Abused in Scouting News

Look-back windows in the law are allowing more childhood victims to seek justice against their abusers. Attorneys from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and California have teamed up to form Abused in Scouting, a legal powerhouse featuring Stewart Eisenberg, Kenneth Rothweiler, and Joshua Schwartz of Eisenberg Rothweiler, the Philadelphia-based litigation giant, to prosecute alleged sexual abuse claims […]

A recent article in Bloomberg examines Boy Scouts of America's response to ongoing sex abuse claims, including their consideration of bankruptcy, legislative lobbying efforts, and one survivor's path from abuse to lawsuit.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act into law Thursday, ending a 13-year fight for sexual abuse survivors and hopefully the beginning of healing for many. Governor Cuomo expressed his hope to sexual abuse survivors, victims’ advocates and lawmakers in attendance that this bill would begin reparations for decades of injustice. "This […]

If the BSA goes through with its bankruptcy filing, this could drastically shorten the time abuse survivors have to file a claim with the bankruptcy court. The deadline could be as short as four months and bar most future claims.  Attempting to get financial relief from sexual abuse lawsuits by filing for bankruptcy is starting […]

BSA is also fighting its insurance companies in court. Its insurers say it shouldn’t have to pay claims from abuse BSA could have prevented. They further say that the incidents are related by the fact that they are all the result of BSA’s failure to warn. In an entirely separate legal dispute with insurers, the […]

In 2012, the public emergence of the BSA’s detailed records of thousands of sexual abuse allegations disclosed that the organization knew atrocities were happening within the BSA and failed to take action to protect children. According to BSA executives, the “ineligible volunteer files” were part of their system to protect children by accounting for individuals […]