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NY Senators ask colleagues to extend Child Victims Act amid COVID-19

Advocates of the Child Victims Act (CVA) as well as child abuse victims themselves are currently urging lawmakers to extend the lookback window of the  Child Victims Act (CVA) for another year, which would give adult victims of childhood sexual abuse more time to file legal actions against their perpetrators. Unfortunately, with COVID-19 putting a …

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signs bill easing limit on sex abuse lawsuits

According to WABC TV New York, Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation Monday to ease restrictions on when childhood sexual abuse victims can seek damages in court, an action that comes after a wave of details last year about the abuse of minors in the Roman Catholic Church. Murphy said in a statement that he recognized …

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Jeff Herman in the New York Post: “Legal experts trash ‘child porn’ claim over Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ album cover”

NEW YORK, August 25,2021, (nypost.com) A lawsuit filed by the man who appeared as a baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album cover is getting a varied reaction from many legal experts. Jeff Herman quoted in the New York Post article: But lawyer Jeff Herman, whose Manhattan firm recently filed around 1,400 suits under New York’s Child Victims’ Act, …

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Herman Law Firm P.A. in the New York Post: “How the Child Victims Act revealed New York’s dark history of child sexual abuse”

NEW YORK, August 13, 2021, (nypost.com) Tomorrow marks the final day to file child sexual abuse cases in New York under the New York Child Victims’ Act. From the New York Post article: “Overall, the [Child Victims’ Act] window has accomplished what it was intended to do,” said Jeff Herman from Herman Law, which has …

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Herman Law Firm, P.A.: New York Child Victims Act Window Closing August 13

Survivors Must File Now  NEW YORK, June 23, 2021 (Newswire.com) – After almost two years of being in effect, the statute of limitations extension created by the New York Child Victims Act (CVA) is ending. Survivors have until Aug. 13, 2021, to file any potential claim for damages related to previously time-barred cases. After Aug. 13, 2021, those …

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