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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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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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The post Utah May Add A New Path To Practicing Law appeared first on Above the Law. Who doesn't love options?

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JURIST

JULY 21, 2024

Utah officials declared on Saturday that they switched the execution method for death row inmate Taberon Dave Honie from an experimental three-drug lethal injection to a well-known single-drug injection, according to The Salt Lake Tribute. The experimental injection would have contained Ketamine, Fentanyl and Potassium Chloride.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 17, 2022

“Utah Supreme Court has first-ever female majority as Utah Senate unanimously confirms Jill Pohlman; ‘I am honored and deeply humbled by this historic appointment to the Utah Supreme Court,’ Justice Jill Pohlman said after her confirmation”: Emily Anderson Stern of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2022

Clean Slate Utah and Rasa, a new public benefit company, are teaming up to ensure a criminal record is not a dead-end street by making it easier and more affordable for people to clear their records in the state, reports KSL.com. “Just one year after record clearance your wages go up by over 20 percent.

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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. 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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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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JUNE 13, 2022

“Retiring Utah top court justice to open law, consulting firms”: Sara Merken of Reuters has a report that begins, “Utah Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Thomas Lee said Monday he will create a law firm and a separate linguistic consulting firm as he retires from the bench June 30.”

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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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JULY 27, 2022

“Jill Pohlman on track to become Utah’s next Supreme Court justice; If Judge Jill Pohlman is confirmed by the full Utah Senate, the Utah Supreme Court would see its first female majority”: Emily Anderson Stern of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

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MAY 21, 2022

Cox could pick to be the next Utah Supreme Court justice; Justice Thomas Lee is stepping down after a dozen years on the Utah Supreme Court”: Bryan Schott of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report. “Here’s who Gov.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Utah, South Carolina, and Indiana resumed executions after more than a decade-long pause. States carried out 25 executions across nine jurisdictions, marking the tenth consecutive year with fewer than 30 executions. The year saw several notable developments, including Alabama becoming the first state to execute a prisoner using nitrogen gas.

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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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ABA Journal

MARCH 17, 2021

Law on Call—touted as the first entirely nonlawyer owned law firm in the United States—is open for business in Utah. Law on Call is operating…

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The machine has been used by by law enforcement or corrections departments in states including Idaho, New Hampshire, Washington, Utah, Ohio, and Connecticut. Law-enforcement customers say the system is better than a traditional polygraph.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 26, 2022

Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) director Brian Nielson said the backlog of unfilled prescriptions stood at about 4,400 as of Thursday morning, Aug 25. UDC reports a total state prison population of around 4,500.

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DECEMBER 29, 2021

A first-of-its-kind data analysis of Utah law enforcement records , news reports, and family interviews surrounding 226 police shootings that occurred between 2010 and 2020 has found that at least 95 people (42 percent) were suffering a mental health crisis, had a mental disability or expressed a desire to end their own lives, reports PBS.

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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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MARCH 25, 2025

“Utah lawmakers gave governor power to appoint the Supreme Court chief. Cox says, I must respectfully decline. Spencer Cox vetoed a bill letting him appoint the chief justice, but the Senate would get to re-confirm every four years.” ” Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Racial and ethnic minorities account for a third of the people shot at by Utah police over the past decade — despite these groups making up just a quarter of the population, reports PBS. Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and Pacific Islanders are all shot at disproportionately to their populations in Utah. In contrast, 75.4

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In Seven County, backers of a proposed train linking Utah oilfields to refineries on the Gulf Coast ask the justices to overturn a lower court decision blocking the project and narrow the scope of what environmental impacts the 1970 National Environmental Policy Act requires agencies to review. Eagle County, Colorado.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Kirk Cullimore, R-Sandy of Utah think businesses that mandate the shot should be on the hook for potential risks. As vaccine mandates start becoming the norm, some like Sen.

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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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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The post Legal Reforms In Utah & Arizona Made Law Better So Obviously No One Is Following Their Lead appeared first on Above the Law. We know access to justice gaps exist, what are we doing about it?

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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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AUGUST 11, 2024

“Utah Supreme Court Rules That Alleged Sexual Assault by a Doctor Is Not ‘Health Care’; The decision revives a lawsuit filed by 94 women who said their OB-GYN sexually abused them; Previously, a lower court determined that the actions they alleged had to be treated as medical malpractice”: Jessica Miller of The Salt Lake Tribune (..)

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Utah is in the early stages of a seven-year “regulatory sandbox” pilot program to conduct its own experiment with alternative business structures. In January 2021, the state eliminated its Rule 5.4. However, entities with nonlawyer ownership must first seek regulatory approval to become an “alternative business structure” (ABS).

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

“More Conservatives Turn Away From Death Penalty; Utah prosecutor David Leavitt, hailing from a conservative county, is taking death penalty off the table in 2017 murder of two teens”: Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

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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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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

“South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad; The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner; The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 in Utah”: Eduardo Medina of The New York Times has this report.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 12, 2023

He is one of several Utah therapists who have received church funds for sessions who in recent weeks have been accused of abusive behavior. The church has not publicly reevaluated its own role in referring these men to a therapist they now say abused them.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

“When Your Law-School Homework Is Stranger Than Fiction: RonNell Andersen Jones, a law professor at the University of Utah, can’t update the curriculum for her First Amendment seminar fast enough.” ” Andrew Marantz has this report in the Talk of the Town section of the February 15, 2021 issue of The New Yorker.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The bulk of Baltimore's proposed class action against Merck over its rotavirus vaccine bundling can go to class certification, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled, finding that Merck may very well have violated antitrust laws through its "loyalty" program for an essential pediatric vaccine, but also tossing two claims under Idaho and Utah antitrust (..)

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Several US states have abolished forced prison labor in recent years, including Colorado, Vermont, Nebraska, Utah, Alabama, Oregon and Tennessee. The post California voters reject ballot measure banning forced prison labor appeared first on JURIST - News.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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