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The Akron Legal News
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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10th District appellate panel vacates prevailing-wage ruling
A Franklin County appellate panel vacated a 2023 ruling by a lower court in a prevailing-wage case, having determined that the common pleas court never should have accepted the administrative appeal.
The Tenth District Court of Appeals panel relied upon a plain-text reading of the statute that governs a prevailing-wage dispute, ... (full story)
Backers of Ohio redistricting measure vow lawsuit over ballot language they call 'deceitful'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Backers of a fall redistricting amendment in Ohio vowed swift legal action after the state ballot board approved language describing their proposal for voters that they decried as inaccurate, devious and manipulative.
Over the objections of Citizens Not Politicians' lawyer, the Republican-controlled p ... (full story)
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita drops suit over privacy of Ohio girl who traveled to the state for an abortion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's attorney general has dropped a lawsuit that accused the state's largest hospital system of violating patient privacy laws when a doctor told a newspaper that a 10-year-old Ohio girl had traveled to Indiana for an abortion.
A federal judge approved Attorney General Todd Rokita's request to dism ... (full story)