/ohio?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Ohio Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:34:13 +0000 /ohio/articles/2353942?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2353942 The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and dozens of other affiliated legal organizations urged the First Circuit on Monday to uphold a Massachusetts federal judge's decision blocking President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, saying the White House order is unconstitutional and would "disproportionately harm" Asian American communities. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:53:42 +0000 /ohio/articles/2353468?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2353468 Ohio urged the Sixth Circuit to send its case accusing Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics of driving up prescription drug prices through rebate schemes back to state court, arguing the case doesn't target any federal government work by the pharmacy benefit managers. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:50:28 +0000 /ohio/articles/2353930?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2353930 A three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit on Monday rejected a request for a rehearing from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who had asked the appellate court to reconsider its earlier decision that she didn't have sovereign immunity from Enbridge Energy's lawsuit seeking to halt her efforts to shut down the Line 5 pipeline. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:35:20 +0000 /ohio/articles/2353692?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2353692 Bankrupt fabric retailer Joann Inc. has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to block an Ohio state suit filed against seven top company officials by vendors who claim they were deceived into extending credit to the 80-year-old fabric retailer between its first and second retreat into Chapter 11. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:25:09 +0000 /ohio/articles/2353989?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2353989 An Ohio social media finance influencer pled guilty to wire fraud and abetting a false tax filing tied to a $20 million real estate Ponzi scheme he was operating between 2019 and 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:58:44 +0000 /ohio/articles/2353695?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2353695 Attorneys general from 55 U.S. states and territories on Monday backed Purdue Pharma's $7.4 billion deal to settle opioid injury claims against the company and the Sackler family, almost a year after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out Purdue's previous plan to end litigation over its role in the opioid epidemic. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 22:04:51 +0000 /ohio/articles/2342954?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2342954 President Donald Trump has approved the long-delayed deal between U.S. Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel, the companies said Friday, following a protracted, 18-month saga that included a block of the transaction by President Joe Biden. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:28:17 +0000 /ohio/articles/2352992?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2352992 The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director issued more than a dozen discretionary denial decisions on Thursday and Friday, where she ruled largely in favor of the challenger, made clear that challenges to young patents have a huge advantage and brought in a denial based on assignor estoppel. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:08:03 +0000 /ohio/articles/2352554?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2352554 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Real Estate Authority — including an inside look at California's Builder's Remedy, aggressive moves by South Korean mezzanine lenders, and why one BigLaw hospitality leader says hotels are "scared to death."  Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:34:29 +0000 /ohio/articles/2353421?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2353421 The Government Accountability Office rejected an Ohio company's argument that the General Services Administration failed to evaluate cost proposals evenhandedly when it awarded a task order proposal that fell more than 10% below the agency's estimated total evaluated price range. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:12:01 +0000 /ohio/articles/2352935?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2352935 As the Trump administration moves to undo recently tightened mercury emissions rules for coal-fired power plants, environmental groups have challenged President Donald Trump's decision to exempt dozens of plants from the stricter standards. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:39:49 +0000 /ohio/articles/2353088?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2353088 The Cleveland Browns hit back at the city's bid to convince an Ohio federal court to reconsider its decision to let the National Football League team amend its stadium move suit, arguing that reconsidering the ruling is unnecessary and that the city is just stalling. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:07:18 +0000 /ohio/articles/2329140?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2329140 Speaking to elementary school students about the importance of college and other opportunities after high school — especially students who may not see those paths reflected in their daily lives — not only taught me the importance of giving back, but also helped to sharpen several skills essential to a successful legal practice, says Guillermo Escobedo at Constangy. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:50:01 +0000 /ohio/articles/2352635?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2352635 A Sixth Circuit panel appeared unlikely Thursday to back an auto parts manufacturer's request to block a National Labor Relations Board prosecution because of alleged constitutional defects in the agency's structure, as the judges probed whether an agency judge's decision against the company and the board's lack of a quorum affect the dispute. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:31:09 +0000 /ohio/articles/2351808?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2351808 As part of an expansive effort to tee up U.S. Supreme Court review, pharmaceutical industry-backed opponents of Medicare's drug price negotiations entered less-than-hospitable territory at the Sixth Circuit, where judges pointedly questioned a local business group's basis for challenging a national healthcare program. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:01:37 +0000 /ohio/articles/2352828?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2352828 A California federal court sided with Hyundai and Kia by finding that an Ohio products liability law bars negligence claims from five Ohio cities in sprawling multidistrict litigation alleging the automakers knowingly sold vehicles with design flaws that resulted in a car theft crime spree. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:45:31 +0000 /ohio/articles/2347211?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2347211 The Sixth Circuit had tough questions Thursday for a Tennessee county trying to upend a jury win for a worker with night blindness who said her firing violated disability bias law, with one judge saying the county relied on a decision issued before the law's definition of disability was expanded. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:40:06 +0000 /ohio/articles/2352581?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2352581 The company administrating the payouts to plaintiffs in Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement stemming from the fiery derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, has been replaced, because it purportedly made miscalculations that overpaid some claimants. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:33:52 +0000 /ohio/articles/2352348?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2352348 The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous opinion in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, lowering the evidentiary burden for plaintiffs bringing so-called reverse discrimination claims, may lead to more claims brought by majority group employees — and open the door to legal challenges to employer diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, say attorneys at Ice Miller. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:03:12 +0000 /ohio/articles/2350652?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /ohio/articles/2350652 Attacks on judicial independence now run the gamut from gross (bald-faced interference) to systemic (structural changes) to insidious (efforts to undermine public trust), so lawyers, judges and the public must recognize the fateful moment in which we live and defend the rule of law every day, says Jim Moliterno at Washington and Lee University.