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Do you have a malpractice claim?
By Cherise Bacalski • July 22, 2025I get calls frequently from clients wanting to appeal based on their attorney’s failure to admit evidence at trial. It isn’t that the attorney tried to admit the evidence and the trial court blocked their efforts: that is a legal…- Malpractice
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Top Strategies for Defending Against SLAPP and Anti-SLAPP Claims
By Cherise Bacalski • March 20, 2025Slapp and Anti-Slapp In the realm of legal battles, SLAPP and Anti-SLAPP claims hold a unique position. They are tools wielded in the ongoing struggle between free speech and the desire to silence criticism. SLAPP stands for Strategic Lawsuit Against…- SLAPP
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Contempt hearings & due process
By Cherise Bacalski • March 7, 2025A district court can hold a party in contempt and impose sanctions when that party has disobeyed a court order. But did you know that there are two types of contempt, each requiring different due process procedures? Direct contempt is…- Practice Tip
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- Appellate Briefing
What does the rule say?
By Cherise Bacalski • March 3, 2025When I first began practicing law, I found myself in the Attorney General’s office for the State of Utah. In the criminal appeals division there, Fred Voros was legendary. Fred had been the division chief for many years before taking…- Plain Language
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- Statutory Interpretation
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Attack each independent ground on appeal
By Cherise Bacalski • February 20, 2025An appeal has no chance of succeeding unless a party attacks each independent ground enumerated by the district court. The Utah Court of Appeals will regularly decline to reach the merits of an issue when the appellant fails to attack…- Practice Tip
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