Utah

Utah has agreed to pay $349,000 in attorney fees to settle a lawsuit over the state's so-called "ag-gag" law that a federal judge found unconstitutional last summer.  In 2012, Utah lawmakers approved a bill that made it a class B misdemeanor to trespass on private livestock or poultry operations and record sound or images without the owner's permission.  It also proh...

A federal judge has officially overturned a 2012 Utah law that made a criminal offense of lying to access a farm and filming once inside.  Politico’s Morning Agriculture Report said that makes it the second “ag-gag” law to be struck down for violating the First Amendment.   The Animal Le...