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Appealing discovery orders compelling production of confidential information
By Brad Hughes As previously posted, Ohio’s final appealable order statute, Ohio Revised Code Section 2505.02, is complex and fraught with traps for the unwary. It can be difficult for counsel to...
View ArticleAn eventful day at the Ohio Supreme Court
By Brad Hughes As we approach the end of an election year that includes multiple Ohio Supreme Court races, we know that the Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court and their law clerks are hard at work...
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Ohio Supreme Court allows recovery of appellate attorney fees by prevailing...
By Porter Wright As we noted last week, this time of year brings eventful decision days at the Ohio Supreme Court. And Wednesday, Oct. 12, continued the trend with the Supreme Court’s decision allowing...
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Ohio Supreme Court reminder: Strict rules compliance required for page limits...
By Terry Posey It happens a few times a year – an entry in the Ohio Supreme Court’s daily announcements reads like this: 2022-1310. Leaf v. Leaf. Delaware App. No. 22 CAF 03 0016, 2022-Ohio-3301. Sua...
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Appellate practitioners take note: Ohio Supreme Court has rejected mandatory...
By Brad Hughes As many readers of this blog likely will be aware, the doctrine of administrative deference — the extent to which courts may properly defer to agencies’ interpretations of statutes...
View ArticleTwo recent decisions by Ohio appellate courts caution counsel against undue...
By Brad Hughes The COVID-19 pandemic introduced some new flexibility into the traditionally rigid legal workplace. For those working in downtown offices, the traffic on the daily commute was certainly...
View Article‘Appealing’ from no sealing: Recent Fifth District decision highlights...
By Brad Hughes Benjamin Franklin remarked in Poor Richard’s Almanack that “three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” Keeping secrets is indeed a tricky business, and none the less so in civil...
View ArticleAppellate review of provisional judicial orders: If it quacks like a duck…
By Grace Karabinus This article highlights new developments on the subject of a former Ohio Appellate Insights post considering the authority of appellate courts to immediately review appeals from...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Ohio Supreme Court timing requirements
By Terry Posey Yet another reminder: The mandatory nature of the Ohio Supreme Court’s Rules of Practice In Ohio state-court litigation, most timing deadlines are not automatic and can be “finessed”...
View ArticleSeeking to proceed under a pseudonym in Ohio State Court?
By Brad Hughes Prepare for a Challenge… A recent decision by Ohio’s Second District Court of Appeals addresses a couple of topics that have been recurring features on this blog: final appealable orders...
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