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Advisory for Business Registrants: Important Mail Alert

July 1, 2025
Attention Business Registrants, The Utah Department of Commerce’s Division of Corporations and Commercial Code (Division) wants to inform Utah business owners...
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Utah Sues Snapchat For Unleashing Experimental AI Technology On Young Users While Misrepresenting the Safety of the Platform 

June 30, 2025
First-of-its-Kind Lawsuit Under Utah Consumer Privacy Act for Snap’s Data-Sharing Practices SALT LAKE CITY, UT— Today, Utah Governor Spencer J....
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Utah and All Eligible Jurisdictions Will Sign Settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family, Marking a Major Victory for Utah Consumers

June 17, 2025
Salt Lake City, Utah—Utah and all 54 other eligible jurisdictions agreed to sign onto a settlement agreement with Purdue Pharma...
2025
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Utah Has Found the Right Middle Ground on Artificial Intelligence

June 12, 2025
We don’t have to choose between innovation and safety. With the right structure, we can have both. By Spencer Cox...
2025
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42 State and Territory Attorneys General Urge Meta to Take Action Against Investment Scam Ads

June 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — June 11, 2025  — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) today announced that a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys...
2025
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Bipartisan Coalition of 42 Attorneys General Urges Passage of Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act

June 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — June 9, 2025 — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) today announced that 42 attorneys general from...
2025
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NEWS RELEASE: Robert Cummings Appointed as New Director of the Utah Division of Securities

May 12, 2025
Salt Lake City, Utah—The Utah Department of Commerce has appointed Robert Cummings as the new Director of the Utah Division...
2025
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NEWS RELEASE: Investment Scammer Sentenced to 96 Months’ Imprisonment for Defrauding Alpha Influence Investors of Over $20M

May 8, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Jeremiah Joseph Evans, aka “The Bull,” 29, of Utah County, Utah, was sentenced today to...
2025
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NEWS RELEASE: Utah County Man Sentenced to Prison for Affinity Fraud Scheme that Scammed Over $5M from Alpha Influence Investors

May 6, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Kole Glen Brimhall, 27, of Orem, Utah, was sentenced today to 12 months’ and one...
2025
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