https://www.law360.com/ohio?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Ohio Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 21:05:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2333424?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2333424 Two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives indicted over their alleged roles in a $1 billion bribery scandal objected Thursday to the possibility they could be sanctioned for failing to produce certain information in a civil suit brought by FirstEnergy investors, calling language in a special master's report "inappropriate" and potentially prejudicial. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:33:20 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2331944?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2331944 A federal appellate panel grappled Thursday with whether to uphold class certification in a lawsuit claiming that State Farm systematically undervalues totaled vehicles, with one judge wondering if every class automobile would require its own damages trial. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:25:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332580?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332580 Publix Super Markets Inc. can't slip opioid-related claims from nine municipalities in which the supermarket chain alleges it has no pharmacies, an Ohio federal judge overseeing sprawling national opioid litigation ruled. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:03:52 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2333001?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2333001 Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics urged the Sixth Circuit to undo a district court order returning a lawsuit from Ohio's attorney general alleging they drove up prescription drug prices to state court, arguing Wednesday an after-the-fact disclaimer of federal program-based claims isn't enough to sever a federal law connection. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:36:45 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332770?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332770 Consumers have sued electric bike and scooter maker Huffy Corp., claiming they overpaid for Tonka dump trucks for children to ride in that could cause burns or fires due to defective parts that allow the vehicle to overheat. Thu, 01 May 2025 14:01:02 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332893?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332893 A Pennsylvania federal judge had strong words of warning Wednesday for Bundy Baking Solutions, a baking products company that lost a jury trial over a rival's trade secrets and responded to a motion for a permanent ban by allegedly disclosing some of those same secrets on a public docket. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:52:11 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2331189?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2331189 Spring has sprung for appellate arguments over the White House's pruning and shearing of agencies, part of a bountiful circuit calendar in May, when appeals courts will also tend to defamation drama involving a pro golfer, antitrust suits against drugmakers and hotels, and a nine-figure patent verdict against Apple Inc. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:34:56 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332707?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332707 Three cities, a county and a public employees' union asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge Wednesday to block the government from rescinding $11 billion in public health grants doled out through pandemic-era laws, saying the grants weren't intended to stop when the pandemic stopped. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:14:59 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332629?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332629 The school district for East Palestine, Ohio, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Norfolk Southern, claiming the railroad hasn't made good on its promises to help the district recover after a fiery derailment shook the town in 2023. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:43:41 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332636?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332636 The full Sixth Circuit declined Wednesday to take up the case of a man who claimed he was fired for taking time off to recover from a stomach illness, leaving in place a ruling that the man's ailment was not a disability under federal law. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:53:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332432 Enforcers opened high stakes court proceedings against Meta Platforms and Google for monopolization claims that could force the tech giants to sell pieces of the companies, while also moving ahead with several challenges and reviews of pending deals in other industries. Here, Law360 looks at the major merger review developments from April. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:36:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2320897?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2320897 The Sixth Circuit appeared inclined Wednesday to revive an age discrimination case by a former Chili's restaurant manager, indicating that the restaurant's definition of "culture" — the reason given for his firing — has been hard to pin down. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:04:15 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332364?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332364 Justices at the Ohio Supreme Court affirmed a regulatory board's approval of a 350-megawatt solar farm that some Licking County neighbors opposed — though one justice said the company developing it should have presented information about its potential negative economic impacts. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:49:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2329525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2329525 Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:38:12 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2331653?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2331653 The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated state law limits on gender-affirming care for transgender youths pending Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's appeal of what he called "radical constitutional views" of an Ohio state appeals court that last month blocked the restrictions. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:56:41 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332008?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2332008 The Sixth Circuit partially revived a former Michigan county department head's lawsuit claiming he was fired because he was in his 50s, finding Tuesday that while his age bias claim can't proceed, a reasonable jury could find he wasn't given an adequate opportunity to challenge his termination before it was finalized. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:33:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2331913?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2331913 The Michigan attorney general on Tuesday told the U.S. Supreme Court that there's no need for it to review a Sixth Circuit decision remanding to state court a lawsuit seeking to shut down an Enbridge Energy LP crude oil and natural gas pipeline. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:35:12 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2331982?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2331982 An Ohio federal judge on Tuesday denied bids by former CEOs of and others associated with American Premium Water Corp. for bills of particulars on an indictment alleging they manipulated the company's stock prices, finding the indictment gives them enough information to prepare their defenses. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:55:05 +0000 https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2331855?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/ohio/articles/2331855 A New Jersey state court froze energy technology company Holtec International's suit accusing its former general counsel and its one-time chief financial officer of tricking the firm into paying $700,000 to a consulting entity the duo owned so that a similar suit in Ohio can be resolved first.