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Meet Akron Municipal Court Magistrate Grace Barnard
Attorney Grace Barnard was recently promoted to magistrate after serving as Akron Municipal Court Judge Ron Cable’s judicial attorney for more than three years.
Barnard, who was sworn in by Judge Cable on June 11, hears civil cases and presides over criminal arraignments as well as overseeing some of Judge Cable’s sp ... (full story)
State
How a Michigan program that gives new mothers cash could be a model for rest of US
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A procession of mothers wearing red sashes, pushing strollers and tending to toddlers made their way Friday to a little festival in Flint, Michigan, where families received diapers and kids played.
It was called a "baby parade."
The sashes indicated the women were participants of a growing ... (full story)
1oth District upholds lower court decision of man convicted of Hilltop murder
A Tenth District Court of Appeals panel upheld a trial court decision denying an inmate’s motion in which he ultimately sought a new trial related to his conviction on charges in the shooting deaths of two people in 2017 in Columbus’ Hilltop neighborhood.
The three-judge panel overruled the arguments of 29-year-old D ... (full story)
President Trump's EPA is targeting key vehicle pollution rules. What does this mean for carmakers?
DETROIT (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency's plan recently to relax rules aimed at cleaning up auto tailpipe emissions is the latest Trump administration move to undo incentives for automakers to go electric.
As part of a larger effort to undo climate-based governmental regulations, the EPA said it wants to revoke ... (full story)
Appellate panel reverses lower court’s decision in data breach case
A Franklin County appellate panel determined that a trial court was wrong to dismiss an individual’s complaint which asserted breach of fiduciary duty, among other allegations, when her personal information was exposed during a data breach of the state’s unemployment compensation system.
The Tenth District Court of A ... (full story)
OSU’s psychedelic drug research center launches certificate studies program
The Center for Psychedelic Drug Research and Education at Ohio State University has launched the first university-level psychedelic education program designed specifically for non-clinical audiences, university officials recently announced.
Early enrollment for the online Certificate in Interdisciplinary Psychedelic Studies, whi ... (full story)
Appellate panel upholds decision in prolonged custody case
A Franklin County appellate panel was not convinced by the appeal of a woman who faulted a trial court’s divorce decree and designation of her ex-husband as sole legal custodian of the couple’s two minor children.
Anna Messina asserted that the Franklin County Common Pleas Court, Division of Domestic Relations, abuse ... (full story)
Technology
Healthcare institutions urged to address cybersecurity weaknesses
It’s a nightmare scenario for patients and providers—large data breaches exposing sensitive information--increasing identity theft and other risks for clients and creating potential liability for and/or harming the reputation of the institutions.
According to a post in The HIPAA Journal by Editor-in-Chief Steve Alde ... (full story)