A new report focused on dozens of New York agencies serving children, youth and families in the foster care system revealed a shocking number last month: These nonprofits now face more than 800 lawsuits alleging childhood sexual abuse, including allegations that date…
Title IX: A Paradigm of Legal Nuance
by Helene M. Weiss Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 affords protection from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. Schools subject to Title IX must independently investigate claims of sex…
Skirting Liability for Child Sexual Abuse Material Online
Understand how tech companies are using a statute aimed at protecting children online to evade liability for the spread of child sexual abuse material.
Attorneys, Paralegals and Expert Witnesses: Preparing For Trial
Attorneys, Paralegals and Expert Witnesses: Preparing For Trial from The Florida Bar on Vimeo. Course #8208. Recorded: 11/28/24. CLE credit: 1 hour General. Featuring Marsh Law Partner Helene Weiss Hi, Helene. I’m a paralegal in Florida. And I just wanted…
How To Deal With a Child Victims Act Client With a Weak Case
The decision to bring a lawsuit by survivors of child sexual abuse is an especially agonizing one. The last thing they want to hear from their prospective or retained attorney is that the legal case is just not a good…
Nick Carter sued by a third woman who accuses him of sexually assaulting her in her teens
A third woman has sued Nick Carter for alleged sexual assault and is accusing the Backstreet Boys performer of forcing her to have sex with him on multiple occasions in 2003 when she was 15 and he was 23. The 10-page complaint obtained by…