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Utah Self-Defense Law Makes It Harder to Charge Problem Cops

The Crime Report

While many states have made it easier for prosecutors to criminally charge officers accused in fatal shootings of civilians, Utah has made it harder. Thirty-eight Utah officers have been involved in more than one fatal force incident over the last 17 years, according to a Salt Lake Tribune analysis. Utah State Rep.

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$469 Million: There and Gone

Patently O

Dish Network (D.Utah 2023) Earlier in March 2023, a Utah jury sided with the patentee ClearPlay – find that Dish Network infringed two “clean movie” patents used to to skip the naughty bits of a video program. The court ordered DISH to prepare a draft order for his signature that adopts the rational from its briefing.

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Thomas and Alito file 2022 financial disclosures

SCOTUSBlog

The form also revealed that on at least two of those trips, Thomas traveled by private jet – according to Thomas, at the recommendation of his security detail in the wake of the leaked draft opinion overturning the constitutional right to an abortion.

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How Paralegals Can Avoid UPL

Paralegal Bootcamp

This involves client representation, offering legal advice (solicited or otherwise), and drafting legal documents. While a paralegal is allowed to draft legal documentation, they are not allowed to file it without the guidance of an attorney. All that being said, the ABA does not define “the practice of law.”

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As drought persists in the west, justices to consider Navajo Nation’s rights to Colorado River

SCOTUSBlog

Meanwhile, the water level at Lake Powell, the massive reservoir created by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Utah-Arizona border, is at historic lows, threatening its ability to generate power. Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah claim that only the Supreme Court can grant the relief requested by the Navajo Nation. The 1964 Arizona v.

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June Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters:  TV Renewals, EEO Public File Reports, Comments on Zonecasting, Start of Channel 6 FM Rulemaking and More

Broadcast Law Blog

Renewals applications for Full-Power Television, Class A, LPTV and TV Translator Stations in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are due on June 1. With the radio license renewal cycle having ended with the filing of the last set of renewal applications in April, we enter the last year of the cycle for television.

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LEAP Legal Software Acquires WealthCounsel and ElderCounsel

LawSites

Founded in 1997, Utah-based WealthCounsel provides software and templates for drafting estate planning and business documents. WealthCounsel’s software products are Wealth Docx, for drafting estate planning documents; Wealth Tracx, for trust administration; and Business Docx, for drafting business documents.

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