December 2024

Utah Court Dismisses Defamation Suit Against Newspaper Under Uniform Public Expression Protection Act

By Jeffrey J. Hunt, David C. Reymann, and Tammy M. Frisby

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter December 2024

A Utah state district court recently dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought against a weekly newspaper in what is believed to be the first application of the state’s new Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA) to news reporting.

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