Statutory rape laws may seem cut and dry, but a recent case in Nebraska may make you want a refresher course on the legal process. On Tuesday in Falls City, Nebraska, a 22-year-old man was scheduled ...

On March 21, 2025, a unanimous Supreme Court overturned a false statement conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1014 holding that the statute requires false, and not merely misleading, statements to certain ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Senator Charles Schumer joined advocates at the BRAVE Trauma Center in Buffalo to announce new federal legislation that would eliminate the statute of limitations for sex ...

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided on Tuesday, with conservatives expressing various degrees of skepticism about the statute used to prosecute more than 350 people involved with the Jan. 6 riot ...

The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a 2020 law eliminating the statute of limitations for sexual assault cases cannot be applied retroactively. The ruling centers around the case ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Clear Statements is a recurring series by Abbe R. Gluck on civil litigation and the modern regulatory and statutory state.

Dora Galacatos, senior counsel at the Feerick Center for Social Justice at Fordham Law School, Nasoan C. Sheftel-Gomes, a staff attorney for Urban Justice Center's Community Development Project, and ...

When the Kelantan police chief suggested that girls involved in “consensual” underage sex be charged alongside their partners – arguing that nearly 90% of statutory rape cases are consensual – it ...

Relatively few consumer class action cases reach trial; most are settled or resolved through motion practice. The paucity of cases tried to judgment makes it notable when, as in the case discussed ...