If it seems like the music industry is facing a moment of reckoning — this month, lawsuits were filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs, music mogul L.A. Reid and ex-Grammys CEO Neil Portnow — it might be, but it’s likely that these cases are making headlines all at once because a New York law that suspends time constraints on claims involving alleged sex offenses is about to expire.
All three of those high-profile cases were filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which opened a one-year lookback period during which civil claims that would have otherwise been barred by the statute of limitations could be filed.
The window opened on Nov. 24, 2022 — E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against former President Donald Trump was amended almost immediately to include a sexual abuse claim — and it closes at midnight on Thursday.
Gibson Dunn litigator Brian Ascher previously told The Hollywood Reporter that courts...
All three of those high-profile cases were filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which opened a one-year lookback period during which civil claims that would have otherwise been barred by the statute of limitations could be filed.
The window opened on Nov. 24, 2022 — E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against former President Donald Trump was amended almost immediately to include a sexual abuse claim — and it closes at midnight on Thursday.
Gibson Dunn litigator Brian Ascher previously told The Hollywood Reporter that courts...
- 11/22/2023
- by Ashley Cullins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing looms and Danny Masterson moves toward a retrial, a new phase in #Metoo-era litigation is underway in New York as a result of the state’s Adult Survivors Act — and a case involving former president Donald Trump is one of the first to test its limits.
The Asa was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on May 24, and effectively suspends time constraints on claims involving sex offenses for a one year period that began on Nov. 24. The lookback window in the Asa is similar to that in the state’s Child Victims Act, which was first signed into law on Feb. 14, 2019 and resulted in more than 10,000 lawsuits.
Gibson Dunn litigator Brian Ascher notes that courts “tend to get a bunch right away and then a lot right at the end of the period.”
That’s what happened just before the New Year in California, as a...
The Asa was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on May 24, and effectively suspends time constraints on claims involving sex offenses for a one year period that began on Nov. 24. The lookback window in the Asa is similar to that in the state’s Child Victims Act, which was first signed into law on Feb. 14, 2019 and resulted in more than 10,000 lawsuits.
Gibson Dunn litigator Brian Ascher notes that courts “tend to get a bunch right away and then a lot right at the end of the period.”
That’s what happened just before the New Year in California, as a...
- 1/14/2023
- by Ashley Cullins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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