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The State of Ohio Has Launched a New Site That Allow You to Track Agency Rule Changes and Receive Email Alerts

Ohio has launched a new website called RuleWatch Ohio that will allow you to track Agency Rules that affect you, your family, or your business. An OSBA News Release for the launch states that:

"RuleWatch Ohio allows individuals to track a specific rule they are interested in, or rules that cover a particular area of interest. By creating an account on the RuleWatch Ohio site, users can receive email alerts when there is activity on any of the rules they have selected."

Rule watchers may already be aware of the Register of Ohio online, which provides public notices of state Agency rule-making. However, RuleWatch Ohio proposes to be more user-friendly, and it may encourage more citizens to become involved in the rule-making process. 

OSBA Offers Certification in Administrative Agency Law

According to its Press Release, the Ohio State Bar Association now offers certification in Administrative Agency Law. The Press Release emphasizes that this new certification is for attorneys who work with "laws and legal principles governing the administration and regulation of city, county, state and federal government agencies." This addition gives the OSBA a 9th feather in its certification cap, adding to the following certifications the OSBA already offers: 1) appellate law; 2) family relations law; 3) federal taxation law; 4) labor and employment law; 5) Ohio workers' compensation law; 6) estate, trust and probate law; 7) residential real property law; and 8) business, commercial and industrial real property law. The right to offer certification is granted by the Supreme Court of Ohio's Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists.

Article: Where to Appeal Ohio Administrative Agency Cases

Jones Day attorney J. Todd Kennard discusses whether to file an administrative appeal in the local county court or in Franklin County.  See Procedures for Appeals: Where to Appeal Ohio Administrative Agency Cases by J. Todd Kennard, Ohio Lawyer, March/April 2007, via the Jones Day publications website.