Ohio Supreme Court Adopts New Rules

The Ohio Supreme Court has issued 2 press releases, announcing amendments to various of its Rules. In the first announcement, the Court advised of the following changes in its Rules of Practice: 1) elimination of case information statements; 2) redaction of social security numbers and personal information; 3) designation of filings as public documents; 4) changes in various filing deadlines; 5) allowance of service by email; and 6) prohibition of summary judgment motions in original actions. The second announcement provides notice of changes in both the Rules for the Government of the Bar and the Rules for the Government of the Judiciary. All of these rule changes pertain to CLE requirements, reporting, and sanctions for failure to comply. The Ohio Supreme Court provides a web-based Rule amendment search at the following link: Amendment Search.