Robert E. Dupuis, et al., v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland Maine

Sep 18, 2023 | Civil SOL Revival

CHILD USA, together with Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc. filed this amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellee arguing that the Court should uphold the constitutionality of Maine’s revival window provision for...

Q.G v. City of New York, Spence-Chapin Services to Children and Families

Jul 21, 2023 | SOL Reform

CHILD USA wrote this amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant arguing that blanket governmental immunity is inconsistent with the legislative intent in passing New York’s Child Victims Act....

JW Doe v. Archdiocese of New Orleans, et. al.

Jun 16, 2023 | Bankruptcy Reform, Child Sex Abuse, Clergy Abuse

CHILD USA together with CHILD USAdvocacy, The Center for Child Policy, The Kempe Foundation, and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation wrote this brief in support Plaintiff’s Motion seeking to unseal the deposition testimony of Lawrence Hecker, a known...

Mark Dolgas v. Donald Wales, Tri-Valley Elementary School, Tri-Valley Central School District, and the Board of Education of the Tri-Valley Central School District

May 26, 2023 | Institutional Liability

CHILD USA wrote this amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant arguing that considerations of foreseeability and public policy demand a duty be imposed on educational institutions to compel them to act in furtherance of their child protection responsibilities...

John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 v. Twitter Inc.

May 25, 2023 | Child Sex Abuse Material

CHILD USA submitted this brief in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees arguing that Twitter knowingly operated as a distributor in the modern Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) marketplace and that they should not be immune from liability under the Communications Decency...