A case from the New Jersey Supreme Court has some important lessons for youth organizations.  The immediate issue involved defamation...

When your youth organization faces allegations of serious injury or abuse, the first question you need to decide is whether to commission...

Officials have charged a 25-year-old employee of Stanford University with making false allegations of rape against a co-worker. She never...

A judge finally has dismissed child pornography charges against Bradley Bass, a Colorado school principal who investigated nude images...

Another lawsuit against a youth organization highlights why we advise our clients that the first step in an internal investigation is to...

This post is part of a continuing series about responding to reports by a now-adult of past abuse at a youth-serving organization. The...

I ran across this article describing more fallout from the investigation of Larry Nassar, the U.S.A. Gymnastics (USAG) doctor convicted...

By now, most people have heard about the students from Covington Catholic High School, initially accused of harassing a Native American...

This post is part of a continuing series about responding to reports by a now-adult of past abuse at a youth-serving organization. The...

One vexing question in the mandated reporter area is when to report children who appear to have no adults supervising them. It is more...

From Connecticut comes this story of a former high school teacher charged with failing to make a mandated report of child sexual abuse...

I have heard many cautious lawyers and more than one self-proclaimed expert claim that elementary school teachers and child care workers...