In the largest clergy sexual abuse settlement involving the Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $880 million. After months of negotiations, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (AOLA) agreed to pay $880 million to approximately 1,300 survivors of sexual abuse by priests...

Robert Morris, senior pastor and founder of Gateway Church near Dallas, TX resigns amid accusations of sexual abuse in the 1980s. In June 2024, a 62-year old Texas pastor of Gateway Church resigned after sexual abuse allegations surfaced against him.  The allegations were revealed on a...

Deaths of two inmates at a Wisconsin Prison leads to charges filed against the warden and either other staff members. The charges include felony misconduct in connection with the death of a mentally ill inmate who died due to malnutrition and dehydration. Two recent inmate deaths at Waupun...

A Baltimore woman who ran a statewide sex-trafficking ring in Maryland for almost two years faces 135 charges related to almost a dozen women she held as sex slaves. The attorneys at Grant & Eisenhofer are actively investigating this story and are here to help survivors break the cycle of...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno (Fresno Diocese) announces imminent bankruptcy filing after 154 clergy abuse claims were filed against it. Many of these decades-old claims were revived under the California Assembly Bill 218, which opened a window of time for survivors to file suit...

This fall, new changes will be made regarding Title IX impacting all federally-funded schools, as the U.S. Department of Education has recently unveiled new regulations on implementing the law. In April 2024, the Biden administration unveiled sweeping updates on how federally-funded schools...

On March 21, 2024, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michelle M. Harner issued a historic order permitting survivors to tell their stories in the Baltimore-based bankruptcy proceedings. To our knowledge, this is the first such order in the spate of bankruptcy cases brought on behalf of Catholic dioceses...

The disturbing deepfake pornography trend is rocking the nation—but schools aren’t always equipped to handle the fallout, and federal legislation hasn’t yet caught up. Recently, a Westfield High School student decided to take her classmate to federal court over pornographic images of her that...

Multi-year investigation into child sex abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in the six dioceses across Illinois reveals abuse of almost 2,000 children by more than 450 Catholic clerics A multi-year investigation into child sex abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in Illinois...

An appellate court decision essentially rejects one of the nation’s landmark civil rights laws A recent U.S. appellate court ruling has caused a stir, potentially leading to overturning Supreme Court precedent with respect to the Voting Rights Act. The decision out of the U.S. Circuit...

In October 2023, a federal court jury found that Baylor University was negligent in its handling of a Title IX lawsuit filed by a former student. The female student was awarded $270,000 after alleging she was physically abused by a football player in 2014.  Almost 10 years ago, then-Baylor...

Pregnancy Justice has filed a lawsuit against an Alabama jail alleging mistreatment of a pregnant detainee which put mother and baby at serious risk. The advocacy group further exposes years of neglect and civil rights violations at the facility. In a new civil rights lawsuit filed by...