his term with a gulf between his policy record and his public reputation.
The Democrat spent so much of his time addressing long-term priorities that many voters felt he did not adequately deal with more immediate problems like high inflation that peaked in 2022 and illegal cross ... (full story)
Technology
Detecting AI usage in a document
With the use of chatbots in creating documents kicking into some kind of high gear lately, you have a pretty good chance of reading a legal document that has some AI content in it.
This could happen either when someone on the other side writes a brief or when, despite your best efforts, someone in your office is using Chat GPT t ... (full story)