(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether suspects in criminal cases can be forced to give investigators their cellphone passcodes. Justices heard arguments in the case yesterday after a lower court decision was appealed by the Attorney General’s Office. Prosecutors had argued […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah County Attorney David Leavitt has announced he will run for state attorney general following a year in his job with the county. The Republican announced in a Facebook video on Friday that he will challenge the state’s Republican Attorney General Sean Reyes. Leavitt says […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the former Utah attorney general’s $80 million civil rights lawsuit finding those who investigated and charged him with public corruption six years ago cannot be sued for doing their jobs. The 62-year-old former legal advisor says he has not decided […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Department of Justice says the Utah attorney general’s office has failed to turn over documents for a federal investigation into allegations that state officials lied about budget cuts during the Great Recession to get federal grants. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that the DOJ has […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is the 45th state to join a lawsuit alleging large pharmaceutical companies conspired to raise prices on generic medications by as much as 1,000%. Attorney General Sean D. Reyes announced Monday the state would be joining the lawsuit against Teva Pharmaceuticals and 19 of […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court is weighing a challenge to a Virginia law that allows police to arrest “habitual drunkards” and send them to jail for up to a year for possessing alcohol. A survey conducted by the Legal Aid Justice Center shows that Virginia and Utah […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is planning to file a lawsuit against manufacturers of the opioid OxyContin, claiming the company is responsible for high rates of overdoses and deaths. State chief criminal deputy Spencer Austin told lawmakers Wednesday that the attorney’s general office will take action against drugmaker Purdue […]
