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SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - Companies can be liable for “take-home” asbestos exposure if they require their employees to work around asbestos or exert sufficient control over contractors who place their workers in harm’s way, the Utah Supreme Court ruled. ....
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is opening an office in Salt Lake City, becoming the latest major U.S. law firm to plant a flag in the tech-heavy region sometimes called "Silicon Slopes." ....
Transgender people in Utah can amend birth certificates, top court rules Muri Assunção Transgender people in Utah have the right to amend their birth certificates, the state’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The 4-1 decision hailed by advocates as a “a landmark win for transgender rights in Utah” comes after a 3-year legal battle, and several attempts by lawmakers to block transgender Utahns from changing their name and gender on birth certificates. The ruling overturned a district court ruling that denied plaintiffs Sean Childers-Gray, a transgender man, and Angie Rice, a transgender woman, the right to change their gender markers on state records. ....
KSL TV 5PM: What court ruling on amending birth certificates means for transgender Utahns KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY A Utah Supreme Court decision Thursday in Salt Lake City makes clear that transgender people may amend birth certificates, driver s licenses and other state records to match the sex with which they identify. The 4-1 ruling comes after more than three years in court and failed attempts by the Utah Legislature to both clarify a longstanding law regarding name and gender changes and to block transgender Utahns from amending their birth certificates. A person has a common-law right to change facets of their personal legal status, including their sex designation, Justice Deno Himonas wrote in the majority opinion. Justices John Pearce and Paige Petersen concurred. Chief Justice Matthew Durrant wrote a separate opinion that concurred in part and dissented in part with the majority. Justice Tom Lee was the lone dissenter. ....