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Cordray and PUSTR Board questioning oil companies' cleanup compensation

(Columbus) Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray and the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Board (PUSTRCB) notified the leaders of five major oil companies that his office is reviewing whether they should be required to pay back tens of millions of dollars in claims they made to a state fund intended to help gas station owners and operators, individuals, and state and local governments address contamination from underground petroleum storage tank systems.

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Date Published: September 9, 2010

 

 

10th District determines lower court does have jurisdiction in sex offender classification case

A 10th District Court of Appeals panel recently reversed a lower court's judgment that it lacked jurisdiction to classify a man as a sex offender.

10th District rejects claim of false imprisonment

A 10th District Court of Appeals panel recently rejected a former Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction inmate's arguments that he was falsely imprisoned.

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Court overrules termination of Cleveland's race-based hiring practices for firefighters

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Bill would authorize solicitations of private contributions for state scholarships

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Recently proposed legislation designed to stimulate growth of Ohio's agriculture industry

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6th Circuit rejects arguments company was not a named insured for asbestos claims

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A three-judge appellate panel recently affirmed a Franklin County Court of Common Pleas judgment convicting a man of possession of cocaine with specifications and tampering with evidence.

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24th Annual Life & Health Sciences Career Job Fair

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