For attorneys Kelly Clark and Paul Mones, protecting children is business as usual. Clark’s practice over the last 10 years has focused on representing survivors of abuse, while Mones pioneered the theory of “battered child syndrome” in defending children and ...

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The Boy Scouts of America must release to the public 1,247 files documenting sexual abuse allegations against scout leaders and volunteers during the 60s, 70s and 80s, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled yesterday.

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An Oregon man who claims he was sexually molested by a Boy Scouts leader as a teenager in the 1970s sued the group in the same court where his attorneys won a landmark jury verdict against the Boy Scouts of ...

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Six men who were molested by a former Portland, Ore. Scout leader as children have settled their cases with the Boy Scouts of America, their attorneys announced.

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The parents of a teen who died of heat stroke during a South Florida hike with his Boy Scouts troop are suing the organization.

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