Sports Illustrated recently published a powerful piece detailing two decades of abuse at the University of San Francisco Dons Men’s Soccer program, where it is alleged that administrators fostered a rampant culture of sexual misconduct on the team that spanned three coaches, four athletic directors, and two school presidents.
As reported by The Wall Street Journal, The National Women’s Soccer League announced Thursday that it would be canceling this weekend’s games following allegations of sexual misconduct brought against North Carolina Courage coach Paul Riley, who was fired this week.
While the #MeToo movement has inspired broad cultural change across the globe, shifting the court of public opinion in favor of abuse victims, many believe its impact has yet to reach the actual U.S. courts, where judges continue to enforce a standard that makes proving workplace sexual harassment claims extremely difficult
As reported by Law360 (subscription), an Illinois state appellate panel has upheld an earlier decision by a trial judge to deny Hyatt Hotel Corp’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel on behalf of woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted during her stay at Grand Hyatt Istanbul. The panel said
As reported by The Michigan Daily, plaintiffs’ counsel in the ongoing class action lawsuit against the University of Michigan for its handling of allegations of sexual abuse against late former doctor and athletics program physician Robert Anderson have filed a response to the University’s motion to have the lawsuit dismissed.
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, The Thacher School announced Thursday, that it would remove the name of its former headmaster, Michael Mulligan, from the campus dining hall and athletic field. Mulligan led the school from 1992 to 2018. The move is a part of a series of steps taken following the release of
University of Michigan junior Josephine Graham, who signed on to support a class action complaint recently filed against the school for its handling of allegations of sexual abuse against late former doctor and athletics program physician, Robert Anderson, is urging a federal judge not to dismiss the case. The complaint is a companion to a
As reported by the Houston Chronicle, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Houston teenage sex trafficking victims, who in three civil lawsuits against Facebook alleged they met their abusive pimps through Facebook’s messaging features. The teens sued the social media giant for negligence and product liability, claiming it failed to warn about
On June 23, 2021 at 1:00 pm EDT, Lieff Cabraser partner Annika K. Martin will speak as part of the Practising Law Institute virtual program, “Understanding Nuances of Civil Sexual Assault Lawsuits, Pursuing Criminal Charges and Lessons Learned.” Annika and the other program faculty will discuss lessons learned from their own civil sexual assault cases, and explore
Lawsuit alleges Devereux exposed children to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse by harboring predators and abusers on its staff and failing to enact or enforce safety measures and protective policies Lieff Cabraser and Sauder Schelkopf have filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of