Utah Deceptive Trade Practices Law

Joseph Santarlas v. Bowtech, Inc., et al.

Salt Lake City, Utah, civil and commercial litigation lawyers represented the parties in an anti-trust case. Bowtech manufactures and sells compound bows for hunting and target archery. Bowtech is named as a defendant in a class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, which alleges the company and other archery industry manufacturers and retaile... More...

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Connie Boyle v. Packsize International </center

<h2> Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on on a job discrimination theory. </h2> "Packsize is revolutionizing the packaging industry with our cutting-edge solutions and unwavering commitment to the environment. As a global leader in packaging automation, we empower businesses to optimize their packaging processes while reducing waste and em... More...

$0 (08-09-2024 - UT)

Leanne Crowe v. SRR Partners, et al.

<h2> Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans with Disabilities Act Violation theory. </h2> 42 U.S.C. 12101 provides: The Congress finds thatâ€” (1) physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many ... More...

$1 (06-14-2024 - UT)

Michael Valentine, et al. v. Auto-Owners Insurance

Salt Lake City, Utah insurance lawyer lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on bad faith breach of insurance contract theories. (1) No insurer or person representing an insurer may engage in any unfair claim settlement practice under Subsections (2), (3), and (4). (2) Each of the following acts is an unfair claim settlement practice: (a) knowingly misrepresenting material fa... More...

$0 (04-19-2024 - UT)

Kurt Schneider and Sylvia Schneider v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Compan

Salt Lake City, Utah insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on bad faith breach of insurance contract theories. 31A-26-303. Unfair claim settlement practices. (1) No insurer or person representing an insurer may engage in any unfair claim settlement practice under Subsections (2), (3), and (4). (2) Each of the following acts is an unfair claim settlement practic... More...

$0 (03-27-2024 - UT)

<h1> STATE OF UTAH v. DEREK RANDALL JONES </h1>

During the weekend of June 26 to 27, 2015, five-year-old B.B. slept over at the home of Forbush, who is his uncle. About three weeks later, B.B. was showering with his father (Father), as was apparently their occasional practice, when B.B. asked why his uncircumcised penis looked different from Father's circumcised penis. Father replied that B.B. didn't need to worry becau... More...

$0 (01-24-2024 - UT)

Christopher J. Wilson v. Mid-Century Insurance

Salt Lake City, Utah insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of an insurance contract. Bad faith breach of an insurance contract occurs when an insurance company unreasonably denies, delays, or underpays a valid claim. This legal concept seeks to protect policyholders from unfair and dishonest practices by insurance companies. K... More...

$0 (12-08-2023 - UT)

Stephanie Brown v. Safe Streets USA, LLC

Salt Lake City, Utah consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on a Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theory. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is a federal law enacted in the United States in 1991 to protect consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls, faxes, and text messages. The TCPA has been amended several times over the years to keep pace... More...

$0 (12-08-2023 - UT)

United States of America v. Crystal A. Huang

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud. From February 2015 through February 2020, Crystal A. Huang, 41, of Lehi, Utah, offered investments in her company, ProSky Inc., by providing false promises and information to potential investors. In June, Ms. Huang admitted that she devised a scheme intended to defraud investors and obtai... More...

$0 (09-06-2023 - UT)

Free Speech Coalition, et al. v. Jess L. Anderson, et al.

Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the Commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety and the Attorney General of the State Of Utah on constitutional law violation theories. The Free Speech Coalition is the trade association for the adult entertainment industry in the United States. "The Free Speech Coalition filed the lawsuit in May ... More...

$0 (08-01-2023 - UT)

United States of America v. Angel Rubio-Quintana

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana in St. George. Angel Rubio-Quintana, 42, of St. George, Utah, was first discovered by agents in March 2020, after learning that an individual in St. George was receiving large amounts of methamphetamine from a Mexican cartel. During an ... More...

$0 (07-27-2023 - UT)

Jamie Kilgore and B.E. v. Easternseals-Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain, Inc.

Salt Lake City, Utah civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory for damages sustained as a result of a data breach. This case is a proposed class action pertaining to a data breach of Plaintiffs' work email accounts in 2021. Plaintiffs worked for a job skill training non-profit company, Defendant Easter-Seals-Goodwill, which had ... More...

$0 (07-18-2023 - UT)

United States of America v. Crystal A. Huang

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with devising a scheme intended to defraud investors and obtain money and property, under false pretenses, to benefit her company, ProSky Inc. Crystal A. Huang, 41, of Lehi, admitted she knowingly offered investments in her company, ProSky Inc., by providing false promises to potential investors. From February 20... More...

$0 (06-02-2023 - UT)

Andrew Blank v. The Travelers Indemnity Company

Salt Lake City, Utah insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages as a direct result of Defendant's wrongful refusal to pay Plaintiffs' claim. <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Salt_Lake_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal... More...

$1 (02-10-2023 - UT)

Jeffrey Hall v. Val Brown, et al.

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants claiming that they violated his civil rights. Plaintiff Jeff Hall sues Salt Lake Police Department Officers Val Brown and Kevin Murray and the City of Salt Lake, asserting that Officers Brown and Murray deprived him "of his rights protected under the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the ... More...

$0 (08-29-2022 - UT)

State of Utah v. Christopher Garcia

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a child. ¶2 In October 2014, Victim's mother (Mother) met Garcia on an online dating website. Mother's profile on the website indicated that she had children. A few days after making contact, the two arranged to meet in person. At their first meeting, Garcia told Mother that he... More...

$0 (06-24-2022 - UT)

United States of America v. Gaylen Dean Rust

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and securities fraud. Gaylen Dean Rust, age 62, of Layton, admitted that he was the owner and operator of Rust Rare Coin, Inc. (RRC) in Utah, from 2002 until 2018, and that he had previously worked as the manager of the business. Rust admi... More...

$0 (03-10-2022 - UT)

United States of America v. Dr. Joe Roundy

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant accused of failing to properly inventory, track and maintain control over controlled substances. Dr. Joe Roundy, a licensed veterinarian and the owner of the Tooele Veterinary Clinic in Tooele, Utah, was ordered to pay the United States $78,455 and restrict his prescribing of opioids and other controlled substances for vio... More...

$0 (08-19-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. Jean-Michel Arrigona

Salt Lake City, Utah Lacey and Endangered Species Act violation charges criminal defense lawyer represented Jean-Michel Arrigona, 58, of Midvale, who was charged with unlawfully importing wildlife into the United States and reselling it from the Natur store in Midvale, which he owns. Arrigona admitted that he imported approximately 1,500 wildlife items from 2015 to 2020. He only declared three of ... More...

$0 (05-27-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. Vivint Smart Homes, Inc.

Salt Lake City, Utah: Vivint Smart Home Inc. sells "smartâ€ home security and monitoring systems, largely via a sales force that sells door-to-door. The complaint alleges that Vivint failed to implement an Identity Theft Prevention Program, allowing its sales representatives to obtain credit reports of unsuspecting consumers without the consumers' knowledge or consent, and unfairly ... More...

$0 (05-04-2021 - UT)

Kristopher Chadwick v. Bonneville Billing and Collections

Salt Lake City, Utah civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, Kristopher Chadwick, who sued Bonneville Billing and Collections claiming that it violated the Fair Debt Collections Act. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)(15 U.S.C. 1692 et seq.), which became effective March 20, 1978, was designed to eliminate abusive, deceptive,and unfair debt collection practices. In addi... More...

$0 (03-25-2021 - UT)

Jenifer Petersen v. Marketstar QOZ Business, L.L.C.

Salt Lake City employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, Jenifer Petersen, who sued Marketstar QOZ Business, L.L.C. on civil rights and job discrimination (sex) theories under 42 U.S.C. 2000 claiming to have suffered more than $500,000 in damages and/or injuries as a result of how she was treated. Â§2000eâ€“16. Employment by Federal Government (a) Discriminatory practices p... More...

$1 (03-10-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. Chiropractor Matthew Wood and Life Health Medical Center (“LHMC”)

Salt Lake City, Utah False Claims Act lawyer represented defendant who improperly billed Medicare for the use of electro-acupuncture device. From November 3, 2018 through February 28, 2020, Dr. Wood and LHMC billed Medicare for an implantable neurostimulator device, a device that typically requires a surgical procedure and is performed by a surgeon in an operating room. STIVAX® is a perc... More...

$0 (12-09-2020 - UT)

United States of America v. Nadia Carolina Avalos

<center> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Salt_Lake_Fed.jpg"> </center> Salt Lake City, UT - The United States of America charged Nadia Carolina Avalos, age 34, with aiding and abetting kidnapping. Defendant from Phoenix, was sentenced Tuesday morning by U.S. District Judge David Sam. Avalos will serve 36 months of supervised rele... More...

$0 (08-10-2020 - UT)

United States of America v. Denise Gunderson Rust

<center> <img width="400" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"> </center> Salt Lake City, UT - The United States of America charged Denise Gunderson Rust fraud and money laundering. Denise Gunderson Rust, one of three individuals charged in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud investors by inducing them to ... More...

$0 (07-08-2020 - UT)

United States of America v. Robert Lee Holloway

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"> </center> A jury convicted Robert Holloway in federal district court of four counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and one count of submitting a false tax return in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206. The district court sentenced Holloway to 225 months’... More...

$0 (09-20-2019 - UT)

United States of America v. Daniel J. Mannix Kemp & Associates, Inc.

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"> </center> Salt Lake City, UT - Heir Location Services Company and Co-Owner Plead Guilty To Antitrust Charge for Long-Running Agreement Not to Compete Pleas Follow Court’s Ruling That the Per Se Rule Applies to Alleged Customer Allocation Conspiracy Kemp & ... More...

$0 (07-11-2019 - UT)

Advanced Recovery Systems v. American Agencies

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"> </center> This appeal grew out of Mr. Brent Sloan’s participation in two transactions. The first transaction entailed a merger between Advanced Recovery Systems, LLC and Kinum, Inc.;1 the second transaction consisted of a sale of software from Kinum to Sajax Sof... More...

$0 (05-07-2019 - UT)

United States of Amrerica v. Mrs. Fields' Original Cookies, Inc.

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.staples-3p.com/s7/is/image/Staples/s0399846_sc7?$splssku$"> </center> Salt Lake City, UT - Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Utah Cookie Retailer The Justice Department announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Mrs. Fields’ Original Cookies Inc. (Mrs. Fields), headquartered in... More...

$24600 (12-06-2018 - UT)

United States of America v. R. Gregory Shepard and Neldon Johnson and RaPower-3, LLC

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/slcCourthouse-blurred-large_1396391063940.jpg"> </center> Salt Lake City, UT - Federal Court Orders Tax Scheme Promoters to Disgorge $50 Million in Gains From Fraudulent Solar Energy Tax Scheme Court also permanently bars defendants from facilitating and promoting scheme A federal court in Salt Lake ... More...

$50000000 (10-09-2018 - UT)

Marcia Eisenhour v. Weber County, et al.

Plaintiff Marcia Eisenhour worked for 24 years as a court administrator for the Weber County Justice Court. In 2008, when her supervisor was Judge Craig Storey, the only judge of that court, she complained to the county attorney about sexual harassment by Storey. The matter was referred to Utah’s Judicial Conduct Commission, which found no misconduct. Eisenhour then went public in 2009, and the ... More...

$0 (07-30-2018 - UT)

United States of America, ex rel. Gerald Polukoff v. St. Marks Hospital, et al.

This is a qui tam action alleging violations of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729–33, involving fraudulent reimbursements under the Medicare Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395–1395ccc. Plaintiff Gerald Polukoff, M.D., is a doctor who worked with Defendant Sherman Sorensen, M.D. After observing some of Dr. Sorensen’s medical 3 practices, Dr. Polukoff brought this... More...

$0 (07-10-2018 - UT)

Xlear, Inc. v. Focus Nutrition, LLC

Xlear, Inc. and Focus Nutrition, LLC are both in the business of selling sweeteners that use the sugar alcohol xylitol. Xlear filed a complaint raising a trade 2 dress infringement claim under the Lanham Act, a claim under the Utah Truth in Advertising Act (UTIAA), and a claim under the common law for unfair competition. The claims all alleged that Focus Nutrition copied the pa... More...

$0 (06-30-2018 - UT)

United States of America v. Setpoint Systesm, Inc.

Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Setpoint Systems Inc. The Justice Department today announced that it reached a settlement with Setpoint Systems Inc., an Ogden, Utah, engineering company. The settlement resolves the Department’s investigation into whether the company engaged in hiring discrimination against non-U.S. citizens protected under the... More...

$0 (06-19-2018 - UT)

Michael E. Baker v. Park City Municipal Corporation

¶1 Appellants Michael E. Baker and Kathleen M. Papi-Baker (collectively, the Bakers) sought review in the district court of a decision, issued by the Park City Council (the Council), denying their application for a plat amendment. The Bakers filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that their proposed amendment complied with municipal zoning regulations and that the Council withheld its permi... More...

$0 (10-13-2017 - UT)

Ryan Harvey v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Quray Reservation, et al.

¶1 The oil and gas industry is a major economic force in the Uintah Basin. This industry relies, to some extent, on access to the Uintah and Ouray Reservation of the Ute Indian Tribe. The plaintiffs allege that, through its ability to restrict the industry’s access to tribal lands, the tribe has held hostage the economy of the non-Indian population. ¶2 Ryan Harvey, a plaintiff and part own... More...

$0 (11-07-2017 - UT)

United States of America v. Essential Oils, L.C.

Salt Lake City, UT - Essential Oils Company Sentenced for Lacey Act and Endangered Species Act Violations to Pay $760,000 in Fines, Forfeiture, and Community Service, and to Implement a Comprehensive Compliance Plan YOUNG LIVING ESSENTIAL OILS, L.C., (the Company), headquartered in Lehi, Utah, pleaded guilty in federal court to federal misdemeanor charges regarding its illegal trafficking... More...

$760000 (09-19-2017 - UT)

United States of America v. Donald Bowers

Defendant Donald Bowers was previously involved in a civil trade secret misappropriation case that was litigated in the United States District Court for the District of Utah. During the course of that litigation, Bowers willfully and repeatedly violated a permanent injunction issued by the district court presiding over the case, and also refused to purge himself of civil contempt. ... More...

$0 (02-12-2017 - UT)

Jesus Monarrez v. Utah Department of Transportation

¶ 1 We granted certiorari in this case to decide whether the court of appeals correctly determined that the Utah Governmental Immunity Act (GIA) barred Jesus Monarrez‘s claims. Mr. Monarrez, after being injured when forced to stop suddenly near a construction crew on a Utah road, attempted to bring a negligence claim against the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and several unnamed &#82... More...

$0 (03-09-2016 - UT)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GEORGE BADGER

The government appeals only the district court’s ruling that it cannot proceed on its reverse-piercing alter-ego theory.1 The court essentially ruled that the government had failed to state a claim, regardless of the truth of its allegations. For the purposes of this appeal, we therefore take the allegations of the government’s complaint (the Complaint) as true, see Gee v... More...

$0 (03-26-2016 - UT)