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Utah supreme court upholds temporary block on state abortion ban

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The Supreme Court of Utah on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision to temporarily block a state law that bans nearly all abortions. Pearce, the court found that the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah (PPAU) had standing and that the lower court did not abuse its discretion in any way.

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Utah Sandbox OKs Two Programs Enabling Non-Lawyers To Give Legal Advice On Medical Debt

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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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Winners Named for 2021 American Legal Technology Awards

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Winners have been named for the second annual American Legal Technology Awards , a competition launched last year to honor exceptional achievements in legal technology. Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico. Ben Carter , senior litigation and advocacy counsel, Kentucky Equal Justice Center. Justice Deno Himonas , Utah Supreme Court.

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Courts on the Go

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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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Justice Deno Himonas, Who Spearheaded Utah’s Innovation Sandbox, Retires from Supreme Court

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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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Winners Named for 2021 American Legal Technology Awards

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Winners have been named for the second annual American Legal Technology Awards , a competition launched last year to honor exceptional achievements in legal technology. Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico. Ben Carter , senior litigation and advocacy counsel, Kentucky Equal Justice Center. Justice Deno Himonas , Utah Supreme Court.

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Case Management Company Filevine Raises $108M Series D to Fuel Expansion

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Filevine , a Utah-based case management company founded in 2014 with an initial focus on litigation and personal injury law, has raised $108 million in a Series D funding round that it says will help fuel its expansion more deeply into big law, insurance defense, corporate, governmental, and nonprofit legal counsel teams.