Utah’s new solicitor general facing potential court sanctions

Utah’s incoming solicitor general, one of the state’s highest-ranking attorneys, is contending with possible court sanctions for allegedly making “patently false” statements during a federal lawsuit over tire safety standards.Earlier this month, a federal magistrate judge wrote in a scathing order that Melissa Holyoak, who was announced as solicitor general Tuesday, had created slowdowns in the case and wasted judicial resources that were already stretched thin by the pan