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 ...

The United States Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to a Summit County Evergreen Homes case, State v. Willan (Supreme Court cite 13-7621). The case concerns the criminal charges brought ...

Not all e-ticketing is for airline tickets. While still rare in Ohio, state law and court rules allow police departments to issue electronically produced traffic citations. In two amendments to ...

A panel of three judges in the 8th District Court of Appeals recently affirmed the felonious assault convictions of a Cleveland woman who ran over two men with her car, but ruled that her trial court ...

A knowledgeable attorney, family man and all around nice guy—those are just a few of the labels that come to mind when friends and colleagues look back on the life of Stephen "Steve" Miles Wilson. The ...

At 6 feet 6 inches and wearing a white cowboy hat, Brennan Manna Diamond co-founder David L. Brennan was known for rescuing failing businesses and blighted areas and initiating and shepherding Ohio’s ...

John Enlow worked his way through The University of Akron School of Law by teaching at Windham Middle School. “With four years of doing that, you really have no social life,” he said. After more than ...

Assad's fall opens window for Syrian refugees to head home − but for many, it won't be an easy decision ...

In compliance with C.P.Sup.R. 12, the Court shall furnish playback capabilities for videotape depositions (VHS format only), and will not provide video deposition services. Parties must obtain such ...

The 10th District Court of Common Pleas recently affirmed that there was sufficient evidence supporting a Columbus man’s murder conviction in connection to an east side drive-by shooting. Tyrece Ayers ...

A Mahoning County prosecutor did not intentionally goad the defense into seeking a mistrial in a murder case, the 7th District Court of Appeals ruled recently. Kimani Hodges was one of two defendants ...

Twenty defendants are before Akron Municipal Court Judge Jon A. Oldham on a recent morning — all struggling at various stages of drug addiction. Judge Oldham heads the Akron Municipal Recovery Court ...