Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 2 - Sexual Abuse Prevention Talk
II-26 – Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
Bill on Bankruptcy: Detroit Judge Might Lose Grip on the Case
Bill on Bankruptcy: US Airways Need a Merger More than AMR
Elmo Sex Scandal: More Accusers May Come Forward, Says Lawyer
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS THE SAFESPORTS ACT? The SafeSports Act is a piece of legislation introduced in the United States Congress that aims to protect children and young athletes from abuse and misconduct in sports....more
The Adult Survivors Act, signed into law by New York Governor Kathy Hochul in May 2022, created a one-year lookback window for individuals who experienced sexual abuse after they turned 18 years old. From November 2022 to...more
The trust that parishioners have historically had in religious organizations has been strong. However, over the past several decades, allegations of sexual abuse throughout many denominations have caused many to give pause...more
A new revival window opened on Thanksgiving Day for filing sexual assault and abuse lawsuits that would otherwise be time-barred by the New York statute of limitations. This means that entities who formerly employed or were...more
Two years after an investigative report uncovered allegations of shocking abuse occurring at a juvenile detention center once known as “the Harvard of reform schools,” Glen Mills sexual abuse lawsuits are still being filed....more
With Devereux Under Investigation, Sexual Abuse Victims Still Have Time to Seek Justice - When allegations came to light in August 2020 that dozens of children had been physically and sexually abused by employees of...more
The University of Southern California apparently has set a record — one which parents should pray no college has reason to challenge and for which the educators and leaders at the Los Angeles campus should be sorry and...more
More current and former students of a youth detention center in Glen Mills, PA, are coming forward with their own stories of appalling abuse. They join the hundreds of students, each with their own shattering tales of...more
Synopsis: Almost a year after the New York State Legislature enacted the Child Victim Act or “CVA” in February 2019 -- which included a one-year “revival window” under which claims for child sexual abuse could be brought...more
Doctors, hospitals, insurers, politicians, and businesses may assail the civil justice system over sums it awards to people who have proven they have been harmed. But as significant as some judgments may be, they may be...more
Cases brought under the Child Victims Act (CVA) in New York City are on a temporary hold. On December 11, 2019, the Deputy Chief Administrative Judge of the New York City Courts issued an administrative order to manage CVA...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Child Victim Act is now law and will have a significant impact on New York’s educational and religious institutions and other civic organizations that care for children. It extends the Statute of...more
The Child Victims Act of 2019 (the CVA) enacted an extraordinary set of reforms that, among other things, “revived” long expired claims of childhood sexual abuse. As a result, the CVA will impact any institution or...more
It’s that time of year when parents send their kids off to schools and opportunities near or far away. While this should be a mostly welcome happening, sadly grownups may want to have The Talk with their young adults before...more
USC, Ohio State, Michigan State, and now, UCLA: How can big universities, with all the supposedly smart folks who head them, be so blind and deaf to student complaints that school personnel may be sexually abusing them? And...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The State of New Jersey passed legislation which significantly extends the statute of limitations for sexual abuse claims and creates a two-year filing window for sexual abuse claims that would otherwise be...more
On March 14, the New Jersey Senate passed a bill (S.477) by a 32-1 vote that, if signed into law, will significantly expand the statute of limitations period for child sex abuse victims to pursue civil claims against their...more
This week we have seen how the tragedy of the victims of Larry Nassar go to a new level when Michigan State University (MSU) Interim President John Engler said (on the record) to the Editorial Board of the Detroit News,...more
A sex-abuse scandal has landed another organization in bankruptcy court. USA Gymnastics (“USAG”) filed chapter 11 last week in Indiana following a team doctor’s conviction for abusing hundreds of girls. ...more
Giving Voice to Victim Justice - Today, an impediment to giving a voice to crime victims was removed and a struggle can now continue to bring justice to women who were victims of a sexual predator in their tender teenage...more
In January 2016, I was asked to conduct an investigation concerning sexual abuse at St. George’s School, and the school’s response to reports of abuse, from 1960 to the present. At the time, St. George’s faced a firestorm of...more
Considered one of the country’s most elite prep schools, Phillips Exeter Academy has recently joined the queue of prestigious private schools who have been accused of having ignored, suppressed, or minimized claims of sexual...more