Julie Carr Smyth

August 01, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ohio's highest court on Wednesday struck down Gov. Ted Strickland's veto of a bill on his first day in office, saying his action came two days past the deadline.

By JULIE CARR SMYTH

2 minute read

March 16, 2011 | Legaltech News

Lawmakers are increasingly conducting public business on personal cell phones, through calls and text messages. Yet the numbers for those phones and the bills that show whom lawmakers contacted and when are largely unavailable for public review. And the law isn't even decided on what legal standard to apply to text messages. Are they phone calls, e-mails, or memos?

By Julie Carr Smyth

5 minute read

April 25, 2011 | Legaltech News

A citizen activist says he was wronged by the failure of a small Ohio city to give him 20 years of 911 tapes he sought, which were long ago recorded over. The city says he can prove no harm and that he didn't even want the tapes -- he wanted the thousands in penalty dollars for requesting records that no longer exist.

By Julie Carr Smyth

5 minute read

December 20, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

A surrogate mother who tried to keep triplets who weren't biologically hers doesn't have the same legal protections under Ohio law as a parent, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

By JULIE CARR SMYTH

3 minute read