Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Misconduct Charge Against Ousted Director

The ousted director of the Utah Labor Commission’s Adjudication Division may have made the wrong call about what the law holds, but he didn't engage in misconduct just by instituting a policy that conformed to his interpretation, the state Supreme Court ruled.  The high court on Friday overturned a finding by the Office of Professional Conduct that Richard LaJeunesse had committed misconduct by instructing administrative law judges to reject poor-quality medical panel reports and request changes without telling the parties. The court declined to address whether LaJeunesse ...