HowAppealing

JUNE 29, 2022

“Utah Supreme Court could see first female majority with new nominee; If confirmed by the Utah Senate, Judge Jill M. Pohlman would mark the third woman on the state’s five-justice high court”: Saige Miller of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

New audits released this week show that Utah’s Adult Probation and Parole agency does not have enough experienced staff or the tools to handle supervision for “high-risk” offenders, Paighten Harkins reports for the Salk Lake Tribune.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 9, 2023

“Equality in Utah’s constitution didn’t include the right to abortion, state’s attorneys argue to Utah Supreme Court; Justices heard arguments for more than four hours on Tuesday and it’s unclear on when they could rule on Utah’s blocked abortion trigger law”: Emily Anderson Stern of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 11, 2022

“AG’s office asks permission from Utah Supreme Court to appeal hold on abortion trigger law; Utah’s trigger law has been blocked since Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit three days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Supreme Court overturned Roe v.

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EvidenceProf Blog

APRIL 8, 2021

Similar to its federal counterpart, Utah Rule of Evidence 412(a) provides that The following evidence is not admissible in a criminal proceeding involving alleged sexual misconduct: (a)(1) evidence offered to prove that a victim engaged in other sexual behavior; or.

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HowAppealing

JULY 19, 2022

“BYU Law Welcomes Retiring Utah Supreme Court Justice Thomas Lee as Visiting Professor, Linguistics Expert Jesse Egbert as Research Associate for 2022-23”: BYU Law issued this news release today.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 29, 2022

Cox appoints Judge Diana Hagen to serve on Utah’s Supreme Court; The state Senate will now decide whether to confirm Gov. Spencer Cox’s proposed replacement for retired Utah Supreme Court Justice Deno Himonas”: Bethany Rodgers of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report. “Gov.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 28, 2022

“State Judges Are in Spotlight After Supreme Court Overrules Roe v. Wade; Texas judge puts century-old abortion ban on hold for now, following similar court orders in Louisiana and Utah”: Laura Kusisto, Jennifer Calfas, and Deanna Paul of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Utah Supreme Court Justice Constandinos “Deno” Himonas, one of the major driving forces behind his state’s groundbreaking reforms opening up the legal marketplace to…

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The Hollywood Lawyer

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

A Utah theme park has sued Taylor Swift over who owns the trademark for “Evermore,” Taylor’s latest album. The post Music Monday: Taylor Swift and a Utah Theme Park Battle in Court Over the Name ‘Evermore’ appeared first on THE HOLLYWOOD LAWYER.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In Utah, a death row prisoner has been granted a new trial on the grounds that prosecutors knowingly withheld evidence from the defense.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A district court misinterpreted the law when it ruled that an adult adoptee can’t obtain her 1978 adoption records to provide her doctors with information…

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 30, 2021

“Utah Supreme Court Justice Deno Himonas retires, plans return to private sector; Justice Deno Himonas plans to transition to a major law firm after almost two decades in public service”: Jordan Miller of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 7, 2023

“What’s expected when Utah’s high court considers challenge to abortion trigger ban”: Bridger Beal-Cvetko of KSL-TV of Salt Lake City has this report. The post “What’s expected when Utah’s high court considers challenge to abortion trigger ban” appeared first on How Appealing.

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LawSites

MAY 12, 2021

Two non-profit pilot programs won approval this week under Utah’s regulatory sandbox to provide non-lawyer legal assistance to individuals with medical debt. Both programs were approved May 7 by the Utah Supreme Court’s Office of Legal Innovation , which oversees the sandbox and reviews and approves applicants.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to consider whether people born in American Samoa are entitled to birthright citizenship under the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. “People from the territories deserve better from this Court and better from this nation.”

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

While many states have made it easier for prosecutors to criminally charge officers accused in fatal shootings of civilians, Utah has made it harder. The new law allows those accused of a crime to ask for an extra court hearing if they believe they acted in self-defense. “Or investigating further.”. Utah State Rep.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Tuesday in favor of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation’s dispute with the state of Idaho regarding the tribe’s hunting rights on US land. Rather, they reside in northern Utah and southern Idaho.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The United States Supreme Court Monday denied the appeal of Ramin Khorrami, an Arizona man who was convicted of fraud before an eight-member jury. Six states in the US allow for trials before six or eight-person juries in felony cases: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts and Utah.

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CourtTechBulletin

MARCH 11, 2021

Legal technology writer Molly McDonough posted an article about the Utah Outreach Court ( [link] ). That court takes a courtroom to the litigants, in some instances to the homeless person's campsite, using a repurposed mobile command center vehicle and tents. Read more ».

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HowAppealing

APRIL 28, 2022

Temple, from the Supreme Court to Congress; Justice Neil Gorsuch, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Utah Sens. Today, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a news release titled “ US Senators, Representatives and Supreme Court Justices Visit the Washington D.C.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 5, 2021

“10th Circuit Backs Out of Opening Phase of Fight Over Bump Stock Ban; The court’s about-face on an en banc rehearing of a preliminary injunction denial means a Utah man must give up his bump stock while his challenge of the ban goes through the courts”: Amanda Pampuro of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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Patently O

MAY 3, 2024

Plaintiff SnapRays (d/b/a SnapPower) is a Utah company that designs and sells electrical outlet covers with USB ports and night lights. The district court agreed with LDG that the APEX submission was insufficient to establish specific personal jurisdiction in Utah. SnapRays, LLC v. Lighting Def. 2023-1184 (Fed. May 2, 2024).

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HowAppealing

JULY 3, 2022

“Thomas Lee retires from Utah’s Supreme Court, but still has big plans”: Emily Ashcraft of KSL.com has this report.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Delaware Chancery Court has recommended the state's highest court consider a midcase appeal in a Utah company's dispute with a former executive, saying guidance is needed on "substantial" legal questions and the "problematic and unsustainable" trend of pushing noncompete disputes into Delaware to bypass other states' laws.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Constandinos (Deno) Himonas, the Utah Supreme Court justice who spearheaded the state’s first-of-its-kind regulatory sandbox to license new forms of legal services and providers, is retiring from the court. 29 letter to Utah Gov. 29 letter to Utah Gov. ” Listen: I interviewed Himonas and John R. .”

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ABA Journal

MARCH 14, 2022

Supreme Court can be damaging to the institution. Thomas spoke in Utah at… Justice Clarence Thomas said Friday talk about adding justices to the U.S.

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LegalReader

JUNE 13, 2021

After a girl reported being raped by a church member when she was only 14 years old, the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Roy, UT, responded by forcing her to repeatedly listen to an audio recording of the rape.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Hong Kong lawyer Jimmy Siu on Friday filed a writ to Hong Kong’s High Court in a petition for the court to order the arrest of five US lawmakers that introduced the Hong Kong Sanctions Act , according to Hong Kong Free Press on Monday.

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JURIST

MAY 1, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday revived a 2003 breach of trust claim by the Navajo Nation that would require the US government to allocate water for the tribe. The lawsuit was previously dismissed in 2017 by the District Court for the District of Arizona for lack of jurisdiction. California.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 15, 2024

EDT, the court expects to issue one or more opinions in argued cases from the current term. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Utah oil-train backers petition U.S. Share At 10 a.m. Join us for live coverage.

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ABA Journal

JUNE 14, 2023

The Arizona Supreme Court and the Utah Supreme Court have approved proposals to allow trained, nonlawyer advocates to provide free limited-scope representation to tenants facing…

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

There is an interesting new lawsuit out of Southern Utah University where theater professor Richard Bugg has refused to use plural pronouns for a nonbinary student. ” In a free speech challenge, most courts would be dubious about a claim based on a uniform policy in favor of pronoun election by students.

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Law 360

MARCH 29, 2024

A Utah attorney has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether allegedly retaliatory IRS summonses can be quashed, and two former pharmaceutical executives are challenging the constitutionality of their convictions for marketing the off-label use of a drug.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Constandinos (Deno) Himonas, the Utah Supreme Court justice who spearheaded the state’s first-of-its-kind regulatory sandbox to license new forms of legal services and providers, is retiring from the court. 29 letter to Utah Gov. 29 letter to Utah Gov. ” Listen: I interviewed Himonas and John R. .”

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The only real way to prove this is by showing the court your medical records. . You will need to prove that a legitimate injury was suffered in order to recover a settlement.

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

The South Carolina Supreme Court Wednesday blocked the state from committing its first firing squad execution. The court said it will provide their reasoning in a detailed order at a later date. The court said it will provide their reasoning in a detailed order at a later date.

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