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- 1From:National Catholic Reporter (Vol. 55, Issue 24)ALBANY, N.Y. * New York state's yearlong "window" in the statute of limitations opened Aug. 14, allowing suits to be filed by victims alleging abuse by priests, church workers and employees of public schools, hospitals...
- 2From:National Catholic Reporter (Vol. 55, Issue 21)VATICAN CITY * As the Catholic Church in Chile continues to deal with the fallout of clerical sexual abuse and its cover-up, the Chilean government passed a law removing the statute of limitations on sex abuse crimes...
- 3From:Commonweal (Vol. 146, Issue 5)Although mostly overlooked, the most important feature of New York State's newly passed Child Victims Act may turn out to be that it allows people who were sexually abused in childhood to sue public institutions as well...
- 4From:National Catholic Reporter (Vol. 54, Issue 13)ATLANTA * Georgia lawmakers are considering waiving the statutes of limitations on civil lawsuits claiming sexual abuse of young people against nonprofits and businesses, but not against government agencies or public...
- 5From:National Catholic Reporter (Vol. 52, Issue 19)NEW YORK * When the New York legislature adjourned for the year June 17, the state's Catholic bishops had successfully run out the clock on a bill that would change the statute of limitations on sex abuse. Attention...
- 6From:The Economist (Vol. 419, Issue 8995)The Catholic Church is lobbying to prevent changes to statutes of limitations ABOVE the announcement for confessions on Tuesday at 7pm, the weekly bulletin for St Rose of Lima's church near Philadelphia had an...
- 7From:America (Vol. 198, Issue 9)A Maryland lawmaker has withdrawn a bill that would have lifted the statute of limitations on civil cases involving sexual abuse of children. Catholic leaders feared that had it become law, the financial toll of such...
- 8From:Entrepreneur (Vol. 31, Issue 5)LAST MONTH, WE DISCUSSED THE WHISTLE-blower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, signed into law last summer to address corporate misconduct. Here's another provision business owners should be aware of: It's now a...
- 9From:Accounting Today (Vol. 16, Issue 19)Have you ever been in the middle of an IRS audit when the revenue agent requested an extension of the statute of limitations? If you have been in practice for at least a few years and represent clients before the...
- 10From:American Banker (Vol. 159, Issue 128)The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp and the Resolution Trust Corp are backing a legislative measure which would extend the statute of limitations by which these two agencies can sue directors and officers of failed banks...
- 11From:Heating, Piping, Air Conditioning (Vol. 67, Issue 7)A statute of repose in construction matters requires that an action for personal injury arising from real property improvement be brought within a stipulated period of time. The period differs from a statute of...
- 12From:The Bond Buyer (Vol. 300, Issue 28884)WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court yesterday directed a federal appeals court to reconsider a class action fraud suit in light of a new law intended to protect investors in securities fraud cases. The case, Dennler v....
- 13From:National Catholic Reporter (Vol. 42, Issue 22)In a series of emotional hearings taking place in state capitols across the country, clergy sex abuse victims and church lobbyists both say they want justice, though there's no consensus on what that might look like or...
- 14From:National Catholic Reporter (Vol. 51, Issue 1)WASHINGTON--In a series of emotional hearings taking place in state capitols across the country, clergy sex abuse victims and church lobbyists both say they want justice. Proposals in more than a dozen states would...
- 15From:State Legislatures (Vol. 26, Issue 5)Modern science is driving states to take a hard look at their statutes of limitations when it comes to sexual assault. The reason? DNA testing has become simple, nearly infallible and can identify and lead to the...
- 16From:Medical Law's Regan Report (Vol. 34, Issue 5)CASE FACTS: During a routine physical examination, Dr. Harvey Smith, an employee of a family-practice group (Northland Family Physicians, Ltd.,) observed that Kirk Gomon's left nipple was inverted and that there was a...
- 17From:National Catholic Reporter (Vol. 51, Issue 1)POPE JOHN PAUL II has issued new rules in handling cases of sexual abuse of minors by priests. Bishops will be required to report probable cases to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The rules impose strict...
- 18From:Medical Law's Regan Report (Vol. 35, Issue 12)CASE ON POINT: Vargas v. Fobi, 2002 WL 31664052 P. 2d--CA ISSUE: Ordinarily, if a statute of limitations has run, an aggrieved party has no recourse. However, there are exceptions. Among the exceptions are situations...
- 19From:National Catholic Reporter (Vol. 38, Issue 3)New anti-terrorism legislation includes provisions for longer detention of immigrants without charges, but advocates for immigrants say they were able to help head off some provisions they thought would be excessive....
- 20From:National Catholic Reporter (Vol. 42, Issue 31)It's time the church stopped rolling over to anti-Catholic bigots, rapacious trial lawyers, and state and local governments that exempt themselves from the very laws that threaten to bankrupt dioceses across the...