Statutes of limitation are the laws that determine the length of time after an issue arises, during which time the person who has been damaged can try to recover money or other relief from the person ...

The statute of limitations ran out Wednesday in the case of the so-called Wheaton Bandit. The same had already occurred in the case of child molestation accusations against former Syracuse University ...

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is heading to prison for over a year for bank fraud, but he can’t be prosecuted for abusing four teen boys decades ago. It often seems the only time we hear about ...

A statute of limitations is the deadline for filing a lawsuit. Most lawsuits must be filed within a certain amount of time. In general, once the statute of limitations on a case “runs out,” the legal ...

In the unpublished decision, Clark v. Stover, No. 1474 MDA 2018, 2019 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2910 (Aug. 1, 2019), a unanimous panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court recently reaffirmed some of the ...

Below, Akin Gump’s John Wittenzellner previews Merck & Co., Inc. v. Richard Reynolds, one of two cases to be heard by the Supreme Court on Monday, November 30. Lyle Denniston also covered the cert.

Courtesy photo / Shaun Dougherty, a Johnstown victim of child sex abuse by a priest, speaks at a rally in Harrisburg on Monday to urge passage of legislation with a retroactive component to give past ...

The state house and senate approved a bill that could potentially lead to the removal of the time limits that victims of child sex abuse have for pressing criminal charges against their alleged ...