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Adult Survivors Act Attorney

Written by Lisa Coppola on December 2, 2022. Posted in Business, Compliance, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Litigation.

On November 10, 2022, famed movie director Paul Haggis was found liable for the 2013 rape of Haleigh Breest, a former publicist in the film industry. This civil lawsuit was filed in 2017 under the Victims of Gender-Motivated...

Child Victims Act Look Back Period Extended to 1/14/2021

Written by Lisa Coppola on May 8, 2020. Posted in COVID 19, Litigation, Personal Injury.

New Yorkers who suffered sexual abuse as children were left without a way to seek justice for decades. Last year, New York passed a law that allows child victims of sexual abuse to bring claims against their abusers (and the...

Breaking: New York’s Child Victims Act To Protect Older Victims

Written by Lisa Coppola on February 15, 2019. Posted in Personal Injury.

The Child Victims Act was signed into law in New York State on February 14, 2019. Here’s what you should know: The law extends the statute of limitations for sexual abuse cases in which the victim was less than 18 years old....

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Adult Survivors Act Attorney

Child Victims Act Look Back Period Extended to 1/14/2021

Breaking: New York’s Child Victims Act To Protect Older Victims