The Official Law Journal for Local, County, State, US District and US Bankruptcy Courts. To the right are listed all legal happenings in Summit County by court. The Akron Legal News offers daily ...

It’s not uncommon for a police officer to write a traffic ticket or make an arrest, but when an officer helps to pass new stricter animal abuse laws, people are bound to take notice. That’s exactly ...

Kentucky will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic, the state's attorney general said recently. The state ...

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, ...

In 2023, the American Bar Association formed a committee of experts to try to make sense of, and provide guidelines for the use of, generative artificial intelligence in the legal environment. In late ...

During his long career, Akron attorney Robert W. Higham held several different positions in the legal profession, but colleagues and family say his real passion was private practice. As an attorney, ...