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In August Congress enacted the Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CLJA), which revives barred lawsuits. The CLJA creates a broad federal right to sue for anyone allegedly harmed by exposure to contaminated water at the base between 1953 and 1987, so long as they were there…
On October 27, 2022, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the release of a 154-page report detailing allegations of abuse at Michigan’s seven dioceses, including the Diocese of Marquette. In Oct. 2018, Michigan law enforcement authorities executed search warrants at Michgian’s seven dioce
La Ley protectora de Víctimas Infantiles de California expira el 31 de Diciembre de 2022. Si usted fué abusado sexualmente por un sacerdote católico, independientemente de cuándo sucedió, debe presentar una demanda antes de la fecha límite en Diciembre. Hemos estado representando y defendiendo a
After certain modifications were made a federal judge has approved the Boy Scouts bankruptcy plan which received approximately 86% of approval from the survivors of sexual abuse, who, in bankruptcy court, were the Boy Scouts’ main creditors. The Boy Scouts of America secured approval of…
Archbishop Paul Russell, a Detroit auxiliary bishop, is the subject of a sexual abuse lawsuit filed in Massachusetts. The lawsuit stems from sexual abuse that occurred when the survivors was a 12-year-old parishioner at Saint Mary of the Sacred Heart Parish in Lynn in 1989…
This past Thursday three sexual abuse lawsuits were filed against the Diocese of Portland in Maine. These are the first lawsuits filed that are a direct result of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a law last year that allowed victims to bring civil lawsuits about…
Guided by the Red-Headed Step-Children of Injury Law: Claimant Attorneys No offense intended to Red-Headed Step-Children. If you are one, you probably rank above Claimant Attorneys. The cliché seems fitting. Lawyers representing injured workers in the Florida Workers’ Compensation system have always
Last month, the 86-member executive committee of the Southern Baptist Convention released a 288-page independent report by Guidepost Solutions that found that church leaders had covered up sex-abuse claims for over two decades. The report revealed that the church had long maintained a secret databas
Well, the 800-pound gorilla is now in the spotlight. Last week I published a blog entitled Partisan Politics Invades OJCC in Violation of the Judicial Code of Ethics addressing the illogical interpretation of Miles v. City of Edgewater Police Dept., Case No. 1D15-0165 (Fla. App…
OK, let’s shine a light on the 800-pound gorilla in the room. Let’s talk about something no one likes to talk about, especially attorneys: attorneys’ fees. Yes, greedy attorneys who want to get paid. I know. I know. It is impossible to talk about attorneys’…
Professor Kevin Lewis O’Neil is the Director of the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies and Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto. A cultural anthropologist, his work focuses on the moral dimensions of contemporary political practice in…
On Saturday, March 19, 2022, Pope Francis released his new Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium (To Preach the Gospel) which replaces the founding constitution “Pastor Bonus” that was penned by Pope John Paul II in 1988. As in all documents from the Vatican, it is important…
