JPML Declines to Consolidate Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Sexual Assault Lawsuits

LDS Church Commits to 'Day 1' Compliance with Utah's New Youth Safety Law

Utah Enacts S.B. 147 to Enhance Youth Worker Screening in Service Organizations In a decisive move to bolster the safety of minors, Utah has enacted Senate Bill 147 (S.B. 147), known as the Youth Service Organizations Amendments. This legislation, sponsored by Senator Keith Grover and Representative Tyler Clancy, introduces critical updates to the protocols for...

JPML Declines to Consolidate Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Sexual Assault Lawsuits

Nearly 50 child sexual abuse lawsuits against the church will continue as individual claims, without centralized discovery or pretrial proceedings. A panel of federal judges has rejected a request to consolidate all child sexual abuse lawsuits filed against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints into a multidistrict litigation (MDL), indicating that …