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EDITOR'S NOTE: Political Notes is a weekly roundup of government and political news.
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The requirement imposed by a court or a magistrate upon a person to enter into a recognizance or to post bail to ensure that he or...
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The juvenile court did not err by binding appellant over to be tried as an adult. Oregon v. Ice (2009), 555 U.S. 160, 129 S.Ct. 711 does not revive statutory provisions severed by State v. Foster, 109 Ohio St.3d 1, 2006-Ohio-856. Defense counsel did not render ineffective assistance.
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The High Court provided some extremely useful guidance in relation to oral contracts in the context of distressed debt trading in the decision of Bear...
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Board of Supervisors president Tim Broussard, a proponent of tribal gaming in Jackson County, said the vote against the casino was a narrow victory and one that carries no force of law.
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NEW YORK -- ImClone Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:IMCL) announced today that the arbitrator has decided in favor of ImClone Systems in a dispute betwee...
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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has made it easier for personal care attendants and family child care providers to organize collectively.
Through one executive order, Malloy said child care providers who receive subsidies through the Care 4 Kids program run by the state Department of Social Services can elect a "majority representative" for non-binding discussions with DSS over retention of qualified providers, as well as talks on training and compensation.
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Juvenile court did not err in binding defendant over to be tried as an adult because the record demonstrated that the juvenile court considered and weighed the statutory factors. Although the juvenile court referred to the seriousness of the crime in making the bindover decision, this was not the sole basis for granting the bindover. Defendant also did not establish that his counsel performed deficiently at the bindover hearing or that he was prejudiced by counsel's performance; therefore, there was no ineffective assistance of counsel.
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The prospects of more negotiations and another strike loom for parents and teachers in Bethel Park, after both the school district and its teachers' union last week rejected an arbitrator's choices in an issue-by-issue review of a potential new contract.
After a six-week strike last fall and winter, the teachers and the district entered into non-binding arbitration, where a third- party attorney looks over each side's best offer and chooses sides on each point of contention. State law prohibited another strike during the arbitration process, but both the school board and the Bethel Park Federation of Teachers rejected the recommended terms last week, and teachers are free to hit the picket lines again if they can't strike a deal. Officials are planning more negotiations before the schoo...
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Juvenile court did not err in binding over to adult court a fifteen year old accused of killing a police officer; trial court did not err in denying appellant's motion to suppress his confession; trial court erred in ordering appellant to pay appellant's cost of confinement and appointed attorney fees absent evidence of his ability to pay.