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 day after Christmas, the 9th District Court of Appeals ruled on Joel Covender’s case for the fourth time, clearing the way for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence after he spent over a ...

Say the words health and transportation and two sets of very distinct images are likely to come to mind. But Akron and Summit County officials are working to change this so that the infrastructure ...

CLEVELAND–Fisher Phillips, a national labor and employment law firm representing employers, has added Jazmyn J. Stover as a partner in its Cleveland office. Stover advises clients on critical ...

The Champaign County Court of Common Pleas’ decision denying a man’s petition to vacate his convictions was recently affirmed by a panel of three judges in the Second District Court of Appeals. The ...

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kay Woods said she didn’t initially plan to enter the legal profession, but once she chose law she decided to focus on bankruptcy because she believed it would allow her to have ...

Starting in February Ohio’s certified public accountants will have a new leader for the first time in more than two decades. The Ohio Society of CPAs has announced that Scott Wiley will become its new ...

The 11th District Court of Appeals ruled recently that a defendant was not entitled to a resentencing hearing after his death penalty was modified and reduced to life imprisonment. The appellant, ...

Jimmy Johnson, the Pro Football Hall of Fame coach who won two Super Bowls and a college national championship, announced his retirement from Fox Sports after being part of its NFL coverage for most ...

The 11th District Court of Appeals recently overruled the appeal of Ronald Dudas, who had challenged the Lake County Court of Common Pleas’ decision denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to ...

Alison Breaux is proving the naysayers wrong. When the 43-year-old West Akron resident unseated Republican Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Todd McKenney, many people in the legal community were ...