Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to $2.46B Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement January 13, 2026 By Dietrich Knauth The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to the Boy Scouts of America’s landmark $2.46 billion...
Trump to Ask Supreme Court to Toss Carroll’s $5 Million Abuse and Defamation Verdict September 5, 2025 By Michael R. Sisak President Donald Trump will soon ask the Supreme Court to throw out a jury’s finding in a civil lawsuit that...
New Orleans Archdiocese to Pay $179M to Victims of Clergy Sexual Abuse May 22, 2025 By Jack Brook The Archdiocese of New Orleans agreed to pay nearly $180 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement...
Maryland Lawmakers Send Bill Limiting Sexual Abuse Liabilities to Governor April 7, 2025 By Brian Witte Maryland lawmakers passed a measure Saturday to try to limit future liabilities from claims of sexual abuse at state and...
Columbia University and Hospital Plan $100M Fund for Hadden Sex Abuse Survivors November 14, 2023 New York City’s Columbia University and Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) announced a plan that includes a $100 million...
Trump Liable for Sex Abuse, Must Pay $5 Million to Carroll May 10, 2023 By Erik Larson, Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos A federal jury in New York found Donald Trump liable for sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll and then defaming...
Boy Scouts of America Bankruptcy Plan Upheld Despite Insurers’ Objections March 28, 2023 By Chad Hemenway A federal judge on March 28 denied an appeal, largely made by insurers, to strike down the Boy Scouts of...
Judge Upholds Maine Law Opposed by Diocese Allowing Older Sex Abuse Suits February 17, 2023 By David Sharp AUGUSTA, Maine — A state judge on Tuesday upheld a Maine law that eliminated the statute of limitations for child...
Special Report: Corporate Chiefs Dodge Lawsuits Over Sexual Abuse, Deadly Products November 8, 2022 By Mike Spector, Benjamin Lesser, Dan Levine, Kristina Cooke and Disha Raychaudhuri Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction landed him in prison. Allegations of serial sexual abuse cost him his career and...
USA Gymnastics Eyes $425M Settlement with Nassar Abuse Survivors September 2, 2021 USA Gymnastics could be near the final stages of the legal fallout of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal. The...