Super Lawyers has released its annual report on New York Metro attorneys, highlighting those attorneys who “demonstrate the highest degree of professional achievement and peer recognition.” Eighteen Lieff Cabraser attorneys have been selected as New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars this year.
New Legislation to Open One-Year “Look-Back” Window this November for Adult Sexual Abuse Survivors to Pursue Justice Against Their Abusers and Any Institutions that Protected Those Abusers On May 24, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Adult Survivors Act (S.66/A.648) into law. This legislation will create a one-year look-back window, during which old sexual abuse
New York State recently enacted the New York Child Victims Act, which opens a one-year window until August 14, 2020 for people of any age who experienced sexual abuse as a child to bring lawsuits in New York even for abuse that occurred decades ago. Going forward, the new law also allows child sex abuse