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Utah governor vetoes bill with potential to undermine judicial independence

JURIST

Utah Governor Spencer Cox on Tuesday vetoed Senate Bill 296, a bill that would have granted him the power to appoint the chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court every four years. Presently, the members of the Utah Supreme Court have an exclusive say on who becomes the chief justice.

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Justices validate IRS’s right to retain fraudulent pre-bankruptcy tax payments

SCOTUSBlog

For Jackson, the key to the case is the reality that under Utah law (the applicable fraudulent conveyance statute), the creditors of the failed business could not recover from the IRS, because the IRSs sovereign immunity would protect it from a suit under the Utah statute.

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Utah Groups Can't Scrap Corporate Transparency, US Says

Law 360

A Utah federal court hasn't seen sufficient evidence to block the Corporate Transparency Act's disclosure requirements in presentations by an off-the-grid community, an online meat market and a trade group for cattle producers that have sued over the statute, the federal government said.

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Utah Biz Groups Latest To Challenge Corp. Disclosure Law

Law 360

Several small-business associations in Utah became the latest group to challenge the Corporate Transparency Act's disclosure requirements, telling a federal court Monday the statute violates several constitutional provisions, including the guarantee of due process.

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Utah Sued Over Social Media Age Verification Law

Law 360

A group of Utah residents backed by a free speech advocacy group is suing officials in Utah over the state's new social media age verification law, saying the statute violates Utahns' First Amendment rights in a one-size-fits-allapproach.

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California’s Chief Justice Faults Legislature and Lawyer Lobbying for Blocking Movement on Regulatory Reforms

LawSites

During a question-and-answer session following her speech, I asked her about the stalled efforts to bring about reform in California and what the Supreme Court could do to move the issue forward, particularly in light of the leading roles taken by the supreme courts of Arizona and Utah to bring about reforms in those states.

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Ohio Supreme Court rules judges not required to defer to state agency interpretations of ambiguous laws

JURIST

The Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas reversed the Board’s decision without affording any deference to the agency’s interpretation of the relevant statute. Later, the Ohio First District Court of Appeals held that a court must defer to an administrative interpretation only if the court finds a statute to be ambiguous.