(Salt Lake City, UT) — A trade group representing the adult entertainment industry is suing Utah over the state’s new age-verification law. The California-based Free Speech Coalition filed suit in federal court on Wednesday, arguing that the law violates the First and 14th amendments to the Constitution by infringing the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A judge is blocking a ban of abortion clinics across Utah. The law to ban clinics statewide would have taken effect today before Judge Andrew Stone paused the ban while the court considers a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood. The healthcare organization argued the ban singles […]
(Beaver, UT) — A California animal rights activist was found guilty Tuesday of disrupting a Pioneer Day celebration in Beaver. Curtis Vollmer of Berkeley was found guilty of trespassing and disorderly conduct at the event last July. The 36-year-old Vollmer was accused of talking to people and passing out leaflets […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Supreme Court is delaying arguments in a lawsuit filed over a state law that would almost completely ban abortion. Lawyers for Planned Parenthood of Utah and the Attorney General’s Office were scheduled to give arguments about a temporary injunction blocking the law next […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah judge is refusing to dismiss claims that several leading pharmacy chains helped make opioids a public health crisis by not doing enough to control access to those drugs. The Third District Court judge declined a request yesterday by Rite-Aid and Kroger to dismiss […]
(Park City, UT) — A jury has determined Gwyneth Paltrow was not at fault for crashing into a man on a ski slope in 2016. After a two-week trial, an eight-person jury deliberated for less than three hours yesterday before clearing Paltrow of any wrongdoing. Utah retiree Terry Sanderson sued […]
(Grand County, UT) — A new lawsuit filed by the family of Long Island native Gabby Petito accuses a Utah officer of being aware that her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, was an “emotional and mental threat to” Petito before she was killed last year. Fox News reports lawyers for Petito’s parents […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The University of Utah is agreeing to pay five-million dollars to the parents of an international student who allegedly was murdered by her ex-boyfriend. The settlement that became public yesterday acknowledges that the university failed to recognize Zhifan Dong was in danger in the weeks […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A self-proclaimed whistleblower is calling for a tax fraud investigation against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Religion Unplugged reports David Nielsen shared a document with the U.S. Senate claiming the LDS investment arm, Ensign Peak Advisors, “improperly has reaped billions in untaxed […]
(Denver, CO) — A lawsuit over allowing girls to play football at Utah high schools is getting a new life thanks to a federal appeals court. Denver’s Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled recently that a lower court judge made an incorrect ruling in dismissing the lawsuit. Seven Utah […]
