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...r of state shall immediately inform the attorney general thereof, who shall prosecute the proper action against the officer, employee, or agent and his sureties, but if the treasurer of state is satisfied that the default is the result of unavoidable accident, he may delay informing the attorney general for such time, not to exceed sixty days, as he considers reasonable. If the officer in default is the attorney gene...

...recoverable. (E) Reasonable attorney's fees are recoverable if demand for compensation under division (A) or (B) of this section is made and refused before an action is brought on the claim. If a claim is made for breach of an agreement under division (D) of this section and the agreement does not provide for damages, reasonable attorney's fees are recoverable if demand for compensation under division (D) of this se...

...ed obligation, expenses, and attorney's fees exceeds the greater of: (1) The proceeds of the collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance; or (2) The amount of proceeds that would have been realized had the noncomplying secured party proceeded in accordance with sections 1309.601 to 1309.628 of the Revised Code relating to collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance. (D) For purposes of division (C)...

...t is not final, may be certified to the attorney general pursuant to, and for purposes of, section 131.02 of the Revised Code if a party who may owe the tax liability has filed for bankruptcy and the tax liability is a prepetition bankruptcy debt. Nothing in this section and section 131.02 of the Revised Code shall make final, or alter the procedures and processes the party must follow to appeal, a tax liability that...

...e court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party as justice and equity require.

...tgage loan originator; (e) A licensed attorney who negotiates the terms of a residential mortgage loan on behalf of a client as an ancillary matter to the attorney's representation of the client, unless the attorney is compensated by a mortgage lender, a mortgage broker, or another mortgage loan originator, or by any agent thereof; (f) Any person engaged in the retail sale of manufactured homes, mobile homes, or ...

... any source, plus reasonable attorney's fees and court costs. (3) The buyer may be awarded punitive damages. (E) A buyer injured by a failure to comply with this section is precluded from recovering any damages, plus reasonable attorney's fees and costs, if the buyer has also recovered any damages in a cause of action initiated under section 1322.52 of the Revised Code and the recovery of damages for a failure to c...

... any source, plus reasonable attorney's fees and court costs. (3) The buyer may be awarded punitive damages. (B)(1) The superintendent of financial institutions or a buyer may directly bring an action to enjoin a violation of any provision of this chapter. The attorney general may directly bring an action to enjoin a violation of any provision of this chapter with the same rights, privileges, and powers as those ...

...e court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party, if any of the following applies: (A) A claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith. (B) A motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith. (C) Willful and malicious misappropriation exists.

...; (5) Any person who does not charge a fee for invention development services other than any payment made from a portion of the income received by a customer by virtue of invention development services performed by the person. For the purposes of this division, "fee" includes any payment made by the customer to the person including reimbursement for expenditures made or costs incurred by the person. (E) "Invention"...

...ts of the investigation, expert witness fees, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees. (C) If a court determines that a person has violated any prohibition or other provision of sections 1346.05 to 1346.10 of the Revised Code, the court shall order that the person's profits, gain, gross receipts, or other benefit from the violation be disgorged and paid to the general revenue fund of the state. (D) Unless other...

...n this state; (18) Charge or accept a fee greater than the amount prescribed by law. (B) Division (A)(5) of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting a notary from notarizing the signature of a holder of a document on a written statement certifying that the document is a true copy of an original document. (C) As used in this section, "conflict of interest" means either of the following: (1) The notar...

...including attorney's and expert witness fees that the court determines to have been necessary and reasonably incurred, in accordance with division (E)(2) of section 1513.13 of the Revised Code, and whenever the court determines such an award is appropriate. (G) Nothing in this section shall restrict any right that any person or class of persons may have under law to seek enforcement of any of the provisions of this ...

..., shall certify the expenditures to the attorney general. Upon the chief's certification of the expenditures from the reclamation forfeiture fund, the attorney general shall bring an action for that amount of money. The operator is liable for that expense in addition to any other liabilities imposed by law. Money so recovered shall be credited to the reclamation forfeiture fund. The chief shall not postpone the recla...

...u may be entitled to recover attorney's fees, costs, and expenses, subject to certain statutory limits. If we go to court to determine whether the project is necessary or for a public use, and the court decides that it is not necessary or not for a public use, the judge shall award you your full amount of attorney's fees, costs, and expenses. You also have the right to request that the issue of the value of your pr...

...usive, of the Revised Code, as a filing fee and as annual franchise taxes, plus interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum, for all years in which the court determines it was transacting business in this state without being so licensed and shall render judgment for such amount. Proceedings for the recovery of such forfeiture, filing fee, and annual franchise taxes must be commenced not later than five yea...

...vision by laying before the prosecuting attorney of the proper county any evidence of criminality which comes to its knowledge; and in the event of the neglect or refusal of the prosecuting attorney to prosecute such violations, or at the request of the prosecuting attorney, the division shall submit the evidence to the attorney general, who may proceed in the prosecution with all the rights, privileges, and powers c...

...oes not include the following: (1) An attorney, investment counselor, or banker who in the conduct of the attorney's, investment counselor's, or banker's profession advises a client; (2) A charitable organization or a bona fide officer, employee, or volunteer of a charitable organization, when the charitable organization has full knowledge of the services being performed on its behalf and either of the following ...

...l is liable for and, in addition to any fee required in this section, shall pay two hundred dollars for each late filing. Each accounting shall be considered a separate filing for the purposes of this section. Any fees required by this section are in addition to, and not in place of, penalties prescribed in this chapter.

... responsible for paying the attorney's fees; (5) The extent, if any, to which the recipient of the proposed third-party distribution incurred expenses in connection with the services provided to the affected beneficiary, estate, or trust; (6) Whether the beneficiary was required to advance any payments for fees or expenses to the recipient of the proposed third-party distribution. (E) Division (D)(4) of this...

... prevailing party reasonable attorney's fees and costs and, if a civil action or proceeding is voluntarily dismissed, may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the party against whom the civil action or proceeding is brought. (I)(1) Except as provided in divisions (I)(4) and (N) of this section and sections 2151.423 and 2151.4210 of the Revised Code, a report made under this section is confidential. The in...

...ent child's counsel and the prosecuting attorney. The copy of a victim impact statement furnished by the court to the department pursuant to this section shall be kept confidential and is not a public record. If an officer is preparing pursuant to section 2947.06 or 2951.03 of the Revised Code or Criminal Rule 32.2 a presentence investigation report pertaining to a person, the court shall make available to the office...

...d court costs and reasonable attorney's fees against the person who purposely performed or induced or attempted to perform or induce the abortion in violation of division (A) of section 2919.17 of the Revised Code. (C) If a judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in a civil action commenced pursuant to division (B) of this section and the court finds, upon the filing of a motion under section 2323.51 of...

...d court costs and reasonable attorney's fees against the person who committed the violation. (C) If a judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in a civil action commenced pursuant to division (B) of this section and the court finds, upon the filing of a motion under section 2323.51 of the Revised Code, that the commencement of the civil action constitutes frivolous conduct and that the defendant was adversely ...

...d court costs and reasonable attorney's fees against the person who purposely performed or induced or purposely attempted to perform or induce the abortion in violation of division (E) of section 2919.201 of the Revised Code. (C) If a judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in a civil action commenced pursuant to division (B) of this section and the court finds, upon the filing of a motion under section 2323...