Despite its unmistakable blue and gold exterior, IKEA is trying to live up to its green aspirations as the world’s leading home furnishing retailer gears up for the summer opening of its Columbus store in the Polaris area. The solar panels atop the roof of the 354,000-square-foot store will not be outdone by the expansive [...]
Judges who have knowledge of ethics violations are required to report them to disciplinary authorities according to a new advisory opinion from the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct. Opinion 2017-02 withdraws Opinion 89-32 and addresses the duty of judges to report misconduct. “A judge who has knowledge that another judge has committed a violation of [...]
The Ohio chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics has teamed up with firearm owners, pediatricians and others to create a new pilot program for gun safety. The group, Partnership for Safety of Children Around Firearms, has created Store it Safe, a program to encourage safe storage of firearms and educate families about gun safety [...]
PARIS (AP) — Peppering the 8,000 pages of purported Central Intelligence Agency hacking data released Tuesday by WikiLeaks are reviews of some of the world’s most popular anti-virus products. The hackers are quoted taking potshots at anti-virus firms, suggesting the American intelligence agencies are keenly aware of flaws in the products meant to be keeping [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Dalia Rhodes’ wedding dress went down the aisle twice: Once at her wedding in 2015, and again a year later after she sold her gown to a stranger online. “I just wanted someone else to enjoy a pretty dress,” says Rhodes, who used the website Once Wed to sell it for [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa — Leaning over the map, Brian Vincent turned to a city official and asked, “Why does it show a park instead of my business?” The planner paused and then explained. Des Moines leaders had concluded that the park was a better use of the land than the low-slung building that had housed [...]
A divided Ohio Supreme Court this week ruled 4-3 to deny a request from the Delaware Vocational School District Board of Education to compel Ohio Tax Commissioner Joe Testa to calculate tax rates based on a 2015 multicounty renewal levy. The per curiam majority opinion, joined by Justices Terrence O’Donnell, Sharon Kennedy, William O’Neill and [...]
The Supreme Court was divided in more ways than one this week when it reversed its own ruling regarding the weighing of cocaine in drug prosecutions. The lead opinion, authored by Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor on behalf of the 5-2 majority, held that the weight of cocaine can include any fillers, like baby powder or [...]
The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct this week issued an advisory opinion on content in advertisements for litigation services. The first advisory opinion of 2017 provides guidance for lawyers who advertise for litigation services provided on a contingent fee basis. The opinion withdraws Advisory Opinion 98-9 and warns attorneys about using certain phrasing in advertisements [...]