lawsuits

The Utah Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by seven young people who say the state’s energy policies fuel climate change and harm their lives. But plaintiffs can still amend their case and try again.

A Draper homeowners association added an additional lawsuit on top of the recently consolidated mega-lawsuit against UDOT’s big idea to fix winter traffic in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

The state’s largest teachers union argues Utah’s newest and largest voucher program is unconstitutional. The state disagrees.

Utah believes it should have ownership over some federally managed land, but environmentalists argue the move backpedals on the agreement that made Utah a state.

Utah has a problem with TikTok and how minors use it. The platform said it has safety protocols in place to protect them.

Lawmakers say recent tweaks to Utah’s strict social media laws “absolutely” led to a judge’s dismissal of a portion of the legal challenge to them.

Across the country, book bans and attempted bans have soared to the highest levels in decades.

“We value our rivers and streams, wetlands, whatever it may be, our lakes,” said the bill’s Republican sponsor. “But trying to mix the idea that it's actually a human person is not appropriate.”

While the next steps are unclear, women who worked with Operation Underground Railroad said they’re hoping to warn others about the former CEO Tim Ballard.

All 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant’s alleged monopolistic control of the distribution of apps for the software that runs most of the world’s cellphones.

Attorneys say a California jury has awarded $2.28 billion to a woman who was molested for years by her stepfather.

The United States will pay more than $10 million in damages over the death of Esther Nakajjigo, a prominent Ugandan human rights activist killed in Arches National Park in 2020.