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The Akron 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 Summit County, Ohio.
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5th District appellate panel upholds fentanyl conviction
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel recently affirmed a trial court’s conviction of a Newark man on a fentanyl-related drug charge despite the offender’s argument that the lower court should not have allowed him to argue on his own behalf.
The 3-0 appellate panel was not persuaded by 59-year-old Billy Lee’s ... (full story)
High Court takes up phone, internet subsidy for rural areas
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas, in a new test of federal regulatory power.
The justices are reviewing an appellate ruling that struck ... (full story)