The Summit County Court of Common Pleas was bustling last Friday with high school students from 11 different area schools for the Ohio Mock Trial Competition, sponsored locally by the Akron Bar ...

AKRON––Mental Health Court and Family Intervention Court, two specialized dockets of the Akron Municipal Court, recently earned a renewed certification from the Ohio Supreme Court’s Commission on ...

Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy under a new law the Republican governor signed recently, even though it's a fossil fuel that emits planet-warming greenhouse gases ...

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 ...

Lululemon's lawsuit against Costco highlights the rise of fashion 'dupes' NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion "dupes," or less expensive versions of high-end clothing and other accessories, are just about ...

COLUMBUS–Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge John Bessey will miss many aspects of his job when he retires at the end of the year: court staff, learning new things and the new courthouse itself.

As a child Casey Weinstein started a neighborhood trash pickup organization; as a young adult he served in the United States Air Force, where he worked to keep government data safe from hackers along ...

Getting medical records can be time-consuming and expensive for everyone. But few lawyers (and fewer medical providers) know that federal law now limits how much a provider can charge for records. And ...

In an opinion released recently, the 12th District Court of Appeals affirmed a trail court ruling in a case involving a man who stabbed his drug dealer to death and burned his house down in an attempt ...

Longtime attorney/educator Robert E. Mohler remembered SHERRY KARABIN Legal News Reporter Published: August 11, 2015 There’s a saying that goes, “If you live long enough, you will see everything.” ...

Bill would make the use of algorithmic price fixing a violation of Valentine Act Sens. Louis Blessing III, R-Colerain Township, and Willis Blackshear Jr., D-Dayton, have proposed legislation that ...