If you don't have an iPad, you can access daily issues of the Congressional Record through the Federal Digital System. The website provides access to issues from 1994-present.

The legislature did pass House Bill 23 in the 2011 General Session that not only included spice, but also included the substances in bath salts in the expanded list of controlled substances. Spice was also added to the driver license provisions regarding driving under the influence.

You can read the committee reports, listen to the floor debates and read the bill as it was introduced as well as the final bill that was passed and signed by the governor here.

Never used PACER before? Check out our previous post on PACER training available online or read the PACER User Manual.

The following rules have been amended:

URCP 1. General provisions.
URCP 8. General rules of pleadings.
URCP 9. Pleading special matters.
URCP 16. Pretrial conferences.
URCP 26. General provisions governing disclosure and discovery.
URCP 26.01. Disclosure in domestic relations actions.
URCP 29. Stipulations regarding disclosure and discovery procedure.
URCP 30. Depositions upon oral questions.
URCP 31. Depositions upon written questions.
URCP 33. Interrogatories to parties.
URCP 34. Production of documents and things and entry upon land for inspection and other purposes.
URCP 35. Physical and mental examination of persons.
URCP 36. Request for admission.
URCP 37. Discovery and disclosure motions; Sanctions.
URCP 54. Judgments; costs.

To see the text of the amendments, go to Utah State Court Rules - Approved and then click on the rule number. Updated versions of the rules will be posted to the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure pages on or about the effective date of the amendments.

The training site will give you a login and password, and you can search real cases from the New York Western District Court filed between January 1 and July 1, 2007. You may also use your own PACER login information to access the training site.

There are other PACER trainings available, including how to efile in federal district, appellate, and bankruptcy courts.

In other PACER news, fees to use PACER will increase on April 1, 2012. The fee will increase from the current 8¢ per page to 10¢ per page. However, the amount under which quarterly search fees are waived will also increase. Currently, fees are waived if you don't accrue more than $10 in search fees each quarter. This amount will go up to $15 per quarter next April.

The ebooks are compatible with iPads, iPhones, Nooks and Kindles and any device that supports .epub files.

The three ebooks are complete through December 1, 2010, and contain all Advisory Committee notes. Use the table of contents, internal links to cross-referenced rules and external links to the U.S. Code for easy navigation and research.

For more information and to download the free publications, visit Ebooks for Legal Education.

Located in the Salt Lake area? The Salt Lake Valley Health Department has information and applications for food carts, mobile units and shaved ice stands here. As the Health Department notes, you should also contact your city to determine what other regulations you'll need to follow.

Of course, you'll find food carts (and maybe even food trucks) outside of the Salt Lake area. For example, the Southwest Utah Public Health Department has a list of mobile food service regulations on their website.

Besides health code regulations, you'll also need to consider how to secure a business license and insurance and pay taxes.

When you login, you can browse the laws by year or search by keyword. You can print laws or download them to your computer or flash drive.

Have questions about how to research Utah laws? Contact us or visit us in person.

To view a list of approved fireworks, check out the 2011 Utah Fireworks Information provided by the State Fire Marshal.

While state law now permits the sale and use of new types of fireworks, some Utah cities have already banned their use in some locations because of fire danger. Check your city ordinances before taking advantage of the newly relaxed fireworks law.

Topics include legislative and judicial resources, administrative law, Utah practice materials, tips for self-represented litigants and a guide to online legal resources. The appendices include a comprehensive list of secondary sources for further research and a bibliography of Utah judge memorials and profiles.

Stop by the law library to browse or read this title.

To find out the effective date of a particular law, go to the Utah State Legislature's passed bills page, select 2011 General Session from the drop down box, and click on the Effective Date heading to sort the list by that criteria. The effective dates for the laws passed during the 2011 General Session range from January 1, 2011, to July 1, 2013.

Some of the bills that go into effect today, May 10, 2011, are:

• H.B. 13, Immunizations for Teen Mothers
  
• H.B. 497, the Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act
  
• S.B. 124, Leaving a Child Unattended in a Motor Vehicle

We've blogged in the past about PACER, the database for finding federal court records, but did you know that there are other online resources where Utah federal court documents are available for free?

• Use CourtWeb to search records from select federal district and bankruptcy courts nationwide. You can do a quick search of records and narrow by the judge's name and/or date or a full-text search.
  
• The Utah Federal District Court page has links to recent opinions issued by judges going back to 2004. You can sort each page by filing date, case number, or judge's name.
  
• The Utah Federal District Court page also has links to orders and judgments by date.
  
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  You can view the bills that passed during the session here, and note whether Governor Herbert has signed the bills into law. If the governor does not veto or sign the passed bills, the bills become law 20 days after adjournment.

  If you're interested in what happened during each day of the session, you can read the House and Senate Journals, which document vote counts, committee referrals for bills, and often include amended or substituted language in bills proposed by legislators.

  The 2011 General Session page also links to 2011 Selected Highlights.

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  Of course, there are instances where the NFL cannot prohibit references to the Super Bowl, including news stories and informational blogs like this one.

  You can read a variety of court opinions that deal with the NFL and trademarks when browsing these search results from Google Scholar. You can also read about football-related cases in last year's Super Bowl post.

  If you're interested in trademark law, check out the United States Patent and Trademark Office online or Nolo's Patent, Copyright & Trademark Center.

  ]]> http://www.utcourts.gov/lawlibrary/blog/2011/02/super_bowl_or_the_big_game_1.html http://www.utcourts.gov/lawlibrary/blog/2011/02/super_bowl_or_the_big_game_1.html Legal Research Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:54:45 -0700 Do you have questions about delegation of parental rights? Or as a guardian, if you can delegate your authority of an incapacitated adult to someone else? The Courts' website on Delegation of a Parent's or Guardian's Authority has a lot of information about this type of power of attorney, and recently we added an online narrated tour that answers many questions about the process involved in delegating authority.

  We will be adding more online narrated tours soon. If you haven't already seen it, we also recently updated the Finding Legal Help tour. This five minute audio tour shows you how to search for an attorney based on location, subject area specialty, and languages spoken. It also explains how to locate legal clinics in your area, and points out free or low-cost alternatives to retaining a lawyer.

  To view either of the narrated tours, you'll need Adobe Flash Player installed on your computer. Download it here.

  ]]> http://www.utcourts.gov/lawlibrary/blog/2010/12/power_of_attorney_take_the_onl_1.html http://www.utcourts.gov/lawlibrary/blog/2010/12/power_of_attorney_take_the_onl_1.html Legal Research Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:54:36 -0700